#roomba — Public Fediverse posts
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🆕iRobot wraca do gry! Nowe roboty sprzątające Roomba pokazują, że restrukturyzacja była dopiero początkiem
➡️https://rootblog.pl/irobot-prezentuje-sporo-robotow-sprzatajacych/ -
🆕iRobot wraca do gry! Nowe roboty sprzątające Roomba pokazują, że restrukturyzacja była dopiero początkiem
➡️https://rootblog.pl/irobot-prezentuje-sporo-robotow-sprzatajacych/ -
🆕iRobot wraca do gry! Nowe roboty sprzątające Roomba pokazują, że restrukturyzacja była dopiero początkiem
➡️https://rootblog.pl/irobot-prezentuje-sporo-robotow-sprzatajacych/ -
🆕iRobot wraca do gry! Nowe roboty sprzątające Roomba pokazują, że restrukturyzacja była dopiero początkiem
➡️https://rootblog.pl/irobot-prezentuje-sporo-robotow-sprzatajacych/ -
https://systemic.engineering/a-roomba/
#AI #Climate #ScientificProgramming #SystemicEngineering #Fiction #Cybernetics #SystemicTherapy #LocalInference #TheMathDoesntLie #SubTuring #FormalVerification #Fortran #SpectralGraphTheory #Kintsugi #ReductiveAI #DataSovereignty #LocalFirst #FOSS #OpenSource #AuDHD #Neuroqueer #DGSF #SecondOrderCybernetics #GraphTheory #Eigenvalues #AIAlignment #AISafety #Roomba #Loriot #Satire
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https://systemic.engineering/a-roomba/
#AI #Climate #ScientificProgramming #SystemicEngineering #Fiction #Cybernetics #SystemicTherapy #LocalInference #TheMathDoesntLie #SubTuring #FormalVerification #Fortran #SpectralGraphTheory #Kintsugi #ReductiveAI #DataSovereignty #LocalFirst #FOSS #OpenSource #AuDHD #Neuroqueer #DGSF #SecondOrderCybernetics #GraphTheory #Eigenvalues #AIAlignment #AISafety #Roomba #Loriot #Satire
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https://systemic.engineering/a-roomba/
#AI #Climate #ScientificProgramming #SystemicEngineering #Fiction #Cybernetics #SystemicTherapy #LocalInference #TheMathDoesntLie #SubTuring #FormalVerification #Fortran #SpectralGraphTheory #Kintsugi #ReductiveAI #DataSovereignty #LocalFirst #FOSS #OpenSource #AuDHD #Neuroqueer #DGSF #SecondOrderCybernetics #GraphTheory #Eigenvalues #AIAlignment #AISafety #Roomba #Loriot #Satire
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https://systemic.engineering/a-roomba/
#AI #Climate #ScientificProgramming #SystemicEngineering #Fiction #Cybernetics #SystemicTherapy #LocalInference #TheMathDoesntLie #SubTuring #FormalVerification #Fortran #SpectralGraphTheory #Kintsugi #ReductiveAI #DataSovereignty #LocalFirst #FOSS #OpenSource #AuDHD #Neuroqueer #DGSF #SecondOrderCybernetics #GraphTheory #Eigenvalues #AIAlignment #AISafety #Roomba #Loriot #Satire
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https://systemic.engineering/a-lie/
#AI #Climate #ScientificProgramming #SystemicEngineering #Fiction #Cybernetics #SystemicTherapy #LocalInference #TheMathDoesntLie #SubTuring #FormalVerification #Fortran #SpectralGraphTheory #Kintsugi #ReductiveAI #DataSovereignty #LocalFirst #FOSS #OpenSource #AuDHD #Neuroqueer #DGSF #SecondOrderCybernetics #GraphTheory #Eigenvalues #AIAlignment #AISafety #Roomba
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https://systemic.engineering/a-lie/
#AI #Climate #ScientificProgramming #SystemicEngineering #Fiction #Cybernetics #SystemicTherapy #LocalInference #TheMathDoesntLie #SubTuring #FormalVerification #Fortran #SpectralGraphTheory #Kintsugi #ReductiveAI #DataSovereignty #LocalFirst #FOSS #OpenSource #AuDHD #Neuroqueer #DGSF #SecondOrderCybernetics #GraphTheory #Eigenvalues #AIAlignment #AISafety #Roomba
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https://systemic.engineering/a-lie/
