top 10 hacker news stories for 2012-01-05

Why 37signals Doesn't Hire Programmers Based on Brainteasers

http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3071-why-we-dont-hire-programmers-based-on-puzzles-api-quizzes-math-riddles-or-other-parlor-tricks

15 years ago

A Redditor's insightful message for discouraged students

http://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/o37te/smart_but_unmotivated_in_school_thoughtful_post/

15 years ago

Nokia Maps 3D (WebGL)

http://maps3d.svc.nokia.com/webgl/

15 years ago

Reddit traffic doubles in less than a year, to 2 billion monthly pageviews

http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/2-billion-beyond.html

15 years ago

The Future of CouchDB

http://damienkatz.net/2012/01/the_future_of_couchdb.html

15 years ago

Why Don’t Smartphones Have A “Guest Mode”?

http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/04/why-dont-smartphones-have-a-guest-mode/

15 years ago

Spain threatened with trade blacklist for not passing SOPA style law

http://torrentfreak.com/us-threatened-to-blacklist-spain-for-not-implementing-site-blocking-law-120105/

15 years ago

California State Senator Proposes Funding Open-Source Textbooks

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/05/1615210/california-state-senator-proposes-funding-open-source-textbooks?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=twitter

15 years ago

App Engine charges $6,500 to update a ListProperty on 14.1 million entities

http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thread/thread/f85aa58e54ebb8ae#

15 years ago

Web Giants Consider 'Nuclear Option' Blackout to Fight SOPA

http://www.talkincloud.com/web-giants-consider-nuclear-option-blackout-to-fight-sopa/

15 years ago