Roombas at the end of the world
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Roombas at the end of the world
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#2Bye-bye, Roomba Ernie.
You were taken from us too early.
Bye-bye, Roomba Ernie.
You’re 5,000 candles in the wind.
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#3Mine are named Trouble (S9+) and Mayhem (m6). They're dressed in vinyl wraps to be less boring.
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#4Bye-bye, Roomba Ernie. You were taken from us too early. Bye-bye, Roomba Ernie. You’re 5,000 candles in the wind.
Makes you wonder about the conversion factor between Roomba years and human years.
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#5I wrote this story, which originated entirely from a single picture on brr [1], an Antarctica blog that has wonderful, detailed descriptions about how the South Pole station functions.
[1]: https://brr.fyi/
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#6Bye-bye, Roomba Ernie. You were taken from us too early. Bye-bye, Roomba Ernie. You’re 5,000 candles in the wind.
Makes you wonder about the conversion factor between Roomba years and human years.
My Roombas seem to last about 5 years (then they get transformed into experimental robot platforms).
But since it's getting harder to find ones that don't connect to the network, I think I may just start actually repairing the one that's currently used as a vacuum when it breaks, so I can continue to have a good robotic vacuum.
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#7Mine are named Trouble (S9+) and Mayhem (m6). They're dressed in vinyl wraps to be less boring.
I just have the one, and we named him Pablo.
Named after the old labrador of one of my previous neighbours.
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#8This was hilarious and I loved it. I had read the blog previously and noticed the sticker, but missed the story.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Makes you wonder about the conversion factor between Roomba years and human years.
My Roombas seem to last about 5 years (then they get transformed into experimental robot platforms). But since it's getting harder to find ones that don't connect to the network, I think I may just start actually repairing the one that's currently used as a vacuum when it breaks, so I can continue to have a good robotic vacuum.
So look into Valetudo if you want local control of your vacuums.
It's a open source application that (after rooting the vacuum) replaces the cloud with a self hosted control webUI.
I am a big fan.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
My Roombas seem to last about 5 years (then they get transformed into experimental robot platforms). But since it's getting harder to find ones that don't connect to the network, I think I may just start actually repairing the one that's currently used as a vacuum when it breaks, so I can continue to have a good robotic vacuum.
So look into Valetudo if you want local control of your vacuums. It's a open source application that (after rooting the vacuum) replaces the cloud with a self hosted control webUI. I am a big fan.
Thanks for the pointer. I'll look into this.