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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Lawnmowers, every fucking day, everywhere. Quiet autonomous solar powered electric lawn mowers plz.This is why I'm nocturnal.

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9/16/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago
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Cheaper to use human slaves than herd of goats.Economic incentives ruin everything.https://t.co/voCtSN6dwW https://t.co/IwgJFodXUx

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9/16/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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Seriously though, gas engines are awful for mamals. https://t.co/FLZSYLReVD

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9/20/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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This just in... also annoying: buzzing flies. So goats are out of the question.Here's a gun that shoots salt.https://t.co/IUKpBpCIAX

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11/19/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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Oh wow, someone modded it with some laser-sights: https://t.co/4ogCckXjEq

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11/19/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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My new life aspiration is an automated fly killing drone: https://t.co/HcB3eh9fR9

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11/19/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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Or drone killing? ..."I built this laser bazooka almost completely out of scrap parts and broken electronics"https://t.co/1a98Gtdbyt

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11/20/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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"boots in a dryer or a refrigerator or something but if those were my appliances I would throw them out so quickly."https://t.co/0Q5TgrtSnr

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7/29/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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Direct causal links between my current anxiety and the colonization of the Americas. This noise is driving me loopy.https://t.co/7A9mx4nsUC https://t.co/K6QFnscrVK

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7/29/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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Lawns were a mistake. https://t.co/OfWHbouKVv

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7/29/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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Hell is: ridding a lawnmower being chased by leaf blowers.https://t.co/K0zEov4wT9

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

@sarahdoingthing Leaf blowers are suffering. https://t.co/eTOcyu0Xfr

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7/29/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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Dear @elonmusk after helping humanity w/ electric cars, can you solve lawnmowers? It's a tragedy of the commons.https://t.co/5Rwsj8MfMP https://t.co/Dlx2SMq8Rx

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7/29/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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@elonmusk I'm serious. It would also help bootstrap the foundation of a swarm of tunneling drones for mars. Good synergy.https://t.co/cBI2zm4WgP

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

Technically, he says "mining/tunneling droids", but close enough. These *ARE* the droids I'm looking for.https://t.co/SoWnrShpdy https://t.co/2910pYVDeB

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7/29/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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"the big picture, we realize mower emissions are only the beginning of what’s wrong with American lawn care."https://t.co/Un5d21E3Kg

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7/29/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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Seriously though, lawns are actually a mistake: https://t.co/41MpHSs27d https://t.co/zpk6gqHvCE

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7/31/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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Also worms are bad too.https://t.co/fUJL5Qb9DX

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

"they had been helping the worms proliferate by carting in mulch for paths and top-dressing plants with compost." https://t.co/20M1eKBLHA https://t.co/aK7cTEhVcQ

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7/31/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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"1.9% of the surface of the continental United States, would be the single largest irrigated crop" https://t.co/DMQt4i2G8G https://t.co/Xc0pYefFLm

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8/23/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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2016 statistics has home-service lawn care as over half a million jobs. ~9 out of every 1000 jobs in Vermont. https://t.co/hKAlnC68ZU https://t.co/15EWiaWknw

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8/23/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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I can't find statistics on prison labor, but I suspect that headcount number is much higher. Cheaper than goats:https://t.co/kxGJ2rLSTk https://t.co/BSgLWflLHF

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8/23/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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"The flock, which numbered 48 at its peak, saved manpower by cutting the grass..."https://t.co/pMP5POtHeO

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9/16/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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"The sheep were scared of the cars that had started to appear across the District of Columbia in increasing numbers"https://t.co/g3CTMerC3S

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9/16/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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We should breed sheep that aren't afraid of cars tho?https://t.co/s3pMDqawlJ

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 10 years ago

Disruption has many scales:Gas attendant -> Selfserve gas pumps -> Automated gas filling -> Gasless cars -> Car sharing -> Carless cities

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9/16/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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Seriously; we could selectively breed sheep w/ deafness mutations? Bonus: white wool for Whitehouse.https://t.co/dR8VZsGFxU https://t.co/fkGnqMHdNC

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9/16/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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Heck, with some time and learning, theoretically you could do this yourself. End lawnmowers now!https://t.co/alP0Ti8Bh0 https://t.co/xs8S3CTDo0

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9/16/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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When a layman is searching for solutions to problems that face him in everyday life, he uses the language at his disposal. https://t.co/HEYYRW3pGP

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9/16/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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Ok, maybe I should find another option for deaf sheep that doesn't involve... uh... using chemicals to rape sheep. 🤮https://t.co/751bgUbcrj https://t.co/XuOBJ2dZeY

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9/16/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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Alright, here's some non-invasive wearables that work w/ sheep's natural rhythms.https://t.co/uPNVHgJhJ5 and https://t.co/ecNY572398

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9/16/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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A 2015 dating app for cows... sets a precedent: there might be a market for selectively breeding sheep as a service: https://t.co/2gPfB8z6ZR

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9/16/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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Driving up and down VT route 7: seeing stark difference between solar panels encased in sheep paddocks, and those without. Makes me :)

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10/6/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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"It looks beautiful and sophisticated. And just more lovely than a lawn,"https://t.co/WvHJClDenA https://t.co/B5SVl4QIjE

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10/6/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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Perpetual lawn mowing. (seen via /r/gifs/)https://t.co/wAYiJJlURM

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10/21/2017