Taft

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   by Taft 14y ago

   The correct lesson to learn here is "markets amass when there's demand," or, more simply put, "people will always buy their drugs."
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   by Taft 15y ago

   There's gotta be a paradigm shift at some point where we start seeing VR not as an illusion but simply more living space.
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   by Taft 15y ago

   Seems like the parent comment equates "This is a general problem in x industry" to "stop rabblerousing about problems!"
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   Ask HN: Making vs. Learning -- what should be my ratio?

   2 points by Taft 15y ago|2 comments
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   by Taft 15y ago

   The reason companies acquire and add to their massive stockpiles of patents is because, like arms races, no one wants to stop playing the game until the game is called off. Unlike arms races, patents are intellectual creations and the "game
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   by Taft 15y ago

   Considering the increasingly vocal outcry of rampant patent abuse, it's also possible that tech giants begin publicly stating their position towards US patent law: it needn't exist (or one of the many alternatives that have been proposed).
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   by Taft 15y ago

   I'm currently learning Python and I can't agree more. There's a lot of macho-IRC-dweller attitude on the internet when it comes to learning a new language. People take the "If you teach a man to fish" argument to the extreme and end up conf