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Re:Show HN: I've forked neofetch to keep it alive by jongjong on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @10:33AM (#40223818)
This has been a personal fantasy of mine. Every time I read a story about someone dropping software and buying a farm, I'm overcome with envy.
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Re:Show HN: I've forked neofetch to keep it alive by bee_rider on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @10:50AM (#40224070)
Maybe try to take a sabbatical and start a garden instead. Farmers deal with annoying shit in their day jobs just like the rest of us… except theirs is literal!
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Re:Show HN: I've forked neofetch to keep it alive by HankB99 on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @10:40AM (#40223922)
Not my fantasy.

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/bought-the-farm.html

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Re:Show HN: I've forked neofetch to keep it alive by bityard on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @01:16PM (#40226237)
I'm not a farmer but I'm from the midwest and I know a little about farming... very few are farmers by choice. Many have second jobs, just to pay the bills.

There are niche and upscale farms that grow specific things like apples and wine grapes that can do quite well, but these are well established family-run businesses that would cost millions of dollars to buy, when they come up for sale at all.

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