hackerNews

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The Woman Who Needed to Be Upside-Down (discovermagazine.com)

287 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090306 60 comments

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Show HN: Most Wikipedia articles lead to the same loop (wikiloopr.com)

285 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090400 159 comments

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Show HN: Mixest, my summer project that crawls the web for new indie music (http://www.mixest.com)

212 points first seen 2012090112 last seen 2012090400 71 comments

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Flynn’s IQ (www.bryanappleyard.com)

194 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090321 135 comments

4

Tacocopter Basics (www.danshapiro.com)

190 points first seen 2012090121 last seen 2012090400 71 comments

4

Surprise: People hate being forced to use Facebook (dailycred.tumblr.com)

188 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090400 96 comments

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Probabilistic Many-to-Many Relationships (w/ Bloom Filters) (blog.zacharyvoase.com)

174 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090303 39 comments

8

What powers Etsy (codeascraft.etsy.com)

158 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090306 41 comments

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Amazon S3 - Cross Origin Resource Sharing Support (aws.typepad.com)

156 points first seen 2012090112 last seen 2012090321 43 comments

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It's More Important to Be Kind Than Clever (www.dailygood.org)

154 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090306 71 comments

4

The Surprising Secret to Selling Yourself (blogs.hbr.org)

140 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090303 34 comments

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BranchOut Falsifies Wall Street Journal Quote (socialsplat.net)

138 points first seen 2012090115 last seen 2012090321 67 comments

7

Open webOS Beta Officially Released (blog.openwebosproject.org)

133 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090303 25 comments

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Samsung/Apple Jury Foreman Shows He Doesn't Understand Prior Art (www.techdirt.com)

127 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090218 92 comments

5

Valve Finds Value In Open-Source Drivers (www.phoronix.com)

127 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090303 50 comments

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Show HN: We built a voice to music AI app in 54 hours at a hackathon (blog.beatmaticapp.com)

123 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090303 56 comments

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Why Did I Choose Perl When Building Crowdtilt? (dsog.info)

106 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090203 126 comments

4

How Tracking Down My Stolen Computer Triggered a Drug Bust (blog.makezine.com)

105 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090303 62 comments

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The humans who outrun horses (www.smh.com.au)

103 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090206 72 comments

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Learn how to code a Facebook app in 20 minutes with PythonAnywhere (blog.pythonanywhere.com)

102 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090300 11 comments

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Microsoft updates their Terms of Service to an easily readable Q&A format (windows.microsoft.com)

102 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090300 24 comments

15

An Introduction to Condition Handling for Non-Lispers (lubutu.com)

98 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090218 64 comments

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Stop producing shit (mariusandra.com)

96 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090200 67 comments

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Ex-Google hiring committee member about job interviewing (extroverteddeveloper.com)

86 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090300 63 comments

9

Birds hold 'funerals' for dead (www.bbc.co.uk)

86 points first seen 2012090115 last seen 2012090300 30 comments

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Ask HN: Is Google still a cool place to work? (news.ycombinator.com)

85 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090106 77 comments

8

Jiro Dreams of Sushi (www.magpictures.com)

84 points first seen 2012090115 last seen 2012090303 52 comments

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Building Atari With CreateJS (atari.com)

80 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090300 11 comments

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Apple Worked A Broken Patent System (www.informationweek.com)

77 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090206 49 comments

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Please Stop Working on Ads (diegobasch.com)

73 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090200 73 comments

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Mailrox - a web app to quickly build bulletproof HTML emails (www.mailrox.com)

72 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090103 40 comments

8

The challenges of Desktop Linux (blogs.gnome.org)

67 points first seen 2012090112 last seen 2012090206 71 comments

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Woman recieves world's first bionic eye (www.theage.com.au)

65 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090200 12 comments

25

Predicting Churn: When Do Veterans Quit? (www.gamasutra.com)

65 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090200 32 comments

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LG demonstrates wireless Linux Web pad at CeBIT (www.linuxfordevices.com)

64 points first seen 2012090118 last seen 2012090303 20 comments

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Open Letter to Leo Burnett UK (asylumfilms.co.uk)

