Hacker News on 5 May 2015

• Death of a Programmer, Life of a Farmer
• Call me maybe: Aerospike
• Well, We Failed – Wattage is shutting down
• Touch Pianist – Tap in Rhythm and Perform Your Favourite Music
• Io.js 2.0.0 Released
• Germans, still outraged by NSA spying, learn their country may have helped
• A multiplayer Tron-like game with curves
• Creator of Raft Algorithm introduces LogCabin
• How the NSA converts spoken words into searchable text
• Lawmakers in France Move to Vastly Expand Surveillance