top 20 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

526 upvotes – 159 comments

Programmer Competency Matrix

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

14 years ago

360 upvotes – 122 comments

SpaceX update: The engine did not explode

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

14 years ago

325 upvotes – 122 comments

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

291 upvotes – 83 comments

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

280 upvotes – 64 comments

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

221 upvotes – 198 comments

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

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

14 years ago

219 upvotes – 168 comments

What number is halfway between 1 and 9?

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

14 years ago

189 upvotes – 74 comments

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

179 upvotes – 75 comments

How not to launch your company

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

14 years ago

156 upvotes – 41 comments

Google Consumer Survey

http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/home

14 years ago

149 upvotes – 45 comments

Advanced Linux Programming

http://www.advancedlinuxprogramming.com/alp-folder/

14 years ago

136 upvotes – 14 comments

Show HN: A place to buy and sell services directly from each other

https://www.work.io

14 years ago

135 upvotes – 82 comments

What Happened to the Facebook Killer? It's Complicated

http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/10/2/what-happened-to-the-facebook-killer-it-s-complicated

14 years ago

131 upvotes – 82 comments

One of the SpaceX engines came apart during launch

http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/10/that-smooth-spacex-launch-turns-out-one-of-the-engines-exploded/

14 years ago

127 upvotes – 64 comments

SpaceX Falcon 9 Statement on First Stage Engine Anomaly

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=42263

14 years ago

119 upvotes – 37 comments

Mysterious Algorithm Was 4% of Trading Activity Last Week

http://www.cnbc.com/id/49333454

14 years ago

114 upvotes – 135 comments

Oatmeal fundraiser for Tesla museum is a triumph

http://boingboing.net/2012/10/07/oatmeal-fundraiser-for-tesla-m.html

14 years ago

101 upvotes – 6 comments

Why We No Longer Accept PayPal

http://www.binkd.com/general/why-we-no-longer-accept-paypal/

14 years ago

95 upvotes – 50 comments

The Pinterest Layout Will Not Save You

http://jfornear.co/the-pinterest-layout-will-not-save-you/

14 years ago

87 upvotes – 44 comments
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