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Munroe Robotics

🕑 Added 2020-07-02 01:11:09 +0000 UTC

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Questionable content meets spurious correlations

TV4Fun

Is Landon a relative of Randall?

Chris Heg

How can you NOT build a particle cannon?

Nicholas A Wagner

But that's pretty dark, this is a pretty positive world.

Stephen Wells

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 :)

Am Queue

And by nudge, I would mean, "Grab by the nose and jerk around to face the correct direction."

Chris Crowther

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?

Ami

Excuse my, child is also named Femto

KingAtticus

Hi Femto

Hugh Eckert

I think Landon should talk to Station.

Hugh Eckert

That makes sense.

Nicholas A Wagner

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'

Jim Feldman

I wonder if that's Jeph's shorthand for the meeting taking place virtually?

Scotty

Why is everything blue? Where are they having there meeting?

you. i dont like you.

Captain Button

The particle cannon is based on the work of the noted Cambridge physicist, Dr. Parsons...

James A. Whitney

I had been assuming the former, like the SI prefix. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femto-)

Summer Sudbrink

Femto's original names were Nina and Alexander.

darklion

We've graduated from the stock torso laser beam

Foal Papers

No, I’m Femto, and so is my wife!

Clifton Royston

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.

Yay.

Matthew Reiter

Ass + sit + ants: people who accidentally sit their asses on ants.

Nicholas A Wagner

I think Celia's job is to gently nudge her boss to keep him on track.

Hugh Eckert

I was thinking much along those lines myself...

Joseph Bonnar

Ok. Who do we ship with Femto?

Bagge

I'm honestly getting a bit of Elon Musky vibes from that one. Not Femto

MiaKitty

Is that pronounced "Femme-toe" or "Femme-too" or some other way?

Alex H.

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.

Mari San

Is Femto the product of a bad alchemy experiment?

Nicholas A Wagner

Yay can't hack into something they are already logged into

Ben French

I think I'm gonna like Femto

John Fiala

A particle cannon is it's own reward.

Populuxe

I find Femto’s ideas intriguing and wish to subscribe to her newsletter.

ViennaStar

How can we learn more about Femto

Gary Sumners

"assitants"?

Emmy P.

I’ll bet anything the next comic has an explicit XKCD reference/joke.

Tudza

How about a femtomole? Cute little things, beady eyes, pointy noses.

Ardent Slacker

He's gotta come up with a business use case for the particle cannon or the taxes are gonna get weird.

Dylan T

I have. Many questions

Ardent Slacker

And every pokemon?

Dolan

Hi Femto

The subtle nod to the connection between the prison industrial complex and big business in the third panel is just :muh:

Carl Fink

I would bet money he's a stand-in for one Randall Munroe, actually. The names even rhyme. And Randall almost never draws backgrounds.

Auros Harman

Is Femto part Phorusrhacid?

Munrobotics

Tamara Macadam

shes femto

Michael Lazare

Femto sacrificed an entire company division to demonic gods to get that body.

Miyaa

Pretty sure her name is Cecilia. Probably to normal to be either Melon or Lemon.

I am Groot.

Kinda Squirrely

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

William Cole

I love May and all, but I wouldn't feel comfortable putting her anywhere NEAR a particle cannon.

Simon Green

A prototype EVA unit without the armour?

Jackie Horn

I love you, Femto.

Brian Leahy

Femto visits a daily support group whose other members are Groot, Hodor, and Timmy from South Park.

Shawn K. Younkin

LOL

Matt Grayson

Yay hacks into the virtual environment. No one can see them but Roko and Femto. Hilarity ensues.

Sleepy John

HI FEMTO

Dean Reilly

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.

Nulgar

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

Eric Sieck

Is Femto an ironic name like Tiny? Or is that one quadrillionth of her true size?

MikeT

I'm surprised the assistant isn't called Elon...

Bill O'Connor

Femto? It took me a second. 😏

Matt Grayson

Damn. I’m too late.

FunkyTuba

almost certainly

Andrea Andrew

I like these people.

Smazzie

Femto is a dog AI.

Shawn K. Younkin

Is that ANOTHER sister of Melon and Lemon?? She can be Lime!!!

Ian Wolfe

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.

Joe

great, now we need 7 seasons of buildup to the explanation for the name!!

Shawn K. Younkin

As long as she didn't sacrifice anyone to obtain godhood... she can't be THAT bad...

BobC

I can imagine when Landon gets older, he'll meet someone named Alice...

Yonatan Zunger

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.

Bryan Stopp

Are they meeting in some virtual space? Theres no background but one of the is human. 🤔

Shawn K. Younkin

Dude... let's just give people living in 2020 a break... Okay? Just, like; wait until next year...

LifeSizeTeddyBear

Is Landon related to Randall? I could imagine Randall wanting to make a giant particle cannon too.

Simon Green

Ugh, I know the feeling. Seems like there's NEVER a good reason to build a giant particle cannon these days...

fluffy

He missed a chance to call his company Munroe-botics. Also is he perhaps a reference to Randall Munroe of xkcd fame?

Leaflemming

HODOR LIKE FEMTO.

Michael Boettger

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.