• qyron@sopuli.xyz
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    Nestlé has been patenting human milk proteins for decades. To my understanding, this prevents other companies to add such molecules to baby formula, even if somehow methods to synthesize said molecules were developed.

    That is a scary notion, a malevolous intent and a gross outcome.

    • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world
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      These shouldn’t hold up. Wouldn’t the prior work of thousands of generations of mothers invalidate such a patent.

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        “Excuse me madam but do you have a license to use those tits? No? Didn’t think so. The content of those bazongas is Nestle property. I’m afraid I’m going to have to clamp those nipples until such time as the proper Bandonkadonk subscriptions are paid”

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          i got this new legal drama plot. basically there’s this patent infringer except she’s got huge boobs. i mean some serious honkers. a real set of badonkers. packin some dobonhonkeros. massive dohoonkabhankoloos. big ol’ tonhongerekoogers.

          what happens next?!

          lawyer shows up with even bigger bonkhonagahoogs. humongous hungolomghononoloughongous

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          As long as the tits aren’t used for commercial purposes you don’t need a license. Anyway, I doubt that in Europe you could patent any naturally occuring molecules in any kind of milk.

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            You can patent pretty much anything in Europe.

            However, enforcing those patents is a completely different affair.

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      Something doesn’t add up here since you can’t patent anything for decades.

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        I read that as:

        For decades, Nestle has been patenting milk proteins.

        They’ve been doing it for a long time, not somehow getting extra-long patents.

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    He owns a yacht. I’d be interested to hear of a single yacht owner who is a decent person. I’m not sure one exists.

    Edit: Thanks for the cool examples of decent people with yachts!

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        That’s an excellent exception, and quite interesting. Thanks for the link!

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      Some people live on yachts and that’s their entire home. So like a 70,000£ yacht, then like 300£ a month in slip (berth) fees, including electric and whatnot. I strongly considered it. It’s roughly the same cost but better than caravan living, IMO.

      It’s a decent alternative to a landlocked home.

      But yeah, millionaires with yachts are a different thing.

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        That’s a good use case. I’d be interested to know more about the idiosyncrasies that come with that lifestyle, like if they go out to sea when a storm is expected, or just weather it out in the harbor.

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          They are almost always better in their dock, specifically boats optimised as condos are terrible at sea since open ocean is not in their design brief

          Perhaps they might be better up river as far as they can go

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      My ex-teamlead owns a yacht (if he didn’t sell it). The catch is that yacht is worth about $40 thousands, not $4 millions.

      Also there was a person in USSR who built a yacht and circumnavigated the Earth on that, not everyone who do own a yach own that luxury slab of floating gold

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        Noah would’ve been a genocide-complicit, doomsday cult prepper, similar to those who build private libertarian cities on the ocean or some planet as a climate adaptation strategy.

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        Wasn’t he the one that banged his daughters? Idk there was a few of those types in the bible.

        • SlikPikker@lemmy.ca
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          Lot.

          And actually, to be “fair” to him, his daughters raped him.

          As written it’s not strictly his fault. Even if his parenting skills clearly lack.