Hacker News on 8 August 2014

• They're Made out of Meat
• Chesscademy – Learn How to Play Chess
• Open Source Email Templates
• Ask HN: I was hired and unhired in 2 weeks, for no reason
• Lightspeed – A Browser Experiment
• Judge rejects $324.5M settlement over Apple, Google hiring
• War in the womb
• Plot Thickens as 900 Writers Battle Amazon
• Painting in Clojure
• Python Practice Book