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I went through a phase about 10 years ago of daydreaming about being a landscaper. The appeal of it was that digging a ditch is easier than the stress and respo
by gibbitz 2y ago
I went through a phase about 10 years ago of daydreaming about being a landscaper. The appeal of it was that digging a ditch is easier than the stress and responsibility of deciding where to dig it. Worst case, you fill it in and dig another. Dirt and gravity doesn't have breaking changes and people aren't about to stop caring how their lawns look. At the time I was working in pre-react post Flash UI development at a marketing firm. I could see how Flash had ended and could only see the other things I was doing as suffering the same fate. Add the typical deadline and technical debt stressors and I was ready to get out. Today, what's happening with AI and the message that even when it's not really viable businesses are lined up to replace me with it really doesn't foster loyalty or commitment to my profession. At least if I grow my own crops I'll have something to eat. The problem is subsistence farming is all but illegal now with agricorps owning the genomes of the seeds. So I guess I'll keep doing this until they kick me out on the street.
- nradov 2y agoYou can buy "heirloom" seeds for just about anything you want to grow without any IP concerns. The genetically modified seeds are mainly only of interest to large farms growing huge amounts of staple row crops.