top 50% hacker news stories for 2012-07-22

On Patents

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/27751395263/on-patents

14 years ago

340 upvotes – 179 comments

The Terrifying Background of the Man Who Ran a CIA Assassination Unit

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/07/the-terrifying-background-of-the-man-who-ran-a-cia-assassination-unit/259856/

14 years ago

248 upvotes – 120 comments

Don’t Jump to Conclusions About the Killer

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/opinion/sunday/the-unknown-why-in-the-aurora-killings.html

14 years ago

225 upvotes – 236 comments

Linux 3.5 Kernel Released

http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.5

14 years ago

192 upvotes – 36 comments

The Whiskey Rebellion

http://brokenpianoforpresident.com/2012/07/19/jack-daniels-lawsuit-the-full-scoop/

14 years ago

179 upvotes – 109 comments

Sprite Cow: Generate CSS for sprite sheets

http://spritecow.com/

14 years ago

170 upvotes – 39 comments

Expensive lessons in Python performance tuning

http://blog.explainmydata.com/2012/07/expensive-lessons-in-python-performance.html

14 years ago

163 upvotes – 12 comments

Implementing Fast Interpreters

http://nominolo.blogspot.com/2012/07/implementing-fast-interpreters.html

14 years ago

161 upvotes – 21 comments

The Fay Programming Language

http://chrisdone.com/fay/

14 years ago

157 upvotes – 101 comments

The Gentleperson's Guide To Forum Spies

http://cryptome.org/2012/07/gent-forum-spies.htm

14 years ago

147 upvotes – 57 comments

Artificial jellyfish made from silicone and rat muscle (video)

http://www.nature.com/news/artificial-jellyfish-built-from-rat-cells-1.11046

14 years ago

131 upvotes – 20 comments

A new vehicle interface

http://www.minimallyminimal.com/journal/2012/7/22/toyota-doko.html

14 years ago

130 upvotes – 75 comments

Is Berlin the new home for tech start-up business? [video]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9739525.stm?

14 years ago

123 upvotes – 168 comments

Concise list of upcoming Coursera courses by month

https://plus.google.com/b/107809899089663019971/107809899089663019971/posts/763w1GE2qNe

14 years ago

111 upvotes – 24 comments

One More Thing

http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2012/07/22/one_more_thing.html

14 years ago

91 upvotes – 27 comments

Say 'Ahhh': A Simpler Way To Detect Parkinson's

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/21/157102978/say-ahhh-a-simpler-way-to-detect-parkinsons

14 years ago

91 upvotes – 28 comments

How This Guy Lied His Way Into MSNBC, ABC News, The New York Times and More

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/07/18/how-this-guy-lied-his-way-into-msnbc-abc-news-the-new-york-times-and-more/

14 years ago

84 upvotes – 24 comments

Ask HN: Getting a math degree as a working adult?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4277440

14 years ago

79 upvotes – 84 comments

Now you lost me

http://www.krista.cc/posts/56

14 years ago

78 upvotes – 17 comments

Kentucky teen faces charge for naming attackers in tweets

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Kentucky-teen-faces-charge-for-naming-attackers-3724973.php

14 years ago

78 upvotes – 96 comments

Our Ridiculous Approach to Retirement

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/opinion/sunday/our-ridiculous-approach-to-retirement.html

14 years ago

68 upvotes – 117 comments

Don't Blame Sitting — Yet — for Shorter Lives of the Sedentary

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444097904577536880563432896.html

14 years ago

67 upvotes – 35 comments

WebOS legacy lives on as next-generation Enyo framework exits beta

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/webos-legacy-lives-on-as-next-generation-enyo-framework-exits-beta/

14 years ago

67 upvotes – 10 comments

Art’s Sale Value? Zero. The Tax Bill? $29 Million.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/arts/design/a-catch-22-of-art-and-taxes-starring-a-stuffed-eagle.html?pagewanted=all

14 years ago

66 upvotes – 88 comments

Unlock Your Inner Rain Man by Electrically Zapping Your Brain

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/07/unlock-inner-savant/

14 years ago

64 upvotes – 29 comments

0 XP: The Zynga Counterrevolution

http://www.mediumdifficulty.com/2012/07/11/0-xp-the-zynga-counterrevolution/

14 years ago

64 upvotes – 50 comments

Ask HN: Are there any basic primers for Comp Sci?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4277420

14 years ago

64 upvotes – 26 comments

Twitter-Owned Posterous Loses Databases, Offline for 2 Hours Plus

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/07/22/twitter-owned-posterous-loses-multiple-databases-service-down-for-2-hours/

14 years ago

63 upvotes – 23 comments

Darpa Funds Hack Machine You’d Never Notice

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/pwnplug/

14 years ago

55 upvotes – 8 comments

The Apollo 11 Journey in Photographs

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/the-apollo-11-journey-in-photographs/260125/

14 years ago

52 upvotes – 16 comments

When Bad Theories Happen to Good Scientists

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304388004577531270272951132.html

14 years ago

50 upvotes – 40 comments
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