top 20 hacker news stories for 2012-07-21

The real reason we’re upset about Sparrow’s acquisition

http://www.elezea.com/2012/07/sparrow-google-acquisition/

14 years ago

396 upvotes – 196 comments

A note I sent to YCombinator

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4273460

14 years ago

337 upvotes – 61 comments

The Two Egg Problem

http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/july22012/index.html

14 years ago

217 upvotes – 81 comments

Sparrow for Windows was just a few weeks away

http://everydaypanos.com/post/27703705803/shh-sparrow-for-windows-was-just-a-few-weeks-away

14 years ago

215 upvotes – 68 comments

Quick Nexus 7 Comments By Linus Torvalds

https://plus.google.com/u/0/102150693225130002912/posts/Qj5WnLJXLXX

14 years ago

185 upvotes – 131 comments

Entitlement and Acquisition

http://mattgemmell.com/2012/07/21/entitlement-and-acquisition/

14 years ago

175 upvotes – 129 comments

Mojang, makers of Minecraft, sued by patent troll

http://notch.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mojang.pdf

14 years ago

148 upvotes – 131 comments

Why You Won’t See Hard AR Anytime Soon

http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/uncategorized/why-you-wont-see-hard-ar-anytime-soon/

14 years ago

140 upvotes – 77 comments

Overfocus on tech skills could exclude the best candidates for jobs

http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/07/overfocus-on-tech-skills-could-exclude-the-best-candidates-for-jobs.html

14 years ago

112 upvotes – 51 comments

IAmA Patent Examiner on reddit

http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/ww982/iama_patent_examiner_i_want_to_answer_questions/

14 years ago

86 upvotes – 29 comments

EFF: Americans may not realize the impacts of face recognition technology

https://www.networkworld.com/community/node/81052

14 years ago

85 upvotes – 43 comments

Why Google's Nexus 7 Tablet Is Hotter Than Apple's iPad

http://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/07/21/why-googles-nexus-7-tablet-is-hotter-than-apples-ipad/

14 years ago

84 upvotes – 65 comments

The Facebook Fallacy

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/427972/the-facebook-fallacy/

14 years ago

83 upvotes – 58 comments

Emacs packages for programmers

http://nic.ferrier.me.uk/blog/2012_07/emacs-packages-for-programmers

14 years ago

80 upvotes – 28 comments

Old school developers - achieving a lot with little

http://www.dodgycoder.net/2012/07/old-school-developers-achieving-lot.html

14 years ago

80 upvotes – 40 comments

MIT Economist: Here's How Copyright Laws Impoverish Wikipedia

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/mit-economist-heres-how-copyright-laws-impoverish-wikipedia/259970/

14 years ago

78 upvotes – 33 comments

Claude Monet at Work in His Garden, 1915

http://www.openculture.com/2012/07/rare_film_claude_monet_at_work_in_his_famous_garden_at_giverny_1915.html

14 years ago

74 upvotes – 12 comments

Does Canada Even Need a Technology Sector?

http://www.techvibes.com/blog/does-canada-even-need-a-technology-sector-2012-07-21

14 years ago

74 upvotes – 62 comments

U.S. Admits Surveillance Violated Constitution At Least Once

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/surveillance-spirit-law/

14 years ago

69 upvotes – 4 comments

The "Just look at it" hack for problem solving

http://heydave.org/post/27681989546/the-just-look-at-it-hack-to-problem-solving

14 years ago

65 upvotes – 47 comments
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