@pbloem @mlanger oh I see! Thank you for that explanation, that makes sense. Another example of a discipline using language in a very specific way.

I think most technologies have multiple affordances and it's always telling which uses are being 'sold' and which are being unmentioned.

These days I pretty automatically ask of any technology what its military and surveillance functions are. (That sun reflection-dish sattelite technology, for example, is absolutely not about 'search and rescue' or 'agriculture').

@mlanger @pbloem I guess the 'single use' part is because they're so cheap you don't have to be concerned about regaining the device. It can self destruct on capture, or be used as a weapon with onboard explosives to reduce targetting error of guns or dropped payloads.

So dystopian.

@thomholwerda oh, who is chucking a tantie now?