Hacker News on 14 August 2010

• How to get a Pilot's License in (just about) a week
• Brilliant talk by John Cleese on creativity.
• Protesters Gather At Google; 600 Employees Sign Petition, Organizers Claim
• Sorry, Steve: Here's Why Apple Stores Won't Work (2001)
• Threads (in Ruby): Enough Already
• Scott Aaronson explains his $200k bet (8 Signs A Claimed P≠NP Proof Is Wrong)
• Ask HN: How have you learned a speaking language?
• America: Land of Loners?
• The Python yield keyword explained
• The Oracle-Google Mess