62 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090112 33 comments

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Apple asks court to ban Samsung’s Galaxy Note and Galaxy S III from US (arstechnica.com)

61 points first seen 2012090118 last seen 2012090203 103 comments

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Nutjob attempts to extort $35 computer from non-profit foundation (www.raspberrypi.org)

59 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090112 25 comments

15

Meteor 0.4.0: Introducing Spark (www.meteor.com)

59 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090218 23 comments

19

Elli: Performance oriented web server (Written in Erlang) (www.wooga.com)

58 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090200 20 comments

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Google Dublin Employees at Street View (maps.google.com)

57 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090106 29 comments

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iOS Design Resources (nathanbarry.com)

57 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090200 7 comments

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The Machine That Changed The World (waxy.org)

53 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090200 12 comments

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Why I am no longer a skeptic (plover.net)

52 points first seen 2012090118 last seen 2012090121 69 comments

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Ask HN: Review my web app? Trying to get out of slump. (www.wysp.ws)

50 points first seen 2012090118 last seen 2012090300 36 comments

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Workfu is shutting down. (workfu.com)

48 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090200 41 comments

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Inbox Pause - A pause button for incoming mail in Gmail [Chrome extension] (inboxpause.com)

46 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090203 32 comments

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HP Launches The Beta Release Of Open WebOS (techcrunch.com)

43 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090203 7 comments

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Jonah Lehrer’s Journalistic Misdeeds at Wired.com (www.slate.com)

43 points first seen 2012090112 last seen 2012090212 26 comments

71

Understanding Algebra: Why do we factor equations? (betterexplained.com)

39 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090109 51 comments

12

Great Startup Engineers (blog.derrickko.com)

39 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090206 10 comments

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Codecademy Fellowship (www.codecademy.com)

39 points first seen 2012090115 last seen 2012090206 8 comments

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Google kills weather API - apps go down (www.lifehacker.com.au)

37 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090200 15 comments

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Announcing Enyo 2.0.1 (blog.enyojs.com)

36 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090200 5 comments

33

Hacking the Startup Open Floor Plan Office (blog.idonethis.com)

34 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090200 13 comments

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Economist: Would the world be better off with fewer patents? (www.economist.com)

34 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090203 26 comments

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New DNA Analysis Shows Ancient Humans Interbred with Denisovans (www.scientificamerican.com)

33 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090121 12 comments

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Apple versus Samsung: Jury foreman justifies $1bn verdict (www.bbc.co.uk)

33 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090100 51 comments

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FB new low (18.23), down 52% from 38 IPO price (www.google.com)

33 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090106 48 comments

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A Lesson In Timing Attacks (codahale.com)

31 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090203 17 comments

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Where Have All The Good Managers Gone? (thomaslarock.com)

30 points first seen 2012090115 last seen 2012090206 9 comments

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Maria Montessori (en.wikipedia.org)

29 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090103 16 comments

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Russia's New Secure Android Tablet Keeps Data From Google (www.securityweek.com)

29 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090121 12 comments

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"An API for your city" - LocalWiki API released (localwiki.org)

27 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090200 8 comments

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That was quick: Grooveshark disappears from the Google Play Store (again) (thenextweb.com)

26 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090121 14 comments

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Now In 600+ Schools, Lore Gives Higher Ed A Next-Gen Social Network (techcrunch.com)

25 points first seen 2012090118 last seen 2012090212 4 comments

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Startups Shouldn't Follow Trends (adii.me)

24 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090115 13 comments

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Samsung readies their own Retina display laptop (www.geek.com)

23 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090200 22 comments

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Bethesda admits they can't get Skyrim Dawnguard running on PS3 (www.geek.com)

22 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090106 20 comments

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We need a longer school year (www.cnn.com)

20 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090106 35 comments

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Is a science PhD a Waste of Time? (www.slate.com)

20 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090118 21 comments

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What is good API design? (richardminerich.com)

20 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090200 7 comments

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"Convertible Equity" - A Better Alternative to Convertible Debt? (techcrunch.com)

