ipValue's comments

On: I've replaced ads on my website with Bitcoin donations

[ipValue]

I am thinking of doing the same thing with my blog: http://www.preferredembodiment.com/

My audience is very niche and I don't think the ads Google chooses are very well targeted. I have an abysmal click through rate and I think the ads undermine the integrity of my content.

Which BitCoin Donation service are you thinking of using?

[astrowilliam → ipValue]

You know, I found the same thing. I really hate ads.

I'm using coinbase for all transactions at the moment. It's very straight forward and easy to set up.

On: Twitter Pays $36 Million to Avoid IBM Patent Suit

[ipValue]

This is a good way for a company to amass tons of low quality patents. After a few years, the maintenance fees start to drag them down. IBM sold some of these crap assets to Twitter to avoid paying $9.9m in maintenance fees over the next 10 years.

On: Twitter Pays $36 Million to Avoid IBM Patent Suit

[ipValue]

The patents that Twitter bought from IBM were mostly low quality assets. IBM, largest patent holder for the last 21 years straight, is known for having tons of narrow patents on every little feature they develop. This deal was a good way for IBM to get rid of some garbage and a good way for Twitter to get a Big, Scary looking patent portfolio.

I did a qualitative analysis of the patent portfolio here: http://www.preferredembodiment.com/1/post/2014/03/twitter-bo...