I once attempted to buy a laser for an EDM music art project on Amazon and wound up with something that is more or less intentionally down-marked as a less dangerous class of laser.
I only found out about it (and thus saved my retinas) because some ML or another decided to queue up a bunch of laser-related videos, and it just so happened that the video which surfaced in my feed went into how weapons enthusiasts were using Amazon, and this specific brand, to sell eyeball eaters to folks who like to melt pop cans in ravines at 100 yards or whatever.
Like, when I went back, there were literally laser marks on my apartment door from where I tried the laser out, after receiving it.
Amazon seems to be pursuing a sort of 'common-carrier' status for material goods, and it's a libertarian no-rules Snow Crash dystopia.
I only found out about it (and thus saved my retinas) because some ML or another decided to queue up a bunch of laser-related videos, and it just so happened that the video which surfaced in my feed went into how weapons enthusiasts were using Amazon, and this specific brand, to sell eyeball eaters to folks who like to melt pop cans in ravines at 100 yards or whatever.
Like, when I went back, there were literally laser marks on my apartment door from where I tried the laser out, after receiving it.
Amazon seems to be pursuing a sort of 'common-carrier' status for material goods, and it's a libertarian no-rules Snow Crash dystopia.
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