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herniatedeel commented on New USPTO Memo Makes Fighting Patent Trolls Even Harder   eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03... · Posted by u/healsdata
ujkhsjkdhf234 · 5 months ago
> Congress Created IPR to Protect the Public—Not Just Patent Owners

For this administration, this is a problem to be solved. Big business are the masters now and we need to make it easier for them to step on small business by any means.

herniatedeel · 5 months ago
Big business isn't really monolithic when it comes to patents. Some large tech companies love patents (MSFT, e.g.), while others (Google, e.g.) seem to abhor them.

Also, the troll problem is a problem for big business, not a benefit to big business.

herniatedeel commented on New USPTO Memo Makes Fighting Patent Trolls Even Harder   eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03... · Posted by u/healsdata
amelius · 5 months ago
We should have notarized LLM models for this. Timestamp your LLMs, put them in a notarized database. Then, if you en up in a patent lawsuit, just fire up the relevant LLM, and ask it in simple terms to reproduce troll's claims.
herniatedeel · 5 months ago
For what purpose? If it's for prior art, the prior at must have been publicly available, so a private LLM wouldn't work. Perhaps I'm missing your point, though.
herniatedeel commented on New USPTO Memo Makes Fighting Patent Trolls Even Harder   eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03... · Posted by u/healsdata
buckle8017 · 5 months ago
Maybe it's time for a patent pool for non-trolls covering patent to behavior.
herniatedeel · 5 months ago
Defensive patent pools exist, if that's what you're saying: Unified Patents, LOT network, and RPX are a few.
herniatedeel commented on Fluoxetine promotes metabolic defenses to protect from sepsis-induced lethality   science.org/doi/10.1126/s... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
medimikka · 7 months ago
When I went into residency, my attending once described any drug acting on reuptake (be it antagonistically, agonistic, or in a bifurcated model) as the medical equivalency of noticing your car is low on oil and, in response, pouring a few dozen liters of the stuff over the engine block.

Some gets to where it needs to be, the rest gunks up the engine on the outside and in places it shouldn't be.

Almost any drug acting on 5HT (fk acts on 2C), acts on other receptors as well. Fk acts on α1, M1-4, and many more, it's not very selective. A venerable bucket of oil, indeed. This is, what also causes Long-QT, feeding disorders, diarrhea, shorter pregnancies, dry mouth, sexual dysfunction, and more.

Sure, dropping such a bucket of oil can also, via inflammatory pathways, elicit IL-10 activation and, more importantly, act against hypertriglyceridemia. But that should not be sold as a solution to a problem. Again, to stay with contrived comparisons, if I load the boot of a car with C4, I am sure that some parts of the car will reach more than the car's stated maximum speed. But that's not a desirabe outcome.

As a last ditch, I'd consider it. But "preventatively" as suggested... that's a far, far, reach.

herniatedeel · 7 months ago
I get that fluoxetine, a relatively old SSRI is a dirty drug, but aren't newer serotonin modulators much cleaner? E.g., vilazodone, vortioxetine, and even old-fashioned Escitalopram (lexapro)?

My understanding is that escitalopram has pretty low binding affinity for other receptors than SERT.

herniatedeel commented on Apple Patent Shows GPU Dynamic Caching Has Been in Development for Years   tomshardware.com/software... · Posted by u/CharlesW
faitswulff · 2 years ago
herniatedeel · 2 years ago
This patent hasn't issued - it's just a publication.
herniatedeel commented on Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds   monash.edu/news/articles/... · Posted by u/clouddrover
whoodle · 2 years ago
I’ve had two sleep studies. I have once been diagnosed with type 2 narcolepsy and then later as my sleep hygiene improved that was changed to idiopathic hypersomnia. I don’t have sleep apnea.

At any time I call basically fall asleep within 5 minutes and I’m always tired. Has anyone else dealt with this?

I tried modafinil but felt horrible for weeks as I hoped my body would adjust. I’ve also considered armodafinil, but I fear the same effects.

The doctor wants me to try xyrem but it scares me, doesn’t have a lot of studies on it, and it’s basically a nonstarter because I have young jerks and need to be able to wake up if needed.

