top 50% 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

Securing an Ubuntu Server

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

15 years ago

168 upvotes – 52 comments

HBGary planned to "blow the balls off Nmap"

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

15 years ago

168 upvotes – 101 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

Sun.com Will Disappear After June 1

http://blogs.sun.com/OTNGarage/entry/sun_com_will_disappear_after

15 years ago

73 upvotes – 41 comments

IPad 2 Wi-Fi Teardown

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-2-Wi-Fi-Teardown/5071/1

15 years ago

69 upvotes – 27 comments

Stack Exchange CEO: "Nobody Wants To Find Yahoo Answers In Their Search Results"

http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/12/founder-stories-stack-overflows-joel-spolsky-nobody-wants-to-find-yahoo-answers-in-their-search-results/

15 years ago

66 upvotes – 46 comments

The thousands of startups today that are pitching...

http://bryce.vc/post/3803088108/the-thousands-of-startups-today-that-are-pitching

15 years ago

66 upvotes – 16 comments

AMD needs 1000 Developers with Linux Skills

http://career-resources.dice.com/articles/content/entry/amd_ramps_up_hiring_for

15 years ago

65 upvotes – 27 comments

Study: Diet May Help ADHD Kids More Than Drugs

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/12/134456594/study-diet-may-help-adhd-kids-more-than-drugs?sc=fb&cc=fp

15 years ago

64 upvotes – 39 comments

Clojure at BackType: Cascalog, ElephantDB and Storm

http://www.slideshare.net/nathanmarz/clojure-at-backtype

15 years ago

60 upvotes – 3 comments

Lost city of Atlantis, swamped by tsunami, may be found

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/12/us-tsunami-atlantis-idUSTRE72B2JR20110312

15 years ago

56 upvotes – 9 comments

Support The Victims of Japan's Earthquake With Your Loose Change

http://blog.swipegood.com/support-the-victims-of-japans-earthquake-with

15 years ago

55 upvotes – 20 comments

Son of ACTA: meet the next secret copyright treaty

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/son-of-acta-meet-the-next-secret-copyright-treaty.ars

15 years ago

52 upvotes – 6 comments

P2P API Discovered in Latest Builds of Chromium

http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/03/p2p-api-discovered-in-latest-b.php

15 years ago

49 upvotes – 27 comments

Build Real Time Web Apps More Easily with NowJS

http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/03/build-real-time-web-apps-easie.php?sms_ss=hackernews&at_xt=4d7bdc8a920484c2%2C0

15 years ago

47 upvotes – 6 comments
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