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Re:Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot by victorbjorklund on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @05:01PM (#50358851)
Humans are def not designed optimally to live and work in a modern house or office. Don’t confuse “survived better than other animals in the Savannah 200 000 years ago” with modern env.
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Re:Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot by embedding-shape on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:42PM (#50360207)
> Humans are def not designed optimally to live and work in a modern house or office

Agreed, those were designed by humans (mostly) for humans. I don't think we as a species "adapt to things" so much anymore, and instead we adapt our environment to us.

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