Hacker News on 19 December 2009

• _why's Estate
• Ask HN: What hosting do you use for personal projects?
• Beating the Arc Challenge in Haskell
• Etherpad includes banned (on Google code) software JSMin
• HP computers are racist
• Ask HN: Review my App - Freeciv.net
• Data-Oriented Design (Why You Might Be Shooting Yourself in The Foot With OOP)
• The rise of Python in computational science
• Gadget Patrol: 21st century phone
• Stealth Startups, Get Over Yourselves: Nobody Cares About Your Secrets