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Protesters point lasers at police to prevent facial recognition from Chinese government
Future is now
Jul 31, 2019 2:11 AM
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Future is now
yanaimean
This is real life or death style protesting, dayum.
zenoshogun
Igotproblemsinmyhead
Humphace
The new age of digital snipers
Fingerbob73
Copper89
It was either laser pointers or jugallo makeup. I say the cops got off easy. a million people in full jugallo is pure nightmare fuel
bartman2014
RegularSauce
Dun dun dun, dundadun dundadun.
SeRaQt
superiorninja
I'm sayimg it then, and i saying it again. HK protesters are badass
DownvoteIsTheNewUpvote
It's like a rave party.
Hotkolbas
Imadethisaccounttopost
So, how exactly does this work? I am quite curious.
wowthatwasquick
Now I have epilepsy.
FeChefImgur
but at least your social credit score/rating is still ok.
SgtThunderfistMD
Boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants.
JonnyHasACat
Nice try gandalf! Sneaking around at the front shouting 'none shall pass'
Teathefae
"Honey why is our cat looking out the window and losing his shit?"
MrRandom314159
I think it's weird that bringing a discoball prism to a protest is more helpful than odd.i
SmileHighSteve
constantlybannedfornonsensereduxpart2
Sauce? And context? Please
tomhanksfan1
No
HarryHighpantss
Source: been around forever. Context: dude has taken a lot of pills and knows how to get down.
NKato
You know, this is about when I'd blow up the bridges into Hong Kong.
HodgeNPodge
Anyone have reliable sauce for the events occurring there? Idk where to look to get accurate info and I'd love to learn more.
DeepFriedAndSanctified
Or, you know, just wear a mask
3P3references
As a furry, I can suggest several fun themes of mask. :)
3P3references
Apparently people hate the idea of using cute animal masks?
furrybrick
SUBSTITUTE(ROW(-1), "the idea of using cute animal masks?", "furries")
furrybrick
Don't
chugeknight
Hong Kong is kicking ass, this is amazing. Please be safe and I wish them well
TheRelevancyOfMyNameIsRelativelyIrrelevant
when the pla moves in theres gonna be a lot of dead protestors.
DamnMustardTiger
They sure have become pro protesters
CGBKK
Big brother is not dumb
MalletBallet
That's what they want you to think. All government is 90% intimidation, when that fails, so does the government.
CGBKK
Great Leap Forward & Tiananmen Square... doubt it. More like Beijing is show patience.
Jengu
F
TheMostFly
...huh?
SaraFourImgur
Fap
OGServersNET
Press F to pay respects
Jengu
What he said
TheMostFly
Thank you
Frenchbreadpizza
Idk if kicking ass is a term I would use for prolonging the inevitable. They will lose, this isnt up for debate.
maskedrabbit
Crazier things have happened
Frenchbreadpizza
I mean it literally cant happen. Britain cant renew its lease hong kong defaults back to Chinese control. China will assimilate it eventualy
maskedrabbit
Or hongkong could experience a revolution, install new leaders and declare independence. It would be a longshot but
Frenchbreadpizza
Yeah because the Chinese military is really gonna let that happen. No one is gonna wanna get involved because it's there land.
maskedrabbit
Crazier things have happened
Gottabeginger
Thoughts and prayers
EdTheIronside
Sending them a crate of likes as I type this
TurnDown4Whom
Yeah, but what else can we do from across the planet? If there is an answer I don’t know of, I genuinely want to know! I’m high, China neet.
TheHippieDrood
There is many things the US and other governments can do. It just may have to be done very covertly. Like destabilizing the Chinese Econ etc
sheedamochi
And how does one destabilize the Chinese economy in a short period of time? Embargoes or sanctions will do but with so many rich people 1/2
sheedamochi
In power getting affected by this is keeping the leaders' mouths shut. Freedom is only given when there is oil or other resources involved.
CongratsYouAreHereNow
what exactly is going on?
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Assdickmasterpiece
Thats kind of what happend in germany around the visit of persian zar :D the thing that followed, was the RAF
TittiesMcgeeDaTurd
Search Hong Kong extradition law protests.
OmegaJP7
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jenniii
HK was formerly ruled by the British for 100 years until 1997. China is trying to get them back. HK is having none of it
bobbob1016
I thought in 97 they agreed to leave it "one country two systems" until 2047 at least.
claykie
Funny how that works
bobbob1016
I'm not saying I expected them to honor it for the full term, just that the other guy thought it should've happened in 97.
jenniii
That darn China
bobbob1016
https://youtu.be/M_aXcH1zDEE
ScorpianJoe
wickerman406
Ha!
knudude
Twatimz
Brilliant
talianagisan
Anybody have the version with this https://youtu.be/trS2nrkN0_k in the background? It existed once but I can't find it anymore.