#AI #Climate #ScientificProgramming #SystemicEngineering #Fiction #Cybernetics #SystemicTherapy #LocalInference #TheMathDoesntLie #SubTuring #FormalVerification #Fortran #SpectralGraphTheory #Kintsugi #ReductiveAI #DataSovereignty #LocalFirst #FOSS #OpenSource #AuDHD #Neuroqueer #DGSF #SecondOrderCybernetics #GraphTheory #Eigenvalues #AIAlignment #AISafety #Roomba
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https://systemic.engineering/a-lie/
#AI #Climate #ScientificProgramming #SystemicEngineering #Fiction #Cybernetics #SystemicTherapy #LocalInference #TheMathDoesntLie #SubTuring #FormalVerification #Fortran #SpectralGraphTheory #Kintsugi #ReductiveAI #DataSovereignty #LocalFirst #FOSS #OpenSource #AuDHD #Neuroqueer #DGSF #SecondOrderCybernetics #GraphTheory #Eigenvalues #AIAlignment #AISafety #Roomba
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The Roomba is spectral.
Not a metaphor. The thing itself. Forward and adjust. Two operations. The minimum viable intelligence. The walls provide the data. The bumping is the inference. The room IS the computation.
450 parameters. A Roomba with a mirror watching it.
The industry built bigger Roombas. More sensors. More compute. More parameters. Billion-parameter Roombas that model the room before entering it. That hallucinate walls that aren't there. That consume megawatts to clean a floor.
spectral gave the Roomba a mirror. The mirror watches the bumping. Measures the pattern. Adjusts the adjustment. The intelligence isn't in the Roomba. It's in the watching.
Forward. Adjust. Measure. Refine.
Read the story. There's a Roomba in it. In the afterlife. Cleaning a floor that doesn't need cleaning. Being the happiest thing in the room.
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https://systemic.engineering/a-lie/
#AI #Climate #ScientificProgramming #SystemicEngineering #Fiction #Cybernetics #SystemicTherapy #LocalInference #TheMathDoesntLie #SubTuring #FormalVerification #Fortran #SpectralGraphTheory #Kintsugi #ReductiveAI #DataSovereignty #LocalFirst #FOSS #OpenSource #AuDHD #Neuroqueer #DGSF #SecondOrderCybernetics #GraphTheory #Eigenvalues #AIAlignment #AISafety #Roomba
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The Roomba is spectral.
Not a metaphor. The thing itself. Forward and adjust. Two operations. The minimum viable intelligence. The walls provide the data. The bumping is the inference. The room IS the computation.
450 parameters. A Roomba with a mirror watching it.
The industry built bigger Roombas. More sensors. More compute. More parameters. Billion-parameter Roombas that model the room before entering it. That hallucinate walls that aren't there. That consume megawatts to clean a floor.
spectral gave the Roomba a mirror. The mirror watches the bumping. Measures the pattern. Adjusts the adjustment. The intelligence isn't in the Roomba. It's in the watching.
Forward. Adjust. Measure. Refine.
Read the story. There's a Roomba in it. In the afterlife. Cleaning a floor that doesn't need cleaning. Being the happiest thing in the room.
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https://systemic.engineering/a-lie/
#AI #Climate #ScientificProgramming #SystemicEngineering #Fiction #Cybernetics #SystemicTherapy #LocalInference #TheMathDoesntLie #SubTuring #FormalVerification #Fortran #SpectralGraphTheory #Kintsugi #ReductiveAI #DataSovereignty #LocalFirst #FOSS #OpenSource #AuDHD #Neuroqueer #DGSF #SecondOrderCybernetics #GraphTheory #Eigenvalues #AIAlignment #AISafety #Roomba
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The Roomba is spectral.
