hackerNews

1

Things I do to be consistently happy (joel.is)

321 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082200 107 comments

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Why don't they just..? (blog.jgc.org)

288 points first seen 2012082021 last seen 2012082203 132 comments

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Show HN: BigVideo.js (dfcb.github.com)

237 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082200 48 comments

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The Textbook Industry & Greed: My Story (lukethomas.com)

234 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082209 124 comments

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Be More Productive. Take Time Off. (www.nytimes.com)

198 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082212 46 comments

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Mediocre Entrepreneurs (techcrunch.com)

177 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082209 35 comments

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Stranded Jet Skier Breaches Multimillion Dollar Security System At JFK Airport (www.npr.org)

165 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082200 114 comments

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Dear Apple: Please set iMessage free (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)

157 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082103 79 comments

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AWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports Python (aws.typepad.com)

141 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082200 32 comments

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The "Work" Trap (notes.unwieldy.net)

140 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082200 29 comments

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Vagrant core no longer tied to VirtualBox (github.com)

137 points first seen 2012082018 last seen 2012082200 59 comments

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Show HN: YouFM - A new way to listen to music on Youtube (www.youfm.org)

115 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082018 80 comments

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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity fired its laser for the first time on Mars (mars.jpl.nasa.gov)

111 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082106 15 comments

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Why host and write a blog? (www.tbray.org)

107 points first seen 2012082000 last seen 2012082103 17 comments

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Experimental Python 3 support in Django (www.djangoproject.com)

104 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082103 4 comments

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6-8 Weeks Until Bitcoin Debit/Credit Card, says BitInstant (codinginmysleep.com)

103 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082200 73 comments

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Video of Julian Assange speaking in London (www.bbc.co.uk)

94 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082012 107 comments

8

Writing Lock-Free Code: A Corrected Queue (www.drdobbs.com)

91 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082212 17 comments

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NASA Proposal to Revive Nuclear Thermal Space Propulsion Development (nextbigfuture.com)

90 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082103 35 comments

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U.C. Berkeley "big data" class this week. Free enrollment. 2 days. (ampcamp.berkeley.edu)

88 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082121 14 comments

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Rejection (blog.latentflip.com)

87 points first seen 2012082021 last seen 2012082200 25 comments

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Pineapple.io: Like reddit for design resources (pineapple.io)

82 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082103 30 comments

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First evidence for photosynthesis in insects (www.nature.com)

80 points first seen 2012082021 last seen 2012082218 7 comments

14

Karma is Real (simpleprogrammer.com)

77 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082215 40 comments

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Stanford’s Self-Driving Car Tears It Up On Racetrack – Tops 120 MPH (singularityhub.com)

73 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082212 39 comments

8

The Future is not Real-Time (notes.unwieldy.net)

64 points first seen 2012082012 last seen 2012082103 24 comments

10

Cell: Lisp in Javascript (cell-lang.org)

60 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082103 19 comments

15

A Django Admin Wishlist (ankursethi.in)

56 points first seen 2012082000 last seen 2012082100 18 comments

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Why I Hate Buying Tickets (blog.nickpersico.com)

55 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082100 60 comments

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Web Application Development with Clojure (www.vijaykiran.com)

51 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082100 23 comments

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"I'm feeling lucky" no more (googlesystem.blogspot.com)

51 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082103 30 comments

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PHP APC Committer leaves Zynga (notmysock.org)

49 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082021 13 comments

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All great managers are alike (tomtunguz.com)

49 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082100 10 comments

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Ask HN: Why not Java? (news.ycombinator.com)

47 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082215 104 comments

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Compiiler Design (elvis.rowan.edu)

46 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082103 6 comments

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Asteroid mining by Planetary Resources (www.slate.com)

45 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082100 29 comments

7

OnLive Sold To OnLive And Nothing Will Change (techcrunch.com)

45 points first seen 2012082012 last seen 2012082103 30 comments

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Scientists develop lithium-ion battery that charges 120 times faster than normal (www.extremetech.com)