So all of that to say, is dementia inevitable for me? My guess is that I just sleep terrible.

Any advice is welcome.

herniatedeel · 2 years ago
I'd at least try the xyrem. I've tried it - didn't work for me (my sleep issues are caused by something else), but it's not as incapacitating as it's made out to sound.
herniatedeel commented on Training algorithms on copyrighted data not illegal: US Supreme Court   towardsdatascience.com/th... · Posted by u/alok-g
bluGill · 6 years ago
While the decision is only binding in the 2nd circuit, the precedent is admissible in other courts. If this goes to trial in a different circuit you can bring the finding to the judge who will consider it - it won't be binding, but he will consider it. If it goes to appeal in a different circuit the next circuit will reference this in their decision - if they decide the 2nd is wrong they will be very clear why the they think the 2nd circuit is wrong when they make ruling (and this can in turn be re-submitted to the 2nd circuit who might change their mind if the reasoning is good enough). If this goes to the supreme court in the future they will read this decision and it will influence them - again they can decide either way.
herniatedeel · 6 years ago
Yes, the 2nd Circuit's decision is persuasive authority for other circuits. However, that's not what the article claims. The article claims that SCOTUS ruled when it, in fact, did not.
herniatedeel commented on Training algorithms on copyrighted data not illegal: US Supreme Court   towardsdatascience.com/th... · Posted by u/alok-g
herniatedeel · 6 years ago
SCOTUS denied the petition for writ of certiorari, thereby leaving the 2nd Circuit's ruling in Google's favor intact.

However, the 2nd Circuit's ruling is not binding on any other federal circuits.

Also, as Enginerrd stated, the holding is not nearly as broad as the article makes it out to be.

The holding was:

1. Google’s unauthorized digitizing of copyright-protected works, creation of a search functionality, and display of snippets from those works are non-infringing fair uses. The purpose of the copying is highly transformative, the public display of text is limited, and the revelations do not provide a significant market substitute for the protected aspects of the originals. Google’s commercial nature and profit motivation do not justify denial of fair use.

2. Google’s provision of digitized copies to the libraries that supplied the books, on the understanding that the libraries will use the copies in a manner consistent with the copyright law, also does not constitute infringement.

Based on the above holding, I think the article's conclusion is a stretch for general training algorithms using copyrighted data because: (1) there would not be a library supplying the information to the training algorithm, (2) there would be no similar display of snippets, and (3) we do not know if a training algorithm would provide a market substitute for the copyrighted data.

herniatedeel commented on Common Muscular Weaknesses   exrx.net/Kinesiology/Weak... · Posted by u/luu
ohaideredevs · 6 years ago
I really wish there were places that could legitimately analyze muscle imbalances and suggest corrective exercises. The internet only works for the most common ones, such as pelvic tilt, and sometimes you mis-diagnose yourself.

A lot of the "great" information online is bro-science, and doctors generally don't care at all, so neither is optimal.

P.S. The military uses fancy position sensors to track muscle imbalances in Pararescuemen. I really wish there was some access to that facility:

"To improve, the trainees must first be shown where they are deficient. So when they arrive, they enter the Dari Motion Capture system, something similar to what Hollywood uses to fuse actors with their CGI characters. Dari doesn’t use on-body sensors, just cameras that capture the biomechanical motions of subjects." https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a26256665...

herniatedeel · 6 years ago
Also, anterior pelvic tilt is normal for most people. It can of course be excessive as well.

https://bretcontreras.com/current-position-statement-on-ante...

herniatedeel commented on Old emotions remain salient in insomnia disorder   academic.oup.com/brain/ad... · Posted by u/charlieirish
cosmie · 6 years ago
Music or a podcast like this has always worked really well to solve insomnia issues for me. Unfortunately it led me to discover a new issue - when I fall asleep listening to anything, even on low volume, there's a really good chance I'll sleep through my alarm(s) in the morning.

Anyone else ever run into that?

herniatedeel · 6 years ago
One solution might be to set a sleep timer on your podcast app.

u/herniatedeel

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