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Re:Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Wal... by throwaway744678 on Thursday September 19, 2019 @04:26PM (#21020372)
Not sure about the connotations: flying toys (Parrot and the like) are heavily marketed as drones and seem to sell fine.
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Re:Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Wal... by 0xffff2 on Thursday September 19, 2019 @06:45PM (#21021511)
In 2006 a “drone” carried hellfire missiles. At some point in the last decade, that shifted and now a drone is a small hobby quad-copter. Language is funny.
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