top 10 hacker news stories for 2012-08-03

SpaceX wins $440M contract with NASA to develop Space Shuttle successor

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1208/03ccicap/spacex.html

14 years ago

564 upvotes – 180 comments

Rob Pike: the origin of dotfiles

https://plus.google.com/101960720994009339267/posts/R58WgWwN9jp

14 years ago

470 upvotes – 153 comments

Why Valve? Or, what do we need corporations for..

http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/economics/why-valve-or-what-do-we-need-corporations-for-and-how-does-valves-management-structure-fit-into-todays-corporate-world/

14 years ago

331 upvotes – 159 comments

Thanks to Quora, now you can’t read anonymously

http://gigaom.com/2012/08/01/thanks-to-quora-now-you-cant-read-anonymously/#HB2

14 years ago

290 upvotes – 178 comments

Student Is Sanctioned for Creating Class-Registration Web Site

http://ucouldfinish.com/

14 years ago

243 upvotes – 112 comments

Google crackdown catches innocent devs in the crossfire

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-08/03/indie-dev-google-crackdown

14 years ago

242 upvotes – 118 comments

One of Apple’s Best Ideas Ever — Made Worse

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/one-of-apples-best-ideas-ever-made-worse/

14 years ago

236 upvotes – 135 comments

Pie charts in your favicon

http://lipka.github.com/piecon/

14 years ago

232 upvotes – 33 comments

Why Men Can't Have It All

http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/whole-life/why-men-cant-have-it-all

14 years ago

227 upvotes – 227 comments

One Bad “Policy Change” Email Can Kill Company Culture

http://moz.com/rand/one-bad-policy-change-email-can-kill-company-culture/

14 years ago

181 upvotes – 92 comments
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