• turtlesareneat@discuss.online
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    2 months ago

    It’s a lane wide and we’re talking about a LOT of shit, mud, debris, clothes, rotting food, etc. You couldn’t be collecting it. Flinging it into the gutter was state of the art.

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      2 months ago

      In addition this was a proof of concept. Collection adds a great deal of mechanical complexity and the funders of the project may not have cared about that.

      Their tech demo was clearing a path for a patrician lady to walk without besmirching the hem of her dress.