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The clock that cost its inventor millions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-46252838

by gadders • 8 years ago

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CathyWest• 8 years ago

that cost its inventor millions

I figured he had been sued for patent infringement or something. This must be written by someone who buys things at a discount and then believe the difference is an income she has earned and not buying it is a loss.

ggm• 8 years ago

please. opportunity loss is not a "cost" in the sense most people understand.

LeonM• 8 years ago

Bromley, who died in 1990, also invented curtains that automatically closed when the sun went down.

Today such an 'inventor' would be called a tinkerer or hacker.

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