Hacker News on 9 November 2012

• RethinkDB: An open-source distributed database built with love over three years
• Uses for cURL
• How to get your IP unbanned on HN
• The People's Bailout
• Inside Team Romney’s whale of an IT meltdown
• The Nature of Lisp
• Inventing a Soccer Ball for Poor Countries
• Chinese government blocks Google.com, Gmail, Google+, Maps, Docs and more
• How to Detect a Toxic Customer (2010)
• The UK Court Sanctions Apple, Hopes "Lack of Integrity" Is Not "Typical"