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		AnaniasAnanas on Nov 30, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Tried to Patent My Work After a Job Intervi... > It keeps people from reinventing the wheel Actually it forces people to reinvent the wheel in possibly worse ways.

azeotropic on Nov 30, 2018 [–]

Or possibly better. Thinking of the explosion of DNA sequencing technology over the past decade, I'm kind of grateful that people reinvented the wheel about a half-dozen times (Solexa/Illumina, 454, IonTorrent, Solid, PacBio, ONT, etc.)

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