top 10 hacker news stories for 2011-10-18

24 year old student lights match: Europe versus Facebook

http://www.identityblog.com/?p=1201

15 years ago

579 upvotes – 214 comments

Video: Quantum Levitation

http://jasonadriaan.com/post/11595319387/the-future

15 years ago

572 upvotes – 95 comments

TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API

http://www.takethislollipop.com/

15 years ago

440 upvotes – 133 comments

Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup

http://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret/2011/10/18/dropbox-the-inside-story-of-techs-hottest-startup/

15 years ago

384 upvotes – 103 comments

4chan's Chris Poole: Facebook & Google Are Doing It Wrong

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/4chans_chris_poole_facebook_google_are_doing_it_wr.php#.TpzDbGX8do0.hackernews

15 years ago

320 upvotes – 151 comments

So you think you know C: the Ksplice Pointer Challenge

http://blogs.oracle.com/ksplice/entry/the_ksplice_pointer_challenge

15 years ago

285 upvotes – 99 comments

No TV for children under 2, urge doctors

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/health/19babies.html

15 years ago

253 upvotes – 135 comments

How 1 HN post compelled me to leave Intuit and create a new startup for startups

http://www.copyhackers.com/2011/10/18/how-1-hn-post-compelled-me-to-leave-intuit-create-new-startup-for-startups/

15 years ago

252 upvotes – 96 comments

FSF: Campaign against windows 8 "secure boot"

http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/

15 years ago

238 upvotes – 61 comments

Google to default to SSL version for logged in users

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/making-search-more-secure.html

15 years ago

236 upvotes – 78 comments
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