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Izkata on April 13, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tree-shaking, the horticulturally misguided algori...

> and cutting it there

I think the idea behind calling it "shaking" is these branches and leaves that are already cut (inaccessible from the root), and just need a strong breeze to shake the tree and make them fall out.

hinkley on April 13, 2024 [–]

Those are called widowmakers, and shaking the tree rarely frees them.

We had an ice storm this year and there are loads of them all over town still.

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