Hacker News on 9 May 2008

• Tell YC: Answers from John McCarthy
• Processing ported to JavaScript
• How I built a poker-bot
• How Advertising Works, and Why It Won’t For Facebook
• The Mundanity of Excellence
• Jwz's guide to backups: "Shut up. I know things. You will listen to me. Do it anyway."
• 16 Sorting Algorithms - Click to see each run
• Analyzing Hacker News Users’ Join Dates, Karma, and Profiles
• Sitting straight 'bad for backs'
• Multi-millionaire startup founder throws 29th birthday party...with 300 homeless people