Hacker News on 16 October 2007

• What if Google had to design their user interface to rank high on Google?
• 'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away
• Some things to do (and not do) if you aren't invited to interview with YC
• You Can't Predict Who Will Change The World
• Failing Fast - 'finding the fun' in a design
• EC2 now out of limited beta; four-core and eight-core instances now available
• Paul Graham Gets Vague when Boston needs analysis
• When life becomes good for a programmer
• "Un-sexy is good business" and other rules from Scott Rafer
• Rising Tide: Email startups are hot