top 50% hacker news stories for 2012-03-13

Why I Left Google

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jw_on_tech/archive/2012/03/13/why-i-left-google.aspx

14 years ago

947 upvotes – 306 comments

New: Apply to Y Combinator without an Idea

http://ycombinator.com/noidea.html

14 years ago

687 upvotes – 292 comments

Yahoo Crosses The Line

http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/03/yahoo-crosses-the-line.html

14 years ago

525 upvotes – 230 comments

Solar panel made with ion cannon is cheap enough to challenge fossil fuels

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/122231-solar-panels-made-with-ion-cannon-are-cheap-enough-to-challenge-fossil-fuels

14 years ago

464 upvotes – 156 comments

After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/after-244-years-encyclopaedia-britannica-stops-the-presses/?smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto

14 years ago

399 upvotes – 127 comments

Arm unveils 1mm x 1mm 32bit chip: "years of battery life"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/technology-17345934

14 years ago

281 upvotes – 102 comments

I Hope Yahoo Crushes Facebook

http://blogmaverick.com/2012/03/13/i-hope-yahoo-crushes-facebook-in-its-patent-suit/

14 years ago

275 upvotes – 90 comments

Indian Government uses special powers to slash cancer drug price by 97%

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-uses-special-powers-to-slash-cancer-drug-price-by-97/articleshow/12240143.cms

14 years ago

241 upvotes – 218 comments

Google I/O 2012

https://developers.google.com/events/io/

14 years ago

219 upvotes – 91 comments

Our 3d printer is better than yours

http://www.tuwien.ac.at/en/news/news_detail/article/7444/

14 years ago

212 upvotes – 24 comments

Play Framework 2.0 Final released

http://www.playframework.org/#

14 years ago

206 upvotes – 59 comments

Copyright wars heat up: US wins extradition of college kid from England

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/copyright-wars-heat-up-us-wins-extradition-of-college-kid-from-england.ars

14 years ago

198 upvotes – 94 comments

Google not paying developers in Europe, support nonexistent

https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!category-topic/checkout-merchant/selling-with-google-checkout/AM5NpAx6wpw

14 years ago

193 upvotes – 44 comments

Hacking is Important

http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2012/03/13/hacking_is_important.html

14 years ago

181 upvotes – 23 comments

The Anorexic Startup: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, and C++

http://theanorexicstartup.com

14 years ago

170 upvotes – 52 comments

A Patent Lie: How Yahoo Weaponized My Work

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/opinion-baio-yahoo-patent-lie/

14 years ago

136 upvotes – 22 comments

The Zen of Python (by example)

http://artifex.org/~hblanks/talks/2011/pep20_by_example.html

14 years ago

133 upvotes – 25 comments

Virtual Machines in Your Browser

http://blog.chipx86.com/2012/03/13/wsx-virtual-machines-in-your-browser/

14 years ago

127 upvotes – 18 comments

Brian Kernighan's new book: D is for Digital

http://kernighan.com/

14 years ago

116 upvotes – 22 comments

Matt Cutts: One of the more fun gadgets I've been playing with lately…

https://plus.google.com/109412257237874861202/posts/DnzRNRAP7wL

14 years ago

116 upvotes – 61 comments

Show HN: My new GitHub issue tracker, BugHub

http://bughubapp.com

14 years ago

111 upvotes – 34 comments

Python 2.8 Un-release Schedule

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0404/

14 years ago

110 upvotes – 97 comments

I'm not a "curator"

http://www.marco.org/2012/03/12/not-a-curator

14 years ago

109 upvotes – 29 comments

DomainPolish: From MVP To Exit In 6 Months

http://www.danshipper.com/110636263

14 years ago

107 upvotes – 67 comments

Show HN: Commandlinefu.com from the commmandline

http://samirahmed.github.com/fu/

14 years ago

106 upvotes – 16 comments

Pricing updates for Raspberry Pi

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/826

14 years ago

106 upvotes – 54 comments

Help, Linux ate my RAM

http://www.linuxatemyram.com/

14 years ago

102 upvotes – 102 comments

AT&T Threatens Plaintiff With Termination Of Service Unless He Shuts Up

http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/13/att-gets-dirty-threatens-plaintiff-with-termination-of-service-unless-he-shuts-up/

14 years ago

93 upvotes – 32 comments

Leonardo Da Vinci Masterpiece May Have Been Found Behind Fresco In Florence

http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16187769

14 years ago

92 upvotes – 9 comments

Encyclopedia Britannica Print Edition Discontinued After 244 Years

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2012/03/change/

14 years ago

87 upvotes – 14 comments

Bitcoin Brainwallet

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2012/03/12/brainwallet-the-ultimate-in-mobile-money/

14 years ago

80 upvotes – 25 comments

Judge Orders Failed Copyright Troll to Forfeit 'All' Copyrights

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/judge-orders-failed-copyright-troll-to-forfeit-all-copyrights.ars

14 years ago

80 upvotes – 9 comments

Rubber Duck Problem Solving

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/03/rubber-duck-problem-solving.html

14 years ago

71 upvotes – 10 comments

The Finite, Irreplaceable Hours of Your Life

http://www.enemyairship.com/2/The_Finite__Irreplaceable_Hours_of_Your_Life/#b

14 years ago

68 upvotes – 31 comments

'Pig MRSA' Came From Humans, Evolved Via Farm Drugs

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/pig-mrsa-origin/

14 years ago

66 upvotes – 18 comments

Homeless as Wi-Fi Transmitters Creates a Stir in Austin

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/technology/homeless-as-wi-fi-transmitters-creates-a-stir-in-austin.html?hp&gwh=D5CEFC5EA071E76F26E58765CC8B2793

14 years ago

66 upvotes – 65 comments

Designers read this and developers will love you

http://photoshopetiquette.com

14 years ago

65 upvotes – 63 comments

Play framework 2.0 released

http://blog.typesafe.com/introducing-play-20

14 years ago

63 upvotes – 1 comments

Ah, Push it. The Push Music Behind 19 Startups.

http://blog.news.me/post/19237649258/ah-push-it-the-push-music-behind-19-startups

14 years ago

62 upvotes – 24 comments

Linus on kernel management style (2004)

http://lwn.net/Articles/105375/

14 years ago

60 upvotes – 7 comments

What You Sell and What They Buy

http://www.codefromaway.net/2012/03/what-you-sell-and-what-they-buy.html

14 years ago

56 upvotes – 16 comments

LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman Gives Kiva $1 Million To “Empower Everyone”

http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/13/reid-hoffman-kiva/

14 years ago

56 upvotes – 3 comments

Bootstrap or not? High level pros and cons of using Twitter Bootstrap

http://blog.baregit.com/2012/bootstrap-or-not-bootstrap

14 years ago

55 upvotes – 32 comments

Manipulate Machines, Not People

http://johnstanderfer.com/2012/03/13/manipulate-machines-not-people/

14 years ago

55 upvotes – 21 comments
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