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by random023987 3164 days ago
> Usually what happens in these stories is that a kid makes something that is a pale imitation of current standards, and the parents use their industry connections to get a PR blast about their awesome kid, that gets the kid a leg up in college or getting a job, and the 'invention' is forgotten.

That's almost what happened with Theranos, but we forgot to forget the "invention".