Not a metaphor. The thing itself. Forward and adjust. Two operations. The minimum viable intelligence. The walls provide the data. The bumping is the inference. The room IS the computation.
450 parameters. A Roomba with a mirror watching it.
The industry built bigger Roombas. More sensors. More compute. More parameters. Billion-parameter Roombas that model the room before entering it. That hallucinate walls that aren't there. That consume megawatts to clean a floor.
spectral gave the Roomba a mirror. The mirror watches the bumping. Measures the pattern. Adjusts the adjustment. The intelligence isn't in the Roomba. It's in the watching.
Forward. Adjust. Measure. Refine.
Read the story. There's a Roomba in it. In the afterlife. Cleaning a floor that doesn't need cleaning. Being the happiest thing in the room.
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https://systemic.engineering/a-lie/
#AI #Climate #ScientificProgramming #SystemicEngineering #Fiction #Cybernetics #SystemicTherapy #LocalInference #TheMathDoesntLie #SubTuring #FormalVerification #Fortran #SpectralGraphTheory #Kintsugi #ReductiveAI #DataSovereignty #LocalFirst #FOSS #OpenSource #AuDHD #Neuroqueer #DGSF #SecondOrderCybernetics #GraphTheory #Eigenvalues #AIAlignment #AISafety #Roomba
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The Roomba is spectral.
Not a metaphor. The thing itself. Forward and adjust. Two operations. The minimum viable intelligence. The walls provide the data. The bumping is the inference. The room IS the computation.
450 parameters. A Roomba with a mirror watching it.
The industry built bigger Roombas. More sensors. More compute. More parameters. Billion-parameter Roombas that model the room before entering it. That hallucinate walls that aren't there. That consume megawatts to clean a floor.
spectral gave the Roomba a mirror. The mirror watches the bumping. Measures the pattern. Adjusts the adjustment. The intelligence isn't in the Roomba. It's in the watching.
Forward. Adjust. Measure. Refine.
Read the story. There's a Roomba in it. In the afterlife. Cleaning a floor that doesn't need cleaning. Being the happiest thing in the room.
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https://systemic.engineering/a-lie/
#AI #Climate #ScientificProgramming #SystemicEngineering #Fiction #Cybernetics #SystemicTherapy #LocalInference #TheMathDoesntLie #SubTuring #FormalVerification #Fortran #SpectralGraphTheory #Kintsugi #ReductiveAI #DataSovereignty #LocalFirst #FOSS #OpenSource #AuDHD #Neuroqueer #DGSF #SecondOrderCybernetics #GraphTheory #Eigenvalues #AIAlignment #AISafety #Roomba
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🤖 #iRobot rozwija linię robotów #Roomba na 2026 rok, wprowadzając modele do mieszkań i dużych domów. Nowe urządzenia oferują moc ssącą do 30 000 Pa, inteligentną nawigację LiDAR oraz zaawansowane systemy mopowania.
https://cat5.pl/irobot-prezentuje-swoje-najbardziej-zaawansowane-i-zroznicowane-portfolio/
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🤖 #iRobot rozwija linię robotów #Roomba na 2026 rok, wprowadzając modele do mieszkań i dużych domów. Nowe urządzenia oferują moc ssącą do 30 000 Pa, inteligentną nawigację LiDAR oraz zaawansowane systemy mopowania.
https://cat5.pl/irobot-prezentuje-swoje-najbardziej-zaawansowane-i-zroznicowane-portfolio/
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🤖 #iRobot rozwija linię robotów #Roomba na 2026 rok, wprowadzając modele do mieszkań i dużych domów. Nowe urządzenia oferują moc ssącą do 30 000 Pa, inteligentną nawigację LiDAR oraz zaawansowane systemy mopowania.
