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Re:Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price by mynameisash on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @03:47PM (#47868356)
Years ago, there was a TED Talk[0] from the guy that started Open Source Ecology[1]. The TED Talk was really cool, but I haven't really followed what they did. It sounded promising to have open-source technology for use in this space.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S63Cy64p2lQ

[1] https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/Main_Page

Re:Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price by worldsayshi on Thursday April 23, 2026 @03:04AM (#47872924)
I absolutely love this vision. He's still working towards the goal. It seems that his vision has problems scaling up though. He seems to mostly still drive this himself.