Hacker News on 1 December 2009

• There's no speed limit. (The lessons that changed my life.)
• Squareup
• Highcharts: JavaScript Charts that don't suck
• Of Geeks and Girls
• CommonJS effort sets JavaScript on path for world domination
• Interview with Donald Knuth
• Craigslist blocks Yahoo Pipes
• Mario Couldn't Jump At First
• Hand-cranked penny-dispenser allows anyone to work for minimum wage
• I've implemented a new HTTP/1.1 request and response parser by hand