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John Deere Announces Strategic Partnership with SpaceX

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Re: John Deere Announces Strategic Partnership with SpaceX

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Post by Glant »

therealdkz wrote: post #16
Brajeshwar wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, the machines can drive on its own and text the farmers working remotely, for human-specific inputs.

what farmers?

There's gotta be some farmers, someone needs to be there to accept the Monsanto lawsuits

Re: John Deere Announces Strategic Partnership with SpaceX

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Post by randomdata »

pplante wrote: post #7

I was really hoping this was some sort of green Martian Rover system. SpaceX made satellite communications so ubiquitous and boring it's even used in farming. They tend to have this effect on their products. Reusable rockets are so obvious and now boring because the novelty is gone. I cannot wait for Starship to do the same with LEO (and beyond) delivery.

> SpaceX made satellite communications so ubiquitous and boring it's even used in farming.

The other way around, if anything. John Deere was sending SF1 data to farmers via satellite in the 1990s.

Re: John Deere Announces Strategic Partnership with SpaceX

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Post by Moto7451 »

b112 wrote: post #6
thelastgallon wrote: post #2

Now, farmers can txt and drive!

More like, never use their tractors without them phoning home first. Probably to look for illicit parts, or make sure the combine license is up to date and paid. Can't do that, if connectivity is spotty.

For those downvoting this comment, the body of evidence doesn’t look great that this won’t happen at some point in the future.

https://www.csoonline.com/article/572811/remote-bricking-of-...

https://doctorow.medium.com/about-those-kill-switched-ukrain...

https://hackaday.com/2023/12/08/the-latest-john-deere-repair...

And this of course isn’t a John Deere only issue.

https://hackaday.com/2023/12/14/polish-train-manufacturer-th...

Re: John Deere Announces Strategic Partnership with SpaceX

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Post by scyzoryk_xyz »

pplante wrote: post #7

I was really hoping this was some sort of green Martian Rover system. SpaceX made satellite communications so ubiquitous and boring it's even used in farming. They tend to have this effect on their products. Reusable rockets are so obvious and now boring because the novelty is gone. I cannot wait for Starship to do the same with LEO (and beyond) delivery.

And, hey, this is fine. Who gives a shit about fucking mars - we have to do something about our food production. We have to automate it and make it more sustainable. It’s exactly these sort of infrastructural use cases that are both the most profitable and carry the most significant impact.
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