top 20 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

626 upvotes – 171 comments

The nightmarish SOPA hearings

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

15 years ago

592 upvotes – 166 comments

I'm starting to think LEGO is evil

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

15 years ago

398 upvotes – 283 comments

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

245 upvotes – 95 comments

Horseshit - Joshua Topolsky responds to MG & Gruber

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

15 years ago

241 upvotes – 164 comments

Linux flavors and derivatives tree

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

15 years ago

229 upvotes – 64 comments

Bug Prediction at Google

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

15 years ago

216 upvotes – 65 comments

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

208 upvotes – 85 comments

The Command Line Crash Course Controlling Your Computer From The Terminal

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

15 years ago

204 upvotes – 87 comments

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

202 upvotes – 126 comments

Hacking Google for Fun and Profit

http://blog.andrewcantino.com/blog/2011/12/14/hacking-google-for-fun-and-profit/

15 years ago

184 upvotes – 16 comments

Judge gives Universal Music 24 hours to explain takedown spree

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/12/judge-gives-umg-24-hours-to-explain-takedown-spree.ars?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+Featured+Content%29

15 years ago

163 upvotes – 33 comments

Live video of House SOPA hearing

http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/mark_12152011.html

15 years ago

162 upvotes – 68 comments

Metaclasses in Python

http://stackoverflow.com/a/6581949

15 years ago

158 upvotes – 30 comments

It’s Instant

http://blog.dwolla.com/its-instant/

15 years ago

151 upvotes – 83 comments

Riak Handbook

http://riakhandbook.com/

15 years ago

147 upvotes – 16 comments

Fake App Becomes Real

http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/13/jotly-lives-parody-app-goes-live-in-itunes/

15 years ago

133 upvotes – 19 comments

Billions worth of value created by tech startups with designer co-founders?

http://designerfund.com/infographic

15 years ago

129 upvotes – 83 comments

Strangest Language Features

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1995113/strangest-language-feature

15 years ago

129 upvotes – 73 comments

Why big companies fail to keep talent

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2011/12/14/top-ten-reasons-why-large-companies-fail-to-keep-their-best-talent/

15 years ago

119 upvotes – 67 comments
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