On: The RAM Myth

[mrkeen]

Climbing a ladder takes more time, so in order to get the apples to market faster, the apple tree owners keep the pickers focused on only picking the apples within arm's reach.

The owners also disallow the use of ladders because the pool of candidates to hire remains bigger.

And the highest 90% of apples remain unpicked.

[dsr_ → mrkeen]

Having recently been to an apple orchard...

- Apple trees are deliberately bred to be short and wide.

- An apple-picking-stick has a sort of basket on the end, which allows an apple to be selected and pulled off from 1-2 meters away.

What lessons can be learned?

- Using the right tools improves your yield, safely.

- Having the data in a convenient place means you can use it more readily.