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What is that big bright area, with some very bright spots, in Russia? North of Kazakhstan.

I think this is interesting from a legal perspective, and quite impressive.

How does it work when an open source project is acquired? What's the benefit for RH compared to just forking the project? I guess the choice of license can get really important in …

> Isn't the reason you use that service (waste less time here) specifically to avoid getting drawn into the discussions? Serious question! :-) No, not really. There is usually ~1 a…

Thanks for the tip! I personally use http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/ , an automated feed of the ten new articles with most points. Since it comes once a day, it helps me spend…

The argument is usually not that "bits can't be stolen" but that "copying is not theft". If people broke into RIAA's servers and removed their data, I think most pirates would agre…

That is an erroneous comparison. Regarding our own bits, it is the right to access information that we store on devices that we own or rent. Regarding "RIAA's bits" it is our right…

Edward Tufte was already mentioned and his books contains some really good examples http://www.amazon.co.uk/Visual-Display-Quantitative-Informat... I'd say, yes numerical is often …

Doesn't one learn faster by typing words instead of random letters?

> When encouraging people to follow their dreams, shouldn't there be a concomitant reminder that employers deserve some consideration, too? No, there should be a clause in the cont…