top 50% hacker news stories for 2011-12-30

Ron Paul speaks against SOPA

http://torrentfreak.com/presidential-candidate-ron-paul-slams-sopa-111229/

15 years ago

288 upvotes – 304 comments

The lost Van Jacobson paper that could save the Internet

http://rdist.root.org/2011/12/30/the-lost-van-jacobson-paper-that-could-save-the-internet/

15 years ago

280 upvotes – 48 comments

Hitchhiker's Guide to Python

http://late.am/post/2011/12/29/hitchhikers-guide-to-python

15 years ago

256 upvotes – 35 comments

Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A Million Pages Down

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3408407

15 years ago

245 upvotes – 95 comments

I made progress bars using only CSS3. You can use them for free.

http://dipperstove.com/design/css3-progress-bars.html

15 years ago

225 upvotes – 32 comments

Download Entire Wikipedia for Offline Use With an HTML5 App

http://offline-wiki.googlecode.com/git/app.html

15 years ago

196 upvotes – 50 comments

Hashify: what becomes possible when one is able to store documents in URLs?

http://hashify.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

15 years ago

186 upvotes – 77 comments

How to Become a Must-Have

http://smartfaststartup.com/2011/09/20/how-to-become-a-must-have/

15 years ago

166 upvotes – 23 comments

The Magna Carta Essay

http://collegemisery.blogspot.com/2011/12/henchminion-sends-in-tale-of-magna.html

15 years ago

163 upvotes – 109 comments

I Just Ordered a Ladle from Amazon

http://www.abtinforouzandeh.com/2011/12/29/I-Just-Ordered-A-Ladle-From-Amazon.html

15 years ago

161 upvotes – 65 comments

Stop reading this blog and learn something

http://avdi.org/devblog/2011/12/29/stop-reading-this-blog-and-learn-something/

15 years ago

145 upvotes – 38 comments

Facebook no longer supports IE7

http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2011/12/30/not-a-fan-of-timeline-on-facebook-use-ie7-facebook-stopped-supporting-it/

15 years ago

138 upvotes – 16 comments

How SOPA Could Ruin My Life

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2011/12/16/how-sopa-could-ruin-my-life/

15 years ago

115 upvotes – 16 comments

How the first Pascal compiler was written

https://raw.github.com/gist/1535291/da3f7f01a2c015cda3901986c6be820c9abd0175/gistfile1.txt

15 years ago

105 upvotes – 41 comments

Why do C++ folks make things so complicated?

http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/06/14/why-do-c-folks-make-things-so-complicated/

15 years ago

101 upvotes – 112 comments

A newbie’s guide to scaling AWS

http://www.revisu.com/2011/12/23/scaling-aws-how-to-protect-your-servers-from-a-giant-robot-dinosaur/

15 years ago

97 upvotes – 19 comments

An email I received from Jimmy Wales regarding SOPA

http://www.reddit.com/r/SOPA/comments/nw1oi/an_email_i_received_from_jimmy_wales_regarding/

15 years ago

96 upvotes – 8 comments

Verizon changes mind, cancels $2 payment fee

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/verizon-changes-mind-cancels-2-payment-fee-20111230/

15 years ago

96 upvotes – 37 comments

Ask HN: I just got my first team lead. What should I do?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3407643

15 years ago

89 upvotes – 50 comments

Verizon's audacious new fee for on-line payments

http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/29/technology/verizon_convenience_fee

15 years ago

85 upvotes – 73 comments

"DIY Dropbox" or "2-way directory (r)sync with proper deletion"

https://github.com/sickill/bitpocket

15 years ago

★ 1k Shell MIT
82 upvotes – 32 comments

860k Stratfor Accounts Dump

http://pastebin.com/f7jYf5Wd

15 years ago

77 upvotes – 72 comments

Samoa cancels Friday 30th and travels one day forward in time

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/30/world/asia/samoa-to-skip-friday-and-switch-time-zones.html

15 years ago

77 upvotes – 36 comments

What is the coolest thing you can do in ten lines of code?

http://stackoverflow.com/q/811074/1288

15 years ago

73 upvotes – 36 comments

Go Slow to Go Fast

http://onticoren.com/go-slow-to-go-fast

15 years ago

72 upvotes – 17 comments

Sending a spacecraft to Alpha Centauri

http://boingboing.net/2011/02/11/incredible-journey-c.html

15 years ago

72 upvotes – 48 comments

Insynchq : A Google Docs-Loving Dropbox Rival

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/12/30/forget-dropbox-insync-is-your-google-docs-loving-alternative-and-its-free/

15 years ago

68 upvotes – 25 comments

Screencast: Make a remote data iOS table in minutes

http://blog.parse.com/2011/12/30/tutorial-making-a-remote-data-table-in-minutes-using-a-parse-table/

15 years ago

67 upvotes – 8 comments

The pros and cons of cloud hosting

http://devblog.supportbee.com/2011/12/30/pros-and-cons-of-cloud-hosting/

15 years ago

66 upvotes – 56 comments

Rare earth crisis: Innovate, or be crushed by China

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/111029-rare-earth-crisis-innovate-or-be-crushed-by-china

15 years ago

64 upvotes – 22 comments

Amazon Has Drastically Changed the Way I Read

http://dbasch.posterous.com/amazon-has-drastically-changed-the-way-i-read

15 years ago

63 upvotes – 77 comments

Getting Back to Smalltalk

http://railsrx.com/2011/12/29/getting-back-to-smalltalk/

15 years ago

63 upvotes – 46 comments

How to make failure sustainable (and career entrepreneurship possible)

http://thestartuptoolkit.com/blog/2011/12/how-to-make-failure-sustainable-and-career-entrepreneurship-possible/

15 years ago

54 upvotes – 3 comments

Optimizing your printer

http://ncannasse.fr/blog/optimizing_your_printer

15 years ago

49 upvotes – 18 comments

Berlin VC invests in Italian startup. Is this the start of something?

http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/12/30/shock-horror-berlin-vc-invests-in-italian-startup-is-this-the-start-of-something/

15 years ago

44 upvotes – 43 comments
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