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by zkmon5 hours ago |
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upvoteby hatthew3 hours ago|
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I agree with the sentiment that the human aspect of gardening can be fun, and personally I would not want to automate my own plant maintenance. But on the other hand, perhaps the author finds automation fun. Who are we to decide how they should do their own garden?
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upvoteby ygouzerh3 hours ago|
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Why not? OP seems to enjoy it. Everyone have the right to "tend their own garden" as they want.

Let people have some fun, it's not like he is pushing people to abandon manually taking care of a garden.

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upvoteby QuantumNomad_3 hours ago|
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> Let other humans of your family also take part in it.

Not everyone wants to take care of other people’s plants. Maybe he already tried to involve his kids and it turned out they were just not interested.

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upvoteby zkmon3 hours ago|
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"other people's plants"? When did plants became personal property within a family? I understand you have your own clothes and other personal things, but plants or pets? People should stop claiming artificial, fine-grained ownerships on everything, within a family. Let family own things. Let family claim the work and achievements.
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upvoteby ssl-32 hours ago|
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I have a couple of questions.

When did this person's hobby become your property to cast your whims upon?

If you succeed at proving that they're incompetent, incapable, just holding it wrong, or whatever: Then what? How would this finding improve anyone's situation -- at all, anywhere?

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upvoteby zkmon1 hours ago|
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HN is not a property store. A post here becomes a target of comments when it is posted, if you don't know that.
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upvoteby skrebbel5 hours ago|
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upvoteby nehal3m4 hours ago|
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Jeez, this person is just combining their hobbies into something they apparently think is fun and you’re resting the whole world on their shoulders. Relax.
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upvoteby paganel4 hours ago|
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Because the OP is just dehumanising some basic, primary stuff, it's like telling someone to not sh*t in public because in so doing it also casts a bad light on us, people who happen to be watching him because we just happen to share the same sidewalk.

I don't want to be part of a world where people invaded by AI psychosis have turned a basic human thing like gardening into this AI-monstrosity.

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upvoteby nehal3m4 hours ago|
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Let’s say they just set up some sensors and automation based on regular algorithms or something like Home Assistant, would that pass muster to you? As in ‘hey look at this, I hacked some plants!’? This is just going one step further. You’re free to not like AI (I’m reluctant myself) but this seems to me like someone bashing some stuff together for fun. In my opinion you’re overreacting.
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upvoteby CrimsonRain4 hours ago|
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People like you will complain when AI makes it unnecessary to use pesticides in farming. bUT mUh hUmaNizED FArmiNG?
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upvoteby paganel3 hours ago|
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upvoteby hardbass1 hours ago|
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This guy paganel literally doesn't think mathematics is necessary in any science or tech. Really don't know what to say to that.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50451025

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upvoteby Mashimo5 hours ago|
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> Why not? Why do you keep your family members away from your fantastic project?

Kids these days want to play on their sega and listen to hip hop.

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upvoteby deanputney4 hours ago|
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But how else would he know the cat pissed in it?
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upvoteby zkmon1 hours ago|
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Yes. we must know everything. Caterpillar pooping, butterfly flapping wings, leaves wiggling - instrument everything, collect tons of numbers and call it "Big data", and ask AI to munch on the data and and ask it to post a mile long blog article.

You just used all major areas of tech - Sensor feeds, Big Data processing, Cloud and AI agents. Only blockchain & quantum computing is missing. What a project.

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upvoteby hardbass1 hours ago|
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Whats wrong with sensors and data analysis? Sounds like a good small scale project to start with the subject. Do you think sensors and data are only used for "evil megatech"?
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upvoteby zkmon48 minutes ago|
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The "evil megatech" is brainwashing you into believing that all big data or sensor data is really a need. But the need is created by the tech and forced upon.
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