Hacker News on 18 October 2007

• If you applied for this cycle, please tell us your email address
• Dilbert: "I Found A Clever Way To Write My Application Code in One Hour"
• There's less to Facebook and other social networks than meets the eye
• Why Google Won't Help Your VC Pitch
• What makes programming so hard? Can non-programmers invent algorithms?
• A year after Wired buyout, Reddit founders drink heavily
• Adobe will drop desktop apps to become web only
• Ubuntu 7.10 Released
• Microsoft's Ballmer: MSFT will acquire 20 companies a year
• Nokia Internet Tablet N810 -- full computer running linux; qwerty, wifi, webcam, gps, bluetooth, awesome.