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Re:Fast KV Compaction via Attention Matching by 542458 on Friday February 20, 2026 @10:12AM (#47088996)
These folks are MIT, so citations are valuable to them. Citations convert into prestige, academic career progression, or a favorable exit from academia into industry.

Also, I don't see why you couldn't patent this if you wanted to monetize it.

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Re:Fast KV Compaction via Attention Matching by BetaDeltaAlpha on Friday February 20, 2026 @12:55PM (#47091368)
> Also, I don't see why you couldn't patent this if you wanted to monetize it.

We all just saw the prior art published for the public. That will preclude patenting this work. Further reduction to practice is required.

(I am not a lawyer).

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