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Ag3ntM1ck t1_itpsny7 wrote

Reply to comment by wheenus in This new farming robot uses lasers to kill 200,000 weeds per hour by diacewrb

As a kid growing up, me and my family used to work for farmers up north pulling the weeds by hand. 13 cents an hour. Big money for a 9 year old in the 70's.

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wheenus t1_itptask wrote

Imagine if you were able to do that with LASERS!? It would be like a game for today's kids lol

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Ag3ntM1ck t1_itptnd3 wrote

Sheeeit. Wielding a laser and 13 cents an hour? I'd have been shitting in the tall corn.

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wheenus t1_itptsw3 wrote

Well we can bump that pay to about 17 cents, since ya know, inflation and all

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