atomicxblue

atomicxblue t1_j1wsg7t wrote

Reply to comment by ANOKNUSA in TIL Douglas Engelbart never received any royalties for the invention of the mouse. In an interview he said "SRI (Stanford Research Institute) patented the mouse, but they had no idea of its value. Some years later it was known that they had licensed it to Apple Computer for something like $40,000." by whoiskamalsingh

> “Share and share alike” was the common attitude among computer scientists and engineers back in the day, and had that not been the case, this thread would not exist.

Neither would my computer at home. I use linux so without that, I'd be looking at a blank monitor instead of videos / games at night after work.

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atomicxblue t1_j1ws3vn wrote

Reply to TIL Douglas Engelbart never received any royalties for the invention of the mouse. In an interview he said "SRI (Stanford Research Institute) patented the mouse, but they had no idea of its value. Some years later it was known that they had licensed it to Apple Computer for something like $40,000." by whoiskamalsingh

If you want to overwhelm yourself, stop for a second to consider how many mice are being used this very second across the entire planet.

Thank you Douglas for your contribution.

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atomicxblue t1_j1rl3dg wrote

Reply to comment by Velociraptorius in Russia ready to resume gas supplies to Europe via Yamal-Europe pipeline -Novak by IndependentTHNKR

I don't see Ukraine willing to give away any more of its land. Russia wants to control the country, but as we've seen, they would never be able to take the whole thing by force. They have to come take out bites every so often.

Zelenskyy knows full well that he could get them to back off by giving up a large percentage of his territory, but he also knows that if he does, there's not much to stop Russia from coming back for more later. This is why he's pushed for his country to be whole again.

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atomicxblue t1_j1rkjjt wrote

Reply to comment by Independent_Pear_429 in Russia ready to resume gas supplies to Europe via Yamal-Europe pipeline -Novak by IndependentTHNKR

From a news story last week on BBC World Service, many countries in Europe have already stockpiled the fuel their countries need to make it through the winter. The reporter did point out that if the last part of winter turns out to be exceptionally cold, they'll go through the reserves faster and cause a strain on oil prices by the time they need to restock next winter.

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atomicxblue t1_its6i7h wrote

Reply to comment by BitterSweetDesire in TIL that a prison riot in 1985 on Spike Island near Cork, Ireland, ended after a mother of a prisoner heard what was happening, came to the island,& roared at her son through a megaphone after he had been on a roof for hours; it took only a few minutes of shouting & the remaining prisoners came down by newshoeshudis

Mammy muttering under her breath, "Feckin gobshites."

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