Hacker News on 8 December 2010

• Salesforce Buys Heroku (YC W08) For $212 Million In Cash
• How I Screwed Up My Google Acquisition
• I always forget the argument order of the `ln -s` command
• Visa.com Now Also Down Under DDoS
• Yesterday I had this crazy idea: People pay me $15, I make them a web design
• Stanford CS Book: Mining of Massive Datasets [pdf]
• This is experimental. However, it could start a revolution in information access
• MasterCard under DDOS, can't process SecureCode online payments
• EFF: Say No to Online Censorship
• PayPal: "State Department Said It Was Illegal"