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That is horrifyingly vibe-accurate
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Parents are bad and intellectual property is a farce? Capitalism ruins everything? Let's find out!
The Patent Law’s foundation has been challenged by a University of Bristol academic.
Dr Mo Abolkheir, a philosopher specialising in inventions and patents, has identified a logical fallacy - a flawed argument that may appear valid but is based on faulty reasoning - within the law.
Wait how does a logical fallacy matter here.
Published in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (JIPLP),
Oh, something new for me to hate
Dr. Abolkheir’s editorial identifies a logical fallacy embedded within the 'non-obviousness' requirement in patent law, a flaw that had gone unnoticed until now.
this is looking less like a critique of capitalism every minute
Dr Abolkheir has termed this the inventio ad hominem fallacy, a variation of the classical ad hominem fallacy, an example of which is the sporting analogy of playing the man rather than the ball.
I hate this now
He explains that patent offices, when assessing an invention’s patentability, have been inadvertently examining the cognitive abilities of the inventor rather than the invention itself. He suggests this introduces dangerous subjectivity into the process, in terms of varying indirect interpretations of an inventor’s intellectual capacity, rather than on the technical merits of the invention.
What? Of course they have. This barely scratches the surface!? The process requires lawyers which requires money which is immediately a class issue. Subjectivity!? My dude this is and always has been a type of class warfare. The subjectivity is intended.
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This is the dumbest timeline
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I should do work but there's still like a thousand bauxite I could be using in satisfactory
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We have used AI to make our phrenology more efficient
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Eating a burrito while wrapped in a blanket is basically cannibalism
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Ooh, lefttrax would be fun
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5d ago
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Peak bullshit jobs 
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5d ago
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Executive dysfunction has been kicking my ass lately
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I do love my gas stove, but having lived with an electric for a very long time, I learned to get by. But yeah if you can find a house already plumbed for gas, even better.
The other comment about induction is right too; if you have the cookware for it, induction is pretty dang good. I've only used an inductive hot plate though, never a full stovetop.
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Blackwater was appropriately unsettling. Constellis just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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Ugh now I kind of want to be a purse person instead of a pockets person because there are a lot of cute purses
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Bit the, lol, bullet and bought a Phlster enigma to see if that gives me a better skirt-friendly option. My wallet cries.
I've liked the idea of "this is a gun belt I wear under my clothes so the clothes are irrelevant" but hadn't been able to decide on what to try
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This article is pretty old, but the info is good. A lot of the links from it are dead but it looks like these folks have not-strictly-utilitarian looking carry purses (lotsa leather though, so not vegan friendly).
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Yes. Got a little single-stack 9 and a nice pocket holster for it; if I'm wearing pants it's usually in them.
6-o'clock carry gets a lot of hate, but my posture is terrible and I have bad anterior pelvic tilt and a lot of ass and damn if full frame double stack pistols don't just fucking disappear under a loose shirt back there.
I have a few cheap elastic thigh holsters for very tiny pistols with skirts but they've never been great; can't decide if I want to try a real expensive one or like a belly band or something.
And, final note, shoulder holsters feel exactly as as cool as you'd expect. Very very specific outfits required. But I feel like a hard boiled private eye from the 30s every time. (Probably look like a dork for real though)
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Off-body carry is not great, purse snatching becoming gun snatching makes a bad problem worse. There are purses designed for concealed carry through; with fast-access dedicated firearm pockets/sections and (hopefully) reinforced or somehow body-attachable straps.
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Turbomachinery. Turbines are cool.
I like sending this to my liberal American friends because I think readings from their own civil religion have a better chance at radicalizing them than my usual rants.
The (queer) kids are alright. Recently, I went to a (historically *extremely* lib and very performative but I repeat myself) LGBT meetup and figured I'd test the waters with this patch from Off Color Decals. I was feeling a little fighty. All my encounters were comrades. Best comment to summarize the vibe: "I used to worry about gun control a lot, but if the folks on the other side of the protest are armed, I'd much rather have rifles on our side too." I got to invite a bunch of fresh-out-of-college queers to shooting lessons! Oh and the guest speaker dropped three "fuck capitalism"s. Some of the oldheads bitched about it online later on, and basically got "Ok Boomer"ed. I thought I could cause a scene/start an argument, and maybe grab one or two folks. Instead, the vibes may be shifting, and this gives me great hope.
A quick guide to Israeli PR: 1. We haven't heard reports of deaths; will check into it 2. The people were killed, but by a faulty Palestinian rocket/bomb 3. OK we killed them, but they were terrorists 4. OK they were civilians, but they were being used as human shields 5. OK there were no fighters in the area, so it was our mistake. But we kill civilians by accident, they do it on purpose 6. OK we kill far more civilians than they do, but look at how terrible other countries are! 7. Why are you still talking about Israel? Are you some kind of anti-semite?
Had to preserve this little nugget from [@Tastysnack](https://hexbear.net/u/Tastysnack) because I'm definitely going to be looking for it again in the future. > I don't bully anyone into revolutionary thought because building social justice awareness, economic understanding and critical thinking are journey's everyone takes at different paces based on circumstances I'm not privy to. > > What I do bully people for is having bigoted opinions or arrogant takes based on personal bias and subversive media slop that fundamentally impacts other people's lives, wellbeing and right to exist as themselves within our system. > > You can be a raging lib and not a bigot, yes there's a deeper conversation to be had around how neoliberalism IS built upon bigotry and exploitation and that defense of it enabling bigotry but I can work with anyone if they understand what is needed to better minority rights in 2023 without evangelising their milquetoast political takes. > > It just so happens most libs I meet online and irl are more concerned with personal trinkets, wants, personal privilege and their cringe entitlement than actually making material changes to improve the lives of those less fortunate than themselves who chances are we're exploited to provide the comfy standard of living most of these asshats speak from. > > So like naaaah I don't look for fights, but I'll dirtbag left anyone who wants to debate someone's right to exist in conversation or have takes fuelled by subconscious white supremacy about nations and people they've never understood outside of media propaganda. > > Am I the bully in those situations? Or are the majority with their gross ass bigoted takes just so used to being able to vocalise their bigotry with others that me and any other dork on this site calling them out feels like oppression because their victim complex built upon their privilege always sees calls for betterment and self improvement as infringements upon personal liberty vs a collective social call for better standards of discourse and civility? > > Yeah we don't take shit on this site but it isn't coming from a place of Liberal/ally/white Knight paternalistic chauvinism but from a place of genuine struggle as most of us ARE victims of the same oppression we have no tolerance for. > > That might make us seem immature or combative to the outside and yeah some of us can be dickheads but the core ethos of this site and community is protection of minority groups and promotion of leftist ideals BECAUSE we are both victims of systemic and overt oppression and as leftists who understand our struggle through the lens of society and therefore capitalism we won't relent for someone wanker redditor coming in to flex his debatelord muscles for clout.
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Lol the jig is up, we've been the victim of a limited hangout
invidious.tiekoetter.com
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Damn West coasters, way to lay the groundwork for Wrath Month. [Video](https://nitter.1d4.us/AnnieMPeterson/status/1542336611530133504) "From Stonewall a brick and Portland an axe, respect our pride or expect our wrath"