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Old 02-29-2020, 11:17 PM   #476 (permalink)
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I sometimes wonder if people are being serious or just working the edge of satire.
Yeah, that would be Elon Musk.

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People get patents for defensive purposes. It may be that the second or third point in the quote is the most important.

Satire is serious work, but (fact!) even a brick has fresnel.
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