I wouldnāt mind some closeup shots of these since you have them there on a while background and all 
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Does the NExT2 not have black epoxy on the inside, is it clear?
Donāt all* of your (other) implants have the black epoxy?
(It looks like the xSIID doesnāt either. Is it a blinky thing?)
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And I imagine so it doesnāt accidentally block the LEDs too in these cases
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Oh sick, thanks!
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Everything with an LED inside uses clear epoxy. Some NExT v1 also used clear epoxy because we had it, but now our NExT v1 inventory is mixed with opaque and clear resin, even though there is no LED in the v1.
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Okay, now how the heck do I prove to aliexpress Iām not a robot? Their new Capcha is impossible!
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Ah, good, eventually they just stopped trying to show me the capcha. I didnāt realize such high resolution screens had come down in price that much. Iāll have to keep that in mind as I start coming up with projects to put my microcontrollers to use.
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I want to be a robot, but capchas are starting to make me think that Iām already becoming one.
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Yes. Or, it may be that capchas are in fact there to keep the humans out, since AI has an easier time passing them than humans. At this rate, humans will soon have to ask our AI assistants to take us on walks to our favourite websites because the sites wonāt let us in without robot supervision.
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Iām donāt get one. Occasionally I search for food stuff to keep their suspicion down 
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EBay is being counter productive. Iām trying to use the āBuy it Nowā on a couple of motherboards, and I keep getting this at checkout;
I mean, I AM trying to make a purchase with immediat payment???
Anybody know what gives? I mean, I just bought an expensive graphics card last week, but itās paid for. Not sure if thatād be held against me. You think theyād be happy.
EDIT. Finally got through on their chat. Their chat AI is 1990ās level awful, the first person was completely AFK for 15 minutes, and then they just asked a couple of questions and cleared it.
Pretty sure it was an āare you humanā check.
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So Iām looking for a new robot vacuum and Iām kinda confused about the new offerings from iRobot.
The new ones that have a mopping feature use a single pad that doesnāt look as effective, thereās a previous generation model called the 405 that has rotating mops and a lidar but for some reason iRobot appears to be dropping the lidar after a single generation so Iām unsure.
Samsung has a few models that mop but are hard to find. And I donāt know how good theyāll be at selling consumables and replacement batteries in the following decades.
When it comes to the Chinese brands, Iām pretty sure that their products wonāt last the 15 years I got out of my old Roomba which probably still works but is in another country. Sure, I had to replace the battery, brushes, and filters multiple times over that time. And I even got an upgraded vacuum bin for it at some point which made the brushes last longer.
And no, I did not ask to get turned into a vacuum. 
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honestly the chinese ones (at least 3-4 years ago) are leagues better than the iRobot ones. Highly recommend looking at reviews, the new ones are pretty well built
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Are spare parts like filters and brushes available for the 4 year old models?
I have a roborock s5 (released at least 4 years ago, probably 5 or 6 at this point) and there are plenty of spares on aliexpress and amazon. Their official US website has replacements for everything except the main brush, which is weird but easy to source from the other sites
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Check out
and look around their youtube channel
All the top models are chinese. Just go with a known manufacturer and youāll be fine
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I have the s6 and buy brushes etc in bulk from aliexpress. They live in a drawer and will likely outlast the vacuum. Much cheaper than amazon.
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Robot: What is my purpose?
Human: You pass butter.
Robot: Oh my god.
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