top 20 hacker news stories for 2011-02-17

Brilliant use of CSS drop shadows

http://nicolasgallagher.com/css-drop-shadows-without-images/demo/

15 years ago

426 upvotes – 60 comments

The HB Gary Email That Should Concern Us All (Sockpuppet Management Software)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/16/945768/-UPDATED:-The-HB-Gary-Email-That-Should-Concern-Us-All

15 years ago

326 upvotes – 119 comments

Last.fm co-founder: Apple just fucked over online music subs for the iPhone

http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/02/17/apple-just-f-over-online-music-subs-for-the-iphone-lastfm/

15 years ago

271 upvotes – 206 comments

The Cognitive Style of Unix

http://blog.vivekhaldar.com/post/3339907908/the-cognitive-style-of-unix

15 years ago

239 upvotes – 68 comments

Langton's ant

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

15 years ago

176 upvotes – 20 comments

It’s Not a Bubble, People; It’s a Pyramid Scheme

http://www.pehub.com/96111/its-not-a-bubble-people-its-a-pyramid-scheme/

15 years ago

173 upvotes – 58 comments

What Google knows about you

http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/view

15 years ago

169 upvotes – 51 comments

Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-isnt-wall-street-in-jail-20110216

15 years ago

158 upvotes – 93 comments

How ~75% of PirateBay traffic is seeded by 100 people driven by profit

http://www.bit-tech.net/bits/interviews/2011/02/16/torrent-seeders-driven-profit/

15 years ago

130 upvotes – 54 comments

Why Can’t Tablet Makers Just Freaking Ship?

http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/02/17/why-cant-tablet-makers-just-freaking-ship/

15 years ago

128 upvotes – 98 comments

Tell HN: Catch.com raises 7m. Didn't get in as solo founder (S08), kept pushing

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2229261

15 years ago

116 upvotes – 41 comments

Django and Python 3

http://alexgaynor.net/2011/feb/17/django-and-python-3-take-2/

15 years ago

110 upvotes – 17 comments

Using git and dropbox together

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1960799/using-gitdropbox-together-effectively/1961515#1961515

15 years ago

110 upvotes – 56 comments

Ask IBM's Watson Research Team Anything

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/fnfg3/by_request_we_are_the_ibm_research_team_that/

15 years ago

106 upvotes – 27 comments

Cooling a cup of coffee with help of a spoon

http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/5265/cooling-a-cup-of-coffee-with-help-of-a-spoon

15 years ago

94 upvotes – 43 comments

Game Closure Makes it a Breeze to Build Multiplayer, Cross-Platform Games

http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/17/game-closure-makes-it-a-breeze-to-build-multiplayer-cross-platform-games/

15 years ago

93 upvotes – 17 comments

Rubinius Announces Plans for GIL Elimination, JIT Improvements, Targetable VM

http://rubini.us/2011/02/17/rubinius-what-s-next/

15 years ago

90 upvotes – 21 comments

Naughty Dog used Google SketchUp for Uncharted 2 development

http://www.geek.com/articles/games/naughty-dog-used-google-sketchup-for-uncharted-2-development-20110217/

15 years ago

86 upvotes – 26 comments

Show HN: I've always wanted a Y Combinator shirt, so I made one.

http://fold.sigusr2.net/2011/02/y-combinator-in-ycombinator.html

15 years ago

80 upvotes – 32 comments

Y Combinator founder: there is no tech bubble

http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/17/graham-y-combinator-no-tech-bubble/

15 years ago

79 upvotes – 53 comments
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