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Please keep in mind what the poster is saying then, despite your position being worthy of discussion your tone is stifling enough as to make further discussion
by yownie 12y ago
Please keep in mind what the poster is saying then, despite your position being worthy of discussion your tone is stifling enough as to make further discussion unpalatable.
- logicallee 12y agoI believe it is the facts in this case that make the discussion unpalatable for certain posters. For example, separately, I actually wrote to this company during the comment thread, and received a reply. I found their reply very informative and posted it to the main thread (here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7753308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7753308) with a simple statement which nobody could find objectionable. It is my impression that someone nevertheless managed to find the facts themselves objectionable.
- icebraining 12y agoWhat "facts"? The fact that it wasn't any company research, but actually university-funded? The fact that the inventor was doing a PhD, not working for free?
- logicallee 12y agoYes, those facts among others. If anything these facts imply he "wouldn't have needed" his patents, in order to get funded and build the thing.