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This post contains some thoughts around software-patent strategies for large tech companies, in particular how the ability to block others'

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Very brief recap: The logical positivists said "All truths are experimentally testable". Their critics responded: "If that's true, how did y

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Suppose you want to assign a probability that a government will fall (ie the Prime Minister resigns) before the end of the year. Lacking any

So the jackpot in the Ohio lottery is around 25 million, and the chance of winning it is one in roughly 14 million, with tickets at 1 dollar