Hacker News on 2 December 2008

• Reason: Why poor countries are poor.
• Do you debug your website? A small unimportant bug can have huge consequences.
• HP founding minutes: erm, let's just do some stuff
• What Open Source Can’t Do
• Linux Evolution Reveals Origins of Curious Mathematical Phenomenon
• Michelin reinvents the wheel, electric motors help to retire the combustion engine
• Three Ways to Beat Burnout
• 37signals to publish a new book
• Design lessons from World of Goo
• The Incredible Convenience of Mathematica Image Processing