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You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

California allows roofers to have flamethrowers. They use them for curing something in the roofing tiles(? I don't know the proper term for those things. They're basically cardboard covered in tar and gravel, possibly a thin layer of asphalt?).

It was a bit unnerving the first few times I heard the roofers doing their thing.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They're called shingles, asphalt shingles being the most common in most parts of the US because they're relatively inexpensive.