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[–] 15 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Seeing this as an IT guy is more science fiction to me than Star Trek

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  • [–] [S] 22 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    It's not too complicated. You use a wire mesh to sieve the seeds to separate the ones you want from the ones you don't. Beans are big, but grass seeds are small. I need to do a lot, so I made a big thing for it. I made it spin so I can do more in one batch. The small stuff drops out and a fan below the main part blows away the chaff by using the "wind" which is called "winnowing".

    Imagine setting your iptables to only accept a certain ip4 range to exclude countries which tend to probe servers. Then you blow away small port access requests you don't want which you have tunnelled to larger numbers e.g. reject 22 and accept 6622.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I had a Corn kernel burning stove (similar to a wood pellet stove, but less mess). I had a screen on a 45 angle. Out a recycle bin at the bottom, pour the corn at the top, as it slides down all the dust, tiny stones and chaff fall through the screen and corn slides to the bottom into the bin

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)
  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    How could soybeans use this contraption without any arms and hands?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    And tonight's lucky soy beans arrrrre

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Seed shakers are a thing. Dont forget that plenty of rocks are the same size as soy beans. Don't want to blow a tooth.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    B11 . . . BINGO!!!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    This is super cool!

    Do you throw the pods in dried & whole or do they need breaking up first? Are you growing these for personal food, and if so, what size of plot do you usually cultivate them on?

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 month ago

    Most of the pods were removed.

    I bought a half ton from my partner's family. Their plot is like 40 acres, but everybody around grows them too. These are the sweepings from the bottom of the grain silo after they ship the bulk to asia. Hence, they are a bit dirtier and need winnowed again.

    I make and sell soy sauce, miso, tofu, and vegan meats among other things.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Super cool! Not dull enough, my friend!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    How many bushels this year?

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