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Well, it's better than Google. Google just jumped right into the game, though they claimed to disagree with it. Bezos has the cash to play the game. And he had acces to it early en…

Hey, I absolutely agree evolution is slow to catch up. But the thing is, we gotta live with what we've got. (Kinda like an election with two lame candidates.) That is the challenge…

Wow. Your thinking is downright scary. "compromise [is] a logical fallacy" If it's hard wired then maybe that's for a reason. And the reason is likely because it keeps you or your …

Are you sure that's what he's saying? Is he suggested all patents are impediments? I just skimmed that paper and I see references to semiconductors and software. The word "pharmace…

Dubious lawsuits are a telltale sign of a company on its way down. When all else is lost, file lawsuits. What's to lose? If we can't pay our bills with earned revenue, maybe we can…

A peculiar comparison to P2P. But I think I know what he's getting at. It's the idea of "enablement". As in, enabling easy infringement. But if my understanding is correct (it migh…

This what I thought too. Where is his comparison to patents in other areas? I liked this title because it is restricted to software. A title like "Abolish patents, full stop" is, t…

"U.S. Consumers" So does that imply if the consumers were not in the U.S. this would not be newsworthy? Or am I reading too far into the title?

Depends what your cake is. The internet was not always ad-supported. We know for fact it was valuable before commercial activity was permitted. Suggesting that any improvements sin…

"For the last few months, iPhone users have enjoyed an unusual environment..." Am I the only one who finds that humourous? An "unusual" environment? What exactly is "normal" about …

Off topic a bit, but I just want to say I like the layout and the general approach of your blog. If it's a template I haven't seen it before. The "pondering" section is intriguing.…

Well, what if I don't need the "cloud" to run virtual machines? What if I have many "machines" running on my computer, isolated kernels in userspsace? What if I have all the comput…

The parent's term "passive-aggressive" is spot on. StackExchange is even worse. If you only knew their banning practices. They have extremely thin skin. The anti-thesis of "Postal'…

If people like luriel are consistently being hellbanned for speaking their mind on some non-programming topic, I still want to read what they're saying about programming. Everyone …

In the comments of his that I saw in recent threads I read, I liked this guy's taste in code. For me, that's pretty rare on HN. What the heck happened? Was he seriously ill? Judgin…