hackerNews

2

Xkcd "Clic and Drag" in a "map" interface (xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de)

819 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092412 86 comments

2

Facebook: the greatest con of all time? (www.aarongreenspan.com)

358 points first seen 2012092009 last seen 2012092400 236 comments

1

Stripe in Canada (stripe.com)

345 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092400 79 comments

10

John Carmack on Static Code Analysis (www.altdevblogaday.com)

277 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092203 121 comments

2

iOS 6 Breaks the App Store (www.pixiteapps.com)

264 points first seen 2012092012 last seen 2012092206 121 comments

1

Makerbot announces new 3D printer: Replicator 2 (makerbot.com)

261 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092203 140 comments

3

iPad + Linode: 1 Year Later (yieldthought.com)

250 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092203 117 comments

1

The TTY Demystified (www.linusakesson.net)

239 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2017020709 43 comments

17

Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use a Linux Laptop Now (blog.hypergeometric.com)

166 points first seen 2012092018 last seen 2012092121 163 comments

3

Github redesigns Profiles (github.com)

164 points first seen 2012092015 last seen 2012092203 81 comments

9

Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century (hbr.org)

158 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092200 70 comments

14

$15,000 In Income From An EBook, How I Did It (www.saturnflyer.com)

126 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092106 49 comments

7

Kaspersky researcher cracks Flame malware password (www.networkworld.com)

125 points first seen 2012092009 last seen 2012092200 63 comments

5

VirtualBox broken on Ivy Bridge Macbooks after 10.8.2 + Firmware Update (discussions.apple.com)

118 points first seen 2012092015 last seen 2012092203 49 comments

13

The only 2 ways to build a $100m business (and avoid startup no man's land) (versiononeventures.com)

112 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092106 70 comments

10

Storm's 1st birthday (nathanmarz.com)

108 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092106 24 comments

12

Lawsuit Against NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Heads to Supreme Court (dissenter.firedoglake.com)

106 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092106 11 comments

13

Want to Block Common Passwords? Sorry, That is Patented (xato.net)

103 points first seen 2012092015 last seen 2012092200 65 comments

8

How we (finally) ported LaTeX to the iPad (texpadapp.com)

98 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092103 35 comments

2

Making Progress on Star Trek Physics (www.kickstarter.com)

97 points first seen 2012092018 last seen 2012092200 23 comments

11

Minimum Viable Movie: How I Made a Feature-Length Film for $0 (www.kadavy.net)

94 points first seen 2012092012 last seen 2012092200 55 comments

12

Google's Go Programming Language Grows Up: Now What? (www.readwriteweb.com)

91 points first seen 2012092021 last seen 2012092112 118 comments

16

How to confuse a moral compass: Survey 'magic trick' causes attitude reversal (www.nature.com)

90 points first seen 2012092015 last seen 2012092200 65 comments

23

Be Nice to Those That Serve You (www.jacquesmattheij.com)

89 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092103 51 comments

13

Facebook and Google launch lobbying group, The Internet Association (www.dailydot.com)

88 points first seen 2012092009 last seen 2012092106 44 comments

21

A look at the J language: the fine line between genius and insanity (scottlocklin.wordpress.com)

85 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092103 34 comments

8

After Twitter pulls content from LinkedIn, LI referrals to FB pages spike 1000% (thenextweb.com)

84 points first seen 2012092009 last seen 2012092106 25 comments

17

GPS equipped shoes that will lead you home with LED signals (www.dominicwilcox.com)

71 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092103 20 comments

58

Aaron Swartz hit with 9 more felony charges in MIT hacking case (www.dailydot.com)

69 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092015 99 comments

26

Updated iOS 6 devices don't connect to WIFI (forums.macrumors.com)

66 points first seen 2012092012 last seen 2012092100 56 comments

7

Barman backup and recovery manager for PostgreSQL (www.pgbarman.org)

66 points first seen 2012092018 last seen 2012092200 9 comments

9

California launches online voter registration (arstechnica.com)

64 points first seen 2012092009 last seen 2012092106 28 comments

17

Simple steps to better typography (www.markboulton.co.uk)

63 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092100 21 comments

18

Announcing Heroku Enterprise for Java (blog.heroku.com)

62 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092103 13 comments

5

Antivirus software deletes itself (thenextweb.com)

62 points first seen 2012092021 last seen 2012092121 29 comments

14

Open Dyslexic - Dyslexia Fonts (dyslexicfonts.com)

61 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092103 38 comments

56

iOS 6 and OS X 10.8.2 Now Available (www.apple.com)

60 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092015 91 comments

38

If I Were Google, I Wouldn’t Release A Native iOS 6 Maps App For Six Months (techcrunch.com)

57 points first seen 2012092015 last seen 2012092100 98 comments

22

Hacker Dojo Meets Fund-Raising Goal (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)

