Hacker News on 12 March 2015

• Sir Terry Pratchett has died
• Bidding farewell to Google Code
• Foreign Linux: Run Linux binaries on Windows without drivers or modification
• Former Nvidia Dev's Thoughts on Vulkan/Mantle
• Your Most Important Skill: Empathy
• My Roommate, the Darknet Drug Lord
• Open source USB Type-C to HDMI Adapter
• How GitHub Conquered Google, Microsoft, and Everyone Else
• Lyft Raises $530M in Fight with Uber
• Too Much Calculus – Gilbert Strang (2001) [pdf]