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> They're a law firm that specializes in _patents_. What the fuck. Oh, you got that when you googled them, and you think the fucking top-tier national IP law firm had no other idea…

They blamed it on a rogue employee, and then claimed that they had removed all our typos and that we would need to sue them if there was anything more we needed to demand. It wasn'…

We are being asked to make the same hard decisions that each generation before us has made. And we are doing it while being far richer and having a greater repository of knowledge …

> And if you can't afford it? Does society pay? Do we let them die? I'm interested in your answer. The same thing that happens with the people whose lives could be saved right now …

Perhaps they should be different, but people get most upset about the awesome drugs that cure things completely being under patent for so long. They don't care about that antacid d…

> In medicine, you often can't just wait it out. Healthcare is not a normal market Then you pay. I have family members who are only functional because of prescription drugs. When I…

There were multiple paths we pursued in consultation with our lawyers. If you want me to take your advice over Fish & Richardson, okay.

You are getting close to advocating for "cost plus" which sounds really good to outsiders who are concerned about "too much profit" but have stunted every industry into which they …

> We just need shorter patents. This is nuts. By the time a major drug is ready for market, out of a 20 year patent there are usually only 5 years left. How much shorter do you thi…

The strategy people should be following is to buy the printer based on the cost of consumables. It's what I do. But most people do the strategy of 1. find the model where the compa…

When I was at a start-up and had someone literally rip-off our product (including typos), we would have really liked some faster protection than the patent, which took around 2 yea…

You got me, developer2. I've been commenting with my real name on HN for 5 years just waiting for this moment, to get the $35 that Intuit will mail me for my comment.

I wasn't arguing against that. Rather against the conceit that my tax situation must be the result of people conspiring to keep things complicated, when the big thing (that got me …

I pay less than $1000 for a lawyer and get 10x the value I get out of an agent for which I'd pay several thousands of dollars.

Have they stopped beating their spouses yet?

How do you think carryover losses of subchapter S corporations should be handled to make them easier?

I've always been taken seriously when raising issues with contracts. Sometimes "taken seriously" means they scratch something out. Sometimes "taken seriously" means they spend 3 da…

If you get a lawyer for your house transactions, you will pay a flat fee of less than $1000 and still get the advice to always have it inspected.

TurboTax found several thousand dollars for me in a fairly complicated tax situation that I was completely not expecting and would never have realized on my own. Even some CPAs I'v…

Have there been clinical studies of doing this to correct eyesight? A few years ago I would hear radio ads, which struck several of my snake-oil buttons, and they've totally disapp…

Sometimes I enjoy exercising, sometimes I do not. I always enjoy having exercised .

Put your tablet in a ziploc bag and it's easy to spend an hour in the tub.

Every generation has to create its effort-free alternative to exercise, whether it's electrodes you attach to your abs or standing there while a vibrating belt shakes your body. Ev…

When you hold up your hand, you have no information on the person pulling over to pick you up. You don't know the rate, you don't know the safety records, you don't know anything a…