54 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092103 8 comments

30

Show HN: Screenleap launches simple API for adding screen sharing to your site (www.screenleap.com)

53 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092021 8 comments

12

Show HN: Simple BitTorrent Magnet Link search (http://www.moviemagnet.net)

52 points first seen 2012092018 last seen 2012092112 31 comments

14

Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac updated for Retina Display (retinamacapps.com)

49 points first seen 2012092009 last seen 2012092103 14 comments

13

7 John McCarthy Papers in 7 Weeks (gigasquidsoftware.com)

48 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092100 5 comments

29

With More Than 20M Gamers Tuning In, Twitch Raises $15M (techcrunch.com)

48 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092100 49 comments

15

Iran designing its own version of the Internet (www.washingtonpost.com)

46 points first seen 2012092015 last seen 2012092109 47 comments

25

Stubb: Build REST API mocks using your file system (github.com)

44 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092100 7 comments

37

Dear Tiny Post, please stop the shady practices (heydave.org)

44 points first seen 2012092015 last seen 2012092100 17 comments

24

Brewing beer with Raspberry Pi (www.element14.com)

43 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092100 16 comments

31

Your job is not sexy (d.gould.in)

43 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092100 33 comments

13

Makerbot's new 3D printer prints at 100 microns (store.makerbot.com)

43 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092009 13 comments

21

Evernote destroys the superb Skitch - do not update (discussion.evernote.com)

43 points first seen 2012092015 last seen 2012092109 15 comments

35

Apple A6 SoC outperforms Intel Atom in JavaScript test (appleinsider.com)

38 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092015 24 comments

62

The Go Language is faster than the Computer Language Benchmarks Game thinks (klaig.blogspot.be)

36 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092006 40 comments

38

Show HN: After a couple of months playing with the Reddit API, I built this... (http://www.flipmeme.com)

35 points first seen 2012092018 last seen 2012092103 46 comments

10

Amazon’s colorful new towers will put a bold stamp on Seattle’s skyline (www.geekwire.com)

35 points first seen 2012092018 last seen 2012092118 17 comments

18

Petition Google for iOS Maps (www.change.org)

35 points first seen 2012092018 last seen 2012092103 41 comments

66

Analyzing XKCD: Click and Drag (blackhole12.blogspot.com)

33 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092006 9 comments

0

No Desire To Spend (throwww.com)

33 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092003 68 comments

25

Results from my Reddit advertising attempt (Fail) (blog.ezliu.com)

33 points first seen 2012092009 last seen 2012092103 36 comments

43

Ask HN: Help, I'm a developer who can't pay rent (news.ycombinator.com)

33 points first seen 2012092009 last seen 2012092109 24 comments

84

Elop running out of time to turn Nokia around (www.reuters.com)

28 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092003 52 comments

27

St Andrew's College (raganwald.posterous.com)

28 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092100 11 comments

15

Is Freemium the Emperor’s New Clothes? (blog.kachingle.com)

27 points first seen 2012092018 last seen 2012092103 14 comments

28

Bitcoin Thieves Yet to Spend Stolen Hoard (www.bbc.com)

25 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092003 29 comments

37

Elop running out of time to turn Nokia around (sg.m.yahoo.com)

23 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092012 14 comments

26

Hacks from PennApps,largest student-run hackathon (blog.filepicker.io)

23 points first seen 2012092009 last seen 2012092103 15 comments

31

Bugsnag is out of beta, launches paid plans (blog.bugsnag.com)

22 points first seen 2012092012 last seen 2012092100 7 comments

34

Why Google Should Customize your Gmail Login Page to Prevent Phishing. (ethanheilman.tumblr.com)

20 points first seen 2012092015 last seen 2012092103 17 comments

41

GlobalThermonuclearWar.info - WOPR inspired scenario name generator (http://globalthermonuclearwar.info)

19 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092006 15 comments

55

Who Benefits From iOS 6’s Crappy Maps? (daringfireball.net)

18 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092015 4 comments

62

Signs Your Employees Think You Suck as a Manager (www.thedailymuse.com)

18 points first seen 2012092018 last seen 2012092100 18 comments

30

How to bypass iTunes music previews protection and play on Android (alpblog.heroku.com)

17 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092015 25 comments

56

Search for Obama on Facebook and You Get Romney (diegobasch.com)

17 points first seen 2012092009 last seen 2012092012 18 comments

42

Account Association Security Threats for Google Single Sign-On (blog.idonethis.com)

16 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092018 2 comments

0

Guy Points a Gun at Google Streetview Car (betabeat.com)

15 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092000 5 comments

38

Let Shit Happen (akhil.me)

15 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092003 6 comments

50

Here Come The Tweets: Gnip Offers Access to Full Twitter Archive (allthingsd.com)

15 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092015 8 comments

60

Motorola asks ITC to ban every Mac, iPad, and most iPhones (arstechnica.com)

