Hacker News on 1 January 2009

• Google tells users to drop IE6
• Coding Horror: Finishing The Game
• JavaScript: The World's Most Misunderstood Programming Language Has Become Most Popular
• No New Language In 2009; New Habits Instead
• Is it crazy to quit a 6+ figure salaried job to do a startup right now?
• How Sony inadvertently helped a competitor and lost position in the videogame market
• Seinfeld Calendar for Tracking Open Source Contributions
• Branford Marsalis’ Take on Students Today
• Ask HN: What will you learn this year?
• Flash simulation of the Enigma cipher machine with visualization of the permutations