Patent troll Sable pays up, dedicates all its patents to the public

Re:Patent troll Sable pays up, dedicates all its patents to ... by mlyle on Thursday October 03, 2024 @05:45PM (#41735391)

There's an incredibly high overhead on getting work as a contractor, billing for it, etc. There's a whole lot of unbillable hours you need to amortize.

(At the same time, people DIYing tend to underestimate their real opportunity costs).

The best outcome is that you end up liking tinkering and have pride in your work. That's a very high discount to the real cost.

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Re:Patent troll Sable pays up, dedicates all its patents to ... by bcrosby95 on Thursday October 03, 2024 @06:22PM (#41735717)

I totally understand the high overhead aspect, but I assume knowing what you're doing is supposed to help immensely with that.

Pride in work is a big thing. As someone who works at a desk, some manual labor on the weekend is a nice change of pace. It's also not pointless exercise. And in my experience the best way to get something done right is to get free advice from the pros and do it yourself. Because the people the pros hire to do it won't care as much as you.

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