Hacker News on 18 March 2008

• The mortgage crisis, in cartoon form (has cursing, maybe NSFW?)
• Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90
• Test your stock-picking skills with instant feedback. Most common word from my users: "addicting".
• Solo Entrepreneurs: Big Bucks from Tiny Computing Startups
• Mark Pilgrim on Joel Spolsky’s “Martian Headsets”
• Apple sales soar to capture 14% of US PC retail sales
• Would you accept a buyout offer that made you rich but you still felt was undervalued?
• Ask YC: Any newbie coders?
• Joel is from Mars, browsers are from Venus
• Disqus Gets VC Funding, Releases v2 and Kicks Competitions' Ass.