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throwawaynerdy··on The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators
Government patents and the heavily regulated medical cartels = capitalism?

Not to be a Communist when I say "not real capitalism", but it seems there's no pro capitalism political party in the US.

throwawaynerdy··on The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators
If you look at history, I'm not sure it's possible for a government to get better. I'm not aware of any historical examples. Revolution can happen, but that means a new government.
throwawaynerdy··on “Today I cut my pay to $0. I'm committed to laying off 0 of our employees.”
This is exactly what I was thinking.

This is an expensive (?) HR and PR Ad.

In 10 years the popularity of the company should be higher than today, the company will be sold and gutted.

throwawaynerdy··on Google cancels April Fools’ jokes this year
April fool's jokes, wasting people's time because "it's soooo funnie" ha. ha. ha.
throwawaynerdy··on Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library Harms Authors
I don't know if any of that is true. I'm a free information guy and author and despite having a million users of my website, I'm not even profitable.

It's not some clickbait garbage either. It's been front page HN numerous times.

What should I be doing? I have a paid book as an option. But everyone Google searches "free book", it was so bad I ended up making my own free link for SEO reasons.

throwawaynerdy··on “Open Source” Ventilator Project by University of Florida
Did you read the article?

There's not much of a design. There are some specifications.

It seems they are currently trying to split up work.

It's definitely unfinished.

throwawaynerdy··on Interview with German Ventilator Manufacturer
You can use that mentality on things that are not safety critical.

How could anyone argue that once in a while there won't be enough beds to save everyone's life?

The closest things I can think of non healthcare is that airbags are designed for 5, 50, and somewhat for 95%ile individuals. But I think it's actually impossible to develop for everyone due to mechanical restrictions.

throwawaynerdy··on Upgraded Google Glass helps autistic kids “see” emotions
Maybe I'm out of the loop but I think the issues was that it was never made for consumer use.

I had plenty of uses for simple hands off first person recording. Sports and school events would have benefitted from video recording.

Seeing their enterprise use, I'm thinking other people had a similar idea.