hackerNews

1

The Challenge of Making Friends as an Adult (www.nytimes.com)

691 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071906 304 comments

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The long and sordid history of the user-agent HTTP header field (webaim.org)

547 points first seen 2012071603 last seen 2018030718 161 comments

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WikiLeaks wins case against VISA (rt.com)

318 points first seen 2012071603 last seen 2012071800 48 comments

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An iPad Lover’s Take On The Nexus 7 (techcrunch.com)

227 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071803 148 comments

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Some things beginners might not know about Sublime Text (blog.alainmeier.com)

221 points first seen 2012071600 last seen 2012071800 105 comments

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MineCraftWebGL (danielribeiro.github.com)

166 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071800 57 comments

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Here’s why we keep getting hacked – clear and present Billabong failures (www.troyhunt.com)

153 points first seen 2012071621 last seen 2012071803 43 comments

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Why is Nielsen misrepresenting smartphone market share? (andrewducker.livejournal.com)

148 points first seen 2012071600 last seen 2012071703 71 comments

2

Decentralised social network built on top of email (mobisocial.stanford.edu)

131 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071800 41 comments

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A solid, fold-away standing desk for $47 (whiletruecode.com)

122 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071709 54 comments

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Thoughts on Paul Rand (acg.media.mit.edu)

120 points first seen 2012071603 last seen 2012071800 34 comments

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Small Linux PCs overview (raymii.org)

120 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071800 35 comments

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NZ copyright law is going to make watching overseas bought DVDs illegal (fairdeal.net.nz)

111 points first seen 2012071621 last seen 2012071800 41 comments

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The World’s Last Worm: A Dreaded Disease Nears Eradication (www.scientificamerican.com)

109 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071703 42 comments

10

Using Spotlight from the OS X Commandline (0xfe.blogspot.com)

109 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071800 30 comments

13

All Rockstars Went to Julliard (lockewatts.com)

106 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071621 105 comments

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Google Apps Script - Build web apps and automate tasks (www.google.com)

104 points first seen 2012071621 last seen 2013051700 32 comments

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Login vs Log In (stackoverflow.com)

95 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071800 71 comments

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Octogit (github.com)

77 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071703 20 comments

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Ask HN: good books about military strategy? (news.ycombinator.com)

73 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071612 65 comments

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Thoughtbot's Playbook for developing apps (http://playbook.thoughtbot.com)

72 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071715 10 comments

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And everyone gets a robot pony (scienceblogs.com)

67 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071706 45 comments

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Why We Sent 25,000 Messages to Users Before We Launched (zapier.com)

65 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071706 19 comments

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Lightnings captured at 7.207 frames-per-second (www.alexandrosmaragos.com)

63 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071615 30 comments

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Two Victories in One Week, The Internet Flash Lobby Becomes A Political Force (techcrunch.com)

60 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071712 0 comments

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Micro-apartments next for S.F.? (www.sfgate.com)

57 points first seen 2012071600 last seen 2012071609 81 comments

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Microsoft and NBC officially call it quits (news.cnet.com)

57 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071703 14 comments

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Tiny quad-core ARM computer delivers serious power for $129 (venturebeat.com)

52 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071703 30 comments

24

GNU Make Alternatives (freecode.com)

50 points first seen 2012071618 last seen 2012071721 34 comments

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TapChat is mobile IRC done right (codebutler.com)

48 points first seen 2012071603 last seen 2012071606 19 comments

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Three Months with Sublime Text 2 (steverandytantra.com)

47 points first seen 2012071603 last seen 2012071621 65 comments

15

Thoughts on Travelling with your Startup (joel.is)

45 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071700 6 comments

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Ask HN: Is StackOverflow being ruined by its mods? (news.ycombinator.com)

45 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071618 60 comments

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Free access to British scientific research to be available within two years (www.guardian.co.uk)

42 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071621 7 comments

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An FPGA implementation of a Microbee (www.toptensoftware.com)

42 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071703 20 comments

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Why is this Java raytracer slower than the JavaScript version? (www.redcode.nl)

41 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071700 0 comments

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Dynasaur: A DynamoDB ORM for Node.js (tglines.github.com)

40 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071709 7 comments

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Show HN: Astray, A WebGL maze game built with Three.js and Box2dWeb. (wwwtyro.github.com)

39 points first seen 2012071603 last seen 2012071700 20 comments

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Automated Job Rejection (www.economicpopulist.org)

39 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071621 36 comments

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Why you should market your startup earlier than you think (leostartsup.com)

36 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071700 0 comments

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Don't talk about VCs (scripting.com)

36 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071621 14 comments

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Show HN: Markov Baby Name Generator (alexeymk.com)

35 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071703 27 comments

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Some Thoughts on App.net (www.25hoursaday.com)

33 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071700 7 comments

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Ask HN: Best way to introduce a young girl to computers? (news.ycombinator.com)

33 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071612 0 comments

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Can Tumblr’s David Karp Embrace Ads Without Selling Out? (www.nytimes.com)

