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This is curious invention with the potential to reduce pesticide use enormously. It's obviously for larger farms growing vegetables as row crops.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/11/mother-plucker-steel-fingers-guided-by-ai-pluck-weeds-rapidly-and-autonomously/

 
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Neat.   For others, I had to scroll down pretty far on my IPad to see the pic.
 
They worship nothing. They say it's because nothing is worth fighting for. Like this tiny ad:
montana community seeking 20 people who are gardeners or want to be gardeners
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