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by king07828 9y ago
This is exactly the problem. Patents used to be a tool that little guys could use against the big guys. Like when Google started with a patent on its search algorithm that prevented Yahoo from copying its idea. Interestingly, this was also
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by king07828 9y ago
I don't find that logic compelling either. If $NEWCO_A and $NEWCO_B are effectively equivalent (team, advantages, etc.), but $NEWCO_A has a provisional patent application that protects the idea and $NEWCO_B does not, then the value of
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by king07828 9y ago
I expect you are biased against patents and had your TLDR conclusion in mind before writing your post. While patents may not be the only thing affecting the decrease in seed funding, saying that "patents have absolutely nothing to do
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by king07828 9y ago
After reading the YouNow whitepaper, I am unsure how to argue that they are not doing exactly that
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by king07828 9y ago
I realize this won't be popular with this crowd. One big reason is the campaign against patents in general, and against software and e-commerce patents in specific. Why would an investor put down money for an idea for a new website whe
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by king07828 9y ago
Wasn't comparing to US dollars, was comparing to other types of assets that YouNow could have sold (e.g., stocks or bonds) that each require something more than a crypto wallet to exchange making them possibly less liquid than the cryp
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by king07828 9y ago
A properly traded cryptocurrency allows anyone to trade at anytime (so long as miners are still going), whereas a central intermediary may not be as liquid. Thus, the cryptocurrency route may include a liquidity premium
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by king07828 9y ago
1) start an ad based website; 2) pay content creators with a new cryptocurrency; 3) require advertisers to use the cryptocurrency in order to buy ads. If YouNow implements step 3, then they might have something.
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by king07828 9y ago
Is $1000 per month too high to start with? Okay, then start with $100 per month. Too low? Okay, then go up to $500 ... settle on an amount > $0. Also, eliminate all other welfare programs and require attending at least one 3 hour class p
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by king07828 9y ago
I wish, I wish, I wish someone would have had this talk with me pre-college: "Why are you going to college? To learn a skill that you can use to pay the bills with, i.e., to make money, right? If the goal is to make money, then wouldn&
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by king07828 9y ago
Split it into Facebook back-end, Facebook Red, FB Green, and FB Blue. FB back-end is the current back-end. The Red, Green, and Blue are separate front end that all have equal access to the back-end so a user of FB Red can friend a user of
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by king07828 10y ago
Stereoscopic 3D that requires glasses or separate displays is not interesting. True 3D, e.g., by using phased arrays in the optical spectrum without glasses or separate displays, that will be interesting.
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by king07828 10y ago
Country A has pure UBI. Country B has "almost UBI" where, in order to receive payments, the person must have documented proof of 3 hours per week of at least one of: volunteer work, education as a student, or teaching a class. In