Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Date: 24 Oct 2025 05:44:04 GMT Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <10crldd$lkb4$1@dont-email.me> <10ctb13$12oei$2@dont-email.me> <10ctrdc$16st9$1@dont-email.me> <10d24n9$2bb83$2@dont-email.me> <10d2dos$2dnk0$3@dont-email.me> <0g8hslxmvj.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Y6TR1n3jBWRzMDhO44bUogJaKX654zJmKxAPLz9Y9IOG5ge+x3 Cancel-Lock: sha1:T5MphosgD7zMBi8rFjRFsOI1YnM= sha256:DSUON5/bXO8jwTIici+KkKnNfuSltlmuaP9zDV/V2dU= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76615 On 24 Oct 2025 03:30:43 GMT, Robert Riches wrote: > On 2025-10-23, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> On 2025-10-22, rbowman wrote: >> >>> They are a vanishing device. Most people around here have went to >>> large round bales. They are a lot less work both in making hay and in >>> feeding it out. They can be mechanically loaded on a standard flatbed >>> rather than dealing with a lot of little square bales. >> >> The large round bales have pretty much taken over up here in B.C. too. >> Often they're wrapped in plastic before being picked up; the machine >> that does that is pretty impressive to watch. >> >> ... > > Are you referring to those enormous marshmallows sometimes visible in > farm fields when driving down the freeway? :-) https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/hay-bale If you want a truly enormous marshmallow find someone using a beaverslide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaverslide The write up is a little misleading. The buckrake is in front of the horses, not being pulled by them like most farm implements. The harnessing is interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdYDMr6q84g The Grant-Kohrs Ranch is a National Historic Site and they usually have an open house at the end of the summer when they're putting the hay up.