Hacker News on 8 October 2008

• Is effort a myth?
• 20 Excellent AJAX Effects You Should Know
• Rate My Startup - Dawdle.com Is A "Moronically Easy" Online Marketplace For Gamers
• 10 Programming Proverbs Every Developer Should Know
• Famous Sed One-Liners Explained
• Iceland close to bankruptcy
• Yahoo Launches Web Analytics
• Earthcomber Sues TechCrunch
• Ask HN: Does anyone WANT to build client software anymore?
• You keep using that word “distributed”…