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Re:Open hardware desktop 3D printing is dead – you just don'... by superxpro12 on Friday August 15, 2025 @09:34AM (#44912247)
I work in a different industry, power tools. Somehow the USPTO allowed Milwaukee to patent a circ saw that spins at a certain rpm...

The things that get through the patent office are braindead. Patents are just weaponized legal minefields now. They've totally lost their original intent.

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Re:Open hardware desktop 3D printing is dead – you just don'... by yellow1389745 on Monday August 18, 2025 @10:45AM (#44941205)
I recall a container of multimeters seized at the border because they were the wrong color of yellow...

I may have bought an American meter once, but it was a fluke. Never again.

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