HippDeutschMan
This should be too comment
megaepicllama
The commentest comment
gilliamv
Comminty fresh!
PirateLogic
Destroy them with lasers!
HerculeSatanChampionOfEarth
War.....War never changes
AtsaMattaForMe
gilliamv
gilliamv
perezdap
OatmealBreakfast
Modern problems require modern solutions.
ensensu
Atomic solutions. Or acidic solutions if you have a few hundred gallons
WackyPaki
hiddensquid3
Thats a very familiar design in the bottom left
citrus7652
pocketrocketgroundcontrol
asian laser are known to have way too much power, protection glasses are expensive, so i assume many will get blinded by this. 1/2
pocketrocketgroundcontrol
it's a very dangerous game they are playing. also fuck the character limit, you cant even write one well formulated sentence.
Schaade
Only if you want a modern outcome. If you're okay with medieval tyranny simply hard, sharp, or heavy will do.
Inkycricket
The lasers are moving rather erratically. Wouldn't it only take a single frame or two for the cameras to get a picture of the faces?
doctorbocker
Fun fact: mass-market lasers will not stop you from being run over by a tank.
Lagunitas707
Insane clown posse face paint works best. https://nerdist.com/article/juggalo-makeup-blocks-facial-recognition-software/
DingusMajoris
More problems should be solved with lasers.
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Cataracts...kidney stones....small penis syndrome...all two can be solved with lasers RIGHT NOW
crcinau
Doesn't seem to be working - the camera that took this footage is fine.... just not zoomed in....
clamorousanemone
The world would be a better place if the current Chinese government was scattered to the four winds, never to rise again.
AimlessSavant
I would say the same for the USA's congress too
IncorrektGramerNazi
Yeah why not both?
paycer
TheydownvotedJesusbecausehetoldthetruth
I love how the one about China has downvotes, but we're all feeling you on this one lmao
CanadianHoneybadger
I know the US congress is bad, but they're nowhere near as evil. Comparing the two is rather insulting and shows egocentrist thinking
AimlessSavant
Funny how wanting to dethrone a corperate strangled congress is seen as Insulting Egocentric.
CanadianHoneybadger
it is because your congress is just incompetent, not grossly evil and power hungry in the same way. Its like going "Gee my bunions hurt-
AimlessSavant
Is a congress bribed by corperate lobbyists not evil? Vile? Is the Usurpation of our right to govern as a collective not a tragedy like
CanadianHoneybadger
-and are really embarrassing me!" right after someone talks about their bone cancer and their impending death and mortality.
sadistic145
I'd be down with getting rid of the Senate, start with Mitch Mcconnell.
AimlessSavant
Dethrone the turtle man!
Notme68
I have never thought that a single bullet could save our country before. Can't condone it, but it would stop the hijacking of democracy.
orangefactorfive
Green lasers could be considered weapons. They cause eye damage.
DubhIainn
I don't like that they're pointing them at people's faces... Or anywhere near people for that matter. And who knows how many Watts they are.
Xedi22
Some of the “laser pointers” on eBay are insanely overpowered. It’s scary what people do with these with crap eye protection.
DubhIainn
My point exactly.. and where do the overpowered pointers usually hail from? I am not against their protesting, but this is 'unseen' violence
Xedi22
Yep. For anyone else, 1,500 mW lasers sold as “eye safe” 5 mW for $50: https://youtu.be/DMVWW-bmKwQ *gah*
DustinDustyDust
The excuse they need to machine gun them
LeviathanOmega
Y'know, as opposed to the Hong Kong triads, who clearly weren't intended to cause damage.
AimlessSavant
Even better
TheFishFace
Lasers are categorised according to how easily they will cause damage to eyes or other tissue. Just being green is irrelevant.
TheFishFace
At low wattage green is better than other colours because it appears brightest to humans, so causes a strong blink reflex.
JPBStory
I'm fairly sure that blue one isn't fucking around either
actualseal
I was gonna say! Some of those look like 3+ watt beams.
