Hacker News on 17 August 2009

• The Android Opportunity
• SnapTalent (YC W08) Shuts Down
• How not to die
• Business Advice Plagued by Survivor Bias
• Calculator hackers crack OS signing key, opening a closed platform
• Gone Forever: What Does It Take to Really Disappear?
• MSNBC.com acquires EveryBlock
• Post your HN tricks.
• Zed Shaw on SF vs NYC
• John Carmack on keeping id small