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It’s not the size, it’s how you use it.

Just for reference, the largest company that has existed so far was the Dutch East India Company. Didn’t come from a very large country either, but that company had its own navy and it even negotiated treaties with countries just like a sovereign nation would.

Clowns are funny… and scary. Strong emotions either way.

If you need a handful of plugins to make a site tolerable, there’s probably something terribly wrong with that place. We can keep on patching it with an ever growing list of plugins, but is it really worth it.

You’ll start by fighting crime, but eventually world ending disasters find their way to your doorstep and the future of the entire universe depends on you as you fight against cosmic horrors?

S-tier cartography right there.

There are several projections that follow this butterfly style. Still haven’t decided which one I want on my wall. There’s a local laser cutting company that definitely could make one out of plywood. I think it would look awesome.

In a military context, you absolutely need to have robust backups. If your ship gets badly damaged you better be familiar with star charts and sextants.

Oh, and that radio operator thing makes a lot of sense too.

Absolutely. In a sailing context, it would totally make sense to have a digital map like that. I don’t know if professional navigators actually do that though. Maybe they have some even more obscure projection that has some unique benefits that fit a particular niche.

I think it really depends on the type of refugee we’re talking about here.

If they’re interested in tinkering, the starting point doesn’t really matter that much. Just let the refugee know that distrohopping is allowed. If you hear that some new distro has an awesome feature, give it a go.

If we’re talking about a person who hates tinkering and tweaking, the first distro suddenly begins to matter a lot more. That’s the distro they will be stuck with for several years, so Mint is definitely a solid option. Actually, most distributions that are Debian or Ubuntu based should be fine.

If stretching is ok, then why not go all the way.

If you dislike stretching, you can always cut instead. That’s why we also have a series of octahedral butterfly maps.

If that’s not polyhedral enough, you could try the Dymaxion projection instead.

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Didn’t know CNN has a lite version. So much nicer.

Most people don’t think about these things. When it becomes a value based decision, it’s pretty clear what’s going to happen. As long as you don’t know or care about what Meta is doing, there are no values or emotions involved in the decision. That’s when using the worst platforms becomes a purely a practical choice.