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Re:Nobody knows how the whole system works by RGamma on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @03:45AM (#46956937)
Vaguely reminds me of a phenomenon in farming an acquaintance recently told me. Apparently automation is now so great (if you can afford it), that operators only need to sit in their tractors and let the machine do the rest. You're effectively a weight for the seat contact switch.
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Re:Nobody knows how the whole system works by ErroneousBosh on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @08:31AM (#46959485)
That works until something goes wrong.

Same as "self-driving cars", the automated farm machinery can't cope with any sort of change in its environment.

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