IBM is *really* into patents and makes it quite easy to file for one. And they have a rewards system for successful filings. Quite a few people in here have literally dozens…
Says a lot that the US has fifty bajillion militias and republicans and jingoistic flag shaggers and the only crowd who even tries to stop a coup is a pinko [...]
I mean, they elected a convicted felon. Nobody was expecting honest government. They elected a guy who behaved like he has his whole life, nobody was expecting anything different. They [...]
And it's not so much the scale of the malfeasance or the corruption or the data breach or the constitutional crisis or even the sheer mindless bullying going on here [...]
And at the same time, the most mercantile, capitalist country in the world, with the second largest economy, has put immediate control of its entire procurement and spending program into [...]
I'm mindblown by the contrast between the sheer scale of the data breach of the US government which has just occurred, and the mute reaction to it from the US. [...]