[HN Gopher] Roombas at the end of the world
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       Roombas at the end of the world
        
       Author : binidxaba
       Score  : 39 points
       Date   : 2023-10-26 18:37 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | binidxaba wrote:
       | Bye-bye, Roomba Ernie.
       | 
       | You were taken from us too early.
       | 
       | Bye-bye, Roomba Ernie.
       | 
       | You're 5,000 candles in the wind.
        
         | oldbbsnickname wrote:
         | Makes you wonder about the conversion factor between Roomba
         | years and human years.
        
           | JohnFen wrote:
           | 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.
        
             | Ruthalas wrote:
             | 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.
        
       | oldbbsnickname wrote:
       | Mine are named _Trouble_ (S9+) and _Mayhem_ (m6). They 're
       | dressed in vinyl wraps to be less boring.
        
         | feskir wrote:
         | I just have the one, and we named him Pablo.
         | 
         | Named after the old labrador of one of my previous neighbours.
        
       | BotJunkie wrote:
       | I 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/
        
       | rcarmo wrote:
       | This was hilarious and I loved it. I had read the blog previously
       | and noticed the sticker, but missed the story.
        
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