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I invented something about a year ago, and have been tinkering with it most of the time since.

I abandoned it in November when I concluded that it could not possibly work. But in December I started taking imipramine for my depression.

At first only one other person knew about my invention. I discussed it with him a couple weeks ago: "Which is truth and which is delusion? Will my invention work or not?"

"It seems like a reasonable idea," he replied but even so I was unsure as he is not an expert in this area. He only had my own explanations to go on. However I decided I really had nothing better to do so I continued my development.

I made twenty grand in just the last week.

Starting a week or two from now I confidently expect to make ten grand per day.

I apologize, I really do, but the value of my invention depends on secrecy. If I were to explain it to you, it would be very easy for you to build one. I've often puzzled over why no one else has done this before, eventually to conclude that others already have it, but are keeping a very low profile.

I'm going to donate every last penny of my money to homeless shelters, rescue missions and soup kitchens.

Last October or so, a drop-dead gorgeous woman said to me "That's a really nice shirt you're wearing." My reply?

"I bought it because I sleep under a highway overpass. The dark red doesn't show the dirt."

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  • (Score: 2) by quadrox on Tuesday May 24 2016, @08:42PM

    by quadrox (315) on Tuesday May 24 2016, @08:42PM (#350473)

    If your invention depends on secrecy, then how do you make money on it? At some point somebody needs to interact with your invention, right? Or why would they pay you money?

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday May 24 2016, @10:41PM

    However you're going to have a really hard time finding that output. I know all manner of ways to obfuscate what I'm really doing.

    Some guy in Silicon Valley used genetic algorithms to invent things that he would then patent. I'm not doing quite that but it's conceptually similar.

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