top 20 hacker news stories for 2011-09-16

Be Careful when Speaking to Federal Agents - 18 U.S.C. Section 1001

http://library.findlaw.com/2004/May/11/147945.html

15 years ago

390 upvotes – 176 comments

Break Google

http://www.mahdiyusuf.com/post/10246392773/break-google-search

15 years ago

383 upvotes – 87 comments

Opening *.txt file is dangerous on Windows

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-071

15 years ago

372 upvotes – 46 comments

What's wrong with this code, really?

http://cvmountain.com/2011/09/whats-wrong-with-this-code-really/

15 years ago

298 upvotes – 196 comments

Sony to ban gamers from PSN unless they waive right sue over security breaches.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14948701

15 years ago

288 upvotes – 102 comments

SingleHop Are Cheats

http://charlie.bz/articles/singlehop_are_cheats.html

15 years ago

208 upvotes – 50 comments

Arch Linux – "It is what you make it"

http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Arch-Linux-It-is-what-you-make-it-1343717.html

15 years ago

200 upvotes – 98 comments

5 subtle ways you’re using MySQL as a queue, and why it’ll bite you

http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2011/5-subtle-ways-youre-using-mysql-as-a-queue-and-why-itll-bite-you/

15 years ago

184 upvotes – 65 comments

Show HN: Fluid iPad App Concept

http://momo.brauchtman.net/2011/09/16/ipad-app-concept-based-on-a-fluid-layout/

15 years ago

179 upvotes – 40 comments

Iran blocks Tor; Tor releases same-day fix

https://blog.torproject.org/blog/iran-blocks-tor-tor-releases-same-day-fix

15 years ago

177 upvotes – 23 comments

Modern GPU: a collection of well-written GPGPU programming tutorials

http://www.moderngpu.com/

15 years ago

175 upvotes – 20 comments

The app that was fixed by a crash

http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/archives/2011/09/15/The-app-that-was-fixed-by-a-crash/index.html

15 years ago

169 upvotes – 19 comments

iOS is anti-Unix and anti-programmer

http://blog.dbpatterson.com/post/10244529137

15 years ago

156 upvotes – 140 comments

Academic papers are hidden from the public. Here's some direct action.

http://www.badscience.net/2011/09/academic-papers-are-hidden-from-the-public-heres-some-direct-action/

15 years ago

156 upvotes – 50 comments

Home-made bombs are being sent to physicists in Mexico

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110822/full/476373a.html

15 years ago

154 upvotes – 40 comments

Will It Optimize?

http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/archives/2010/07/23/will-it-optimize/index.html

15 years ago

132 upvotes – 29 comments

The $2 Billion UBS Incident: 'Rogue Trader' My Ass

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/the-2-billion-ubs-incident-rogue-trader-my-ass-20110915?print=true

15 years ago

131 upvotes – 68 comments

StackRocket: Build and share virtualized dev stacks, start coding in minutes

http://stackrocket.com

15 years ago

127 upvotes – 61 comments

Should you launch at a conference?

http://joelonsoftware.com/items/2011/09/15.html

15 years ago

120 upvotes – 20 comments

Humble pie.

http://www.humbledmba.com/humble-pie

15 years ago

115 upvotes – 18 comments
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