Triumvark

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by Triumvark 15y ago
The only argument for getting paid in this article is that sweat deserves a return. That was Marx's labor theory of value. Marx was wrong. You deserve a return only when you efficiently meet someone else's needs. The secret to economic su
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by Triumvark 15y ago
Can't wait for the sequel: "I Think My Patents Should Never Expire"
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by Triumvark 15y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchive
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by Triumvark 15y ago
This has probably been asked before, but is Bitbucket really unlimited? If I encrypt my drive, convert it to ASCII, and upload it, will they host it?
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by Triumvark 15y ago
I like your simplified model, and I know random strategies are sometimes helpful. My point was that random strategies are not always helpful. I worry people don't believe this, so let me use a silly outlandish example to prove my point. Her
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by Triumvark 15y ago
This is a search game. If your opponent constrains himself to a small subset of legal positions to avoid detection, your strategy is working, not failing.
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by Triumvark 15y ago
It sounds like Google should be more aggressive with default CSPs.
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by Triumvark 15y ago
The phrase "measured on a widely used and scientifically validated personality inventory" jumps out at me. What does that really mean? Myers-Briggs is 'widely used' and proponents would probably argue it has been 'empirically validated' (by
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by Triumvark 15y ago
This may be fallout from Google flagging a larger network.
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by Triumvark 15y ago
A lot of responses are claiming that patents aren't property, or there isn't public use. 35 U.S.C. § 261 claims that "patents shall have the attributes of personal property." Kelo established the broad reading of 'public use.' Just about an
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by Triumvark 15y ago
> I'm not aware of any religion that disallows the use of Facebook. I suppose the Amish probably aren't interested in Spotify...
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by Triumvark 15y ago
> "Yeah, ..." There's a difference between saying 'no more software patents from now on,' and 'all those we granted before are automatically invalid.' My take: while the first one is probably ok, the second would raise specific constitu
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by Triumvark 15y ago
If NPEs are trolls, that implies 'lacking starting capital' is trollish. Small company locked out of an industry? Troll. Robert Kearns pitched his wiper system to Ford and Chevy, but they preferred to build it without paying him. "NPE = tro
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by Triumvark 15y ago
> and to void all existing software patents The Fifth Amendment states "[No person shall] be deprived of... property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." In other w
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by Triumvark 15y ago
Trolls? Still? There are a million definitions for 'patent troll,' and all of them stink, capturing some good activity along with the bad. The problem is the number of junk patents out there (obvious, prior art, etc.).
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by Triumvark 15y ago
India has almost 10 times the population: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=population+of+india+%2F...
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by Triumvark 15y ago
Fair question. We had a few video stores that really specialized in the long tail. They sat right across the street from Blockbusters or Hollywood Videos. Stuck around a few decades, thrived on the indie image (sorted movies by director, th
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by Triumvark 15y ago
> If you had to pick between DVD and streaming service, and make one of them phenomenally better than what it is now, which one would you pick? DVD, because everyone knows and loves it? Or streaming, because it's growing rapidly? You ge
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by Triumvark 15y ago
> DVDs are on their way out... Streaming has a unique disadvantage: you have to haggle with each individual content owner. Yes, it's cheaper to move bits than stuff. Much. But licensing is a pricey hassle. It's a huge part of the compar
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by Triumvark 15y ago
Fair point, I was too hyperbolic. I just wanted to emphasize that the 'public posts' metric is not necessarily ideal for a system where "easier private publication" was a showcased feature.
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by Triumvark 15y ago
When explaining what is actually permitted, the page will note many texts that ignore the supposed rule. When explaining what is actually forbidden, it will be noted how urgently this should be corrected, as widespread usage of the prohibit
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by Triumvark 15y ago
> I do, and haven't published even one post that wasn't targeted to a specific circle. Exactly. The article is measuring the number of G+ users who don't understand circles. Declining public posts isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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by Triumvark 15y ago
Prices float toward the marginal cost of production. Saying that's heading in the wrong direction is like saying that we could make a better plane if we just had less gravity.
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by Triumvark 15y ago
P problems are considered 'easy' for computers to solve. NP problems are considered easy for computers to check the answers to them. To improve clarity: 1. Avoid putting pronouns far from the main noun. 2. Use simple sentences. Redu
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by Triumvark 15y ago
Baidu is given special state endorsements, permission to skirt copyright laws, network priority (it's not mysteriously blacked out half the time, because it plays well with the Communist Party), and allows the Chinese people to use somethin
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by Triumvark 15y ago
> your perception of Apple putting the consumer first Not my perception. See the second line of my above comment.
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by Triumvark 15y ago
> ignoring appeals to EU courts Won't this be relevant for an issue of international trade? Beyond that, perhaps even WTO appeals would need to be considered...
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by Triumvark 15y ago
What's the impact on patent validity due to prior art or obviousness? The main problem many have with the system is the large number of spurious filings (the patent on toast filed in the last decade, for one). I don't see how attaching prem
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by Triumvark 15y ago
1. [When I tell a mother something happened, and they ask their child:] "Well, of course it's true. I just told you." 2. "If your child said something happened..." [the parent should acknowledge] "that there are always two sides to every st
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by Triumvark 15y ago
> Our response to 9/11 was needless, silly, and wasteful. Any other response would have been unimaginable. A bit schizophrenic, but at least he covers all the bases.

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