esoteriq

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by esoteriq 6y ago
Hello! I have Type I Usher myself and my vision tanked when I was 27 (~8 years ago). I'm a writer, so I can't give you much programming advice but I've been through the gamut in terms of technology and life changes. I'm
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by esoteriq 7y ago
Yep. Individual character development isn't Liu's strongest suit. His characters are mostly just allegories to prove a point. (Wenje - bitterness, Luo Ji - logic, etc.) But Liu is brilliant in his deception of mass psychology--the
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Classic Mistakes(middlebrow.substack.com)
1 points by esoteriq 7y ago|0 comments
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by esoteriq 7y ago
Not a stupid question at all. I use an assortment of accessibility tools. I can still read visually thanks to my absurdly large screen and equally absurdly large text in inverted colors. I can also hear (low-resolution sound quality) throug
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by esoteriq 7y ago
Deafblind person here. Braille isn't a nice to have for me. It's a must-have. We Deafblind are certainly a rare species , and unfortunately, usually forgotten. I learned Braille "later" in life when my sight nosedived at
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The Landscape of Tactile Typography(medium.com)
1 points by esoteriq 8y ago|0 comments
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From Silence to Sound(medium.com)
33 points by esoteriq 8y ago|7 comments
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The Complications of Growing Up Bionic(medium.com)
1 points by esoteriq 9y ago|0 comments
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear an USPTO Evidentiary Case(spandextroll.com)
1 points by esoteriq 15y ago|0 comments
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by esoteriq 15y ago
I'll take your word for it...
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by esoteriq 15y ago
Why do people want machine guns at the gun range in the first place? (Genuinely curious. I've never held a gun before in my life, so I wouldn't know.)
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by esoteriq 15y ago
I wasn't really thinking about driving skills, but about equipment failure. There will always be a risk of equipment failure for automated machinery. Also, there's a risk of human error in the code governing driving. One possible workaround
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by esoteriq 15y ago
I was thinking that driverless cars would be a boon for people who cannot drive (for whatever reason -- visual or otherwise). I do wonder, however, if laws will require driverless cars to have a person who is able to drive. (For legal or li
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by esoteriq 15y ago
Public transit-only travel is workable in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. as well. Although in Philadelphia, you would have to take the buses quite often to compensate for the gaps in the subway system.
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by esoteriq 15y ago
It may be the fact that the airplane is in the air that makes the difference. Being 20,000 feet in the air is quite different than cruising along on the highway in a bus. That being said, I wonder what the driverless cars would do for the b
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Implications of the Nortel Patent Auction(spandextroll.com)
1 points by esoteriq 15y ago|0 comments
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ICloud Trademark Suit, Explained(spandextroll.com)
1 points by esoteriq 15y ago|0 comments
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by esoteriq 15y ago
SCOTUS is indeed limited to the question raised during the appeals process. Even if SCOTUS thought "geez this patent sucks," they can't do anything. Why not? Well, for better or worse, the American judicial system puts a lot of weight on tr
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by esoteriq 15y ago
Well, I don't know about law guru, but I did go to law school. Take that for what its worth. I'm not an issues and appeals lawyer, but here's what I know about appeals. Appeals are only for questions of law, never for questions of facts. A
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by esoteriq 15y ago
I think this case does make things marginally better. Before you jump all over me, look at the holding. The Court said that it will maintain the CCE standard for invalidity defenses , not plaintiffs' claims of invalidity. It's a fine point
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Microsoft v. i4i Does Not Do What You Think It Does(spandextroll.com)
3 points by esoteriq 15y ago|0 comments
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by esoteriq 15y ago
Sigh. I know... I just think that Congress needs to be reeducated about the different needs of today's technology industry versus the old-days of steel mills. It won't be easy, but I'm confident it will happen someday. The question is wheth
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by esoteriq 15y ago
The plaintiffs trying to invalidate the patents have always had to climb a steep hill. My point is that this case doesn't change that. If you look at the statute and precedent, the plaintiffs always had to establish invalidity by clear and
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by esoteriq 15y ago
I don't think the article does the case justice. If you look at the holding, the Court just says that all invalidity defenses must be established by "clear and convincing evidence" (higher than preponderance of evidence but lower than beyon
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Intellectual Property, Federally-Funded Research and Ownership. Oh My.(spandextroll.com)
3 points by esoteriq 15y ago|0 comments
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SCOTUS Rules Against Stanford in Bayh-Dole Patent Case(paloaltoonline.com)
1 points by esoteriq 15y ago|1 comments
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How a Law Will (Secretly) Change the Mobile Communications Industry(spandextroll.com)
3 points by esoteriq 15y ago|0 comments
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What is a fair compensation package for a first employee at a startup?(quora.com)
1 points by esoteriq 15y ago|0 comments
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by esoteriq 15y ago
I'm trying to figure out the American resistance to meat pies. I mean, we have corn dogs here. I don't get it. Is it the prejudice against British food? (I love some good fish and chips every once in a while.)Satisfaction with burgers and f
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by esoteriq 15y ago
I lived in London for six months and discovered the wonderfulness of pasties. I admit that I would eat pasties whenever I didn't feel like cooking (which was often). Why a pasty craze never took off here in the U.S., I will never know. Deli

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