Hacker News on 13 March 2015

• SQLite developer must have received a lot of phone calls
• Balanced payments is shutting down
• Paul Kalanithi, writer and neurosurgeon, dies at 37
• “Sierra… well, it was the poor victim of a hostile takeover by criminals”
• Fake Amazon Tech Book Reviews Are Hurting My Book
• California has about one year of water left
• Things I've learned about writing software after 12 years
• How Apple Makes the Watch
• When IE gave us beautiful, fast touch interactions, and nobody cared
• Tardigrades are so tough, they can survive outer space