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Re:AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse by hdjrudni on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:18AM (#46550950)
If I only spend $1000 on hydroponics and 3 weeks tending to a vertical garden I can grow a $1 head of lettuce FOR FREE!
Re:AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse by DANmode on Friday January 09, 2026 @03:52AM (#46551533)
What if I haven’t spent anything,

and I’m making money with lettuce I grew in the woods?

(or, in Anthropic/sama’s backyards)

Re:AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse by ben_w on Friday January 09, 2026 @10:25AM (#46554852)
I tried growing lettuce in some cut up plastic bottles at university in soil from the nearby footpath, I think even with the cheap student approach I spent more on the (single pack of) seeds than a fully grown lettuce costs, and only managed about four individual leaves that were only about 1cm by 5cm.