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Because it just brought a lot of people's work to a screeching halt. People who are massively represented here on HN.

Naomi Wolf already made this list a while ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjALf12PAWc

In Amsterdam, these bikes are pretty much standard issue for middle class mothers with young kids.

Besides Linus' very personal opinion, this, and the discussion here on HN, once again highlights a major cultural difference between the US and most of the rest of the world in two…

I suppose the big empty space on the right is where "Respects users' privacy in their own business practices" should be. But of course this is only about the Big Bad Government. It…

"They abandon their principle that code is free speech by suggesting that some code needs to be regulated." Typical false dichotomy of libertarian extremist. Speech is regulated al…

Although Merkel is just being opportunistic, I'm optimistic that, like with ACTA, we are slowly seeing that the complete sell-out of European civil rights to US interests is no lon…

If that's eyeroll-inducing, you haven't been paying attention the past decade. Or even the past few weeks. Virtually every negative effect the likes of RMS and the FSF have predict…

I'm surprised that on HN people cannot distinguish between Netflix business need to use DRM in their content delivery system (which is undesirable but defensible), and Netflix nefa…

It's really really sad that once again denial is the top comment on HN with the truth starting us in the face. How on earth is this kind of discrimination not conscious , when the …

As far as I know, the US is the only country where sugar-free soda is referred to as "diet". The notion that it would help lose weight is totally new to me, I'm presuming that is b…

It's not Russia that doesn't let him leave the airport, it's the US by revoking his passport in a clear violation of human rights. No country on the planet can just let him pass th…

The fact that people are not prepared to stand alone doesn't mean they don't care about privacy. Very few people are in a position to make a difference alone, and even fewer dare t…

The headline is surprisingly understated, where usually the opposite is the case. After reading the article, the headline might as well have been "Microsoft handed the NSA the keys…

Protest. Lobby. Seek publicity. Take the government to court. Put up a fight. Note that when the EU data retention directive (which is often used here under the header "see, others…

Although personally I tend to agree with you, this isn't evidence that they did know something else was going on. A good lawyer would always insist on such phrasing, only addressin…

You can reduce this argument all the way to writing your own OS and building your own hardware. And no, that is not ad absurdum, there are valid real world business cases for both.…

You just answered your own question. Their customers are developers, i.e., a scarce and expensive resource who's time is most effectively spent developing rather than configuring, …

Note to self: never use Redis Cloud or any service offered by Garantia (oh, the irony of that name...). This is not hypothetical, I'm seriously considering using a Redis cloud serv…

Methinks this is not about morality or (the lack of) compassion, but being more aware of your environment, i.e. mindfulness . I would suggests the other people simply weren't consc…

Just a side note: certain countries in Europe have much more military style uniformed police force, including police living in barracks. None of them have the track record of armed…

It used to be understood that in principle intelligence agencies would generally respect the law of friendly nations, and quietly and discretely brake the law in case national secu…

The EU is not a country. The EU has no single healthcare system. Every country has it's own system, which range from anything between 100% government provided to mostly privatized.…