32 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071703 6 comments

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Niche 2 Win, Baby. (500hats.com)

30 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071700 20 comments

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Pirate Bay block effectiveness short-lived, data suggests (www.bbc.co.uk)

30 points first seen 2012071621 last seen 2012071709 7 comments

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Palm Pilot Graffiti (observatory.designobserver.com)

29 points first seen 2012071618 last seen 2012071709 14 comments

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Damages like the $147M verdict against RIM could make smartphones unaffordable (www.fosspatents.com)

28 points first seen 2012071603 last seen 2012071606 9 comments

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With Credit Card Settlement, Will Ecommerce Software Need an Update? (callmeed.posterous.com)

28 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071703 26 comments

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Untold Story Behind Kickstarter Stats (www.appsblogger.com)

28 points first seen 2012071618 last seen 2013051421 4 comments

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Ask HN: Learning to switch off (news.ycombinator.com)

25 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071618 31 comments

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SPDY and WebSocket Support at Akamai (blogs.akamai.com)

21 points first seen 2012071618 last seen 2012071703 0 comments

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A french freelancer's nightmare (plus.google.com)

21 points first seen 2012071621 last seen 2012071700 12 comments

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When Agile jumped the shark (deathrayresearch.tumblr.com)

20 points first seen 2012071603 last seen 2012071606 21 comments

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The Distribution Hacker’s Mission: Create an Unfair Advantage (distributionhacks.com)

20 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071618 0 comments

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Why would a YC company use 99Designs for web design? (news.ycombinator.com)

20 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071612 46 comments

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You’re paying too much to get a little more space on your iPad and iPhone (www.slate.com)

16 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071618 24 comments

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What are some notable dead open source projects (news.ycombinator.com)

16 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071621 8 comments

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How OS X Executes Applications (0xfe.blogspot.com)

16 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071703 0 comments

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Lessons I learned the hard way with Startups.com (thenextweb.com)

15 points first seen 2012071603 last seen 2012071606 5 comments

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Tell HN: I'm sick of reading about text editors. (news.ycombinator.com)

15 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071606 10 comments

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Talking to Machines (talkingtomachines.org)

15 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071700 0 comments

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What's the offline equivalent to your online startup? (itayadam.posterous.com)

15 points first seen 2012071621 last seen 2012071703 11 comments

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Binary data processing in JavaScript (blog.varunkumar.me)

14 points first seen 2012071603 last seen 2012071606 18 comments

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Was fired Facebook yoga instructor right to silence cell phone user in class? (venturebeat.com)

14 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071609 27 comments

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Twilio Evangelist Builds Phone-Powered Rolling Robot, Hints Flying Bot Is Next (techcrunch.com)

14 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071615 0 comments

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Whats up with programmers avoiding programming? (news.ycombinator.com)

14 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071615 17 comments

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In Defense Of Free (www.avc.com)

13 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071618 2 comments

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What If Social Networks Just Aren’t Profitable? (powazek.com)

12 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071615 4 comments

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PHP tutorials from Codular (http://codular.com)

11 points first seen 2012071603 last seen 2012071603 0 comments

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Ask HN: What qualities should you look for in a mentor? (news.ycombinator.com)

11 points first seen 2012071618 last seen 2012080403 0 comments

63

Submittable Releases WordPress Integration (blog.submittable.com)

10 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071621 0 comments

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Android Jelly Bean C/C++ Components Structural Analysis (ernstsson.net)

10 points first seen 2012071618 last seen 2012071700 4 comments

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Ask HN: Mobile developers - how do you find new mobile app services? (news.ycombinator.com)

9 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071612 5 comments

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Ask HN: Review my startup, http://conweets.com (news.ycombinator.com)

7 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071609 15 comments

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Ask HN: What's your favourite API? (news.ycombinator.com)

7 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012080803 0 comments

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Trends in the Public Technology Market (techcrunch.com)

7 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071621 0 comments

67

How To Prepare Your Startup To Raise An Angel Round (techcrunch.com)

6 points first seen 2012071603 last seen 2012071609 0 comments

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Show HN: My startup for book collectors (http://www.shelfproud.com)

6 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071606 6 comments

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Show HN: SnickSnaps.com -best way to view Craigslist (www.snicksnaps.com)

6 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071615 7 comments

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Who wants to take over my web site? It gets 200,000 visitors per month (news.ycombinator.com)

6 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071612 12 comments

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OpenStack faces the terrible twos (gigaom.com)

6 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071700 0 comments

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Show HN: Easily block Glassdoor app notifications (mypermissions.org)

5 points first seen 2012071600 last seen 2012071600 0 comments

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One gray morning did Internet Explorer 6 no longer load The Google... (www.mcsweeneys.net)

5 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2013070521 0 comments

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Ask HN: Minimum Viable Product? (news.ycombinator.com)

5 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071609 2 comments

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Yoga teacher fired over cell phone ban at Facebook (www.sfgate.com)

