top 20 hacker news stories for 2012-07-28

I'm an American and I want to watch the Olympics. What do I do?

http://iamnotaprogrammer.com/Watch-olympics-streaming-free.html

14 years ago

371 upvotes – 182 comments

Garzik: An Andre To Remember

http://lwn.net/Articles/508467/?re=1

14 years ago

233 upvotes – 72 comments

iBookstore rejects Holly Lisle's writing course because she mentions Amazon

http://hollylisle.com/apple-made-its-decision-my-turn/?awt_l=FeLuI&awt_m=JkKEsJQqZE_XgP

14 years ago

220 upvotes – 112 comments

Interesting new Unix commands/binaries in OS X Mountain Lion

http://apple.blogoverflow.com/2012/07/interesting-new-unix-commandsbinaries-in-os-x-mountain-lion/

14 years ago

199 upvotes – 22 comments

The Disappointing Surprise From Apple

http://www.amberweinberg.com/the-disappointing-surprise-from-apple/

14 years ago

184 upvotes – 145 comments

The Internet Map

http://internet-map.net/

14 years ago

182 upvotes – 46 comments

~/.osx updated — sensible hacker defaults for OS X Mountain Lion

https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx?os-x-10.8

14 years ago

★ 31.3k Shell MIT
169 upvotes – 90 comments

Sir Tim Berners-Lee Stars in Olympic Opening Ceremony

http://www.zdnet.com/uk/sir-tim-berners-lee-stars-in-olympics-opening-ceremony-7000001744/

14 years ago

160 upvotes – 90 comments

Please Don’t Watch NBC Tonight. Or Any Night

http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/28/please-dont-watch-nbc-tonight-or-any-night/

14 years ago

157 upvotes – 93 comments

OAuth 3.0: the sane and simple way

http://tav.espians.com/oauth-3.0-the-sane-and-simple-way-to-do-it.html

14 years ago

144 upvotes – 24 comments

I built a resume-padder and earned $700 in the process

http://euphonious-intuition.com/2012/07/i-built-a-resume-padder-and-earned-700-in-the-process/

14 years ago

133 upvotes – 17 comments

On Living Below Your Potential

http://www.novelog.com/on-living-below-your-potential/

14 years ago

122 upvotes – 86 comments

Apple Is Said to Discuss an Investment in Twitter

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/technology/apple-is-said-to-discuss-an-investment-in-twitter.html?_r=1&ref=technology

14 years ago

116 upvotes – 58 comments

US Census API now available

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/miscellaneous/cb12-135.html

14 years ago

113 upvotes – 22 comments

Samsung Outsells iPhone, Breaks Shipping Records

http://mashable.com/2012/07/27/samsung-surpasses-iphone-shipments/

14 years ago

110 upvotes – 127 comments

NSA director finally greets Defcon hackers

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57481689-83/nsa-director-finally-greets-defcon-hackers/

14 years ago

108 upvotes – 61 comments

An Intuitive Explanation of Bayes' Theorem

http://yudkowsky.net/rational/bayes?repost3yearslater

14 years ago

100 upvotes – 37 comments

The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/07/27/the-usefulness-of-useless-knowledge/

14 years ago

93 upvotes – 21 comments

AppFog Pricing Released

https://console.appfog.com/pricing

14 years ago

90 upvotes – 75 comments

OAuth 2.0 standard editor quits, takes name off spec

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/28/oauth_editor_quits/

14 years ago

90 upvotes – 9 comments
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