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[–] EchoSpire@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 weeks ago

Lost it's job to AI

[–] Rudee@lemmy.ml 21 points 3 weeks ago

Supervillain origin story if I've ever heard one

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Sounds like it was a 2 petawatt pulsed laser, with picosecond pulses, so 2kJ/pulse. Staggering amount of power and energy for a pulsed laser!

Note that it's not CW, so the average power will be much, much, much less than the pulsed power. Too lazy to find the rep rate to see average power.

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 10 points 3 weeks ago

just look at the guy, all he wanted to do was an honest days lazing for an honest days pay, was that too much to ask

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Gets angry and lies himself on top of a high powered sniper rifle

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 weeks ago

That's a pretty niche role, a position as part of the laser grid at a museum is much more steady

[–] psyklax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago

Skillset too specialized. He'll never get another job in that field.

[–] don@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

The amount of cannons that have had to get in the unemployment line is stratospheric.

[–] sgbrain7@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

I know he'll prove those guys wrong some day

[–] friendly_ghost 4 points 3 weeks ago
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

Can't be that powerful if they just like that got fired

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Well yeah, clearly because all this time he's been a massive fraud! He's clearly a tampon in disguise

[–] theOneTrueSpoon@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'MA FIRIN' A mediocre employee