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ixaxaar ◴[] No.42162021[source]
What a sad fucking world. I like what China does in the regard to patents. That is exactly what patents deserve.
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levocardia ◴[] No.42162150[source]
...steal them from the Americans?
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mattigames ◴[] No.42162535[source]
What would be the world if we hadn't "stolen" so many discoveries from China, specifically where would be the USA (gunpowder, print, et al)
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1. thebeardisred ◴[] No.42162918[source]
I assure you. We waited 25 years after the invention of gunpowder before co-opting it.
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2. thaumasiotes ◴[] No.42163118[source]
More like 350 years.