Hacker News on 12 January 2010

• A new approach to China
• I Have No Talent
• The Fake Freeway Sign that Became a Real Public Service
• Almost a third of our portfolio is under attack by patent trolls.
• On how Google Wave surprisingly changed my life
• Has Amazon EC2 become over subscribed?
• Will single founders please stand up? (Musical edition.)
• "Dabblers and Blowhards" - hackers are nothing like painters [2005]
• Humorless "North Face" Sues "South Butt" For Trademark Infringement
• Amish Hackers: How the Amish actually use and build their own tech