19 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090121 3 comments

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"Proper" Image Delivery on the Web (developer.apple.com)

18 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090112 5 comments

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Code For Twilio's Free Fantasy Football Draft Room App (Node.js + Redis) (github.com)

18 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090121 4 comments

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GOP Tech Platform: Give More Spectrum to AT&T and Verizon (www.dslreports.com)

17 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090115 8 comments

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Microsoft fails to pacify PC vendors about Surface tablets (www.digitimes.com)

15 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090103 18 comments

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What is convertible equity (or a convertible security)? (www.startupcompanylawyer.com)

15 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090121 4 comments

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Kippt, Pinboard Help Digg Users Find New Home For Old Data (techcrunch.com)

14 points first seen 2012090115 last seen 2012090200 0 comments

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Alumna makes $1 million gift to help liberal arts students find jobs (live.psu.edu)

13 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090106 4 comments

21

Electronics Stores Fight for Survival (online.wsj.com)

12 points first seen 2012090115 last seen 2012090203 21 comments

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Ask HN: How do I teach myself design? (news.ycombinator.com)

12 points first seen 2012090115 last seen 2012100218 0 comments

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Open Letter to Flipkart - Doing eBooks Better Than Amazon (www.paramaggarwal.com)

11 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090103 7 comments

86

JQuery Gantt editor - bugfix: invalid project handling (roberto.open-lab.com)

10 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090106 0 comments

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Essential Books for Software Developer (chepurnoy.org)

9 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090109 0 comments

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Towards A Community Of Distributed Systems Developers (www.themarkphillips.com)

9 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090106 0 comments

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Declassified footage of H-bomb exploding in space (blogs.howstuffworks.com)

9 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090115 0 comments

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The Sparrow Opportunity (appcubby.com)

9 points first seen 2012090112 last seen 2012090121 0 comments

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60% of the apps in the App Store have never been downloaded (www.phonearena.com)

8 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090100 3 comments

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The App Store Long Tail Myth (blog.cascadesoft.net)

8 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090112 0 comments

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Free Palo Alto Office Space for 6 months (bretthard.in)

8 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090112 0 comments

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Didn't anyone even read Facebook's IPO prospectus? (finance.yahoo.com)

8 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090109 0 comments

51

Grounds for Jury Misconduct in Apple v Samsung Patent Trial (www.macobserver.com)

8 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090115 3 comments

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Critical bug in newest Java gives attackers complete control of PCs (arstechnica.com)

8 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090115 0 comments

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Bic Creates Pens ‘For Her’: Amazon Reviewers Turn on the Snark (newsfeed.time.com)

8 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090109 0 comments

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Fully-assembled iPhone 5 pictured side-by-side with iPhone 4 (www.bgr.com)

8 points first seen 2012090115 last seen 2012090115 6 comments

85

What Makes Work Worth Doing? (blogs.hbr.org)

7 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090106 2 comments

73

The iPad CEO (www.cpresc.com)

7 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090112 0 comments

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Tell HN: How to fail like an idiot (news.ycombinator.com)

7 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090106 3 comments

70

Bitcoin MasterCard: Followup Interview With Charlie Shrem (codinginmysleep.com)

7 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090115 0 comments

71

Police probing Quebec maple syrup heist worth up to $30 million (www.theglobeandmail.com)

7 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090115 0 comments

0

Show HN: HTML5 port of PC/XBox game with online level sharing (www.playescapegoat.com)

7 points first seen 2012090118 last seen 2012090118 0 comments

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Ask HN: Why do people tell us they love our idea, sign up then never come back? (news.ycombinator.com)

6 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090103 24 comments

0

Learn python instead of java (blog.carsoncheng.ca)

6 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090100 2 comments

78

Cue (YC W10) Debuts Update to Smart Personal Assistant App (betakit.com)

6 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090106 0 comments

0

Linode's Newark Data Center Down (news.ycombinator.com)

6 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090106 2 comments

0

Ask HN: Can you get a job at Google without a degree? (news.ycombinator.com)

