top 20 hacker news stories for 2011-12-17

Google: Let it snow

https://www.google.com/#q=let+it+snow&fp=1

15 years ago

393 upvotes – 93 comments

I'm turning 30 and I've produced no amazing art.

http://spking.com/2011/12/17/intervention/

15 years ago

341 upvotes – 151 comments

SOPA vote is now December 21

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57344536-503544/sopa-bill-to-stop-online-piracy-hits-minor-snag-in-house/

15 years ago

248 upvotes – 66 comments

History of version control - 10 astonishments

http://www.flourish.org/blog/?p=397

15 years ago

228 upvotes – 73 comments

Tips for Remote Unix Work (SSH, screen, and VNC)

http://shebang.brandonmintern.com/tips-for-remote-unix-work-ssh-screen-and-vnc

15 years ago

218 upvotes – 62 comments

Nerds and Male Privilege

http://kotaku.com/5868595/nerds-and-male-privilege

15 years ago

193 upvotes – 241 comments

POSIX close(2) is broken

http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2011-12-17-POSIX-close-is-broken.html

15 years ago

184 upvotes – 77 comments

Notch live coding for Ludum dare 22

http://sv.twitch.tv/notch

15 years ago

184 upvotes – 72 comments

The Orbit of the Moon around the Sun is Convex

http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/convex.html?HN_2

15 years ago

172 upvotes – 17 comments

Show HN: My Zappos/Twilio hackathon entry

http://www.anonysize.me

15 years ago

166 upvotes – 47 comments

YouTube Says Universal Had No ‘Right’ to Take Down Megaupload Video

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/youtube-universal-megaupload/

15 years ago

152 upvotes – 39 comments

India’s missed call culture

http://gigaom.com/mobile/indias-missed-call-mobile-ecosystem-2/

15 years ago

131 upvotes – 89 comments

'sudo make me a sandwich' has become a reality

http://www.willowgarage.com/blog/2011/12/12/tum-rosie-and-pr2-james-add-popcorn-and-sandwiches-their-accomplishments

15 years ago

127 upvotes – 63 comments

The Haskell Platform 2011.4.0.0 is now available

http://hackage.haskell.org/platform

15 years ago

117 upvotes – 11 comments

After traveling to over 25 countries I created an app I wanted

http://tripl.com

15 years ago

105 upvotes – 56 comments

A remarkable email exchange with a developer who cares

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3363156

15 years ago

96 upvotes – 12 comments

Find Hackers Near You

http://hackerbuddy.com/posts/4

15 years ago

89 upvotes – 23 comments

Zynga falters in debut, sheds doubt on IPO market

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/16/us-zynga-idUSTRE7BE26O20111216

15 years ago

65 upvotes – 52 comments

Ask HN: Better 1st person (My Photos) or 2nd (Your Photos)?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3364304

15 years ago

60 upvotes – 38 comments

Xxxterm, a minimalist web browser

https://opensource.conformal.com/wiki/xxxterm

15 years ago

59 upvotes – 25 comments
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