top 10 hacker news stories for 2011-12-19

An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679008/an-indian-inventor-disrupts-the-period-industry

15 years ago

705 upvotes – 145 comments

Dear Internet: It's no Longer OK Not to Know How Congress Works

http://www.informationdiet.com/blog/read/dear-internet-its-no-longer-ok-to-not-know-how-congress-works-

15 years ago

681 upvotes – 157 comments

The Bomb That Changed My Life

http://swombat.com/2011/12/19/bomb-changed-my-life

15 years ago

460 upvotes – 83 comments

Why is Windows so slow?

http://games.greggman.com/game/why-is-windows-so-slow/

15 years ago

337 upvotes – 153 comments

N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16239693

15 years ago

327 upvotes – 83 comments

How to get hired (or, 'The silly story of interviewing in the valley')

http://trapm.com/how-to-get-hired-or-the-silly-but-adorable-st

15 years ago

245 upvotes – 171 comments

CoffeeScript is not a language worth learning

https://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/blob/master/2011/12/jargon.md#readme

15 years ago

★ 1.8k Ruby
218 upvotes – 124 comments

MITx positions to offer certification for completing courses online

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/mitx-faq-1219.html

15 years ago

203 upvotes – 42 comments

Unfortunate Python

http://excess.org/article/2011/12/unfortunate-python/

15 years ago

194 upvotes – 55 comments

List of best free online learning sites

http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/cktxy/reddit_lets_compile_a_list_of_the_best_online/

15 years ago

145 upvotes – 13 comments
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