6 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090106 5 comments

72

Damn Cool Algorithms: Secure permutations with block ciphers (blog.notdot.net)

6 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090112 0 comments

66

How not to get f*cked by an investor’s lack of value-add. (www.vlaskovits.com)

6 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090115 2 comments

79

Wow, Was I Wrong About Apple (www.fool.com)

5 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090103 5 comments

0

Show HN: chatta a native OS X App for Google Talk and Voice (news.ycombinator.com)

5 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090103 2 comments

81

Researchers find critical vulnerability in Java 7 patch hours after release (www.computerworld.com)

5 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090109 0 comments

82

Kodiak PHP - iPad app with offline PHP code execution (www.becomekodiak.com)

5 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090109 2 comments

85

Jobtastic - User-Responsive Celery Tasks (policystat.github.com)

5 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090109 0 comments

78

Maxcdn giving out a free year of service today (1TB limit) (www.maxcdn.com)

5 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090109 0 comments

88

How to Rock a Startup Accelerator Mentor Day (startupnorth.ca)

5 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090112 0 comments

83

Linode Newark datacenter down (status.linode.com)

5 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090112 0 comments

87

Tweetbot for Mac Beta (sort of) (tapbots.com)

5 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090112 0 comments

81

Private Photo-Sharing App Everyme (YC S11) Raises $2.15M From Tencent And Others (techcrunch.com)

5 points first seen 2012090115 last seen 2012090118 0 comments

83

Facebook Took My Credit Card Then Blocked My Account (symfony2developer.com)

5 points first seen 2012090115 last seen 2012090118 0 comments

0

De Raadt - OpenBSD founder - Interview (2004) (www.theage.com.au)

4 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090100 0 comments

0

Death by a thousand small features: how coupon codes decrease conversion rates (tomtunguz.com)

4 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090103 0 comments

87

Get more traffic: celebrate others (ninjasandrobots.com)

4 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090109 0 comments

0

Starting Up, Finding A Forcing Function, And Building A Story (www.women2.com)

4 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090106 0 comments

0

Ask HN: What would I gain from using Rails over Codeigniter? (news.ycombinator.com)

4 points first seen 2012090106 last seen 2012090106 6 comments

78

The 'Samsung Was the Real Winner' Theory (daringfireball.net)

4 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090112 0 comments

89

Kindle Fire won't go big to take on iPad (news.cnet.com)

4 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090112 0 comments

0

Animated Gifs As Ads? Tumblr Experiments With New Advertising Format (techcrunch.com)

4 points first seen 2012090109 last seen 2012090109 0 comments

84

Expert to Expert: Erik Meijer and Rich Hickey - Clojure and Datomic (channel9.msdn.com)

4 points first seen 2012090112 last seen 2012090115 2 comments

86

Tokyo court: Samsung didn't infringe Apple patent (www.usatoday.com)

4 points first seen 2012090115 last seen 2012090118 0 comments

83

Volatility - An advanced memory forensics framework (code.google.com)

4 points first seen 2012090118 last seen 2012090121 0 comments

0

Bright minds at HN, suggest lifestyle business ideas to earn $1000+ per month. (news.ycombinator.com)

4 points first seen 2012090121 last seen 2012090121 2 comments

0

Ask HN: Job prospect at my dream company, but I'm not 18 yet. (news.ycombinator.com)

4 points first seen 2012090121 last seen 2012090121 0 comments

0

Ask HN: Any chances to eventually relocate to US if working remotely? (news.ycombinator.com)

3 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090100 2 comments

0

In 2005 Creative beat Apple, whose side you took then? (arstechnica.com)

3 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090100 3 comments

0

Why Code Kata? (theprogrammersway.tumblr.com)

3 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090100 0 comments

0

Moving to California wont make you happy (bigthink.com)

3 points first seen 2012090100 last seen 2012090100 0 comments

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Gain Productivity by Having Different Vim Settings for Every Project (www.vimninjas.com)

3 points first seen 2012090103 last seen 2012090106 0 comments

0

How Two Amateur Sleuths Looked for FinSpy Software (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)