top 10 hacker news stories for 2012-10-08

Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and others launch webplatform.org

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/10/08/apple-facebook-google-microsoft-and-others-join-forces-to-launch-new-web-standards-resource

14 years ago

Programmer Competency Matrix

http://www.starling-software.com/employment/programmer-competency-matrix.html

14 years ago

SpaceX update: The engine did not explode

http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20121008

14 years ago

US Air Force’s 1950s supersonic flying saucer declassified

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/137505-us-air-forces-1950s-supersonic-flying-saucer-declassified

14 years ago

RIP Hans Camenzind, Inventor Of The 555 Timer

http://www.retrothing.com/2012/08/rip-hans-camenzind-inventor-of-the-555-timer-chip.html

14 years ago

The software development final exam: Algorithms and Data Structures

http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2012-10-08-software-development-final-exam-part-1.html

14 years ago

Ask HN: What did the really successful programmers do differently?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4626201

14 years ago

What number is halfway between 1 and 9?

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/thinking-logarithmically-1005.html

14 years ago

The Patent, Used as a Sword

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/technology/patent-wars-among-tech-giants-can-stifle-competition.html

14 years ago

How not to launch your company

http://blog.mutlicorp.com/post/33123223025

14 years ago