Hacker News on 17 February 2008

• The most important thing to understand about new products and startups
• FP for the rest of us
• Animated gif generator for 'loading' indicators
• The Great Zero Challenge
• Hoaxer Haunts Fortune 500 Earnings Calls With Empty "analyst speak"
• Irony is dead, last gasp of newspaper industry edition
• Scott Adams: Connect citizens all over the world with a pen pal website to prevent new wars
• 10 Tips for Moving From Programmer to Entrepreneur
• Oh, hey, DHH loooovvvess the MacBook Air
• First look: latest Google Android SDK a big improvement