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I wasn't saying anything about that, I was just pointing out that yes, IBM produces a ton of patents, but they're mostly trivial junk that regular employees gen

by xienze 6mo ago

I wasn't saying anything about that, I was just pointing out that yes, IBM produces a ton of patents, but they're mostly trivial junk that regular employees generate en masse in order to earn accomplishments and make up for the insultingly low bonuses.

swiftcoder 6mo ago
> they're mostly trivial junk that regular employees generate en masse in order to earn accomplishments and make up for the insultingly low bonuses We did that at Meta and Amazon too (for polycarbonate puzzle pieces, with no monetary award at all!). Every now and then something meaningful came out of it
- flymasterv 6mo ago
  I still have my “Get fucked, employee! Love, Jeff” puzzle pieces.
  - NateEag 6mo ago
    What are these? I'm extremely curious.
    - recury 6mo ago
      It’s a puzzle piece shape cut out of polycarbonate with some meaningless “great work!” platitude printed on it: https://postimg.cc/v1v5VP2f https://postimg.cc/v1v5VP2f
      - NateEag 6mo ago
        Thank you for satiating my curiosity. I can see why GGP described it that way.
- dboreham 6mo ago
  Not even Lucite!