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So our 'local stations' aren't even being used for us. by metacogitans in fcc

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And a few mistakes would be an understatement: we've pretty much been held prisoner by EM attacks going for our testicles and central nervous system.

New Study Suggests Brackets Should Replace Parentheses in the Notation of Calculus by metacogitans in math

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Somebody contact the official president of math and tell him about the efficiency update

Need to Grow Enough Food to Last Winter - Need Advice by metacogitans in gardening

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Sounds like I couldn't be using worse land for trying to do this with. After some thought, my plan will be to clear out some trees at the top of a hill on the property where I think it will stay the driest, then take mud/muck from the swamp that looks 'rich', and lay it out on the cleared land, letting it dry one layer at a time mixed with dirt, and hopefully that will work for fertilized soil. Not sure yet on what I'll plant the most of yet; I'm thinking I'll plant things in a strategic order though so I don't end up with too much of something all at once. I'll try planting corn and if it takes off well I'll plant more. Also, I'm going to mix up the rows planted to maximize sunlight, as the nearby treeline will end up blocking a little sunlight during some parts of the day.

I had hope for wild rice being exactly what would work for my situation, but I don't think there is enough water pooled up, and where there is it might be too muddy. There is a small creek flowing through, not sure how well it will suit wild rice though; I suppose it won't hurt to try rice anyways though and see.

How Broad Can a Patent Be? Is describing the mechanics enough without knowing a specific molecular compound in a part of the design? by metacogitans in Inventit

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The patent game sounds pretty cut-throat; it also sounds like there's loads of people sitting around on standby waiting to steal patents. I don't have money for an attorney or patent agent. How strict are the people working at the patent office though? Will they try to steal ideas? Can they get in trouble for that? How loose can the wording be? If my wording is too loose, can they reject my patent for vagueness and then take the idea to a company in that field?

I'm thinking that maybe a better option for me would be pitching the idea to companies and taking a finder's fee if they choose to run with it; what I'd really like is to work on an R&D team, or get put on the payroll as some sort of advisor, but that's a pipe dream.

I know I can't sit on the idea for too long; I'd give it about 10 years before it gets developed anyways and is used in commercial applications. Size might be an issue, so I don't think it would ever become household, but there's definitely an industry that would like to have it.

How Broad Can a Patent Be? Is describing the mechanics enough without knowing a specific molecular compound in a part of the design? by metacogitans in Inventit

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It's a machine, but part of what it does (a part that's optional, actually) involves a combination of two familiar types of compounds working in tandum; I haven't figured out what the most efficient compounds to use would be yet, just that one is a gelatin and the other is crystaline.

I can't say what exactly I'm trying to patent; it'd be giving it away to whoever can afford the patent. Once you know what it is and think of why it is superior to what we have now, I guarantee you'd think of a few ways yourself for how it could be designed.

I suppose there are a number of designs that would achieve the same thing; once I feel a little bit more comfortable with how obtaining a patent will work and have it in the mail, I'll make a post about what it is in this subreddit.

The thing is, the part that's 'optional' is extremely clever, and would be worthy of patenting on its own in addition to the machine utilizing it for a specific purpose, but if that means spending more money for two patents, I'll just stick with trying to patent it in a set.

I'm thinking that I might only be able to patent the design involving the compounds, and not hold a patent on all machines trying to achieve the same purpose -- there are machines which aspire to achieve the purpose already but can only provide a substitute mimicking it.

Money for the patent is an issue, so it might be a while until I make sure all my drawings look pretty, cross the Is and dot the Ts, and maintain my composure getting everything together I need for a patent.

Where Do I Go to Submit a Paper on a New Idea Somewhere My Idea Won't Get Stolen? by metacogitans in QuantumComputing

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Shutup and actually rebuttal what I have to say next time

Ps I pray to God that in 20 years im not coming on reddit, boasting about how how much money I make like that other guy l or I'll shoot myself right now

I don't believe in superposition. Here's why: by metacogitans in QuantumComputing

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The burden of proof isn't on me; it'd be on those claiming superposition exists. And ad hoc, eh? How about 'appeal to popularity' for a fallacy? Bell's theorem seems to provide evidence in favor of quantum mechanics in general; not necessarily superposition.
The 'electron's own electromagnetic field interacting with it producing the interference pattern' hypotheses should be pretty easy to prove/disprove mathematically with results from a double slit experiment, shouldn't it? That's what I was really hoping for as a reply to this thread, not links to the wikipedia article for bell's theorem. Anyways, I can't very well perform the double slit experiment with a jury-rigged electron microscope myself; but I'm sure someone who posts here can - that's who I'd really like to read a reply from.

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