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Re:Ask HN: Who is building something that will change the wo... by DoreenMichele on Friday October 04, 2019 @03:20AM (#21155521)
"Everything that can be invented has been invented" -- goes back to an 1899 joke about closing the patent office and has apparently been oft repeated.

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2011/01/tracing-the-quote-every...

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