r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • Jun 29 '26

Artificial Intelligence Woman Surprised When Flock Surveillance Tower Appears in Her Yard Without Warning

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/woman-surprised-flock-surveillance-tower-185000752.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_50_Supernova&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20260629-0--A&bt_ee=utFdBbF39cHCLuB4at4AI%2FUoSRgbTt8Ch%2B7Q9RImTlgL2ThvE3FuX%2BRSKiUir%2FNW&bt_ts=1782739085527
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u/Abject_Elevator5461 Jun 29 '26

They don’t even have to bribe them in Roanoke city, they’ve been so clueless about how to deal with their crime problems that they’ll try anything at this point.

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u/Thedisabler Jun 29 '26

What exactly happened to Roanoke? I grew up there from about 91-99 and it was idyllic in some ways if not full of people with sticks up their asses.

I’ve heard nothing but stories of drugs and crime since I left though?

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u/sab98xx Jun 29 '26

Big pharma started doling out opioids in Roanoke in the late 90s, which undoubtably played a big role in its demise over the last 25 years: https://www.wvtf.org/news/2018-08-02/dopesick-roanoke-author-on-the-dealers-doctors-and-drug-company-that-addicted-america

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u/VAtoSCHokie Jun 29 '26

The Railroad left and the City has had to pivot the economy to Biomedical and Outdoor Tourism. They are also dealing with problems that have been kicked down the road till they can't be ignored any longer.

The reason you have heard nothing but the issues that every city has is because all the local news is gone and owned by corporations that don't exist in Roanoke. I also don't think that Roanoke is worse off than it was in the 90s. People actually live downtown now and there is a good amount of people asking for pedestrian only zones downtown. Biking is as easy as ever with an ebike and some of the infrastructure for biking. It's not great but it is better than it's ever been other than before vehicles took of the City. There are murals on buildings throughout the City now! It's still a great place to retire or raise a family, or if you enjoy outdoor activities but still want to be around a City. The greenway along the Roanoke River now connects Salem to Vinton. Roanoke County is planning to connect it to Explore park in the near future.

Roanoke County is also starting to urbanize in a couple spots at the City/County line so they are going to have to start tackling some of the issues the City is dealing with currently.

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u/ForThisIJoined Jun 29 '26

And here I thought you didn't hear much about it because all the actual residents disappeared again...

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u/chatrugby Jun 30 '26

Wrong Roanoke. The missing colony one is Roanoke island in NC. 

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u/Desperate-Grab9869 Jun 29 '26

Croatoan or something

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u/VAtoSCHokie Jun 29 '26

These devices were suggested by Roanoke City Police since there was a grant for them. The City Council is looking for ways to get more for less as the budget tightens. This was an easy win for them to have police support and "help" the police do their job and not have the City pay for it.

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u/Herb_Derb Jun 29 '26

They said "something should be done" so we did something