top 10 hacker news stories for 2010-10-12

Brilliant design: RCA student radically improves the UK plug

http://www.iconeye.com/index.php?view=article&catid=1:latest-news&layout=news&id=3864:rca-student-radically-improves-the-uk-plug&option=com_content&Itemid=18&ref=nf

16 years ago

314 upvotes – 140 comments

A great logo is recognizable in any form

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9rpqtzaDC1qz6flco1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1286966076&Signature=kS6kwiEiYz4w3Mm8E1D1TTjn1sk%3D

16 years ago

232 upvotes – 72 comments

Super-Soaker inventor may have solar-powered fuel cell breakthrough

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/shooting-for-the-sun/8268

16 years ago

223 upvotes – 100 comments

Visualization: Guy-to-girl ratio of every bar and restaurant in SF/NYC

http://weeplaces.com/ratiofinder/

16 years ago

208 upvotes – 48 comments

OkTrends: Gay Sex vs. Straight Sex

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/gay-sex-vs-straight-sex/

16 years ago

205 upvotes – 122 comments

The Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial screencasts are out

http://railstutorial.org/screencasts?

16 years ago

201 upvotes – 57 comments

Web Design is 95% Typography

http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-web-is-all-about-typography-period/

16 years ago

186 upvotes – 47 comments

Java Trap, 2010 Edition

http://journal.paul.querna.org/articles/2010/10/12/java-trap-2010-edition/

16 years ago

177 upvotes – 96 comments

The 'Irrational' Way Humans Interact With Dentists

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130356647

16 years ago

119 upvotes – 91 comments

Ask HN: Cover letter techniques for software development positions.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1783915

16 years ago

116 upvotes – 64 comments
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