504
236
Why Arabic is Terrific
http://idlewords.com/2011/08/why_arabic_is_terrific.htm
15 years ago
289
48
Do all first links on Wikipedia lead to philosophy?
http://matpalm.com/blog/2011/08/13/wikipedia-philosophy/
198
96
A Simple Explanation for Why HP Abandoned Palm
http://daringfireball.net/2011/08/hp_apotheker
197
78
HN now comes with HTTPS?
https://news.ycombinator.com/
174
32
Download.com wrapping downloads
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2910554
163
26
List of vim plugins I use - with mini tutorials
http://mirnazim.org/writings/vim-plugins-i-use/
153
37
Is That Review a Fake?
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/08/20/business/20110820-is-that-review-a-fake.html?src=tp
145
20
GroupMe acquired by Skype
http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/21/skype-to-acquire-year-old-group-messaging-service-groupme/
140
42
Coding backwards
http://jameso.be/2011/08/19/coding-backwards.html
123
45
Notch is coding live again
http://www.twitch.tv/realnotch
116
67
How to charge clients: flat fee vs. hourly rate?
http://watilo.com/how-to-charge-clients-flat-fee-vs-hourly-rate
108
70
The little-known secret of how to actually choose a web designer
http://informationhighwayman.com/rants/choose-web-designer-easy-steps/
97
99
Superfast military plane hit Mach 20 before crash
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44208437/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/superfast-military-plane-hit-mach-crash/
92
6
The State of CyanogenMod
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/the-state-of-cyanogenmod
80
8
Port of PG's "On Lisp" to Clojure
http://thinkrelevance.com/blog/2008/12/12/on-lisp-clojure.html
74
Stupid scientists
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/19/none-so-blind/
17
NewLisp
http://www.newlisp.org/
73
39
Show HN: Rasta.js, anonymous domainless key-value store for frontend JavaScript
http://rastajs.errorjs.com
15
Get started with WebGL: draw a square
http://www.netmagazine.com/tutorials/get-started-webgl-draw-square
66
Jtalk: a Smalltalk implementation that runs on the JavaScript runtime.
http://jtalk-project.org/
65
Argentina blocks more than 1,000,000 blogger blogs.
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fgoogleamericalatinablog.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fblogs-bloqueados-en-argentina.html
64
5
The Perils of Partially Powered Languages
http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2011/08/perils-partially-powered-languages
55
25
Philip K. Dick: A Visionary Among the Charlatans
http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/5/lem5art.htm
Crash-Only Software
http://www.usenix.org/events/hotos03/tech/full_papers/candea/candea.pdf
14
Linux Journal goes 100% digital
http://www.linuxjournal.com/digital-faq
44
Paypal Founder Peter Thiel Invests to Create Floating Micro-Countries
http://inhabitat.com/paypal-founder-invests-1-25-million-to-create-floating-micro-countries/
13
Show HN: Save reading time with the TL;DR PLZ bookmarklet
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2909309
33
Nymwars: A view from the trenches within Google
https://plus.google.com/u/0/110295984969329522620/posts/ExKJZgBAYxM#110295984969329522620/posts/ExKJZgBAYxM