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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • A patent system that does not grant a patent beyond 10 years. So nobody can sit on their inventions forever and deny the public the benefits which they extract out of public money. A patent system that requires a proven product in the market place and not a concept of a product in somebody’s imagination, to prevent patent trolls from stifling real innovation. A patent system that requires the patent producer to share the secrets with the public if public funding was used to develop a patent in any form.

    A copyright system that actually understands product boundaries and doesn’t exist as a nebuluous concept of “This name is associated with us hence it violates copyright”. A copyright system that doesn’t prevent fair use.

    This cannot happen under capitalism as it exists. So i am not really digressing.


  • In door plumbing has a long history, so perhaps to be specific: the flushing toilet

    If the foundations for innovation were already laid for humanity… Only thing capitalism invented was normalizing greed and preventing the majority of people from enjoying the fruits of advancement.

    We never survived without cooperation. refrigeration, Microwave would never be invented in the capitalistic environment that has been festering to this point. At least you and I wouldn’t be allowed to enjoy it without paying rent for it.

    Shall i give you examples where capitalism perverted an idea that works by distributing benefit into one that funnels said benefit to a few people? There are so many. Infact, not funneling the benefits is the rarer occurance. Insurance is a scam. AI is just theft of our own collective knowledge held hostage.

    Remember, people still invented stuff before capitalism.


  • if you remove money from the equation, would you do the same thing you’re doing right now?

    Necessity is the mother of invention. Not money. Money is just the necessity RIGHT now because the leaders you elect are only interested in themselves just like you are. If people bothered to rise up above their base desires we can do more than say “toil all your life or die”.

    Do you really feel like all the advancements of the past 200 or so years have made our daily lives easier?




  • critical thinking is when you can differentiate a multimillion dollar corporation defending itself vs. pilots and crew who have nothing to gain and a lot of risk coming out about how bad their ex-employer screwed up and swept it under the rug. this sort of stuff is not uncommon from corporations.

    I am more likely to believe that Air India was screwing up because they have a history of this. If a lot of people complain about smoke coming out of places it shouldn’t be, then i would listen to them rather than the owner who pretends everything is fine.