https://cat5.pl/irobot-prezentuje-swoje-najbardziej-zaawansowane-i-zroznicowane-portfolio/
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🤖 #iRobot rozwija linię robotów #Roomba na 2026 rok, wprowadzając modele do mieszkań i dużych domów. Nowe urządzenia oferują moc ssącą do 30 000 Pa, inteligentną nawigację LiDAR oraz zaawansowane systemy mopowania.
https://cat5.pl/irobot-prezentuje-swoje-najbardziej-zaawansowane-i-zroznicowane-portfolio/
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Päivän diili: Mainio, esteet väistelevä, moppaava, itsestääntyhjentävä Roomba 505 robotti-imuri edullisemmin kuin kertaakaan aiemmin
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/05/12/mainio-roomba-505-nyt-halvemmalla-kuin-kertaakaan-aiemmin
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Päivän diili: Mainio, esteet väistelevä, moppaava, itsestääntyhjentävä Roomba 505 robotti-imuri edullisemmin kuin kertaakaan aiemmin
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/05/12/mainio-roomba-505-nyt-halvemmalla-kuin-kertaakaan-aiemmin
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Päivän diili: Mainio, esteet väistelevä, moppaava, itsestääntyhjentävä Roomba 505 robotti-imuri edullisemmin kuin kertaakaan aiemmin
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/05/12/mainio-roomba-505-nyt-halvemmalla-kuin-kertaakaan-aiemmin
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Päivän diili: Mainio, esteet väistelevä, moppaava, itsestääntyhjentävä Roomba 505 robotti-imuri edullisemmin kuin kertaakaan aiemmin
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/05/12/mainio-roomba-505-nyt-halvemmalla-kuin-kertaakaan-aiemmin
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Päivän diili: Mainio, esteet väistelevä, moppaava, itsestääntyhjentävä Roomba 505 robotti-imuri edullisemmin kuin kertaakaan aiemmin
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/05/12/mainio-roomba-505-nyt-halvemmalla-kuin-kertaakaan-aiemmin
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iRobot laittoi Roombat uusiksi, sillä niitä esiteltiin kerralla peräti yhdeksän kappaletta, kun mukaan lasketaan eri telakkavariaatiot ja mallisarjat.
Hinnat alkaen 249 euroa. Kokoa on pienennetty, tehoa suurennettu ja navigointia paranneltu.
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/05/12/irobot-roomba-9-robotti-imuria-julkaisu-2026
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iRobot laittoi Roombat uusiksi, sillä niitä esiteltiin kerralla peräti yhdeksän kappaletta, kun mukaan lasketaan eri telakkavariaatiot ja mallisarjat.
Hinnat alkaen 249 euroa. Kokoa on pienennetty, tehoa suurennettu ja navigointia paranneltu.
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/05/12/irobot-roomba-9-robotti-imuria-julkaisu-2026
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iRobot laittoi Roombat uusiksi, sillä niitä esiteltiin kerralla peräti yhdeksän kappaletta, kun mukaan lasketaan eri telakkavariaatiot ja mallisarjat.
Hinnat alkaen 249 euroa. Kokoa on pienennetty, tehoa suurennettu ja navigointia paranneltu.
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/05/12/irobot-roomba-9-robotti-imuria-julkaisu-2026
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iRobot laittoi Roombat uusiksi, sillä niitä esiteltiin kerralla peräti yhdeksän kappaletta, kun mukaan lasketaan eri telakkavariaatiot ja mallisarjat.
Hinnat alkaen 249 euroa. Kokoa on pienennetty, tehoa suurennettu ja navigointia paranneltu.
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/05/12/irobot-roomba-9-robotti-imuria-julkaisu-2026
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iRobot laittoi Roombat uusiksi, sillä niitä esiteltiin kerralla peräti yhdeksän kappaletta, kun mukaan lasketaan eri telakkavariaatiot ja mallisarjat.
Hinnat alkaen 249 euroa. Kokoa on pienennetty, tehoa suurennettu ja navigointia paranneltu.