44 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082100 21 comments

9

Whammy: A Real Time Javascript WebM Encoder (antimatter15.com)

43 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082109 11 comments

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Show HN: burn.fm - A new way to listen to music on Youtube (burn.fm)

42 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082021 42 comments

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Digg v4's Architecture and Development Processes (lethain.com)

41 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082212 3 comments

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Ask HN: Foreign YC Founders - did you move to California for the program? (news.ycombinator.com)

40 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082212 15 comments

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Books every developer should read (blog.iterate.no)

40 points first seen 2012082021 last seen 2012082118 22 comments

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Show HN: CSS Buttons Generator for your pleasure (www.dextronet.com)

37 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082100 15 comments

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Hackers Steal, Encrypt Health Records and Hold Data for Ransom (go.bloomberg.com)

36 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082100 13 comments

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Write JavaScript in your Local Language (fhtr.org)

35 points first seen 2012082000 last seen 2012082021 25 comments

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Researchers Track Aged People Who Avoid Brain Function Decline (articles.chicagotribune.com)

32 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082100 4 comments

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Sent From My iPad (massivegreatness.com)

29 points first seen 2012082012 last seen 2012082015 46 comments

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Tough Title City - A video game in your browser's title bar (www.patrick-wied.at)

29 points first seen 2012082021 last seen 2012082106 24 comments

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The hidden cost of Google App Engine (spotbloq.blogspot.de)

28 points first seen 2012082000 last seen 2012082021 20 comments

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TECO - The text editor from hell (on which Emacs was based on) (almy.us)

27 points first seen 2012082000 last seen 2012082021 11 comments

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Yammer CEO David Sacks Predicts End Of Silicon Valley (techcrunch.com)

25 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082103 7 comments

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Why Fukushima Was Preventable (carnegieendowment.org)

24 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082006 23 comments

88

"Beyond TDD: Spike and Stabilize" (lizkeogh.com)

22 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082012 5 comments

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How would you improve Hacker News? (branch.com)

20 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082212 28 comments

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How To Structure A Marketplace (techcrunch.com)

19 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082212 3 comments

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Crowdfunding Open Source, one issue at a time (www.freedomsponsors.org)

17 points first seen 2012082018 last seen 2012082103 11 comments

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Six: Python 2 and 3 Compatibility Library (packages.python.org)

16 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082100 0 comments

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Ask HN: Recommendations for a desktop app development environment? (news.ycombinator.com)

15 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082212 21 comments

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Automated Cars Will Redefine "Home" – Driverless Cars (Part 4/6) (www.seer.ws)

14 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082212 14 comments

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Experiments in airborne BASIC—"buzzing" computer code over FM radio (arstechnica.com)

14 points first seen 2012082012 last seen 2012082021 3 comments

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What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success (m.theatlantic.com)

14 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082212 7 comments

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Iceland Was Right, We Were Wrong: The IMF (www.thestreet.com)

13 points first seen 2012082000 last seen 2012082000 7 comments

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Hipset (YC S12) Is Next-Generation Music Site (www.forbes.com)

13 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082009 0 comments

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Julian Assange is expected to address the world's media at 11:00pm (AEST) (www.abc.net.au)

12 points first seen 2012082000 last seen 2012082000 3 comments

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Ask HN: What do you think of my startup idea? (news.ycombinator.com)

11 points first seen 2012082012 last seen 2012082018 29 comments

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Facebook's Bankers Are Divvying Up The $100 Million They Made Shorting $FB (www.businessinsider.com)

10 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082003 0 comments

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On Being a Builder (duruk.net)

10 points first seen 2012082012 last seen 2012082212 0 comments

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Rails inspired WordPress development (github.com)

9 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082006 0 comments

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Facebook Moving To The JVM (nerds-central.blogspot.ro)

8 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082015 0 comments

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The Facebook - Amazon comparison (www.eugenewei.com)

7 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082012 0 comments

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Sysadmin-friendly deployment of Gunicorn in Debian for Django projects (chris-lamb.co.uk)

