[HN Gopher] DOOM on Husqvarna Automower
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       DOOM on Husqvarna Automower
        
       Author : diggan
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2024-02-25 20:55 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.husqvarna.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.husqvarna.com)
        
       | diggan wrote:
       | It's a bit strange to find something worthwhile from my hometown
       | of Huskvarna, Sweden (population ~24,000) to submit to HN, but
       | apparently they've planned a software update that enables you to
       | play DOOM on the lawnmower. If that isn't HN worthy, I don't know
       | what is.
       | 
       | If you're ever in central Sweden, do plan a visit to the museum
       | that is at the birthplace of Husqvarna (the company). The company
       | has existed since at least 1757, older than the US itself and got
       | started as a weapons factory, and the museum has a lot of
       | interesting stuff from the early days.
        
         | readthenotes1 wrote:
         | I am pretty sure that the grass still feels like they are a
         | weapons factory...
        
       | FirmwareBurner wrote:
       | So it can run Doom, but the question is can it mow lawn?
        
       | xnzakg wrote:
       | > Sign-up closes on 26 August 2024. On September 9, 2024, a
       | software update will remove DOOM from the robotic lawn mowers.
       | 
       | They put DRM on a lawn mower.
        
         | durag wrote:
         | So when that time comes I expect to see this mower on the
         | frontpage again when an actual hacker does it, and then it will
         | be much more interesting.
        
         | leeoniya wrote:
         | > They put DRM on a lawn mower.
         | 
         | John Deere liked this
        
       | svilen_dobrev wrote:
       | wasn't Doom's most basic weapon a chainsaw?
       | 
       | if Doom is in a lawn mower.. i wonder what might be in a robotic
       | chainsaw ..
        
         | fl7305 wrote:
         | Fitting in several ways since Husqvarna makes chainsaws, is a
         | former major weapons manufacturer, and even has a rifle sight
         | as the company logo.
        
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