top 20 hacker news stories for 2011-09-21

A First Look at BankSimple

http://banksimple.com/blog/BankSimple/a-first-look-at-BankSimple/

15 years ago

477 upvotes – 189 comments

Very cool, but very creepy, open source project

http://www.notcot.org/post/43233/

15 years ago

456 upvotes – 75 comments

GitHub Hits 1,000,000 users

https://github.com/blog/936-one-million

15 years ago

375 upvotes – 76 comments

Betty Weissman (mother of edw519) 1930-2011

http://edweissman.com/betty-weissman-1930-2011

15 years ago

340 upvotes – 65 comments

Why do Windows functions all begin with a pointless MOV EDI, EDI instruction?

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2011/09/21/10214405.aspx

15 years ago

320 upvotes – 43 comments

Windows 8 OEM specs may block Linux booting

http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/205255/windows-8-oem-specs-may-block-linux-booting

15 years ago

275 upvotes – 139 comments

Guys buy island on Craigslist, use Kickstarter to turn it into artist community

http://www.coldsplinters.com/2011/08/rabbit-island/

15 years ago

213 upvotes – 55 comments

Yahoo blocked emails about Wall Street protest

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20109134-93/yahoo-blocked-e-mails-about-wall-street-protests/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

15 years ago

180 upvotes – 49 comments

What a Developer Job Posting Should Look Like

http://pragprog.com/help-wanted/software-developer

15 years ago

167 upvotes – 96 comments

Microsoft has lost $9 billion on Bing

http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/20/technology/microsoft_bing/index.htm?source=cnn_bin

15 years ago

162 upvotes – 99 comments

Show HN: Check out the 23" Android 'tablet' I made for $600

http://martin.drashkov.com/2011/09/android-megapad-23-android-tablet-for.html

15 years ago

160 upvotes – 55 comments

TechStars Raises Fresh $24 M, Offers New Startups $100K Each

http://www.betabeat.com/2011/09/21/techstars-raises-fresh-24-m-offers-new-startups-100k-each/

15 years ago

141 upvotes – 36 comments

Wufoo Sold For $35 Mil. Here's The Story Behind Its Success.

http://mixergy.com/wufoo-sold-for-35-mil-heres-the-story-behind-its-success/

15 years ago

138 upvotes – 45 comments

Eric Schmidt Testifies Before Congress

http://www.c-span.org/Events/Google-Exec-Testifies-Before-Congress/10737424248-1/

15 years ago

131 upvotes – 117 comments

Apple Event for iPhone 5 announcement on October 4th

http://allthingsd.com/20110921/apple-to-hold-special-event-on-october-4/

15 years ago

118 upvotes – 76 comments

Google's Competitors Falsely Claim Google Dominates Because It Was 'First'

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110921/14190816043/how-quickly-we-forget-googles-competitors-falsely-claim-google-dominates-because-it-was-first.shtml

15 years ago

113 upvotes – 56 comments

Secrets of PostgreSQL Performance (DjangoCon)

http://blip.tv/djangocon/secrets-of-postgresql-performance-5572403

15 years ago

111 upvotes – 27 comments

Salesforce buys Assistly for $50M in cash

http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/21/salesforce-buys-social-customer-service-saas-startup-assistly-for-50m-in-cash/

15 years ago

100 upvotes – 34 comments

How not to recruit for a startup

http://www.wepay.com/blog/2011/09/21/how-not-to-recruit-for-a-startup/

15 years ago

99 upvotes – 56 comments

Show HN: Taking the Emmys by Storm (screencast on how to develop with Storm)

http://storm.twitsprout.com

15 years ago

93 upvotes – 14 comments
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