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[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago

The new technology could increase crop yields dramatically without harming the environment.

That's a surprisingly benign use case, I was expecting far worse.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

Plot twist: The crop is human misery.

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Well then fucking harvest me and get it over with

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 16 points 2 years ago

The public use case.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Without a doubt they will have those other use cases in mind too. Mentioning them is just not good for marketing in public.

[-] AJ1@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

I guess I'm the only one thinking about how it's inevitable that birds and other animals will mistake them for real insects and die from ingesting these things, god knows what kind of toxic materials they're made of but I'm willing to bet it's not safe to eat them

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