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There was a scientist who did his best stuff while he was working as a patent clerk.
by commandlinefan 4y ago
There was a scientist who did his best stuff while he was working as a patent clerk.
- version_five 4y agoDo you know how much a patent clerk makes?
- aidos 4y agoIn this case, he makes a difference!
- azinman2 4y agoYou’re missing the reference
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- wfaris 4y agoYou've never worked in the private sector... They expect results.
- version_five 4y agoThank you, my faith in HN has been restored!
- pasttense01 4y agoFor those of you who don't watch many movies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjzC1Dgh17A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjzC1Dgh17A
- soperj 4y agoI don't think they are, I think they're stating the difference between being a patent clerk in the early 1900s and working at Subway while living in your car is substantial.
- quietbritishjim 4y agoPatent clerk (at least back then) is a more skilled job than it sounds, as it's someone that actually reviews the patents rather than just a general office dogsbody, so you have to understand the technology and to some extent the science in those patents. It's not totally unrelated to being a scientist and definitely a less surprising early career job than delivery driver.
- kasey_junk 4y agoA patent clerk now is a technical job as well. It’s a flaw in peoples thinking that “clerk” implies something low rank. If someone tells you they were a “clerk” for a Supreme Court judge don’t be surprised when later in life they have an impressive legal career
- mgfist 4y agoPretty sure all the SC justices clerked in their early careers. I'm not in law but I think it's the expected path
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- dudeinjapan 4y agoIronically he didn't patent E=MC^2 and now everyone says it scot-free.
- dctoedt 4y ago> he didn't patent E=MC^2 and now everyone says it scot-free Laws of nature (and descriptions thereof) aren't patentable. https://www.bitlaw.com/source/mpep/2106_04_b.html#:~:text=The%20law%20of%20nature%20and,to%20none.%22%20Funk%20Bros https://www.bitlaw.com/source/mpep/2106_04_b.html#:~:text=Th....
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoBut he did learn to split the beer atom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra7oqFqj9uU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra7oqFqj9uU
- robin_reala 4y agoThat’s US law though (no idea if Germany had it any different at the time, but it’s a different jurisdiction).
- dudeinjapan 4y agoGermany outlawed Einstein.
- Cthulhu_ 4y agoInteresting phrasing to use for wanting to genocide him and all the other jews. Einstein got out on time, six million others didn't.
- _joel 4y agoNo, but his image is licensed.
- renewiltord 4y agoI'm sorry for the others, friend. I am here to laugh with you.
- dang 4y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33513275 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33513275.