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prbuckley

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    Fun fact Strike 3 holding files the 2nd most lawsuits annually in our federal court system (~3000), the US government is #1

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    Comment #31159828

    Here is a recent interview of Elon speaking about what changes he wants to make at twitter, https://youtu.be/cdZZpaB2kDM . TLDW: He wants to open source the ranking algos and make …

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    Comment #23909338

    Amazing that they designed and built this very novel vehicle in 3 months! Built in the 1950's and still being used 50 years later.

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    Comment #16924004

    I very much agree. The ptab is not a bad idea in principle but unfortunately it operates in a way that favors large companies who can use IPR to out spend small inventors instead o…

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    Comment #15847835

    Is there a copy of the toy category list your wife mentions in the video online anywhere? I would love to read it. Thanks for posting, very helpful!

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    Comment #15799370

    This story reminds me of the dangers of metal grill brushes. Public service announcement, don't use a metal brush to clean your grill. The metal strands can breakoff and if they ge…

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    Comment #15170552

    Does anyone know what the status of using kite powered systems for off shore power generation is? I know makani has been working on that for over a decade now, it always seemed lik…

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    Comment #14883892

    This is a cool design. I think the group from University of Maryland developed a single motor single actuator drone back in 2009, here is a link to video... https://m.youtube.com/w…

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    Comment #14509656

    Here are some articles explaining how IPR's hurt small business's and sole inventors... http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a21181/greatest-a... http://www.ipwatchdog.com/20…

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    Comment #14509336

    Good on her for speaking up but I would postulate that minority groups gets talked over by the majority group and that this is not sexism. Should people try to be more mindful of t…

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    Comment #14504157

    As a small business owner inventor, and patent owner I think what the parent is talking about is the PTAB and the Inter Partes Review (IPR) process that is very expensive for a pat…

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    Comment #14472710

    This is very cool. It reminds me of the classic geometry novel Flatland. If you like thinking about dimensionality I highly recommend it... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland…

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    This is very cool. It reminds me of the classic geometry novel Flatland. If you like thinking about dimensionality I highly recommend it... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland…

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    Comment #14375902

    I am suggesting people will put political pressure on the government to help pay for treatment as part of the solution. As others here have suggested that if drugs were legalized t…

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    Part of the problem of prohibition is that it drives up the potency of drugs which leads to the situation where you get fentanyl instead of heroin. This effect was coined the "iron…

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    You know who cares about these addicts, their families, who are the voting constituents of these politicians. The heroin epidemic is the worst in many traditionally republican stat…

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    Comment #14375782

    You know who cares about these addicts, their families, who are the voting constituents of these politicians. The heroin epidemic is the worst in many traditionally republican stat…

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    Comment #14364749

    This mistake cost over half a billion dollars! "An October 2014 report from the Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General points to a change in the packaging procedure at …

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    This would have sounded crazy to me 6 months ago. However I had a friend who had a traumatic brain injury where the doctors had to remove a portion of their skull temporarily (a co…

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    Comment #14324926

    This would have sounded crazy to me 6 months ago. However I had a friend who had a traumatic brain injury where the doctors had to remove a portion of their skull temporarily (a co…

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