top 20 hacker news stories for 2011-08-05

Give 100 Percent?

http://samanthadouglas.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/give-100-percent/

15 years ago

375 upvotes – 106 comments

We’re not going to have a jobless recovery. We’re going to have a jobless future

http://www.buzzmachine.com/2011/08/05/the-jobless-future/

15 years ago

275 upvotes – 263 comments

Hacker puts a video cam on an RC truck and saves the lives of 6 soldiers

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/remote-controlled-truck-soldier-afghanistan-saves-soldiers-lives/story?id=14225434&fb_ref=abc-fb-recs

15 years ago

272 upvotes – 96 comments

What's a Closure?

http://nathansjslessons.appspot.com/lesson?id=1000

15 years ago

254 upvotes – 57 comments

Are you a Facebook employee?

https://www.facebook.com/ajax/flash/user_info.php

15 years ago

191 upvotes – 94 comments

Designing command-line interfaces

http://www.antoarts.com/designing-command-line-interfaces/

15 years ago

166 upvotes – 80 comments

Hackers Can Kill Diabetics w/ Insulin Pumps? Facts vs. Fear Mongering

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HackersCanKillDiabeticsWithInsulinPumpsFromAHalfMileAwayUmNoFactsVsJournalisticFearMongering.aspx

15 years ago

163 upvotes – 50 comments

Martin Fowler on Software Patents

http://martinfowler.com/bliki/SoftwarePatent.html

15 years ago

155 upvotes – 53 comments

How I explained MapReduce to my Wife?

http://whyjava.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/how-i-explained-mapreduce-to-my-wife/

15 years ago

130 upvotes – 48 comments

My Name Is Me - Supporting your freedom to choose the name you use online

http://my.nameis.me/

15 years ago

127 upvotes – 43 comments

Why Facebook and Google's Concept of "Real Names" Is Revolutionary

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/08/why-facebook-and-googles-concept-of-real-names-is-revolutionary/243171/

15 years ago

124 upvotes – 66 comments

Code Kata: Becoming a better developer

http://codekata.pragprog.com/2007/01/code_kata_backg.html

15 years ago

116 upvotes – 30 comments

Why aren't there any Open Source laser printers?

http://www.arbitraryuser.com/blog/2011/08/05/open-source-printing/

15 years ago

114 upvotes – 56 comments

Google Announces Plans To Bake Android-Like Web Intents Into Chrome

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/04/google-announces-plans-to-bake-android-like-web-intents-into-chrome/

15 years ago

108 upvotes – 45 comments

Police: Mock us in Cartoons, go to Prison

http://www.dailytech.com/Police+Mock+us+in+Cartoons+go+to+Prison/article22362.htm

15 years ago

106 upvotes – 33 comments

Bonfire of the Vanities

http://steveblank.com/2011/08/05/bonfire-of-the-vanities/

15 years ago

104 upvotes – 21 comments

A Short Introduction to Prolog

http://coliveira.net/software/a-short-introduction-to-prolog/

15 years ago

102 upvotes – 40 comments

How Plan B found the Droid I was looking for

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/08/how-plan-b-found-the-droid-i-was-looking-for.ars

15 years ago

94 upvotes – 23 comments

Black Hat hacker details lethal wireless attack on insulin pumps

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/92054-black-hat-hacker-details-wireless-attack-on-insulin-pumps

15 years ago

94 upvotes – 40 comments

Federal Circuit Slams Patent Troll

http://ipwatchdog.com/2011/08/04/indicia-of-extortion-federal-circuit-slams-patent-troll/id=18568/

15 years ago

88 upvotes – 16 comments
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