Hacker News on 5 January 2015

• A town of about 200 people, almost all of whom live in the same building
• Write You a Haskell: Building a modern functional compiler from first principles
• Apple has lost the functional high ground
• Writers Say They Feel Censored by Surveillance
• How Software in Half of NYC Cabs Generates $5.2M a Year in Extra Tips
• Show HN: WordsAPI
• Moonpig.com Vulnerability – Exposes customer data
• Hubble captures the sharpest ever view of Andromeda Galaxy
• Introducing Google Cast for audio
• Wit.ai (YC W14) Is Joining Facebook