top 50% 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

What it's like to be the SO of a start-up founder.

http://redgirlsays.com/blog/2010/12/what-its-like-to-be-the-so-of-a-start-up-founder/

16 years ago

85 upvotes – 38 comments

Keeping node.js servers up forever

http://blog.nodejitsu.com/keep-a-nodejs-server-up-with-forever

16 years ago

84 upvotes – 37 comments

You are no longer free to move around the country

http://reason.com/blog/2010/12/01/you-are-no-longer-free-to-move

16 years ago

84 upvotes – 48 comments

Better Ways to Read "Hacker News"

http://mashable.com/2010/12/01/improve-hacker-news-ui/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

16 years ago

84 upvotes – 34 comments

Coveting possessions is unhealthy.

http://jackcheng.tumblr.com/post/200367929/coveting-possessions-is-unhealthy-heres-how-i

16 years ago

83 upvotes – 27 comments

Keys to Being Excellent at Anything

http://blogs.hbr.org/schwartz/2010/08/six-keys-to-being-excellent-at.html

16 years ago

78 upvotes – 16 comments

The Pirate Bay co-founder to launch an open and distributed ICANN alternative

http://www.osnews.com/story/24079/Sunde_To_Launch_Open_Distributed_Alternative_to_ICANN

16 years ago

75 upvotes – 9 comments

Ask HN: How did everyone do with Launch an App Month?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1962465

16 years ago

68 upvotes – 119 comments

Easy iOS game development with GameSalad

http://gamesalad.com/products/creator

16 years ago

67 upvotes – 29 comments

Let's Make a JavaScript Framework: Free eBook

http://dailyjs.com/2010/12/02/framework-review/

16 years ago

66 upvotes – 2 comments

NASA 'alien life' announcement leaked

http://www.longislandpress.com/2010/12/02/nasa-announcement-leaked-nasa-arsenic-announcement-thursday-leaked/

16 years ago

65 upvotes – 43 comments

Ask HN: Who is firing?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1960977

16 years ago

64 upvotes – 35 comments

Missing the point of WikiLeaks

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/12/after_secrets

16 years ago

63 upvotes – 11 comments

Xmarks Acquired by LastPass

http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=2033

16 years ago

63 upvotes – 15 comments

The Technical Debt of Hiring

http://skillsapp.com/blog/2010/12/2/technical-debt-hiring/

16 years ago

61 upvotes – 29 comments

Idea dump, December edition

http://jacquesmattheij.com/idea+dump%2C+December+edition

16 years ago

57 upvotes – 35 comments

All your drives are belong to us

http://blog.fortinet.com/all-your-drives-are-belong-to-us/

16 years ago

56 upvotes – 15 comments

The Age of Music Piracy Is Officially Over

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/11/st_essay_nofreebird/

16 years ago

53 upvotes – 77 comments

Netflix launches a tech blog

http://techblog.netflix.com/

16 years ago

52 upvotes – 9 comments

Kinect optical camouflage hack makes you invisible

http://www.neowin.net/news/kinect-optical-camouflage-hack-makes-you-invisible

16 years ago

50 upvotes – 8 comments

When Canvas doesn't cut it: Raphael.js

http://eng.wealthfront.com/2010/11/when-canvas-doesnt-cut-it-raphaeljs.html

16 years ago

49 upvotes – 10 comments

Google App Engine Now Streamlines Push, Boosts API Limits And More

http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/02/google-app-engine-now-streamlines-push-boosts-api-limits-and-more/

16 years ago

46 upvotes – 5 comments

Ebay Acquires Milo For $75 Million

http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/02/confirmed-ebay-acquires-milo-for-75-million-investors-make-a-killing/

16 years ago

45 upvotes – 17 comments
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