Hacker News on 15 December 2011

• Microsoft decides to automatically update Internet Explorer for everyone
• The nightmarish SOPA hearings
• I'm starting to think LEGO is evil
• Google Awarded Driverless Vehicle Patent
• Horseshit - Joshua Topolsky responds to MG & Gruber
• Linux flavors and derivatives tree
• Bug Prediction at Google
• Sergey Brin, et al. to U.S. Government: Do Not Emulate These Oppressive Nations
• The Command Line Crash Course Controlling Your Computer From The Terminal
• Report: Iran Hacked, Hijacked U.S. Drone