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by wahern 1777 days ago
Apropos HN, I'm reminded of a quote recounted in Portraits in Silicon (Robert Slater, 1987) and attributed to Howard H. Aiken, original designer of the Harvard Mark I:

> Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.

https://books.google.com/books?id=aWTtMyYmKhUC&pg=PA88