Hacker News on 15 January 2012

• Programming prodigy passes away at 16
• Typing at 255 WPM shouldn't cost $4000
• Alexis Ohanian vs NBC - Debating SOPA
• Learn C The Hard Way
• Ask HN: Who's looking for employment?
• Boing Boing will go dark on Jan 18 to fight SOPA
• What Jobs Do the Top 1% Have?
• Stop SOPA site template
• A Spellchecker Used To Be A Major Feat of Software Engineering
• Military technology: Magic bullets