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My guest booked today was Morgan Housel, a VC and former journalist who's frequently on CNBC. We had to reschedule b/c of a conflict -- this would have been the perfect day to get …

If you've got a cool startup, and would like to get the word out - consider guesting on my podcast. Don't be shy, it's important to get in front of users & the market! Just Google …

I know this is obvious, but it's important to look at your online agreement or terms of service for customers to see what they've agreed to. If you're not legally culpable, I don't…

Respectfully, I have the opposite view and left my comment at the top.

In response to your question, about exactly where to come down on billionaires, I'm not sure but there are some great points on here, and for the folks questioning why so many tech…

Hi Everyone - I know there's a lot of prose in the responses below, but you may discover a lot about the entire patent system (especially business method and software patents) and …

Thanks much for your clarification. Regarding whether there are multiple patents issued on the MRI – (1) Assuming that the algorithmic steps work properly (i.e., without typos and …

Thanks much for your insight, pedalpete. I found your comments helpful and insightful on a number of different levels. Regarding reverse engineering, while I don’t know the particu…

Very well said, and insightful, truly.

Thanks so much for bringing this to my attention. I took a quick look at the litigation docket for this case, which was consolidated with actions against a number of other defendan…

Thanks much for your reply. Turing’s application of Godel merely says that there are some calculations a computer can’t do. There are still a finite number of instructions that are…

That’s kind of a sweeping generalization for the few examples here and not exactly applying the scientific method, don’t you think? I hope you notice that I’m purposefully not usin…

Sounds like you've had some bad experiences. I really appreciate your sharing this. Regarding the balloon, you'll have to check out some of my other responses about the obviousness…

You make a couple of great points. Let me analogize the problem. Imagine that one day you’re reading books and working on computers and floppy disks. So your information is limited…

Sorry for the long reply here, but I think a lot of people have the same thoughts, so I’ll elaborate. It’s not in the individual instructions that there is uniqueness, but instead …

Ask HN: As a software developer from the stone ages who’s spent many years in the field of intellectual property (IP), I’m truly curious why Silicon Valley is so down on patents. T…

There's a lot of misinformation on the site about patents. Folks - yes, novely is still required for patents under 35 USC Sec. 102, and nonobviousness is also required under 35 USC…