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Vertical Farming and Automation(blog.automicrofarm.com)
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Forest study in China finds mix of trees can absorb twice as much carbon(scmp.com)
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by ph0rque 8y ago
The setup on my website (which is a bit out of date, compared to what I currently have) is not more work than an ordinary garden and an ordinary pond put together, which would be a proper comparison. Not everyone who is willing to garden, d
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Rethink Robotics shuts down(theverge.com)
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AutoMicroFarm's vision is to enable people with back yards to 1) grow the majority of their food in their back yard (asymptotically converging to 100%), and 2) spend a minimum of time and effort in order to do so (asymptotically conver
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by ph0rque 8y ago
AutoMicroFarm founder here. Thanks for the shoutout! I talked to Iron Ox founders (who went through YC, incidentally) a bit ago. They are focused on the robotics systems for commercial green houses, while I am focused on ways to grow food i
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Is there any way to get into a beta? We're about ready to write our own solution, and would love to give you guys money instead.
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Too bad you did away with the API. We were going to use it for https://securityjourney.com/ but found no way to seamlessly create/update a user from our app.
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by ph0rque 8y ago
Thank you so much for your apology, change of tone, and helpful hints! <3 Do you have any suggestions about which font to pick? I like Federant because it seems rustic/"farmy" yet modern at the same time. As far as the log
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State of the AutoMicroFarm Suburban Homestead (Fall 2018 Edition)(blog.automicrofarm.com)
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by ph0rque 8y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I am starting to redo the website, I haven't updated the design for a while. However, your comment comes across as really mean and unnecessary. I really doubt someone would come across it and think, "I rea
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by ph0rque 8y ago
Yes, after I made the comment, I let me coach know, who registered on HN and answered some questions. How is this less than genuine? Would a disclaimer help? Perhaps something like, "This post may contain a direct link to providers of
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by ph0rque 8y ago
One of the most valuable lessons my coach taught me is, "get better at being good enough". She practices what she preaches ;)
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by ph0rque 8y ago
I did a Show HN on my side project, AutoMicroFarm, two years ago (although I have been working on it and posting to HN about it much longer than that). Thanks to HN, I was able to get into the YC fellowship program. After launching and not
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by ph0rque 8y ago
Side note: I hate the phrase "do whatever it takes". No, I am not willing to lose an arm to keep factory production running (as an extreme example). I am not willing to lose my time outside what I am paid for, or my sanity. Sure,
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~$6 per (short) ton ($0.10 per tree planted, which removes ~34 lbs of carbon per year). More here: http://shindyapin.tumblr.com/post/141034501197/climate-chang...
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One more tool I would like for my future garage microfactory!
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By 2023, the World Will Have 1 Trillion Watts of Installed Solar PV Capacity(greentechmedia.com)
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You have access to the future and all you bring back is a title to a patreon link? ;)
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Complete Nutrition from a No-Mammal Homestead(blog.automicrofarm.com)
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Can You 'foresee' a Smart-Home Future? NREL Researchers Do(nrel.gov)
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Sheer coincidence, I tell you!
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Taxes ( https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Gas_and_... )
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My three-year-old son still asks me to "watch the rocket" every few days. I am always happy to oblige :)
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by ph0rque 8y ago
Started using work cycles to complete work (day job, side gig, side project): https://www.ultraworking.com/cycles (by Sebastian Marshall's company, @lionhearted on here). Improvements have been incremental, but the ra
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Yes, a chaotic system which is hard to predict.
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Not a complete solution, but a dampening feedback loop, giving humanity a bit more time to come up with solutions.
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Research Team Engineers a Better Plastic-Degrading Enzyme(nrel.gov)
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Forksand: Open Source hardware(forksand.com)
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I recall reading that a consistent 500-calorie deficit (daily) pretty much kills the libido.

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