GhostSignals
This post is officially endorsed by the Chinese Government
PartlyClauddy
Those poor cameras! They're going blind! -pres
1Espontaneo
prolongued exposure only
WellAckchually
So can bricks, and tear gas, and Triad members
davegsm82
Green lasers are technically the LEAST dangerous. Your eye spectral response peaks in green (532nm) so your blink reflex is stronger.
davegsm82
Most dangerous is IR (808nm), which is what the Green laser uses to create the green light, a 200mw Green laser may have a 2000mW IR Diode.
davegsm82
You can't see the InfraRed, so you have no blink reflex. But most green lasers filter this out fortunately.
CanadianHoneybadger
Shut the fuck up you Chinese bot. These people were beaten with bars by triads, threatened with shotguns and tear gas and you're-
orangefactorfive
First of all, not a bot or Chinese. In Phoenix, Arizona, USA we have idiots who blind airline pilots with these.
CanadianHoneybadger
Well since these people are not blinding airline pilots but protecting their faces and lives from oppression, the circumstances differ, no?
CanadianHoneybadger
complaining about eye damage like an overly concerned mother about her children. These people are fighting for their very liberty and lives!
Sollidamra2073
Cuts and bruises from iron bars will heal. Blindness will not, dumb ass!
CanadianHoneybadger
They chose to do this, to side with a government willing to sell its people. These people did not choose to be attacked on the very streets-
CanadianHoneybadger
-of the city they call home. Besides there were fatalities in the triad attacks and last I checked death was rather permanent, 'dumb ass!'
DingDangPong
Soon all cops will need laser googles and silver armor ?
PlatinumProductions
Good. Blind those oppressive fucks.
HammyHog
Less damage than a shotgun though, wouldn't you say?
GHOSTNGULZ
Well they did get shot in the heads with rubber bullets from shotguns
macgerdo
i think shotguns are also not allowed.
quitepossiblygettingold
Blind is blind in the long run. I guess you’d still have the rest of your head vs the shotgun method
bgladGod
Or the bars that the triads were using.
DMDaddy0
I was gonna say, arguably less damage than stun batons, or tear grenades, or bean bag shotguns.
islander311
Clearly you've never taken a bean bag to your bag of beans at 300 feet a second. Probably more damage than a god damn laser pointer.
SharkswithFrigginLazerBeams
Or proton torpedoes
MaximusUltima
Or hypervelocity impactors.
SithElephant
They can cause eye damage, if all of the beam goes into the pupil for any time, this is really quite hard at range, otherwise, dazzle,
SithElephant
But no lasting damage.
Thisisheavydoc
They definitely can cause lasting damage.
SithElephant
No lasting damage from ~5mw for moderate periods shone directly into the eye. That is why that limit on power is set. The beam spreads some,
SithElephant
The beam spreads, and may be 2cm at 50m, meaning you can't get 10% of it into a 5mm diameter pupil. Added to this is the difficulty of aim.
zsefvgb
With long term exposure, ~5mins continuously
muramaza
5mw causes damage nearly instantly. Common Chinese lasers off ebay sell them listed at a lower wattage like 5me, but are actually 1W or more
FractalPrism
kinda like bullets hitting the body, and like rubber bullets hitting the body.
pacificplinker
Too bad these citizens can’t actually be armed.
doitthehemingway
Which reminds me, we need to ban guns in the US.
meganical
pacificplinker
You’re funny.
gnikcuftihs
Thats just like your opinion
ErrorUsernameNotSetToInstanceofAnObject
I am sure adding more firearms would improve this situation.
Thisisnotreallymyname
Yeah, make it so the police have reasonable cause to assume you're armed. They won't start acting out impulsively in fear at all.
pacificplinker
They generally make people stop bothering you after you use it on em.
Thisisnotreallymyname
Because the police nicely steps away after you wave that gun around...
tnin4u
People? Yes. Government? No, they just grab a bigger weapon.
d0o0o0d
Pretty much all lasers can cause eye damage if they're strong enough and hit the right spot.
Probablalibly
They all do damage, someone said the eye compensates damaged spots until there are too many. Then your sight quickly declines
Cronos51101
A laser of class II or higher has the potential to cause eye damage, but class II will only cause damage if you stare at it deliberately.
zsefvgb
Iirc the ld50 (or whatever the term is for %50 population) for eye damage required ~5mins continuous exposure to a class II laser.
Berendtable
Well it isn't LD50 cause that's lethal dose. Not sure if there is a word for it.
DrSpatula
I believe the angle is more important than the intent though.
OverMyDadBody
also the duration of exposure
SupMelloMike
No, lasers can read your intent, they know if you've been naughty or nice.
WilliamWeird
Don't lie to them. They have laser focus.
DrSpatula