Big companies patent their ideas for all sorts of reasons. "Because we plan to actually make and sell it" is much lower on the list than most of us realize. In honor of this fact comes a funny and fascinating slideshow at Gizmodo: "The 10 Dumbest Apple Patents That Made People Lose Their Minds"
Apple patents "that made people lose their minds"
GOP's Adam Kinzinger doesn't want Biden pardon — says he'll fight Trump "from my jail cell" (video)
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Tom the Dancing Bug: How the media handles Trump's Fascism
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I finally got around to buying some replacement 'little rubber feet'
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Watching birds up close and personal
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This MacBook is less than $400
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Two numbers, one phone, zero drama for $19.99
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