top 50% hacker news stories for 2011-02-14

New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-chrome-extension-block-sites-from.html

15 years ago

508 upvotes – 214 comments

Programming languages are being deleted from Wikipedia

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/fkt7t/nemerle_factor_alice_ml_and_other_programming/

15 years ago

430 upvotes – 269 comments

Nokia Plan B

http://nokiaplanb.com/

15 years ago

317 upvotes – 174 comments

The Secret to a Happy Marriage: Do the Dishes, Put Out, Don’t Talk So Much

http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/02/14/the-secret-to-a-happy-marriage-do-the-dishes-put-out-don%E2%80%99t-talk-so-much/

15 years ago

275 upvotes – 162 comments

IBM's Watson starts on Jeopardy Tonight

http://www.jeopardy.com/minisites/watson/

15 years ago

245 upvotes – 143 comments

Skype's Crazy Regex Easter Egg

http://blog.nyaruka.com/skypes-crazy-regex-easter-egg

15 years ago

216 upvotes – 51 comments

What would Feynman do?

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2011/02/14/what-would-feynman-do.aspx

15 years ago

203 upvotes – 35 comments

Formula for love: X^2+(y-sqrt(x^2))^2=1

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=x^2%2B%28y-sqrt%28x^2%29%29^2%3D1

15 years ago

202 upvotes – 41 comments

I have seen the future and I am opposed

http://www.core77.com/blog/columns/i_have_seen_the_future_and_i_am_opposed_18532.asp

15 years ago

184 upvotes – 72 comments

Christopher Monsanto gives up trying to delete PL articles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Christopher_Monsanto

15 years ago

173 upvotes – 131 comments

Steve Jobs: "I'll just sue you" (2010)

http://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal/

15 years ago

163 upvotes – 42 comments

Lemmings is 20 years old today

http://scottishgames.net/2011/02/11/it-was-20-years-ago-today/

15 years ago

161 upvotes – 32 comments

Quora To Oddly-Named Users: Papers Please

http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/14/quora-to-oddly-named-users-papers-please/

15 years ago

148 upvotes – 124 comments

Greplin (YC W10) Grabs $4 Million From Sequoia For Social Search

http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/14/greplin-grabs-4-million-from-sequoia-for-social-search/

15 years ago

138 upvotes – 28 comments

Ask HN: Who Is Hiring (For Freelance/Part Time Remote Work) February 2011.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2216921

15 years ago

137 upvotes – 57 comments

Wikipedia's Notability Requirements And The Slash

http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1297662169.html

15 years ago

137 upvotes – 145 comments

Tell HN: I quit my job to bootstrap my startup by myself.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2217591

15 years ago

129 upvotes – 106 comments

3D printing could reduce raw material needs by 90%

http://www.economist.com/node/18114221?story_id=18114221&CFID=162367227&CFTOKEN=74435751

15 years ago

123 upvotes – 69 comments

Python 3 Wall of Shame

http://python3wos.appspot.com/

15 years ago

122 upvotes – 78 comments

The Python Paradox is now the Scala Paradox

http://martin.kleppmann.com/2009/09/18/the-python-paradox-is-now-the-scala-paradox.html

15 years ago

118 upvotes – 43 comments

Inside the DNA of the Facebook Mafia

http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/13/inside-the-dna-of-the-facebook-mafia/

15 years ago

118 upvotes – 16 comments

The Scariest Company in Tech

http://rvqs.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/the-scariest-company-in-tech/

15 years ago

103 upvotes – 53 comments

The Great Gatsby - For NES

http://greatgatsbygame.com/

15 years ago

103 upvotes – 32 comments

Announcing Soulmate, a Redis-backed service for fast autocompleting

http://seatgeek.com/blog/dev/announcing-soulmate-a-redis-backed-service-for-fast-autocompleting

15 years ago

97 upvotes – 23 comments

Call it "3G" or "4G," America's wireless networks are still slow

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/the-wireless-generation-gap-america-in-the-slow-lane.ars

15 years ago

82 upvotes – 35 comments

Finding similar items using minhashing

http://www.toao.com/posts/finding-similar-items-key-store-minhashing.html

15 years ago

81 upvotes – 20 comments

London Stock Exchange in historic Linux go-live

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/open-source/3260727/london-stock-exchange-in-historic-linux-go-live/

15 years ago

79 upvotes – 13 comments

My Favourite Programming Quotes

http://www.ginktage.com/2011/02/my-10-favourite-programming-quotes/

15 years ago

78 upvotes – 27 comments

Michigan left

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_left

15 years ago

77 upvotes – 77 comments

I know I belong in computer science, but sometimes I wonder.

http://blog.carolynworks.com/?p=640

15 years ago

75 upvotes – 61 comments

Email address validation: please stop

http://blog.sinjakli.co.uk/2011/02/13/email-address-validation-please-stop/

15 years ago

69 upvotes – 85 comments

Show HN: My useless but fun laser eyes web app

http://laserey.es

15 years ago

62 upvotes – 42 comments

Radiohead New Album Sets Aside 'Pay What You Want' Model

http://thekingoflimbs.com/

15 years ago

62 upvotes – 26 comments

Developing with CouchDB on Android

http://arandomurl.com/2011/02/13/developing-with-couchdb-on-android.html

15 years ago

60 upvotes – 3 comments

An iterative look at logo / icon design

http://blog.yobongo.com/post/3294786878/designing-the-yobongo-icon

15 years ago

59 upvotes – 30 comments

Ask HN: Which of your start up mistakes has taught you the most?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2215940

15 years ago

53 upvotes – 40 comments

GroupMe Is Now Sending One Million Texts Every Day

http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/14/groupme-one-million-texts/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

15 years ago

52 upvotes – 17 comments

Gary Vaynerchuk and Hustling - Don’t Underestimate Effort

http://www.fuzedmarketing.com/social-media/dont-underestimate-effort-gary-vaynerchuk-and-hustling/

15 years ago

50 upvotes – 26 comments

Noam Chomsky v. IBM’s Watson Computer

http://www.framingbusiness.net/archives/1287

15 years ago

49 upvotes – 47 comments

Where the "Oh fuck, the internet is here" came from

http://deathboy.livejournal.com/1082404.html

15 years ago

48 upvotes – 9 comments

The Next Generation of Apache Hadoop MapReduce

http://developer.yahoo.com/blogs/hadoop/posts/2011/02/mapreduce-nextgen/

15 years ago

45 upvotes – 1 comments

Google Axis

http://www.googleaxis.com/

15 years ago

43 upvotes – 17 comments

Can You Really Build A Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/14/can-you-really-build-a-great-tech-firm-outside-silicon-valley/

15 years ago

43 upvotes – 30 comments
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