Hacker News on 3 August 2012

• SpaceX wins $440M contract with NASA to develop Space Shuttle successor
• Rob Pike: the origin of dotfiles
• Why Valve? Or, what do we need corporations for..
• Thanks to Quora, now you can’t read anonymously
• Student Is Sanctioned for Creating Class-Registration Web Site
• Google crackdown catches innocent devs in the crossfire
• One of Apple’s Best Ideas Ever — Made Worse
• Pie charts in your favicon
• Why Men Can't Have It All
• One Bad “Policy Change” Email Can Kill Company Culture