7 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082015 2 comments

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LanyardFS: A New Linux File-System (www.phoronix.com)

7 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082018 0 comments

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iPhones Become Mobile Casinos By Adding Real-Money Bets (www.bloomberg.com)

6 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082003 4 comments

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Show HN: Messages in Digital Bottles. Chatroulette for grownups. (digitalbottles.com)

6 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082015 2 comments

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Ask HN: Are websites generally considered to be free or nonfree software? (news.ycombinator.com)

6 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082012 5 comments

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Africa's Tech Entrepreneurs [Documentary] (www.kickstarter.com)

6 points first seen 2012082018 last seen 2012082021 0 comments

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Cyber Warfare Tactics To Cure Cancer? (nocamels.com)

5 points first seen 2012082000 last seen 2012082006 0 comments

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Invisible Bike Helmet Protects Head, and Fashion Sense (medgadget.com)

4 points first seen 2012082000 last seen 2012082000 0 comments

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Automatic scraper that tracks changes in news articles over time (github.com)

4 points first seen 2012082000 last seen 2012082003 0 comments

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How to seed your startup userbase in standalone mode (platformed.info)

4 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082003 0 comments

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Kasparov speaks + video of his arrest (chessbase.com)

4 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082009 0 comments

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Record $4B Raised In Mobile VC In The First Half Of 2012, 25%+ In Consumer Apps (techcrunch.com)

4 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082012 0 comments

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Django Dash 2012 - 70 teams & 5684 commits so far (djangodash.com)

4 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082012 0 comments

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Ask HN: More demand or more supply for mobile dev freelancers? (news.ycombinator.com)

4 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082015 0 comments

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Better Hello, World - Trabb Pardo–Knuth algorithm (en.wikipedia.org)

4 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082015 0 comments

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Investor asks: Why do you need an investment? (duskic.com)

4 points first seen 2012082018 last seen 2012082100 4 comments

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Acme micro_httpd: 200 LOC. Used in DSL Routers (www.acme.com)

3 points first seen 2012082000 last seen 2012082003 0 comments

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Occupy Ruby: Why We Need to Moderate the 1% - Ryan Davis (www.confreaks.com)

3 points first seen 2012082000 last seen 2012082000 0 comments

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Anatomy of a Successful Landing Page (www.onextrapixel.com)

3 points first seen 2012082000 last seen 2012082000 0 comments

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Show HN: NeedNumbers.me, import contacts from "New Phone, Need #s" FB groups (http://neednumbers.me)

3 points first seen 2012082003 last seen 2012082003 2 comments

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Programming Languages Have Social Mores Not Idioms (learncodethehardway.org)

3 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2014121409 0 comments

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Google's New Patent Search Tool: The Prior Art Finder (www.groklaw.net)

3 points first seen 2012082006 last seen 2012082006 0 comments

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The Startup, a satirical feature film, launches on Kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com)

3 points first seen 2012082009 last seen 2012082009 0 comments

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In-N-Out (www.ritholtz.com)

3 points first seen 2012082012 last seen 2012082012 0 comments

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Design analysis of BERG’s Little Printer (vitor.io)

3 points first seen 2012082012 last seen 2012082015 5 comments

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How computers work, from the atom up (programmers.stackexchange.com)

3 points first seen 2012082012 last seen 2012082012 2 comments

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Show HN: Tubalr - A way to listen to music on YouTube, that I made 2 years go. (www.tubalr.com)

3 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082015 2 comments

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OnLive reveals details behind its asset sale and new investor (venturebeat.com)

3 points first seen 2012082018 last seen 2012082018 0 comments

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Disney Adds A Bit Of Nonsensical Anti-Open Source FUD To Kid's Sitcom (techcrunch.com)

3 points first seen 2012082021 last seen 2012082021 0 comments

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OrderAhead (YC W11) seeks a User Acquisition Manager (news.ycombinator.com)

0 points first seen 2012082015 last seen 2012082106 0 comments