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New comment by cseq in "An Italian farmer found some unknown seeds in his attic and planted them"

cseq — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:36:28 +0000

At micromolar concentrations this may be true. There is plenty of Pb to go around in the soil and in the air from private aviation for such a minor micronutrient. I also doubt elevating Pb levels in crops is at the top of many public health agendas.

New comment by cseq in "An Italian farmer found some unknown seeds in his attic and planted them"

cseq — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:05:46 +0000

The whole idea behind that was that (within reason) the more N you can pump into the crop, the more it will yield, but also the taller it will grow. Wheat is essentially an inverted pendulum when ripe, with about 60% of the above-ground biomass perched at the top.

The main thrust of modern crop breeding has been to create crops that you can successfully get to harvest under high-nutrition environments, without it literally falling over or succumbing to disease due to the turgid, fleshy growth. Even then, if you're applying more than maybe 150kgN/ha, you will be relying on plant growth regulators that inhibit auxin/gibberellin response to keep the plant under control.

New comment by cseq in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2026)"

cseq — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:01:32 +0000

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New comment by cseq in "Physical AGI's fist steps will be in the fields, not factories"

cseq — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:52:20 +0000

Can you think of a better low-stakes, highly manual proving ground for humanoids?