Hacker News on 23 December 2007

• Three Language Features You Need To Understand Before You Dismiss Common Lisp
• Would You Bet $100,000,000 on Your Pet Programming Language?
• Drugs to build up that mental muscle
• Good news, bad news
• Apple Lawyering Up On "Fake Steve Jobs"
• The Crunchies - Startups Ouside the Valley Need Not Apply
• Continued Sad State of PHP Development
• Kathy Sierra "get back on your blogging horse" pledgebank
• Why I don't give fixed price. Software developer story.
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