top 50% hacker news stories for 2011-12-06

More Paypal nonsense

http://www.regretsy.com/2011/12/05/cats-1-kids-0/

15 years ago

870 upvotes – 246 comments

Don't Be A Free User

http://blog.pinboard.in/2011/12/don_t_be_a_free_user/

15 years ago

793 upvotes – 170 comments

Facebook security hole allows viewing of private photos

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=140261733

15 years ago

372 upvotes – 137 comments

CNet's Download.com now bundling Nmap with malware

http://seclists.org/nmap-hackers/2011/5

15 years ago

314 upvotes – 67 comments

Instant CSS, JS, HTML or DOM documentation

http://dochub.io/

15 years ago

287 upvotes – 48 comments

The Rise of Developeronomics

http://www.forbes.com/sites/venkateshrao/2011/12/05/the-rise-of-developeronomics/

15 years ago

282 upvotes – 118 comments

Tell HN: You said not to. So I quit my job and started. 5 mos later: OpenPhoto

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3320615

15 years ago

253 upvotes – 142 comments

Why TechCrunch is boring, SAP is not, and the world has gone mad

http://peopleprocesstech.com/2011/12/05/why-techcrunch-is-boring-sap-is-not-and-the-world-has-gone-mad/

15 years ago

224 upvotes – 139 comments

The single most useful Emacs feature

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60367/the-single-most-useful-emacs-feature

15 years ago

216 upvotes – 110 comments

What is the single most influential book every programmer should read?

http://stackoverflow.com/q/1711/142240

15 years ago

193 upvotes – 95 comments

Csg.js: Constructive Solid Geometry, with rotatable 3D models

http://evanw.github.com/csg.js/

15 years ago

186 upvotes – 17 comments

Sal Khan is MIT's 2012 Commencement speaker

http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N57/khan.html

15 years ago

185 upvotes – 20 comments

Oregon Blogger Isn't a Journalist, Court Imposes $2.5M Judgement

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2011/12/crystal_cox_oregon_blogger_isn.php

15 years ago

134 upvotes – 50 comments

Always have 18 months of cash in the bank

http://cdixon.org/2011/12/06/always-have-18-months-of-cash-in-the-bank/

15 years ago

131 upvotes – 42 comments

Basecamp Next

http://37signals.com/basecampnext/

15 years ago

122 upvotes – 78 comments

jwz: Apple recently broke Ctrl-Y

http://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/12/apple-recently-broke-ctrl-y/

15 years ago

120 upvotes – 49 comments

Bootbox.js - alert, confirm and flexible dialogs for Twitter's bootstrap

http://paynedigital.com/2011/11/bootbox-js-alert-confirm-dialogs-for-twitter-bootstrap

15 years ago

118 upvotes – 14 comments

OpenDNS launches DNSCrypt: secure DNS

http://www.opendns.com/technology/dnscrypt/

15 years ago

115 upvotes – 64 comments

Regretsy Issue Resolution

https://www.thepaypalblog.com/2011/12/regretsy-issue-resolution/

15 years ago

114 upvotes – 75 comments

Why are pornstars more notable than scientists on Wikipedia?

http://www.chemconnector.com/2011/11/17/why-are-pornstars-more-notable-than-scientists-on-wikipedia/

15 years ago

113 upvotes – 87 comments

Amazon Will Pay Shoppers $5 to Walk Out of Stores Empty-Handed

http://allthingsd.com/20111206/amazon-will-pay-shoppers-5-to-walk-out-of-stores-empty-handed

15 years ago

108 upvotes – 133 comments

Gowalla Founders v. Gowalla Investors

http://uncrunched.com/2011/12/05/gowalla-founders-v-gowalla-investors/

15 years ago

107 upvotes – 56 comments

Six Days without Food: Hacking Your Mind to Make Do with Far Less

http://jdbentley.com/six-days-without-food-hacking-your-mind-to-make-do-with-far-less/

15 years ago

102 upvotes – 117 comments

Wall Street’s Repeat Violations, Despite Repeated Promises

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/11/08/business/Wall-Streets-Repeat-Violations-Despite-PromisesStsssss.html

15 years ago

97 upvotes – 44 comments

Metallica Concerts, 1982-2012 [Infographics]

http://cilekagaci.com/2011/11/30/metallica-on-stage/

15 years ago

96 upvotes – 40 comments

10 billion Android Market downloads and counting

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/10-billion-android-market-downloads-and.html

15 years ago

89 upvotes – 44 comments

PHP Fog is Free Forever, and Now Even More Free

http://blog.phpfog.com/2011/12/06/php-fog-is-free-forever-and-now-even-more-free/

15 years ago

88 upvotes – 41 comments

Show HN: Write and deploy your first web app in 5 minutes, no setup needed

http://www.trybloc.com/

15 years ago

86 upvotes – 31 comments

The Durable Document Store You Didn't Know You Had, But Did

http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/13829210385/the-durable-document-store-you-didnt-know-you-had-but

15 years ago

86 upvotes – 20 comments

Firefox 3.6 vs 8.0

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/see-what-youre-missing-firefox-36-vs-firefox-801/16809

15 years ago

83 upvotes – 64 comments

Verizon is blocking Google Wallet on Galaxy Nexus

http://9to5google.com/2011/12/05/verizon-is-blocking-google-wallet-likely-because-of-isis-partnership/

15 years ago

82 upvotes – 33 comments

Confessions of a tech journalist: my advice to startups pitching the media

http://seanblanda.com/blog/feature/confessions-of-a-tech-journalist-my-advice-to-startups-pitching-the-media/

15 years ago

78 upvotes – 11 comments

Understanding Java Garbage Collection

http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Understanding-Java-Garbage-Collection

15 years ago

78 upvotes – 1 comments

Save the Internet - the pressure is working

http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/?cl=1425589399&v=11332

15 years ago

77 upvotes – 23 comments

Show HN: Errorception - High performance JavaScript error tracking

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3319099

15 years ago

76 upvotes – 54 comments

An interview with Derek Sivers

http://derek.sivers.usesthis.com/

15 years ago

76 upvotes – 26 comments

Demoscene Blu-ray finally available after five years

http://trixter.oldskool.org/2011/11/22/mindcandy-volume-3-is-now-available/

15 years ago

75 upvotes – 15 comments

Quixey Challenge - 1 Bug, 1 Minute, $100

http://www.quixeychallenge.com

15 years ago

68 upvotes – 41 comments

Stop being so productive

http://swizec.com/blog/stop-being-so-fucking-productive/swizec/3124

15 years ago

66 upvotes – 20 comments

$100 Novo7 tablet: Android 4.0, 7" capacitive screen, USB 2.0, HDMI

http://www.ainovo.com/

15 years ago

66 upvotes – 45 comments

Tell HN: You can have 80% of my startup for $1

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3317855

15 years ago

65 upvotes – 39 comments

Node.js modules you should know about: request

http://www.catonmat.net/blog/nodejs-modules-request/

15 years ago

59 upvotes – 8 comments

90 second product pitch video in stop motion on a $5 budget

http://blog.gymheroapp.com/84234462

15 years ago

58 upvotes – 22 comments
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