Hacker News on 15 August 2010

• Welcome to the new decade
• How to Write an Operating System
• Applications open for Winter 2011 YC Funding, Deadline October 19
• Ask HN: All startup websites look the same
• Ask PG: Why do you think Africa cannot produce global scale start ups?
• Corruption is forcing Russia’s best and brightest to flee the country
• James Gosling: Quite the Firestorm
• Is a Crash Coming? Reasons to Be Cautious
• Ask HN: Learning Web Design
• Free Parking Comes at a Price