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Be careful what you wish for. There are pretty well established guidelines for determining the "obviousness" of a patent, and one of these (as you mention) is determining whether the patent would be obvious to one with an ordinary level o
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by bhousel 14y ago
Recommendation to you: Just put the code up on github and share that instead. It's static, so you can even host it on a github page. Write a readme that makes it obvious that this is just a technology demo and not a for-real online passw
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by bhousel 14y ago
Couldn't this just be considered jury nullification? IANAL, but I don't think the responses in voir dire (especially to follow the instructions of the judge or the letter of the law) are any kind of binding promise. Won't the appeals judge
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by bhousel 14y ago
> In the USA, the government cannot have copyright and everything is in the public domain. This is not the case in many other countries. This is an overly broad statement. Federal government agencies in the USA can hold copyright in
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by bhousel 14y ago
You could probably expect to get a C&D letter from NY State for designing a logo like that. At least, plenty of other people have. Google for "i heart nyc trademark infringement" and read the top few links. Apparently they have sent
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by bhousel 14y ago
Yes, actually NYC (well, NY State Dept. of Economic Development) constantly goes after people for infringement of the "I heart NY" logo. They definitely do follow through. It's not about money being made, it's a legal necessity that a tr
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by bhousel 14y ago
Government entities can and often do own intellectual property - patents, trademarks, copyrights - and regularly defend them. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_New_York for one famous example.
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by bhousel 14y ago
I like the idea of "f.lux for my house". Might improve my sleeping. This part of the project is potentially life-altering . Lots of people in the comments are getting hung up on the "control your lights over wifi" aspect of this project,
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by bhousel 14y ago
You will probably need to look outside work for meaningful challenges and deeper inspiration. My serious suggestion to you is to take on a big goal that has nothing to do with your job, like say, run a marathon or something.
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Wow, what industry? Healthcare? Telecom? Can't think of too many that could credibly claim a $1B exit.
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by bhousel 14y ago
I upvoted it because I like "long meandering human interest pieces". I thought it was fascinating the extent to which a pathological liar will go to maintain such an elaborate false identity. I shared the article with a few other non-HN pe
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It's about time.
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Intellectual property law isn't nonsense. It evolved over hundreds of years (and continues to do so) from other areas of property law in the common law system.
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This is offtopic, but I'm curious, how did you hear about Hacker News? I'm curious what makes new users want to participate here.
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by bhousel 14y ago
For Android, I use the Chainfire 3D driver + CF.lumen plugin. You need to have root though.
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by bhousel 14y ago
I use the Chainfire 3D driver + CF.lumen plugin. You need to have root though.
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by bhousel 14y ago
I think it's for people who are less enthusiastic about the "/yr" part.
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by bhousel 14y ago
What projects are you working on now? If you're still stuck with a long commute and you are looking for something to build, you could try your hand at a Hacker News replacement. There are certainly enough people here jaded by the toxicity
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Believe it or not, most Kindle books are lendable. I have a database of Kindle books that I built last year, but I know that now there are over a million titles. So, year old data: > db.books.find({'lendable': true}).count(); 5
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by bhousel 14y ago
Sorry to say it sounds like it's basically over. You can't fix things if you are cofounders that don't communicate or respect each other. Get out as quickly and painlessly as you can. What does he need a lawyer for? You have no agreements,
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by bhousel 14y ago
Anecdata here, but I've been wearing a tie for a few years, and while I don't think it has changed my behavior much, it definitely changes how other people treat me . It's actually a little creepy how that one little difference of puttin
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by bhousel 14y ago
OT, but you struck a nerve. If we really have to explain everything in "Like I'm 5" fashion, Hacker News is deader than disco. I can't believe some of the "I don't get it" comments that seem to pop up now on every single article.
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FWIW, I ran a site last year very similar to LendInk, and was told by Amazon to make changes that they wanted within 48 hours or they would close my Associates account and Product Advertising API access. They do keep the Kindle lending clu
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by bhousel 14y ago
Yes, I know that Amazon didn't shut them down, a bunch of C&D letters from authors did. My only point was that Amazon does not support people who run these ebook lending sites, and I don't think there's much of a future in it.
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Amazon is not stupid. If your business depends on their affiliate program or API, and they don't want you doing whatever it is that you are doing, they will cut you off.
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No surprise here. I made a site last year that did almost the same thing as LendInk, but I decided to shut it down after Amazon made it very clear that they didn't want me doing that. From what I understand, there were a half dozen or so o
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Health, Family, Career - pick 2 This is a false trilemma for only a privileged few. If you have unusually healthy genes, an unusually supportive family, or an unusually cushy job, consider yourself lucky! Both men and women need to make t
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1Password is Ready for John the Ripper(blog.agilebits.com)
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You can read through some data on this site: http://www.wind-energy-the-facts.org It's maintained by the European Wind Energy Association, so it is predictably pro-wind power. But their data does seem to indicate that wind can be econom
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Germany's solar insolation is actually not good at all.. See maps here: http://www.soda-is.com/eng/map/maps_for_free.html They actually get about the same amount of sun as northern Canada. Which makes their commitment to solar and other

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