top 20 hacker news stories for 2011-07-05

Why I read Hacker News even though I understand very little of it

http://alexrosen.com/blog/2011/05/sponge-learning/

15 years ago

373 upvotes – 89 comments

Advanced Javascript tips and tricks

http://code.google.com/p/jslibs/wiki/JavascriptTips#language_advanced_Tips_&_Tricks

15 years ago

311 upvotes – 35 comments

Twitter acquires BackType (YC S08)

http://blog.backtype.com/2011/07/backtype-has-been-acquired-by-twitter/

15 years ago

263 upvotes – 48 comments

MIT 6.006: Algorithms in Python

http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.006/spring11/notes.shtml

15 years ago

260 upvotes – 27 comments

US claims all .com and .net websites are in its jurisdiction

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2083906/claims-com-net-websites-jurisdiction

15 years ago

253 upvotes – 153 comments

Clojure on Heroku

http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2011/7/5/clojure_on_heroku/

15 years ago

243 upvotes – 27 comments

Cool notification messages with CSS3 & Jquery

http://www.red-team-design.com/cool-notification-messages-with-css3-jquery

15 years ago

194 upvotes – 33 comments

Facebook blocks Google Chrome extension for exporting friends

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-blocks-google-chrome-extension-for-exporting-friends/1935

15 years ago

192 upvotes – 103 comments

Google to Retire Blogger & Picasa Brands in Google+ Push

http://mashable.com/2011/07/05/google-blogger-picasa-rebranding/

15 years ago

186 upvotes – 90 comments

Question for PG/HN: Where do you think we stand on your list of "ideas"?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2728401

15 years ago

172 upvotes – 103 comments

All NeXT Inc.'s Plant Lacks Is Orders (1990)

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/24/business/all-next-inc-s-plant-lacks-is-orders.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

15 years ago

156 upvotes – 80 comments

The Broken Promises of MRI/REE/YARV

http://timetobleed.com/the-broken-promises-of-mrireeyarv/

15 years ago

149 upvotes – 65 comments

This is why memory fragmentation is bad

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666058#c31

15 years ago

144 upvotes – 94 comments

90 Law Professors sign letter in opposition to Protect IP Act

http://volokh.com/2011/07/04/and-speaking-of-the-inalienable-right-to-the-pursuit-of-happiness/

15 years ago

138 upvotes – 28 comments

My wife's and my holiday weekend project: A database of intro books

http://bestintrobook.com

15 years ago

134 upvotes – 79 comments

The Pi Manifesto

http://www.thepimanifesto.com/

15 years ago

116 upvotes – 82 comments

Music Theory For Beginners (part 2)

http://www.whitakerblackall.com/blog/music-theory-for-beginners-ii/

15 years ago

115 upvotes – 16 comments

V8: a tale of two compilers

http://wingolog.org/archives/2011/07/05/v8-a-tale-of-two-compilers

15 years ago

113 upvotes – 17 comments

Why WSJ Mobile App Gets 2 Star Customer Reviews

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mobile-startup-screen.html

15 years ago

108 upvotes – 24 comments

What Alan T. did for his PhD

http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=697

15 years ago

104 upvotes – 13 comments
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