Hacker News on 31 December 2007

• Rails is a Ghetto... [NSFW for Language]
• Something new for the New Year: SearchYC.com
• Happy New Year!
• The world is not so flat, God of Visas edition
• To those that have, shall be given
• How to Lose Your Job on Your Own Time, Thanks To Internet
• My Year of Living Dangerously
• Elastic Comet Scalability (on EC2)
• Does one have to be a genius to do maths?
• A paid online service that will make up convincing lies for you.