2195: Dockless Roombas - Revision history

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Most vandal at 07:47, 13 July 2023

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172.71.178.207: Neither proper joke nor actual seriousness. Some do, some don't. Perhaps "sidewalks may have cracks" is necessary, but then still no great need for CN/ACN.

2023-05-14T08:32:51Z

Neither proper joke nor actual seriousness. Some do, some don't. Perhaps "sidewalks *may* have cracks" is necessary, but then still no great need for CN/ACN.

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 * A Roomba is not powerful enough for someone to ride.  At best, a small animal like a cat or squirrel might be able to ride atop one.
-* A Roomba has small wheels and is designed for relatively flat and uniform surfaces.  Even if a person could successfully ride on one, sidewalks have cracks and unevenness and bumps which would lead to a rough ride with lots of opportunities to [https://what-if.xkcd.com/5/ get stuck]. (But riding Roombas has come up on xkcd before, in the Externalities comic)
+* A Roomba has small wheels and is designed for relatively flat and uniform surfaces.  Even if a person could successfully ride on one, sidewalks have cracks and unevenness and bumps which would lead to a rough ride with lots of opportunities to {{what if|5|get stuck}}. (But riding Roombas has come up on xkcd before, in the Externalities comic)
 * A Roomba requires a way to recharge its batteries and, unladen, generally runs for an hour or so before it needs to be recharged.  That is why it always comes with a dock.  Dockless would imply it would not have a way to recharge.  With a heavy load like a human, one would expect the run time to be drastically less.

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 ==Explanation==
-In this comic [[Cueball]] discovers two {{w|Roomba|Roombas}} outside, and [[Megan]] explains that they are dockless Roombas for rent. Cueball is <div style='background:red;color:white;float:left;position:fixed;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;z-index:29374738'><center><big><big><big style=font-size:100px><br>Fuck you!</big></big></big></center></div>
+In this comic [[Cueball]] discovers two {{w|Roomba|Roombas}} outside, and [[Megan]] explains that they are dockless Roombas for rent. Cueball is confused, but then [[Beret Guy]] walks in, activates one with an app on his {{w|smartphone}}, and rides away standing on it.
 A Roomba is a small automated (robotic) vacuum cleaner designed to clean a room or other bounded area by repeatedly and automatically going over the floor, vacuuming, until it has made multiple passes, and either runs low on power or is turned off.  The "intelligence" of various models can vary from relatively random operation with basic techniques to get around obstacles, to models that generate a general mental map of the area and contents and attempt to be deliberate in passing over all reachable areas.  A Roomba generally includes a recharging "dock", which it can find and automatically connect with when it gets low on power, allowing it to recharge and perhaps automatically begin another round of cleaning. Roombas are a [[:Category:Roomba|recurring theme]] on xkcd. In [[1193: Externalities]] it was [[Ponytail]] that drove a Roomba. And in [[1486: Vacuum]] Beret Guy flew on a regular vacuum cleaner.

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 ==Explanation==
-In this comic [[Cueball]] discovers two {{w|Roomba|Roombas}} outside, and [[Megan]] explains that they are dockless Roombas for rent. Cueball is confused, but then [[Beret Guy]] walks in, activates one with an app on his {{w|smartphone}}, and rides away standing on it.
+In this comic [[Cueball]] discovers two {{w|Roomba|Roombas}} outside, and [[Megan]] explains that they are dockless Roombas for rent. Cueball is <div style='background:red;color:white;float:left;position:fixed;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;z-index:29374738'><center><big><big><big style=font-size:100px><br>Fuck you!</big></big></big></center></div>
 A Roomba is a small automated (robotic) vacuum cleaner designed to clean a room or other bounded area by repeatedly and automatically going over the floor, vacuuming, until it has made multiple passes, and either runs low on power or is turned off.  The "intelligence" of various models can vary from relatively random operation with basic techniques to get around obstacles, to models that generate a general mental map of the area and contents and attempt to be deliberate in passing over all reachable areas.  A Roomba generally includes a recharging "dock", which it can find and automatically connect with when it gets low on power, allowing it to recharge and perhaps automatically begin another round of cleaning. Roombas are a [[:Category:Roomba|recurring theme]] on xkcd. In [[1193: Externalities]] it was [[Ponytail]] that drove a Roomba. And in [[1486: Vacuum]] Beret Guy flew on a regular vacuum cleaner.

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 * A Roomba is not powerful enough for someone to ride.  At best, a small animal like a cat or squirrel might be able to ride atop one.
-* A Roomba has small wheels and is designed for relatively flat and uniform surfaces.  Even if a person could successfully ride on one, sidewalks have cracks and unevenness and bumps{{cn}} which would lead to a rough ride with lots of opportunities to [https://what-if.xkcd.com/5/ get stuck]. (But riding Roombas has come up on xkcd before, in the Externalities comic)
+* A Roomba has small wheels and is designed for relatively flat and uniform surfaces.  Even if a person could successfully ride on one, sidewalks have cracks and unevenness and bumps which would lead to a rough ride with lots of opportunities to [https://what-if.xkcd.com/5/ get stuck]. (But riding Roombas has come up on xkcd before, in the Externalities comic)
 * A Roomba requires a way to recharge its batteries and, unladen, generally runs for an hour or so before it needs to be recharged.  That is why it always comes with a dock.  Dockless would imply it would not have a way to recharge.  With a heavy load like a human, one would expect the run time to be drastically less.

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 * A Roomba is not powerful enough for someone to ride.  At best, a small animal like a cat or squirrel might be able to ride atop one.
-* A Roomba has small wheels and is designed for relatively flat and uniform surfaces.  Even if a person could successfully ride on one, sidewalks have cracks and unevenness and bumps{cn} which would lead to a rough ride with lots of opportunities to [https://what-if.xkcd.com/5/ get stuck]. (But riding Roombas has come up on xkcd before, in the Externalities comic)
+* A Roomba has small wheels and is designed for relatively flat and uniform surfaces.  Even if a person could successfully ride on one, sidewalks have cracks and unevenness and bumps{{cn}} which would lead to a rough ride with lots of opportunities to [https://what-if.xkcd.com/5/ get stuck]. (But riding Roombas has come up on xkcd before, in the Externalities comic)
 * A Roomba requires a way to recharge its batteries and, unladen, generally runs for an hour or so before it needs to be recharged.  That is why it always comes with a dock.  Dockless would imply it would not have a way to recharge.  With a heavy load like a human, one would expect the run time to be drastically less.

2195: Dockless Roombas - Revision history

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172.71.242.10: Undo revision 317771 by Most vandal (talk)

Most vandal at 07:47, 13 July 2023

172.71.178.207: Neither proper joke nor actual seriousness. Some do, some don't. Perhaps "sidewalks *may* have cracks" is necessary, but then still no great need for CN/ACN.

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172.71.178.207: Neither proper joke nor actual seriousness. Some do, some don't. Perhaps "sidewalks may have cracks" is necessary, but then still no great need for CN/ACN.