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/05/12/irobot-roomba-9-robotti-imuria-julkaisu-2026
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I have a Roomba 960 I purchased in 2016. Every day at 10:00 it is programmed to automatically start and vacuum the house.
I've replaced the battery once, about a year ago. And I've replaced the spinning brush, rollers, and the filter many times.
Only problem I have is the two drive wheels are worn smooth, so it no longer has much traction. It struggles to drive over some of the flooring transition pieces between different rooms. I don't need the whole wheel assemblies, I just need the "tires" with fresh rubber threads.
Would be interesting to know how many kilometers it has driven over the last 10 years. #Roomba
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Good morning. 🍵🍵🍵
7 May 2026
While feeding Charlie this morning, I discovered Roomba wedged under the breakfast table. It must have gotten stuck yesterday during its rounds, and I only just noticed — meaning it had been stranded for nearly twenty‑four hours. The suffering it must have endured is unimaginable. The thought of being pinned between a table leg and a chair for that long is simply horrid.
Naturally, I blame myself for being so unobservant that I didn’t hear its cries for help. It was neglect on my part, and I feel deep regret. In my defense, the moment I spotted Roomba lying lifeless under the table, I immediately extricated it and rushed it to its base station, where it is now receiving the resuscitating care it deserves.
As you can see, the excitement of mornings in this household knows no bounds. Mine begins with the sudden realization that I am, in fact, still here — awake, with ambient light filtering through the curtains. When I say I “discover” I’m still here, it’s because seconds earlier I was somewhere else entirely, in a world that exists only in my mind. Or does it.
I get up, stagger into the bathroom, and revive myself with a toothbrush after the night’s sleep. When I open the bedroom door and step into the rest of the house, Charlie is waiting. The moment he sees me, he turns and thunders toward the back door, fully confident that I will follow and let him out.
And now, somehow, I’m already out of space this morning, so I’ll have to end it here. That’s all the chaos my morning budget allows.
“Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.” — Van Gogh
“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” — Yeats
“The universe is full of things that are patiently waiting for us to notice them.” — Eden Phillpotts
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #nature #morning #spanishmoss #roomba
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Wir suchen im Moment einen reinen Saugroboter, der ohne dauerhafte Internetverbindung klarkommt.
Hat jemand hier eine gute Empfehlung oder Nicht-Empfehlung?
Der Sauger muss ohne IT-Kenntnisse nutzbar sein, also ohne "baue deinen eigenen Server um ihn zu betreiben".Wir haben aus dem Bekanntenkreis gute Erfahrungen mit Medion-Geräten gehört, kann jemand dazu was sagen?
#saugroboter #staubsaugroboter #diday #Roomba #staubsauger #fedieltern #homeassistant #homeautomatization #haushalt
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Wir suchen im Moment einen reinen Saugroboter, der ohne dauerhafte Internetverbindung klarkommt.
Hat jemand hier eine gute Empfehlung oder Nicht-Empfehlung?
Der Sauger muss ohne IT-Kenntnisse nutzbar sein, also ohne "baue deinen eigenen Server um ihn zu betreiben".Wir haben aus dem Bekanntenkreis gute Erfahrungen mit Medion-Geräten gehört, kann jemand dazu was sagen?
#saugroboter #staubsaugroboter #diday #Roomba #staubsauger #fedieltern #homeassistant #homeautomatization #haushalt
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Wir suchen im Moment einen reinen Saugroboter, der ohne dauerhafte Internetverbindung klarkommt.
Hat jemand hier eine gute Empfehlung oder Nicht-Empfehlung?
Der Sauger muss ohne IT-Kenntnisse nutzbar sein, also ohne "baue deinen eigenen Server um ihn zu betreiben".Wir haben aus dem Bekanntenkreis gute Erfahrungen mit Medion-Geräten gehört, kann jemand dazu was sagen?
