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> The net effect of this is that AMD lost their ability to patent their invention by not filing first. It can explain Intel's move to file the patent, which se
by ordu 5y ago
> The net effect of this is that AMD lost their ability to patent their invention by not filing first.
It can explain Intel's move to file the patent, which seems stupid at a first glance.
Anti-Hanlon Razor: never attribute to a stupidity anything that was done by an intelligent entity.
- r00fus 5y agoPerhaps known as Gray's Law: “Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.” In particular this interpretation [1] may be best applicable "In other words: If you find someone acting so stupid that you can’t believe she’s doing it without the slightest chance of knowing that it’s stupid, then she might act out of malice." [1] https://agiletrail.com/2011/12/20/hanlons-razor-comfort-in-the-assumption-of-stupidity/ https://agiletrail.com/2011/12/20/hanlons-razor-comfort-in-t...