Hacker News on 8 January 2009

• A “short squeeze” sounds innocuous enough...
• Potion - a little fast OO language by _why
• A guide to GNU Screen
• How Plentyoffish Conquered Online Dating (Hint: Its Founder Works Just One Hour a Day)
• The Dangerous Trend Of Thinking That Ideas Can Be Owned, Sold Or Stolen
• The Two Flaws Of Libertarian Economics
• Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Beta as a Free Download
• My visit to American Apparel
• Announcing the New York Times Congress API
• QA from Anybots - the coolest thing you'll see at CES all day.