#saugroboter #staubsaugroboter #diday #Roomba #staubsauger #fedieltern #homeassistant #homeautomatization #haushalt
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Wir suchen im Moment einen reinen Saugroboter, der ohne dauerhafte Internetverbindung klarkommt.
Hat jemand hier eine gute Empfehlung oder Nicht-Empfehlung?
Der Sauger muss ohne IT-Kenntnisse nutzbar sein, also ohne "baue deinen eigenen Server um ihn zu betreiben".Wir haben aus dem Bekanntenkreis gute Erfahrungen mit Medion-Geräten gehört, kann jemand dazu was sagen?
#saugroboter #staubsaugroboter #diday #Roomba #staubsauger #fedieltern #homeassistant #homeautomatization #haushalt
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Wir suchen im Moment einen reinen Saugroboter, der ohne dauerhafte Internetverbindung klarkommt.
Hat jemand hier eine gute Empfehlung oder Nicht-Empfehlung?
Der Sauger muss ohne IT-Kenntnisse nutzbar sein, also ohne "baue deinen eigenen Server um ihn zu betreiben".Wir haben aus dem Bekanntenkreis gute Erfahrungen mit Medion-Geräten gehört, kann jemand dazu was sagen?
#saugroboter #staubsaugroboter #diday #Roomba #staubsauger #fedieltern #homeassistant #homeautomatization #haushalt
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New Episode: "The Invisible Cartographer" is live. 🎙️
We’re breaking down how modern smart vacuums track your habits and monetize your home's geometry.Time to air-gap your data and take back your sanctuary.
Listen now: https://ImpracticalPrivacy.com
#Privacy #SmartHome #DataProtection #DigitalRights #Surveillance #DigitalSelfDefense #BigData #PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceState #SmartVacuum #Roomba #Robovac
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New Episode: "The Invisible Cartographer" is live. 🎙️
We’re breaking down how modern smart vacuums track your habits and monetize your home's geometry.Time to air-gap your data and take back your sanctuary.
Listen now: https://ImpracticalPrivacy.com
#Privacy #SmartHome #DataProtection #DigitalRights #Surveillance #DigitalSelfDefense #BigData #PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceState #SmartVacuum #Roomba #Robovac
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New Episode: "The Invisible Cartographer" is live. 🎙️
We’re breaking down how modern smart vacuums track your habits and monetize your home's geometry.Time to air-gap your data and take back your sanctuary.
Listen now: https://ImpracticalPrivacy.com
#Privacy #SmartHome #DataProtection #DigitalRights #Surveillance #DigitalSelfDefense #BigData #PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceState #SmartVacuum #Roomba #Robovac
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New Episode: "The Invisible Cartographer" is live. 🎙️
We’re breaking down how modern smart vacuums track your habits and monetize your home's geometry.Time to air-gap your data and take back your sanctuary.
Listen now: https://ImpracticalPrivacy.com
#Privacy #SmartHome #DataProtection #DigitalRights #Surveillance #DigitalSelfDefense #BigData #PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceState #SmartVacuum #Roomba #Robovac
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Entertaining 'How I Built This' podcast episode with Colin Angle, one of the founders of iRobot: On how they started out of MIT's AI Lab as a consulting company and military contractor, then after selling this branch off entered the consumer market starting with the Roomba vacuum cleaning robot. And on how the company was bought up by the Chinese manufacturer of the Roomba after an attempted acquisition by Amazon would not be approved.
https://wondery.com/shows/how-i-built-this/episode/10386-irobot-colin-angle-how-the-roomba-became-a-household-icon/ -
Entertaining 'How I Built This' podcast episode with Colin Angle, one of the founders of iRobot: On how they started out of MIT's AI Lab as a consulting company and military contractor, then after selling this branch off entered the consumer market starting with the Roomba vacuum cleaning robot. And on how the company was bought up by the Chinese manufacturer of the Roomba after an attempted acquisition by Amazon would not be approved.
