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Google Tried to Patent My Work After a Job Interview

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1798 points jerryX | 1 comments | 30 Nov 18 05:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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beautifulfreak ◴[30 Nov 18 06:32 UTC] No.18567190[source]▶
If the author pops in here, I hope he takes a look at this patent, because it might be prior art: https://patents.google.com/patent/US8512151 I complained about it to the "Stupid Patent of the Month" attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (here: https://www.eff.org/issues/stupid-patent-month) and got a nice response agreeing that it looks obvious.
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neonate ◴[30 Nov 18 06:42 UTC] No.18567233[source]▶
I think the author is a she.
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mirimir ◴[30 Nov 18 07:56 UTC] No.18567490[source]▶
True, but I didn't see that she identified herself, or her gender, in the article. So what's a commenter to do? That's an honest question. Mangle to use "they"? Use some genderless pronoun that'll piss off x% of readers?
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1. neonate ◴[30 Nov 18 09:42 UTC] No.18567914[source]▶
> "So what's a commenter to do"

Simply don't assume? It's not hard.