Hacker News on 4 May 2007

• New Y Combinator startup: overhear.us
• Paul Buchheit: Beliefs, intelligence, and failure
• I'm getting a Mac. Which Mac do you use?
• Y Combinator's Portfolio Performance - over $1MM in cash?
• Microsoft eyeing Yahoo (buyout) deal!
• OverHear.us: Corporate Gossip 2.0
• When it comes to innovation, Silicon Valley is still the place to be
• Is the YC News Karma formula this simple?
• When is an attorney necessary?
• 10% as verbose as Perl, 3X faster: K is the best language you've never heard of