Aug 5 – 100000 robotic lawn mowers can sing Happy Birthday to Curiosity
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Re: Aug 5 – 100000 robotic lawn mowers can sing Happy Birthday to Curiosity
#2There'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!
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#3Can Curiosity really claim the title of “loneliest robot in the universe”?
Re: Aug 5 – 100000 robotic lawn mowers can sing Happy Birthday to Curiosity
#4There'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!
There is indeed absolutely no reason to do this - and I'm personally anti-lawn (I prefer a nice naturally overgrown green space outside my home). But even I can get on the "this is awesome" train.
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#5Can Curiosity really claim the title of “loneliest robot in the universe”?
Yeah, mars is getting pretty crowded at this point! I guess the voyager probes might be lonelier, if you count them as robots.
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#6Fortunately this is opt-in. Imagine being that guy managing a fleet of these things mowing a giant golf course and three times a day just stop for no reason and start singing.
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#7Relevant xkcd... https://xkcd.com/695/
Re: Aug 5 – 100000 robotic lawn mowers can sing Happy Birthday to Curiosity
#8Can Curiosity really claim the title of “loneliest robot in the universe”?
No, because a robot cannot feel loneliness yet.
Re: Aug 5 – 100000 robotic lawn mowers can sing Happy Birthday to Curiosity
#9Can 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, referring to a nuclear-powered U.S. Navy navigation satellite that still circles the Earth in a polar orbit, long forgotten by all but a few amateurs interested in hearing it "sing" as it passes overhead."
Re: Aug 5 – 100000 robotic lawn mowers can sing Happy Birthday to Curiosity
#10this is the sorta thing that makes you realize we're all human and maybe we like all these cool toys b/c they're fun