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dlokshin on Dec 18, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: 'sudo make me a sandwich' has become a reality

One thing I'll comment on this is that I have a Roomba, love it, but it does require quite a bit of human care. About every three clean cycles (I have a one bedroom apartment) I have to take it apart, clean all the hair that gets stuck around the brushes + gears) and assemble it back together.

dredmorbius on Dec 19, 2011 [–]

FWIW, you'd have to perform similar maintenance on a standard vacuum.

As well as, you know, vacuum with the damned thing.

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