Hacker News on 21 August 2011

• Why Arabic is Terrific
• Do all first links on Wikipedia lead to philosophy?
• A Simple Explanation for Why HP Abandoned Palm
• HN now comes with HTTPS?
• Download.com wrapping downloads
• List of vim plugins I use - with mini tutorials
• Is That Review a Fake?
• GroupMe acquired by Skype
• Coding backwards
• Notch is coding live again