top 20 hacker news stories for 2012-05-07

Gmvault: gmail backup. Liberate your emails

http://gmvault.org/

14 years ago

364 upvotes – 147 comments

Why do web sites and software take so long to build? And why is it so hard?

http://www.scottporad.com/2012/05/06/why-do-web-sites-and-software-take-so-long-to-build-and-why-is-it-so-hard/

14 years ago

293 upvotes – 154 comments

Jury rules Google violated copyright law, Google moves for mistrial

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/05/jury-rules-google-violated-copyright-law-google-moves-for-mistrial.ars

14 years ago

286 upvotes – 124 comments

Dell Announces A Linux Laptop Designed For Developers

http://devopsangle.com/2012/05/07/dell-announces-a-linux-laptop-designed-for-developers/

14 years ago

267 upvotes – 193 comments

This Is All Your App Is: A Collection Of Tiny Details

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/this-is-all-your-app-is-a-collection-of-tiny-details.html

14 years ago

214 upvotes – 38 comments

I appeared on CNN this morning to talk about why I'm not buying Facebook (CISPA)

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/05/07/exp-point-alexis-ohanian.cnn

14 years ago

214 upvotes – 69 comments

Google gets license to test drive autonomous cars on Nevada roads

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/05/google-gets-license-to-test-drive-autonomous-cars-on-nevada-roads.ars

14 years ago

197 upvotes – 164 comments

Oracle/Google jury finds Google infringed SSO but hangs on fair use

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120507122749740#Update_3

14 years ago

191 upvotes – 35 comments

The Maturation of Mark Zuckerberg

http://nymag.com/news/features/mark-zuckerberg-2012-5/?mid=nymag_press

14 years ago

180 upvotes – 70 comments

Apple's inspirational note to new hires

http://instagr.am/p/KTOGobADKa

14 years ago

165 upvotes – 133 comments

What should every programmer know about security?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2794016/what-should-every-programmer-know-about-security

14 years ago

162 upvotes – 48 comments

Gumroad raises $7 million from KPCB

http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/07/gumroad/

14 years ago

158 upvotes – 65 comments

Early Startup Time Wasters

http://talkfast.org/2012/05/05/early-startup-time-wasters

14 years ago

152 upvotes – 42 comments

Show HN: HackerNew for Chrome

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd

14 years ago

150 upvotes – 89 comments

AMD’s Chuck Moore has passed away

http://semiaccurate.com/2012/05/04/amds-chuck-moore-has-passed-away/#.T6e7_WfWDbg.hackernews

14 years ago

146 upvotes – 21 comments

Why Use Postgres - Part 2

http://craigkerstiens.com/2012/05/07/why-postgres-part-2/

14 years ago

145 upvotes – 69 comments

I am a statistician and I buy lottery tickets

http://simplexify.net/blog/2012/5/6/i-am-a-statistician-and-i-buy-lottery-tickets.html

14 years ago

142 upvotes – 133 comments

TCP Sucks

http://bramcohen.com/2012/05/07/tcp-sucks

14 years ago

137 upvotes – 56 comments

Bushi.do is now Cloudfuji.com, launches Kandan - beautiful open source chat

http://cloudfuji.com/blog/2012/05/07/launching_cloudfuji.html

14 years ago

129 upvotes – 60 comments

Solving FizzBuzz with CSS

http://dabblet.com/gist/2628265

14 years ago

123 upvotes – 27 comments
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