Hacker News on 13 October 2009

• Be lucky - it's an easy skill to learn
• A story of "launch" disaster: fast-food style
• How I knew I was done with my company
• Introducing Google Building Maker
• Ask HN: What source code is worth studying?
• Damn the torpedoes
• British Press Banned from Reporting Parliament. Seriously.
• James Dyson's newest creation: the Dyson Air Multiplier (without Fan Blades)
• What non-geeks hear when you speak techie
• Why are Facebook, Digg and Twitter So Hard To Scale?