5 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071609 0 comments

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In defense of free - Why App.net can succeed (www.virtualpants.com)

5 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071621 0 comments

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Neurodreamer Sleep mask on Kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com)

5 points first seen 2012071618 last seen 2012071618 2 comments

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10 things web developers must know to become truly amazing (www.netmagazine.com)

5 points first seen 2012071621 last seen 2012071621 0 comments

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Rebuilding the Foundation (www.tbray.org)

4 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071606 0 comments

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Israel’s Rocket-Hunting Ace Got His Start Playing Warcraft (www.wired.com)

4 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071609 0 comments

0

Scientists Invent Glass That’ll Make You Happier (www.fastcodesign.com)

4 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071609 0 comments

0

Intel OS X binary of latest multiplatform malware discovered (reviews.cnet.com)

4 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071609 2 comments

0

Ever back out of a accepted Job? (news.ycombinator.com)

4 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071612 6 comments

0

Is getting a patent worth it? (news.ycombinator.com)

4 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071612 3 comments

0

Want HN: Open eBook reader & format designed for programming books (news.ycombinator.com)

4 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071612 0 comments

0

Short notice, temporary announcement: Royal institution, today, 14:00 (news.ycombinator.com)

4 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071612 2 comments

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Amazon.com down (news.ycombinator.com)

4 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071618 4 comments

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As Tablet Race Heats Up, Apple May Try Smaller Device (www.nytimes.com)

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Former NASA Workers Struggle To Find Work A Year After Program's End (www.huffingtonpost.com)

4 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071618 0 comments

0

US pushing India to hike cancer drug price (ibnlive.in.com)

4 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071615 2 comments

87

Github Explorer: Discover random github repos, weighted by popularity (www.githubexplorer.com)

4 points first seen 2012071618 last seen 2012071621 0 comments

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Robotic Crawler Rides Up 300-Foot Poles to Inspect Wind Turbine Blades (www.gereports.com)

4 points first seen 2012071621 last seen 2012071700 0 comments

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A Passport-Less Society? (www.wallstreetoasis.com)

4 points first seen 2012071621 last seen 2012071700 0 comments

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NoSQL: Not Only a Fairy Tale (dev.adcloud.com)

4 points first seen 2012071621 last seen 2012071700 4 comments

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Microsoft Hits Back as Google Muscles In (online.wsj.com)

4 points first seen 2012071621 last seen 2012071700 0 comments

80

Hacking is so easy, even a computer can do it (cranklin.wordpress.com)

4 points first seen 2012071621 last seen 2012071700 0 comments

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Jeff Atwood: PHP Programmer - You write PHP, That's hilarious. (twitter.com)

3 points first seen 2012071600 last seen 2012071600 2 comments

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Programming languages in plain English. How do lexers/compilers work? (nicolas.noben.org)

3 points first seen 2012071603 last seen 2012071606 0 comments

0

Evergreen Investor Scams, Kooks & Crooks (jacquesmattheij.com)

3 points first seen 2012071603 last seen 2012071603 0 comments

0

Seattle coffee meetup - now (11:00) Stumptown (news.ycombinator.com)

3 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071606 2 comments

0

Ask HN: Please review our StartUp agendam (news.ycombinator.com)

3 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071606 2 comments

0

DirecTV’s Latest Message To Subscribers: A Plea For A La Carte Pricing? (techcrunch.com)

3 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071606 0 comments

0

A SVBTLE Collection (read.subpug.com)

3 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071606 0 comments

0

Teaching data structures with real-world examples (blog.vivekhaldar.com)

3 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071606 0 comments

0

Comeback Kid: America’s economy is once again reinventing itself (www.economist.com)

3 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071609 0 comments

0

The Web as Legacy Technology (radar.oreilly.com)

3 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071609 0 comments

0

Ask HN: How should I handle this weird situation with angel investors? (news.ycombinator.com)

3 points first seen 2012071609 last seen 2012071609 2 comments

0

Firefox 16 now supports HTML5 getUserMedia (www.browsomatic.com)

3 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071612 0 comments

0

Ask HN: chromium vs chrome (news.ycombinator.com)

3 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071612 0 comments

0

Proposal - A Mountain Range for Texas (a1.blogspot.com)

3 points first seen 2012071612 last seen 2012071612 3 comments

78

Save The Trees - Use More Paper (rationalconspiracy.com)

3 points first seen 2012071615 last seen 2012071618 6 comments

83

Programmer's Fonts (www.lowing.org)

3 points first seen 2012071618 last seen 2012071621 0 comments

0

Ask HN: How do you watch for follow-ups to a HN comment without hitting refresh? (news.ycombinator.com)

3 points first seen 2012071618 last seen 2012071618 3 comments

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YC S12 company seeking lead server-side developer (news.ycombinator.com)

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Director of Engineering at Venture-Backed YC Startup (news.ycombinator.com)

0 points first seen 2012071606 last seen 2012071700 0 comments