[minimalist]

> Not to make everything political... [proceeds to make a political statement]

For what it's worth, this type of Lidar scanner was possible to make well over a decade ago with ROS1, a Phidgets IMU, a webcam, and a lidar pulled out of a Neato vacuum (the cheapest option at the time). This would be around the difficulty of a course project for an undergraduate robotics class and could be done with less than 200 USD of salvaged parts (not including the computer). Hugin was also around over a decade ago.

It's still a nice little project!

[fc417fc802]

I would not consider asking a question about the impact of current events on a market segment relevant to the discussion topic to be political. The disclaimer is presumably to encourage respondents not to drag things in an off topic direction. Ironic, considering the outcome.

[varispeed]

This seems to be using classic formula -> get trivial, ready made component, design 3D printed enclosure and hook it up to Raspberry Pi. Instant Hacker News homepage.

[frainfreeze]

So, where's your hardware project? Have you ever made one? I think you're underestimating the amount of time and effort that went into the linked project.

[CamperBob2]

Not to make everything political... [proceeds to make a political statement]

Being all polite and non-political and shit is what brought us to this pass.

Never lose an opportunity to make the people who voted for the current state of affairs feel isolated, rejected, guilty, and generally bad. Being nice to them doesn't work.

[minimalist]

Please, I don't want to come on to HN to see politics injected into everything. Stay on reddit for that.

I logged in to make a comment regarding something within my area of expertise: the technology present in the parent link and how this technology has been accessible to hobbyists for over 10 years.

[frumplestlatz]

You’re not making me feel isolated, rejected, guilty, or generally bad.

You’re feeding into the confirmation bias I already have about how the opposition thinks, which only serves to affirm the choice I made.