<story><title>Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: &quot;Have taken up farming&quot;</title><url>https://github.com/dylanaraps</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>zer00eyz</author><text>&amp;gt; You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist&lt;p&gt;I love this about farmers. They are the polymaths of our age and folks dont get it. Farming YouTube is a trip because there&amp;#x27;s more tech in a tractor than in some startups.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; and if you&amp;#x27;re doing properly, crooked accountant as well.&lt;p&gt;Yea, most people dont get what a &amp;quot;future&amp;quot; is, and why corn and lumber have them (but not onions... thats a lesson too)... The farm has the support of a lot of high finance and hedging exists not just as an instrument but has a purpose.&lt;p&gt;Ask a farmer about a grain&amp;#x2F;pork &amp;quot;Marketing Plan&amp;quot; and who they are hiring as advisors and where that person got their degree...&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a complicated world and there are some interesting intersections out there.</text></item><item><author>KaiserPro</author><text>I do hope they enjoy it.&lt;p&gt;I grew up in a farming community, and whist it can be rewarding, if you are trying to make money, or be self sufficient, its fucking hard work.&lt;p&gt;Is it harder than programming? thats a subjective call. Objectively its physically harder work, mentally its way more varied. You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist, and if you&amp;#x27;re doing properly, crooked accountant as well.&lt;p&gt;Would I take up farming? probably not. Would rather become a water mill owner? hell yeah.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>3D30497420</author><text>&amp;gt; (but not onions... thats a lesson too)&lt;p&gt;That was too enticing to not look up. Wow, the story behind that is something: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Onion_Futures_Act&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Onion_Futures_Act&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit: There&amp;#x27;s a Planet Money with more on this story (which I&amp;#x27;ve not listened to): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.npr.org&amp;#x2F;sections&amp;#x2F;money&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;14&amp;#x2F;448718171&amp;#x2F;episode-657-the-tale-of-the-onion-king&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.npr.org&amp;#x2F;sections&amp;#x2F;money&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;14&amp;#x2F;448718171&amp;#x2F;epis...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: &quot;Have taken up farming&quot;</title><url>https://github.com/dylanaraps</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>zer00eyz</author><text>&amp;gt; You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist&lt;p&gt;I love this about farmers. They are the polymaths of our age and folks dont get it. Farming YouTube is a trip because there&amp;#x27;s more tech in a tractor than in some startups.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; and if you&amp;#x27;re doing properly, crooked accountant as well.&lt;p&gt;Yea, most people dont get what a &amp;quot;future&amp;quot; is, and why corn and lumber have them (but not onions... thats a lesson too)... The farm has the support of a lot of high finance and hedging exists not just as an instrument but has a purpose.&lt;p&gt;Ask a farmer about a grain&amp;#x2F;pork &amp;quot;Marketing Plan&amp;quot; and who they are hiring as advisors and where that person got their degree...&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a complicated world and there are some interesting intersections out there.</text></item><item><author>KaiserPro</author><text>I do hope they enjoy it.&lt;p&gt;I grew up in a farming community, and whist it can be rewarding, if you are trying to make money, or be self sufficient, its fucking hard work.&lt;p&gt;Is it harder than programming? thats a subjective call. Objectively its physically harder work, mentally its way more varied. You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist, and if you&amp;#x27;re doing properly, crooked accountant as well.&lt;p&gt;Would I take up farming? probably not. Would rather become a water mill owner? hell yeah.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>AdamN</author><text>&amp;gt; You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist&lt;p&gt;Not sure how commmon this is anymore.  The age of the family farm with a mix of livestock, rotating crops, and woodlands are long gone in the developed world.  Each of these tasks would be handled mostly by a professional in any serious farming operation.</text></comment>