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Elon’s double nothingburger: robotaxis any year now, bro. And robots, bro. Trust us, bro. (pivot-to-ai.com)
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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 25 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I know im a big nerd but "Musk also presented the Optimus robot, your plastic pal who’s fun to be with — “your own personal R2-D2, C-3PO!”.

Why would I need an astromech droid Musk? At least a GNK droid provides power. Stupid sexy gonk droid.

[–] mpk@awful.systems 26 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Don't have much use for a protocol droid either.

[–] Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (4 children)

What I really need is a droid who speaks the binary language of moisture vaporators.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i believe @self is writing one in Nix

[–] self@awful.systems 5 points 1 month ago

you know, humidity control is one of the few parts of my house that isn’t controlled by a handbuilt Linux system I’ve fastened to the wall

…so what I’m saying is now I’m writing one in nix, yes

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