Looking at that map…

Tiny little Bangladesh having half the population of the US in that little space in mind blowing. I don’t quite understand how that happens.

No.

But it does give more options to work around or not support those entities since they don’t have as much direct authority.

I only buy music in CD form (or vinyl). But just because I don’t trust my ability to not frag a hard drive every now and then. If I’m gonna buy it, then all the better to have a built-in backup.

Government people get jobs by schmoozing and making deals, not by merit or skill.

Pournelle’s Law always seems relevant.