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Re:Winged messengers: how first-class pigeons help police ke... by akamhy on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @09:38AM (#35357117)
Clickbait title, these birds are now pretty much obsolete. They infact themselves mention it it the article.
Re:Winged messengers: how first-class pigeons help police ke... by giraffe_lady on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @09:56AM (#35357337)
most propaganda ass title re: role of police as well
Re:Winged messengers: how first-class pigeons help police ke... by dang on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @03:19PM (#35361931)
Maybe so, but could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

(We've changed the title to be more neutral now btw)

Re:Winged messengers: how first-class pigeons help police ke... by giraffe_lady on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:01PM (#35363567)
It was substantial enough for you to take action related to it in the title but not substantial enough for me to post?
Re:Winged messengers: how first-class pigeons help police ke... by dang on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:12PM (#35363737)
I changed the title because it was linkbait, in keeping with the site guidelines.

I'm asking you to stop posting flamebait, in keeping with the site guidelines.

I don't think this is hard to understand, if you've read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html?

Re:Winged messengers: how first-class pigeons help police ke... by giraffe_lady on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:29PM (#35363986)
I think I'm too autistic to understand the rule as written but I will try dan.
Re:Winged messengers: how first-class pigeons help police ke... by dang on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @06:02PM (#35364429)
Thank you!
Re:Winged messengers: how first-class pigeons help police ke... by capableweb on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @10:03AM (#35357436)
The article is about the value the birds provide, and that they are getting used less and less, not that they are 100% obsolete and never used.

Seems like at least in 1999 they served a vital function that probably helped save bunch of people.

> the police pigeons of Odisha also proved to be the only dependable method of communication during devastating floods in 1982 and a 1999 super-cyclone that caused widespread destruction in the coastal state. Indeed, the handlers say pigeon post helped save many lives.

Re:Winged messengers: how first-class pigeons help police ke... by lazide on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @10:04AM (#35357455)
So ‘people who depend on the perception that an obsolete tech isn’t obsolete say tech is not obsolete’?