top 10 hacker news stories for 2011-08-04

How to seem good at everything: Stop doing stupid shit

http://jinfiesto.posterous.com/how-to-seem-good-at-everything-stop-doing-stu

15 years ago

403 upvotes – 130 comments

Who Rules America: An Investment Manager's View on the Top 1%

http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/investment_manager.html

15 years ago

362 upvotes – 201 comments

Zed Shaw: The wonderful Rob Sobers did a great job translating LPTHW to Ruby

http://ruby.learncodethehardway.org/

15 years ago

327 upvotes – 65 comments

Google Threw A Punch, Microsoft Fires Back With A Missile

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/03/microsoft-just-kicked-google-in-the-nuts/

15 years ago

293 upvotes – 143 comments

“Real Names” Policies Are an Abuse of Power

http://socialmediacollective.org/2011/08/04/real-names-policies-are-an-abuse-of-power/

15 years ago

272 upvotes – 187 comments

$1 chip tests for HIV in 15 minutes, fits in your wallet

http://www.fastcompany.com/1770850/the-10-cent-plastic-chip-that-quickly-detect-hiv-syphilis

15 years ago

214 upvotes – 124 comments

Why "Coupon Code" Should Not be a Field on Your Payment Form

http://rachelbaker.me/2011/coupon-code-boxes-should-not-be-on-payment-forms/

15 years ago

209 upvotes – 94 comments

Parse (YC S11): A Heroku For Mobile Apps

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/04/yc-funded-parse-a-heroku-for-mobile-apps/

15 years ago

201 upvotes – 61 comments

Show HN: My weekend project - preview TV sizes on your wall

http://tvsizematters.com

15 years ago

179 upvotes – 51 comments

Groupon’s Strikeouts Reveal an Unspoken Truth

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-04/groupon-s-strikeouts-reveal-an-unspoken-truth-jonathan-weil.html

15 years ago

160 upvotes – 46 comments
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