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I've seen several proposals, such as making patents non transferable, shortening their life time or not allowing cases to go to court unless you can prove your business depends on …

Yes, especially when there is no actual court case. Let's talk again once the owner of the patent successfully sues over it, making millions in the process. Never going to happen. …

You only have a 50% chance of this being correct. Replace "average" with "median" and you're at 100%.

Yup, because if Steve Jobs wants something but the team pushes back, he'll abandon the idea.

Facebook only recently added groups after years in existence, they seem to be doing alright.

> Circles are ok to set up at the beginning, but many people belong in more than one circle and it gets cognitively tiring to sort people appropriately into one-and-only-one circle…

Look at the position of Javascript. It's fair to say it's used exclusively for web development (node.js is quite marginal) and it still tops the job chart. Ruby on Rails would be t…

1) There is a literal syntax for Java: entries = new ArrayList () {{ add(3); add(4); }} But yes, certainly not as elegant as Scala. Having said that, you don't encounter literal co…

Another mistake the author is making is calling the ORM "an abstraction". ORM is a mapping technology: it takes input from one world and turns it into data suitable to another worl…

All the frameworks "are growing up", this is nothing to be proud about. The real question is: is the framework becoming mature? Because RoR has this tendency to reinvent itself eve…

"How to learn Lojban Write to The Logical Language Group, Inc., and we will be happy to provide information" Yup. That's gonna work.

Interesting article but the grammar and the typos... ouch. Especially when he's trying to use some uncommon words.

This article is much more about the evilness of patent trolls than about software patents. My thoughts: - Prevent the existence of trolls (for example by mandating that only patent…

Probably about the same as if you played that video with some other technology.

I only see people downvoting a flawed analogy.

It means there's a huge potential for that income and revenue to grow.

As do people who want to "abolish patents". While the system might need some revisions, it's certainly not as broken as a lot of abolitionists are depicting. Some things are workin…

"Where's the library at?" "You should never end a sentence with a preposition." "Where's the library at, jerk?"

Correct, Dick didn't really get any business off the ground, and he's probably ashamed of this email, looking back. For quite a few years now, he's been the chairman of OOPSLA (now…

There is really no reason to feel embarrassed because you use a GUI. A terminal is a terrible vehicle to display the complex information that git needs to show you, especially `sta…

"generally easier to understand" "Ultimately, more Scala used means more modern Android development. " The author has a clear chip on his/her shoulder and is making statements that…

What happened to him is very unfortunate but see the kind of conclusion he draws from his ordeal: "I have formed the opinion that medical specialists are no more equipped to make a…

> I haven't seen Tony Morris abuse anyone in the community, and the IRC channel is an amazing combination of immense knowledge and patience with newbies. Seriously? Here is the lat…

Predictably, this blog post reads like a Haskell pamphlet and it hits all the Bingo marks: purity, no side effects, ah but yes side effects with the IO monads, monads, concurrency,…

Indeed, and it goes in the same direction as the linked article, which does look like flattr lowering the barrier to entry because they're not getting enough traction. This kind of…