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Guinness World Record Christmas drone show (1,500+ drones)

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    hobbes64
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    The drone show is really neat. I'm sure a lot of work went into it and the technology of controlling all the drones is impressive. But I found some of the linked video a bit annoying because it...

    The drone show is really neat. I'm sure a lot of work went into it and the technology of controlling all the drones is impressive. But I found some of the linked video a bit annoying because it too much a promotion of a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD which is just basically a press release.

    Guinness has always been silly but here's an article about how you can pay them to invent and market a new "world record": https://www.vox.com/2015/3/6/8157639/guinness-world-record-business

    5 votes
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      OBLIVIATER
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      One of the only redeeming qualities of the internets decent into heavy cynicism to me is that the public is finally starting to fight back against the aggressive manipulation that corporations...

      One of the only redeeming qualities of the internets decent into heavy cynicism to me is that the public is finally starting to fight back against the aggressive manipulation that corporations have been shoving down the throats of the American public for hundreds of years. Of course they've found new and more subtle ways to manipulate the conversation, but it's nice that it's being called out more.

      6 votes
      1. GOTO10
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        Same with rude or unhygienic hostels/restaurants. You can now document those practices. Doesn't look fun to be that business thought; just too easy to get undeserved bad reviews.

        Same with rude or unhygienic hostels/restaurants. You can now document those practices.
        Doesn't look fun to be that business thought; just too easy to get undeserved bad reviews.

        3 votes