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Bob Zeidman
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Bob Zeidman is an inventor, author, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and high-stakes poker player. He created the field of software forensics and founded Software Analysis and Forensic Engineering Corporation to develop and sell software forensics tools. He is the founder of Zeidman Consulting, an engineering consulting company that has worked on over 250 major litigations involving billions of dollars of disputed intellectual property. His cases have included ConnectU v. Facebook, on which the Oscar-winning movie The Social Network is based, and Oracle v. Google that went up to the U.S. Supreme Court. He is the inventor of the famous Silicon Valley Napkin on display at the Computer History Museum. He is also a high-stakes poker player, and his latest tech venture is Good Beat Poker, a new way to play and watch poker online.Bob writes about politics, society, and business for national magazines. His latest book is the upcoming A Conspiracy of Dunces, the true story of how he challenged his own beliefs about voting machine hacking in the 2020 presidential election and made international news and $5 million.
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Por qué la iniciativa "Better Voting Nevada" es una mala noticia
En noviembre, los nevadenses votarán sobre la mal llamada iniciativa “Better Voting Nevada”. Disfrazada como un método de votación “más justo”, si esta iniciativa se aprueba habrá dos efectos principales,…
Why the Better Voting Nevada Initiative is Bad News
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