Munroe Robotics
She's Femto
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Questionable content meets spurious correlations
Is Landon a relative of Randall?
How can you NOT build a particle cannon?
Oh, hang on. "Groot" means "big" or "great" in Dutch. "Femto" is an SI prefix for tiny things. So "I'm Femto" is literally the opposite of "I am Groot". I feel super-trolled :)
Excuse my, child is also named Femto
Hi Femto
I think Landon should talk to Station.
Also don't forget, the state bills ex cons and if they don't pay back in they go. A release can find themselves owing the state thousands of dollars and unable to get a job, and /or find someplace to live. No one wants to help an ex con, everyone wants to be 'tough on crime'
But that's pretty dark, this is a pretty positive world.
Why is everything blue? Where are they having there meeting?
I wonder if that's Jeph's shorthand for the meeting taking place virtually?
The particle cannon is based on the work of the noted Cambridge physicist, Dr. Parsons...
We've graduated from the stock torso laser beam
No, I’m Femto, and so is my wife!
Kappa-bot. I wonder how Femto feels about cucumbers?
I suspect the connection between AI incarceration rates and linseed oil futures is that some part of the low-end chassis used for released AI convicts is made from really crappy linoleum. Probably the dermal covering...it'd explain what happened to May's face.
That...makes a lot of sense. I wouldn't be surprised if they were using it for lubricant as well, given how crappilly it would perform. 'cos hey, why buy two different types of oil?
I think Celia's job is to gently nudge her boss to keep him on track.
And by nudge, I would mean, "Grab by the nose and jerk around to face the correct direction."
Ok. Who do we ship with Femto?
Who's the guy, patron of the place where Brun worked, jerks off dolphins? Barry!
I'm honestly getting a bit of Elon Musky vibes from that one. Not Femto
Is that pronounced "Femme-toe" or "Femme-too" or some other way?
I had been assuming the former, like the SI prefix. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femto-)
Is Femto the product of a bad alchemy experiment?
That hadn't occurred to me, but now that you say it, she reminds me strongly of Shou Tucker's body in the first Fullmetal Alchemist anime.
I think I'm gonna like Femto
A particle cannon is it's own reward.
I find Femto’s ideas intriguing and wish to subscribe to her newsletter.
How can we learn more about Femto
"assitants"?
Ass + sit + ants: people who accidentally sit their asses on ants.
I’ll bet anything the next comic has an explicit XKCD reference/joke.
I was thinking much along those lines myself...
How about a femtomole? Cute little things, beady eyes, pointy noses.
I have. Many questions
Hi Femto
The subtle nod to the connection between the prison industrial complex and big business in the third panel is just :muh:
Is Femto part Phorusrhacid?
Munrobotics
shes femto
Femto sacrificed an entire company division to demonic gods to get that body.
I am Groot.
An excuse for a particle cannon? Blasphemy! Back in my day when we wanted a particle cannon, we built one and found a use for it later! Also, something's different but I can't pinpoint it. I wanna say new shading style, but that might just be because the God lighting. Looks good, whatever it is XD
He's gotta come up with a business use case for the particle cannon or the taxes are gonna get weird.
I love you, Femto.
Femto visits a daily support group whose other members are Groot, Hodor, and Timmy from South Park.
And every pokemon?
Yay hacks into the virtual environment. No one can see them but Roko and Femto. Hilarity ensues.
Yay can't hack into something they are already logged into
HI FEMTO
The obvious solution to everyone's problems is to employ AI ex-convicts to build Munroe's particle cannon. I see no drawbacks to this idea.
I love May and all, but I wouldn't feel comfortable putting her anywhere NEAR a particle cannon.
Roko did speak of a "call" in the previous strip, is this a VR/cyberspace call? Or were you just tired of drawing backgrounds? ;P
Is Femto an ironic name like Tiny? Or is that one quadrillionth of her true size?
I'm surprised the assistant isn't called Elon...
Femto? It took me a second. 😏
LOL
I like these people.
Femto is a dog AI.
That makes sense.
Is that ANOTHER sister of Melon and Lemon?? She can be Lime!!!
Pretty sure her name is Cecilia. Probably to normal to be either Melon or Lemon.
I wonder why Femto chose that particular body. It looks like it was designed for digging, but that doesn’t seem like a terribly practical concept compared to existing mining/digging machinery. I has a great multitude of questions.
A prototype EVA unit without the armour?
I can imagine when Landon gets older, he'll meet someone named Alice...
Having lived in Silicon Valley for far too long now, I can confirm that this is normal behavior for at least 60% of all tech CEOs. You don't want to know what the other 40% are like.
Are they meeting in some virtual space? Theres no background but one of the is human. 🤔
Is Landon related to Randall? I could imagine Randall wanting to make a giant particle cannon too.
Ugh, I know the feeling. Seems like there's NEVER a good reason to build a giant particle cannon these days...
Dude... let's just give people living in 2020 a break... Okay? Just, like; wait until next year...
He missed a chance to call his company Munroe-botics. Also is he perhaps a reference to Randall Munroe of xkcd fame?
almost certainly
HODOR LIKE FEMTO.
great, now we need 7 seasons of buildup to the explanation for the name!!
I'm getting the distinct impression that Munroe is a stand-in for any number of tech entrepreneurs. Although John has nothing to fearsome him. And Femto seems nice. Although they look like someone used a CRISPR kit without reading the instructions all the way through.
I would bet money he's a stand-in for one Randall Munroe, actually. The names even rhyme. And Randall almost never draws backgrounds.
Thank you for confirming Femto’s pronouns. 👍🏽
look out, this guy's gonna disrupt the prison industry
Is Landon Munroe an AI choosing to look like a human, or is he in some kind of SAO mental/VR rig for their important meeting in THE CLOUD?
I love Femto.
Atto way to go, Femto. Yotto, yotto, yotto...
Munrobotics
WE’RE Femto
Damn. I’m too late.
I NEES FEMTO LORE
As long as she didn't sacrifice anyone to obtain godhood... she can't be THAT bad...
Groot will be able to talk to Femto no problem
So, AI Groot?
Hi, Femto
I like Femto.
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