• 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    It’s not that expensive in the US. A few hundred

    Ok, that’s less than what I would have expected, but still more than what most people want to invest into something that’s basically a joke.

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        2 months ago

        Don’t you need working prototype to get a patent? Otherwise musk or bezos or another for-profit asshole could patent every known scifi gimmick, wait until someone actually invents it and then send him a bill…?

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          2 months ago

          If a prototype is requires, only people with wealth could afford to produce a working prototype without revealing their invention to investors and without risk of the idea being stolen…