top 20 hacker news stories for 2010-12-02

Why Do Google Maps’s City Labels Seem So Readable?

http://www.41latitude.com/post/2072504768/google-maps-label-readability

16 years ago

687 upvotes – 104 comments

Ben the Bodyguard: Gorgeous HTML5 Website

http://benthebodyguard.com/

16 years ago

586 upvotes – 97 comments

Thanks HN: Goodbye, Golden Handcuffs

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1960437

16 years ago

347 upvotes – 115 comments

I just need a programmer

http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2010-12.html#e2010-12-01T15_45_40.htm

16 years ago

288 upvotes – 101 comments

The Full Stack, Part I

http://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/the-full-stack-part-i/461505383919

16 years ago

243 upvotes – 23 comments

Bitly News

http://bitlynews.com/

16 years ago

236 upvotes – 53 comments

It's not an arsenic-based life form

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/12/its_not_an_arsenic-based_life.php

16 years ago

224 upvotes – 33 comments

Close the Washington Monument

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/12/close_the_washi.html

16 years ago

211 upvotes – 54 comments

Microbes use arsenic in their DNA: Proves phosphorus is not required for life

http://www.scribd.com/doc/44550217/Science-2010-Wolfe-Simon-Science-1197258

16 years ago

208 upvotes – 127 comments

Lisp developer walks away with Google AI contest

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette/hungarian-lisp-developer-walks-away-with-google-ai-contest/2131

16 years ago

176 upvotes – 71 comments

You must learn JavaScript

http://thenerdary.net/articles/entry/you_must_learn_javascript

16 years ago

175 upvotes – 95 comments

Code Fearlessly

http://cam.ly/blog/2010/12/code-fearlessly/

16 years ago

161 upvotes – 24 comments

Understanding Pac-Man Ghost Behavior

http://gameinternals.com/post/2072558330/understanding-pac-man-ghost-behavior

16 years ago

139 upvotes – 15 comments

Google AI Challenge Winner Post-Mortem

http://quotenil.com/Planet-Wars-Post-Mortem.html

16 years ago

138 upvotes – 3 comments

Corkboard app, all in HTML/CSS/Javascript

http://corkboard.me

16 years ago

137 upvotes – 75 comments

Happy Holidays from the App Engine team - 1.4.0 SDK released

http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-holidays-from-app-engine-team-140.html

16 years ago

137 upvotes – 54 comments

MIT Entrance exam (1869)

http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhibits/exam/algebra.html

16 years ago

135 upvotes – 66 comments

Hammock-driven Development

http://clojure.blip.tv/file/4457042/

16 years ago

99 upvotes – 17 comments

Apollo 13 transcripts "Houston, we've had a problem"

http://apollo13.spacelog.org/02:07:55:20/

16 years ago

91 upvotes – 10 comments

Feds Warrantlessly Tracking Americans’ Credit Cards in Real Time

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/realtime/

16 years ago

89 upvotes – 44 comments
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