top 10 hacker news stories for 2011-08-21

Why Arabic is Terrific

http://idlewords.com/2011/08/why_arabic_is_terrific.htm

15 years ago

504 upvotes – 236 comments

Do all first links on Wikipedia lead to philosophy?

http://matpalm.com/blog/2011/08/13/wikipedia-philosophy/

15 years ago

289 upvotes – 48 comments

A Simple Explanation for Why HP Abandoned Palm

http://daringfireball.net/2011/08/hp_apotheker

15 years ago

198 upvotes – 96 comments

HN now comes with HTTPS?

https://news.ycombinator.com/

15 years ago

197 upvotes – 78 comments

Download.com wrapping downloads

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2910554

15 years ago

174 upvotes – 32 comments

List of vim plugins I use - with mini tutorials

http://mirnazim.org/writings/vim-plugins-i-use/

15 years ago

163 upvotes – 26 comments

Is That Review a Fake?

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/08/20/business/20110820-is-that-review-a-fake.html?src=tp

15 years ago

153 upvotes – 37 comments

GroupMe acquired by Skype

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/21/skype-to-acquire-year-old-group-messaging-service-groupme/

15 years ago

145 upvotes – 20 comments

Coding backwards

http://jameso.be/2011/08/19/coding-backwards.html

15 years ago

140 upvotes – 42 comments

Notch is coding live again

http://www.twitch.tv/realnotch

15 years ago

123 upvotes – 45 comments
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