Can Curiosity really claim the title of “loneliest robot in the universe”?
At least as lonely as WALL-E...
Aug 5 – 100000 robotic lawn mowers can sing Happy Birthday to Curiosity
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#12I absolutely love this.
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#13Can Curiosity really claim the title of “loneliest robot in the universe”?
I'd put the voyager probes as more lonely. Not to mention any number of defunct spacecraft that are still operating out there. They don't have off switches. Somewhere out there is a space probe periodically trying to phone home only to discover we are no longer listening. https://www.npr.org/2020/04/24/843493304/long-lost-u-s-milit... ""The oldest one I've seen is Transit 5B-5. And it launched in 1965," he says, refe…
This reminds me of the article "What football will look like in 17776?" a short story about football from the perspective of space probes. https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football
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#14Ha feels worthy of a minor plot-line out of (future) Futurama
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#15Relevant xkcd... https://xkcd.com/695/
That is so sad :(
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#16Sounds fun and all, but mark my words - after a year or two we will see some bug reports about lawn mowers randomly singing "Happy Birthday", and no one will know why.
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#17> the loneliest robot in the universe
No. This was and will always be Marvin the Paranoid Android getting stuck on Sqornshellous Zeta for 1.5 million years.
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#18There's absolutely no reason to do this, and yet it's awesome and I'm glad Husqvarna is doing it. Now I want to look at a new robomower!
The reason is marketing
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#19Relevant xkcd... https://xkcd.com/695/
That is so sad :(
There's a fan-made version (I think from xkcdsw) with a happier ending https://i.imgur.com/VbKV9DF.jpeg
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#20Sounds fun and all, but mark my words - after a year or two we will see some bug reports about lawn mowers randomly singing "Happy Birthday", and no one will know why.