14 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092015 3 comments

48

A thought stream on XKCD click and drag (thoughtstreams.io)

13 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092015 10 comments

0

Site Lets You Simulate a Facebook Hack, Goes Viral at PennApps (techland.time.com)

12 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092003 20 comments

52

Certifying Compilers Using Random Testing (blog.regehr.org)

11 points first seen 2012092009 last seen 2012092018 0 comments

30

How Might We (blogs.hbr.org)

11 points first seen 2012092018 last seen 2012092103 2 comments

59

Young, Gifted and Neglected (www.nytimes.com)

10 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092015 0 comments

76

Click and Drag XKCD and Productivity: Best Window Gaze Ever (tommy.authpad.com)

10 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092012 0 comments

57

Live From HTC’s New York Press Event (techcrunch.com)

9 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092009 3 comments

63

Facebook: Monitoring cache with Claspin (www.facebook.com)

9 points first seen 2012092009 last seen 2012092015 0 comments

66

Big Data NLP with Pig, Cassandra, Python, NLTK and Flask (hortonworks.com)

9 points first seen 2012092012 last seen 2012092018 0 comments

40

Baccus: Open Source Robot Arm (www.kickstarter.com)

9 points first seen 2012092021 last seen 2012092103 0 comments

72

Twitter sells firehose access all the way back to 2006 (thenextweb.com)

8 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092006 0 comments

48

Who Doesn’t Pay Federal Taxes? (www.nytimes.com)

8 points first seen 2012092012 last seen 2012092021 6 comments

64

Show HN: We got fed up with Airbrake, so we built Coalmine (https://www.getcoalmine.com)

7 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092006 6 comments

81

Python/Visual Studio 1.5RC out: Mac/Linux client libs for Azure (pytools.codeplex.com)

7 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092009 0 comments

86

Ask HN: Where to find a replacement for my technical co-founder (news.ycombinator.com)

7 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092109 5 comments

69

Ask HN: Why TechCrunch posts often do not make it to the front page of HN? (news.ycombinator.com)

7 points first seen 2012092009 last seen 2012092012 7 comments

82

Brainworth: Play games that teach you to make games in HTML5 (www.kickstarter.com)

7 points first seen 2012092015 last seen 2012092018 0 comments

80

UX Sketching And Wireframing Templates For Mobile Projects (uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com)

6 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092006 0 comments

77

The Most Important New Technology Since the Smart Phone Arrives December 2012 (www.technologyreview.com)

6 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092006 2 comments

0

ZTE to launch webOS phone later this year? (translate.google.com)

6 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092003 4 comments

0

The Original Hacker and Why His Work, 300 Years Ago, Matters Today (www.forbes.com)

6 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092003 0 comments

63

Pushing from the JavaScript SDK and Cloud Code with Parse (blog.parse.com)

6 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092012 0 comments

71

A Peek At Facebook’s Awesome Monitoring Tool Claspin (techcrunch.com)

6 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092012 0 comments

69

Print Newspaper Advertising Will be Lower This Year Than in 1950 (mjperry.blogspot.com)

6 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092009 0 comments

73

World's first flat lens that focuses light without distortion (physicsworld.com)

6 points first seen 2012092009 last seen 2012092015 0 comments

85

Responding to Recruiting Emails? (news.ycombinator.com)

6 points first seen 2012092012 last seen 2012092109 4 comments

78

Bing landing page to convert users with Google-Safari privacy breach (www.bing.com)

6 points first seen 2012092015 last seen 2012092018 0 comments

60

Malware Written Using Google Go Found in the Wild (www.symantec.com)

6 points first seen 2012092021 last seen 2012092100 0 comments

70

Don't fear what you can measure: an idea for improving email (www.klaviyo.com)

5 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092006 0 comments

0

Data isn’t a business model - it’s much more important (tomtunguz.com)

5 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092003 0 comments

88

Show HN: Mixture + Dropbox + Mac + Windows = Fun (kinnish.tumblr.com)

5 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092006 3 comments

89

Hacker Dojo saved by Peter Relan and YouWeb Incubator (venturebeat.com)

5 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092009 0 comments

0

U.S. Explodes Atomic Bombs Near Beers To See If They Are Safe To Drink (www.npr.org)

5 points first seen 2012092006 last seen 2012092006 2 comments

77

Incredibly Elaborate LEGO Great Ball Contraption (laughingsquid.com)

5 points first seen 2012092018 last seen 2012092021 0 comments

0

Video matters But which hosting service to use? (blog.pragmatic.ly)

4 points first seen 2012092000 last seen 2012092000 6 comments

0

Minimalism in an Age of Tremendous Hardware (prog21.dadgum.com)

4 points first seen 2012092003 last seen 2012092003 2 comments

77

The XOXO Internet (medium.com)