The four things that make me not want to be a programmer: * Software patents * App signing * Setting up build environments * Multi-threading
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Replying to @marcosalvi
@marcosalvi I don't know what hardware dev process is like. SW dev process involves making 10-500 inventions per day.2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @marcosalvi
@marcosalvi@nothings All patents are bad, not just software. It's a broken funding model that penalizes independent invention.1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@marcosalvi@nothings It's just more obvious in software because of the extremely high independent "invention" rate.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@nothings I don't disagree (that's why I find the hw/sw dichotomy silly) but no ip protections at all isn't good either1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @marcosalvi
@marcosalvi@nothings The key to IP protection is that it has to be about _theft_ prevention, which patents have little to do with.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@marcosalvi@nothings They are so not about that, for example, that the damage model presumes the infringer didn't know!!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@marcosalvi @nothings This is why copyrights work reasonably well and patents don't. The former is about theft and the latter not.
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