top 50% hacker news stories for 2012-09-09

Black Swan Farming

http://paulgraham.com/swan.html

14 years ago

703 upvotes – 303 comments

Rick Falkvinge: Why free speech is harmed by the ban on child porn

http://falkvinge.net/2012/09/07/three-reasons-child-porn-must-be-re-legalized-in-the-coming-decade/

14 years ago

344 upvotes – 319 comments

Tell HN: Login to unsubscribe is against Federal Law

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4496688

14 years ago

310 upvotes – 101 comments

Stanford announces 16 free online courses for fall quarter

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/september/online-courses-fall-090712.html

14 years ago

277 upvotes – 62 comments

Arch Linux Handbook for Kindle rejected by Amazon

http://archlinux.me/dusty/2012/09/09/arch-linux-handbook-for-kindle/

14 years ago

226 upvotes – 84 comments

The Tiniest GIF Ever

http://probablyprogramming.com/2009/03/15/the-tiniest-gif-ever

14 years ago

204 upvotes – 49 comments

Ask HN: How did you hack the press when you launched your startup(s)?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4495786

14 years ago

188 upvotes – 46 comments

DIY quest for a 6 watt high-end desktop computer

http://ssj3gohan.tweakblogs.net/blog/8217/fluffy2-59-watt-high-end-desktop-computer.html

14 years ago

173 upvotes – 31 comments

Show HN: MemStash - Commit things to memory

http://memstash.co

14 years ago

170 upvotes – 75 comments

PostgreSQL vs MySQL: an apples to oranges comparison

http://ledgersmbdev.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/or-modelling-interlude-postgresql-vs.html

14 years ago

148 upvotes – 67 comments

Tray.io - powerful email assistant

http://tray.io/

14 years ago

147 upvotes – 64 comments

34.5% of US Internet Population Not using Facebook/Twitter

http://www.jamiegrove.com/user-experience/34-5-of-us-internet-population-not-using-facebooktwitter

14 years ago

106 upvotes – 42 comments

Judge in Oracle v. Google Explains What Jurors Must Not Do

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120908144706110

14 years ago

106 upvotes – 36 comments

Why I think Node.JS is a terrible platform

http://dev.hasenj.org/post/31042963934/nodejs-hate

14 years ago

100 upvotes – 141 comments

Road-map wristwatch from 1920

http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/roadbooks_part_4_the_wrist-mounted_original_23356.asp

14 years ago

98 upvotes – 18 comments

Why Fathers Really Matter

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/opinion/sunday/why-fathers-really-matter.html?pagewanted=all

14 years ago

97 upvotes – 59 comments

The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444273704577637703253402734.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read

14 years ago

95 upvotes – 97 comments

What have you tried

http://whathaveyoutried.com/

14 years ago

95 upvotes – 41 comments

Amazon caves in, will remove ads from Kindle Fire for $15 fee

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/09/amazon-backtracks-will-remove-ads-from-kindle-fire-for-15-fee/

14 years ago

84 upvotes – 55 comments

What Work is Really For

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/08/work-good-or-bad/

14 years ago

84 upvotes – 35 comments

How Tumblr for iOS is Built

http://zachwill.com/tumblr-ios

14 years ago

69 upvotes – 16 comments

Should Bogus Copyright Takedown Senders Be Punished?

http://torrentfreak.com/should-bogus-copyright-takedown-senders-be-punished-120909/

14 years ago

65 upvotes – 61 comments

What is up with U.S. retail gasoline deliveries?

http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=a103600001&f=m

14 years ago

63 upvotes – 35 comments

From Linux to OSX - 1 Year Later

http://batsov.com/articles/2012/09/09/from-linux-to-osx-1-year-later/

14 years ago

62 upvotes – 129 comments

Google Surveys: Know What You Are Asking

http://diegobasch.com/google-surveys-know-what-you-are-asking

14 years ago

61 upvotes – 15 comments

How To See The Future

http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=14314

14 years ago

60 upvotes – 9 comments
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