top 10 hacker news stories for 2011-12-15

Microsoft decides to automatically update Internet Explorer for everyone

http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/microsoft-decides-to-automatically-update-internet-explorer-for-everyone-20111215/

15 years ago

The nightmarish SOPA hearings

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/post/the-nightmarish-sopa-hearings/2011/12/15/gIQA47RUwO_blog.html

15 years ago

I'm starting to think LEGO is evil

http://sinker.tumblr.com/post/14267087602/im-starting-to-think-lego-is-evil

15 years ago

Google Awarded Driverless Vehicle Patent

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,078,349.PN.&OS=PN/8,078,349&RS=PN/8,078,349

15 years ago

Horseshit - Joshua Topolsky responds to MG & Gruber

http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/15/2638611/horseshit

15 years ago

Linux flavors and derivatives tree

http://futurist.se/gldt/wp-content/uploads/11.10/gldt1110.svg

15 years ago

Bug Prediction at Google

http://google-engtools.blogspot.com/2011/12/bug-prediction-at-google.html

15 years ago

Sergey Brin, et al. to U.S. Government: Do Not Emulate These Oppressive Nations

http://www.greyreview.com/2011/12/15/sergey-brin-jack-dorsey-chad-hurley-jimmy-wales-et-al-to-u-s-government-do-not-emulate-these-oppressive-nations-malaysia-china-and-iran/

15 years ago

The Command Line Crash Course Controlling Your Computer From The Terminal

http://learncodethehardway.org/cli/book/cli-crash-course.html

15 years ago

Report: Iran Hacked, Hijacked U.S. Drone

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/1215/Exclusive-Iran-hijacked-US-drone-says-Iranian-engineer

15 years ago