top 20 hacker news stories for 2011-10-04

Flash Game Simulates Living on $9/hr.

http://playspent.org/

15 years ago

421 upvotes – 375 comments

I Think Your App Should Be Free

http://blog.earbits.com/online_radio/i-think-your-app-should-be-free/

15 years ago

334 upvotes – 231 comments

Node.js has jumped the shark

http://www.unlimitednovelty.com/2011/10/nodejs-has-jumped-shark.html

15 years ago

321 upvotes – 126 comments

Wikipedia shuts down Italian site because of Berlusconi's "Wiretapping Act"

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Comunicato_4_ottobre_2011/en

15 years ago

271 upvotes – 59 comments

Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator, Only One Month Late

http://waxy.org/2011/10/apples_1987_knowledge_navigator_only_one_month_late/

15 years ago

244 upvotes – 45 comments

Google’s Management Doesn’t Use Google+

http://theunderstatement.com/post/11018308302/googles-management-doesnt-use-google

15 years ago

214 upvotes – 80 comments

Isaac Asimov on Security Theatre.

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/10/isaac_asimov_on.html

15 years ago

176 upvotes – 46 comments

Comparing Hacker News & the Slashdot Effect

http://cmdrtaco.net/2011/10/then-along-came-hacker-news/

15 years ago

163 upvotes – 54 comments

Kindle Fire pre-orders exceeding 2,000 per hour

http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/kindle-fire-pre-orders-exceeding-2000-per-hour-2011104/

15 years ago

161 upvotes – 81 comments

Knowing when to quit - an under-rated skill.

http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/09/30/the-upside-of-quitting-full-transcript/

15 years ago

159 upvotes – 18 comments

A Tour of Go

http://go-tour.appspot.com/

15 years ago

131 upvotes – 15 comments

Tilt-Shift Using CSS

http://lab.simurai.com/css/tilt-shift/

15 years ago

125 upvotes – 16 comments

US, Aus, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, and S. Korea sign ACTA

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/10/us-signs-international-anti-piracy-accord.ars

15 years ago

124 upvotes – 34 comments

Apple's 'Let's Talk iPhone' keynote liveblog

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/apples-lets-talk-iphone-keynote-liveblog/

15 years ago

120 upvotes – 115 comments

Why code review beats testing: evidence from decades of programming research

http://kev.inburke.com/kevin/the-best-ways-to-find-bugs-in-your-code/

15 years ago

117 upvotes – 47 comments

Apple Reveals Siri Voice Interface: The “Intelligent Assistant”

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/04/apple-reveals-siri-voice-interface-the-intelligent-assistant/

15 years ago

116 upvotes – 173 comments

Did a reporter just solve the bitcoin mystery?

https://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/03/141011155/did-a-reporter-just-solve-the-bitcoin-mystery

15 years ago

114 upvotes – 52 comments

YC Application Checklist (apps due in 1 week)

http://www.giftrocket.com/blog/yc-application-checklist

15 years ago

110 upvotes – 25 comments

A Quick Look Into The Math Of Animations With JavaScript

http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/04/quick-look-math-animations-javascript/

15 years ago

107 upvotes – 12 comments

First Ride in Tesla Model S

http://translogic.aolautos.com/2011/10/03/exclusive-first-ride-in-the-tesla-model-s-video/

15 years ago

102 upvotes – 62 comments
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