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Polish Wikipedia is the biggest encyclopedia project in Polish language. It started in 2001 and is one of ten most commonly visited websites in Poland. I’d like to describe a few aspects of its functioning. Some numbers and facts About 1,600 of Polish Wikipedia users make at least one edit in a month. About hundred of them are active in votings on meta-pages of Wikipedia. Polish Wikipedia have hit one million four hundred thousand on articles counter at 6th of April this year. All editors make on average 170 thousands of changes in articles monthly. The most actively read articles in May were: article about aircraft An-225 Mrija, Poland and article about Netflix series “Dom z papieru” (Money Heist). Notability One of rules of Wikipedia community is notability of phenomenons and objects being described. Topic of article should be verifiable, shouldn’t be too temporary (not to be a news article), should be widely defined (not to be a dictionary entry) and should be useful as an encyclope...

The world of patents is complicated, everyone knows about it. We can often hear that one company is suing the other for violating them. But did you know that the software also has those problems? And probably even more than classical. In the following video, this is a well-explained and proposed solution how to get rid of those problem and push our world of IT forward. Have you tried or any of your friends tried to obtain a patent? Do you agree with the solution proposed by the film's creator? Do you have any other ideas on how to solve the problem of patents in software?

Source: https://www.battleforthenet.com What are all those rumors about net neutrality? Net neutrality is the principle for Internet providers to not control what we see and do online. In 2015 USA FCC approved net neutrality rules. The rules prohibit Internet providers from throttling, blocking and offering premium „fast lane” for sites that pay, and „slow lanes” for those who do not pay.   Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/zfxwB In Poland basic communication rules are regulated by the EU. The existing rights where accepted in 2015 as well. You can familiarize with them online, on the website of the Official Journal of the European Union ( http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32015R2120&rid=2 ) .   Probably you have heard about "Save the Internet” action ( https://savetheinternet.eu ) which is responsible for a few successful battles in defense of the Net Neutrality in Europe.   In the past month, in the USA, the FCC (...

HOW IT STARTED Polish drinking scene changed dramatically in last 5 years. The revolution started in May 2011 when Pinta brewery introduced Atak Chmielu (Eng. attack of hops), first Polish American Indian Pale Ale.   Name of this beer exactly tells the costumers how it tastes – it’s insanely hopped AIPA. Even though craft beer is more expensive (3-4 times) than regular commercial beer, people loved drinking it. Soon other breweries followed Pinta and started producing their own, original beers. They are not afraid of experimenting with hops, yeast and malt. Every month dozens of new beers have their premiere. Big impact on polish revolution had Tomasz Kopyra, who promotes craft beers on his YouTube channel, blog and in his recently published book. TYPES OF BEER All beers fall into two categories: Ales are generally more complex and fuller in body. They are usually more aromatic than lagers.  (e.g. pale ales, porters, stouts, ...