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AI is ruining houseplant communities online

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24 points rntn | 2 comments | 27 Jun 25 18:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.486s | source
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jemmyw ◴[27 Jun 25 22:47 UTC] No.44400985[source]▶
I've got houseplants. I'm not part of any community, I just like having them. When I water them I weigh them all and put the before and after weights in a spreadsheet. I them give that to an LLM to spot anything interesting in the numbers.
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1. yjftsjthsd-h ◴[28 Jun 25 00:54 UTC] No.44401574[source]▶
> I them give that to an LLM to spot anything interesting in the numbers.

And what does it come up with?

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2. jemmyw ◴[28 Jun 25 11:53 UTC] No.44404004[source]▶
Not much. It'll point out when a plant has been taking up less water, and that corresponds to what I notice about the plant health. I've got 9 months of data, maybe after a year it'll be more interesting and give me some seasonal watering tips.