top 50% hacker news stories for 2011-11-23

Google.pl's crazy doodle

http://www.google.pl/

15 years ago

492 upvotes – 69 comments

Apache considered harmful

http://www.mikealrogers.com/posts/apache-considered-harmful.html

15 years ago

300 upvotes – 165 comments

Please let this not be the future of reading on the web

http://www.elezea.com/2011/11/future-of-web-reading/

15 years ago

274 upvotes – 119 comments

How I Became a Programmer in ~12 Weeks

http://mattdeboard.net/2011/11/23/how-i-became-a-programmer

15 years ago

239 upvotes – 173 comments

Image Ad Blending Works Really, Really Well

http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/11/23/image-ad-blending-works-really-really-well/

15 years ago

235 upvotes – 199 comments

What's wrong with OKCupid's matching algorithm.

http://blog.hiremebecauseimsmart.com/post/13178732106/okcupid-whats-wrong-match-algorithm

15 years ago

214 upvotes – 107 comments

Groupon falls below $20/share

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GRPN

15 years ago

183 upvotes – 104 comments

GitHub for Mac 1.1

https://github.com/blog/988-github-for-mac-1-1

15 years ago

164 upvotes – 61 comments

Amazon Puts Your $1000 Kindle Library 'On Hold,' Apologizes, Shrugs

http://consumerist.com/2011/11/amazon-puts-your-1000-kindle-library-on-hold-apologizes-shrugs.html

15 years ago

154 upvotes – 101 comments

Google Now Censors The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, 4Shared and More

http://torrentfreak.com/google-now-censors-the-pirate-bay-isohunt-4shared-and-more-111123/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

15 years ago

134 upvotes – 84 comments

Xmonad 0.10 was released

http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Notable_changes_since_0.9

15 years ago

134 upvotes – 69 comments

Stanford class on Information Theory

http://www.infotheory-class.org/

15 years ago

132 upvotes – 30 comments

MPAA Costs Hollywood More Than US BitTorrent Piracy

http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-costs-hollywood-more-than-us-bittorrent-piracy-111122/

15 years ago

125 upvotes – 16 comments

Face detection jQuery Plugin

http://facedetection.jaysalvat.com/

15 years ago

113 upvotes – 40 comments

Show HN: tool for commodity traders, brokers and analysts.

http://www.bullbear.ca

15 years ago

107 upvotes – 90 comments

The 57,000 Page Tax Return

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/11/the-57000-page-tax-return.html

15 years ago

106 upvotes – 99 comments

Grooveshark Bites Back: We’ll Fight Universal in Court, Not The Press

http://torrentfreak.com/grooveshark-bites-back-well-fight-universal-in-court-not-the-press-111123/

15 years ago

101 upvotes – 44 comments

Signal picked up from Russia's stranded Mars probe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15850516

15 years ago

89 upvotes – 26 comments

Why SOPA endangers America's Internet leadership

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/why-sopa-endangers-americas-internet-leadership.ars

15 years ago

86 upvotes – 7 comments

Basic Patterns for Everyday Programming

http://laktek.com/2011/11/23/basic-patterns-for-everyday-programming/

15 years ago

85 upvotes – 23 comments

Simplicity is not a simple concept

http://raganwald.posterous.com/simplicity-is-not-a-simple-concept

15 years ago

71 upvotes – 28 comments

Battling the Internet Water Army: Detection of Hidden Paid Posters

http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.4297

15 years ago

66 upvotes – 24 comments

Introducing HTML5

http://introducinghtml5.com/

15 years ago

64 upvotes – 16 comments

From "Hack" to "Popular Project"

http://zachholman.com/posts/from-hack-to-popular-project/

15 years ago

64 upvotes – 16 comments

Ask HN: Should I start looking for remote/freelance work outside my country?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3270096

15 years ago

61 upvotes – 52 comments

Microsoft shoots down Google's Dart

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57330431-264/microsoft-shoots-down-googles-dart-language/

15 years ago

61 upvotes – 72 comments

Joel Spolsky video – Simplicity is a way of avoiding looking like you lack value

http://thebln.com/2011/11/joel-spolsky-at-business-of-software-2009-simplicity-is-a-way-of-avoiding-looking-like-you-lack-value/

15 years ago

60 upvotes – 32 comments

Amazon owning app distribution is irrelevant

http://avichal.com/2011/11/23/amazon-owning-app-distribution-is-irrelevant/

15 years ago

55 upvotes – 32 comments

HTML 5 canvas graphics library

http://www.exsprite.com/

15 years ago

55 upvotes – 16 comments

Malls track shopper cell phones on Black Friday. To opt out? Turn off your phone

http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/22/technology/malls_track_cell_phones_black_friday/

15 years ago

53 upvotes – 74 comments

Google drops the axe on its internal renewable energy work

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/11/google-drops-the-axe-on-its-internal-renewable-energy-work.ars

15 years ago

52 upvotes – 17 comments

Prediction: Amazon will take over Android app distribution

http://www.marco.org/2011/11/22/amazon-stole-the-android-app-market

15 years ago

51 upvotes – 52 comments

Microsoft looking to buy Yahoo again

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/microsoft-signs-a-nondisclosure-agreement-with-yahoo/?smid=tw-nytimesbusiness&seid=auto

15 years ago

49 upvotes – 38 comments

Why loading third party scripts async is not good enough

http://www.aaronpeters.nl/blog/why-loading-third-party-scripts-async-is-not-good-enough

15 years ago

47 upvotes – 20 comments

Inside the BBC's R&D Labs

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/11/23/reg_hardware_goes_inside_bbc_research_and_development_labs/

15 years ago

47 upvotes – 1 comments

Ask HN: Hacker Finances? / How much do you save each month?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3268831

15 years ago

45 upvotes – 62 comments

Show HN: my weekend project - stumbleupon for videos

http://cyrolaughs.com/videos/1605610326-1kAG39jKi0lI#.Ts18MnNZiz0

15 years ago

45 upvotes – 27 comments

Letter to a Co-Founder

http://www.64notes.com/dear-co-founder-open-letter-to-your-co-founder/

15 years ago

42 upvotes – 21 comments

What If Facebook's IPO Dreams Are Built On As Much Hype As Groupon's?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2011/11/23/what-if-facebooks-ipo-dreams-are-built-on-as-much-hype-as-groupons/

15 years ago

42 upvotes – 24 comments

Fermat's Unfinished Business

http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/11/23/fermats-unfinished-business/

15 years ago

41 upvotes – 6 comments
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