top 20 hacker news stories for 2012-01-26

Fun with math: Dividing one by 998001 yields a surprising result

http://www.iheartchaos.com/post/16393143676/fun-with-math-dividing-one-by-998001-yields-a

15 years ago

754 upvotes – 90 comments

Cars kill cities

http://progressivetransit.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/cars-kill-cities/

15 years ago

553 upvotes – 336 comments

Wat

http://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat

15 years ago

512 upvotes – 98 comments

Show HN: my database engine for GPU

https://sourceforge.net/projects/alenka/files/

15 years ago

364 upvotes – 60 comments

Scaling GitHub

http://zachholman.com/talk/scaling-github

15 years ago

348 upvotes – 67 comments

Applications open for Y Combinator's summer 2012 funding cycle

http://ycombinator.com/apply.html?s2012

15 years ago

310 upvotes – 106 comments

How to Make It on Craigslist

http://blog.priceonomics.com/post/16529584021/how-to-make-it-on-craigslist

15 years ago

269 upvotes – 172 comments

Why we shut down a product that was $75,000/year profitable

http://wildbit.com/blog/2012/01/26/why-we-shut-down-a-product-that-was-75000year-profitable/

15 years ago

227 upvotes – 77 comments

Reddit: 2012 State of the Servers

http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/january-2012-state-of-servers.html

15 years ago

217 upvotes – 56 comments

Google’s Python Lessons are Awesome

http://blog.hartleybrody.com/2012/01/google-python/

15 years ago

185 upvotes – 13 comments

Mega-man: The fast, fabulous, and fraudulent life of Kim Dotcom

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/mega-man-the-bizarre-rise-and-sudden-downfall-of-kim-dotcom.ars?

15 years ago

184 upvotes – 89 comments

ACTA is being signed right now in the EU

http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-and-eu-to-sign-controversial-acta-treaty-tomorrow-336764-Jan2012/?utm_source=shortlink

15 years ago

158 upvotes – 41 comments

Poles Take anti-ACTA Protests to the Streets

http://torrentfreak.com/poles-take-anti-acta-protests-to-the-streets-120126/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

15 years ago

154 upvotes – 22 comments

PUT or POST: The REST of the Story

http://jcalcote.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/put-or-post-the-rest-of-the-story/

15 years ago

149 upvotes – 49 comments

Comparing JavaScript, CoffeeScript & ClojureScript

http://dosync.posterous.com/comparing-javascript-coffeescript-clojurescri

15 years ago

147 upvotes – 47 comments

Observations from two weeks of SSH brute force attacks

http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2012/01/25/observations-from-two-weeks-of-ssh-brute-force-attacks/

15 years ago

132 upvotes – 53 comments

Direct Debit API for 1%; max £2

https://gocardless.com/

15 years ago

127 upvotes – 92 comments

Twitter Will Censor Certain Tweets In Certain Countries

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_will_censor_certain_tweets_in_certain_coun.php

15 years ago

122 upvotes – 65 comments

Show HN: I've created a site about Bone Marrow Donation

http://www.cheekswab.org

15 years ago

120 upvotes – 25 comments

ACTA rapporteur denounces ACTA mascarade

https://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/ACTA_rapporteur_denounces_ACTA_mascarade

15 years ago

120 upvotes – 18 comments
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