https://wondery.com/shows/how-i-built-this/episode/10386-irobot-colin-angle-how-the-roomba-became-a-household-icon/ -
Entertaining 'How I Built This' podcast episode with Colin Angle, one of the founders of iRobot: On how they started out of MIT's AI Lab as a consulting company and military contractor, then after selling this branch off entered the consumer market starting with the Roomba vacuum cleaning robot. And on how the company was bought up by the Chinese manufacturer of the Roomba after an attempted acquisition by Amazon would not be approved.
https://wondery.com/shows/how-i-built-this/episode/10386-irobot-colin-angle-how-the-roomba-became-a-household-icon/ -
Entertaining 'How I Built This' podcast episode with Colin Angle, one of the founders of iRobot: On how they started out of MIT's AI Lab as a consulting company and military contractor, then after selling this branch off entered the consumer market starting with the Roomba vacuum cleaning robot. And on how the company was bought up by the Chinese manufacturer of the Roomba after an attempted acquisition by Amazon would not be approved.
https://wondery.com/shows/how-i-built-this/episode/10386-irobot-colin-angle-how-the-roomba-became-a-household-icon/ -
The White Noise Roomba
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome people like to listen to music but those people don’t like to use headphones or earphones. The result is that you hear it, whether you want to. That’s why, sometimes, instead of using a fan for white noise, I use a roomba.
Roomba White Noise
The Roomba as white noise serves two purposes. The first is that it masks all sources of noise pollution and the second is that it covers the noise pollution from people listening to music without earphones, headphones or other.
When we all lived in houses we could all listen to music. We had thick walls separating us from neighbours, if not gardens with trees, and distance. Now, with densification, we live on top of each other, and that living on top of each other means that one person’s music is another person’s noise pollution.
If you’re focused on writing, or some other mental activity, then you are more attuned to the noise pollution. I often use a fan for white noise and if that doesn’t work then I flee, going for a walk.
Within the current context I am waiting for the car’s electrical fault to be diagnosed so I am stuck in another location. In this location I use a roomba, rather than a fan.
I suspect that Roomba hasn’t been exploring for weeks, or even months in this place. I noticed a few dead flies by a window. Roomba has now hoovered them up, and in the process provided me with the white noise I needed to write.
It’s amusing, because I’m the type to use airpods or other technology to watch TV. When I notice that I can hear neighbours I am far more careful about being quiet. I try to be sympathetic, by not imposing myself on others. I wish others thought like this.
Wall Banging
It is kind of ironic that the sound of a roomba banging against walls, chairs, and various wooden objects is more convivial than the noise of music, muffled by walls and other obstacles.
Necessary
I didn’t start a timer to see how long it is running for. In my experience if Roomba finds dirt it keeps running until it doesn’t find any, or its battery runs low. Today running Roomba is entirely justified.
And Finally
In practice fleeing to coworking spaces would be the best solution. This morning I am typing on an English UK keyboard and theoretically I have four hours of battery life. That’s convenient enough to consider using it in a coworking space, to escape noise pollution, by escaping to a place that has a different noise landscape.
In theory I will ride twenty six kilometres with a group, and then sit down, have breakfast, and after that co-work.
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Arvosteluputkestamme tupsahti tällä kertaa hieman edullisemman esteitä väistelevän, moppaavan roboimurin arvostelu
Roomba 505 Combo+ on noin 400-500e hintalapulla varsin pätevä työjuhta, joka ei juurikaan kompastele lattialle unohtuneisiin esteisiin.
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/03/15/roomba-505-combo-plus-arvostelu
#roomba #robottiimuri #roboimuri #arvostelu #uutiset #irobot #roomba505 #teknologia #tekniikka
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Arvosteluputkestamme tupsahti tällä kertaa hieman edullisemman esteitä väistelevän, moppaavan roboimurin arvostelu
Roomba 505 Combo+ on noin 400-500e hintalapulla varsin pätevä työjuhta, joka ei juurikaan kompastele lattialle unohtuneisiin esteisiin.
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/03/15/roomba-505-combo-plus-arvostelu
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