top 20 hacker news stories for 2011-03-12

Cringley: Japan may have just permanently lost 20% of its electricity supply

http://www.cringely.com/2011/03/flea-powder-may-be-saving-lives-in-japan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ICringely+(I,+Cringely)

15 years ago

254 upvotes – 94 comments

Dubai on Empty

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/04/dubai-201104?currentPage=all

15 years ago

243 upvotes – 99 comments

Introducing NowJS or "How to make a chat server in 12 lines of code"

http://nowjs.com

15 years ago

241 upvotes – 32 comments

Why Gas Is So Expensive Today (Hint: It’s Not Libya)

http://www.cpeterson.org/2011/03/10/why-gas-is-so-expensive-today-hint-its-not-libya/

15 years ago

192 upvotes – 106 comments

Video of reactor 1 at Fukushima plant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg4uogOEUrU

15 years ago

176 upvotes – 101 comments

HBGary planned to "blow the balls off Nmap"

http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2011/q1/767

15 years ago

168 upvotes – 101 comments

Securing an Ubuntu Server

http://www.andrewault.net/2010/05/17/securing-an-ubuntu-server/

15 years ago

168 upvotes – 52 comments

Dear Twitter

http://helloform.com/blog/2011/03/dear-twitter/

15 years ago

155 upvotes – 38 comments

Google’s Quest to Build a Better Boss

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/business/13hire.html?ref=technology

15 years ago

129 upvotes – 39 comments

IPad 2 introduces new headphone jack

http://fury.com/2011/03/ipad-2-introduces-new-headphone-jack/

15 years ago

128 upvotes – 17 comments

Entire Japan coast shifted 2.4 metres, earth axis moves ten inches

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Japan+earthquake+factbox+Entire+Japan+coast+shifted+metres+earth+axis+moves+inches/4425617/story.html

15 years ago

125 upvotes – 45 comments

Making of Crash Bandicoot - GOOL

http://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/03/12/making-crash-bandicoot-gool-part-9/

15 years ago

102 upvotes – 10 comments

Music As Data - Music programming with Clojure

http://mad.emotionull.com/

15 years ago

91 upvotes – 18 comments

The Walled Garden Has Won

http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/12/the-walled-garden-has-won/

15 years ago

89 upvotes – 41 comments

IOS 4.3 Nitro JS engine disabled for full screen apps and uiwebview

http://www.mobilexweb.com/samples/nitro.html

15 years ago

88 upvotes – 43 comments

The secret law of page harmony

http://retinart.net/graphic-design/secret-law-of-page-harmony/

15 years ago

88 upvotes – 12 comments

Why cigarette packs matter

http://www.badscience.net/2011/03/why-cigarette-packs-matter/

15 years ago

79 upvotes – 35 comments

Engadget's Top Editors Topolsky and Patel Exit From AOL's Giant Tech Site

http://kara.allthingsd.com/20110312/engadgets-top-editors-topolsky-and-patel-exit-from-aols-giant-tech-site/

15 years ago

77 upvotes – 21 comments

Google at their best. Facebook at their best.

http://bryce.vc/post/3789090127

15 years ago

75 upvotes – 15 comments

Former nuclear reactor operator on Fukushima risks

http://theenergycollective.com/nathantemple/53384/how-shutdown-and-core-cooling-japanese-reactors-likely-functions

15 years ago

73 upvotes – 14 comments
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