Ping-pong robot Ace makes history by beating top-level human players

Re:Ping-pong robot Ace makes history by beating top-level hu... by amandle on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @04:47PM (#47869102)

Reminds me of the Mitch Hedberg joke: "The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall."

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Re:Ping-pong robot Ace makes history by beating top-level hu... by _doctor_love on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @05:18PM (#47869423)

I used to love Mitch Hedberg. I still do, but I used to, too.

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Re:Ping-pong robot Ace makes history by beating top-level hu... by EGreg on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @06:20PM (#47870059)

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk, May 7 1840.

When he was a little boy he never played out in the streets of Votkinsk like the other little children of Votkinsk, because when Tchaikovsky was one month old, his parents moved to St. Petersburg.

— Victor Borge

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Re:Ping-pong robot Ace makes history by beating top-level hu... by _doctor_love on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @06:24PM (#47870093)

Put up in a place

where it is easy to see

the cryptic admonishment

T.T.T

¨

When you feel how depressingly

slowly you climb

it's well to remember that

Things Take Time

-- Piet Hein

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Re:Ping-pong robot Ace makes history by beating top-level hu... by mjcohen on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @08:37PM (#47871039)

As Victor said, his parents were very upset when they came home and found him in front of a roaring fire, because they did not have a fireplace.

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Re:Ping-pong robot Ace makes history by beating top-level hu... by jimt1234 on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @06:25PM (#47870106)

If you don't like a parade, run in the opposite direction to fast-forward it.

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