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  • @Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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    51 year ago

    Little Bobby had an idea for a potato peeling robot and then somebody else took his idea and actually made it while Bobby is still daydreaming about it.

    Will you say little Bobby invented a new kind of robot?

    • El Barto
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      11 year ago

      No, I wouldn’t say that. But this is not what happened here.