top 20 hacker news stories for 2011-12-09

HP to Contribute webOS to Open Source

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/111209xa.html?mtxs=rss-corp-news

15 years ago

Apple using patents to undermine open standards again

http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/2011/12/09/apple-w3c

15 years ago

At the End of a Procrastinated Day

http://removed.posterous.com/at-the-end-of-a-procrastinated-day

15 years ago

We've invented waterfall

http://epicenterconsulting.com/method

15 years ago

Snake game in a data: URI

http://bytex64.net/code/datasnake/

15 years ago

The Crunchpad is proof of obviousness in iPad design

http://nikcub.appspot.com/posts/crunchpad-proof-obviousness-in-ipad-design

15 years ago

Obama Announces $2B Fund for Startups

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/08/we-can-t-wait-obama-administration-announces-2-billion-resources-support?spMailingID=2405268&spJobID=34909673&spReportId=MzQ5MDk2NzMS1&spUserID=ODQ5NDAwOTg1S0

15 years ago

The diagnosis

http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/the-diagnosis.html

15 years ago

JQuery plugins site accidentally deleted - last backup one year old.

http://blog.jquery.com/2011/12/08/what-is-happening-to-the-jquery-plugins-site/#pluginstldr

15 years ago

Over 40% of cancers due to lifestyle, says review

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16031149

15 years ago

MPAA Boss: If The Chinese Censor The Internet, Why Can't The US?

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111208/14521817014/mpaa-boss-if-chinese-censor-internet-without-problem-why-cant-us.shtml

15 years ago

Motorola wins patent suit against Apple in Germany, iPhone/iPad to be banned

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/12/09/motorola-wins-patent-suit-against-apple-in-germany-iphoneipad-to-be-banned/

15 years ago

Your Idea Is Worthless. Worry about finding smart nerds.

https://plus.google.com/110581693083408452344/posts/cMCwLee5Wn9

15 years ago

Moving to Stripe: Fixing the Biggest Mistake I've Made to Date

http://www.centernetworks.com/stripe-from-paypal-google-checkout

15 years ago

Clinton Urges Countries Not to Restrict Internet

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/09/world/at-hague-hillary-rodham-clinton-urges-countries-not-to-restrict-internet.html?_r=all

15 years ago

Notes on Programming in C - Rob Pike, February 21, 1989

http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/pikestyle

15 years ago

Redis for win32 and the Microsoft patch

http://antirez.com/post/redis-win32-msft-patch.html

15 years ago

'WildChords' is One of the Coolest Things I've Seen the iPad Do

http://toucharcade.com/2011/12/09/wildchords-is-one-of-the-coolest-things-ive-seen-the-ipad-do/

15 years ago

It's Insanely Hard to Make a Kick-Ass iPhone App

http://www.georgesaines.com/?p=513

15 years ago

Facebook Is Making Us Miserable

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/12/facebook_is_making_us_miserabl.html

15 years ago