top 10 hacker news stories for 2012-10-18

How cork is made

http://www.wineanorak.com/corks/howcorkismade.htm

14 years ago

514 upvotes – 120 comments

Is the use of “utf8=✓” preferable to “utf8=true”?

http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/168751/is-the-use-of-utf8-preferable-to-utf8-true

14 years ago

459 upvotes – 87 comments

New $250 Chromebook

http://chrome.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-new-chromebook-for-everyone.html

14 years ago

423 upvotes – 329 comments

Free Flag Icons

https://www.gosquared.com/resources/2400-flags

14 years ago

304 upvotes – 76 comments

Ubuntu 12.10 Now Available

http://www.ubuntu.com/#12.10

14 years ago

234 upvotes – 163 comments

Jon Stewart: Lower entrepreneurial risk

http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/jon-stewart-proposes-an-entrepreneurial-policy-dont-laugh/

14 years ago

211 upvotes – 187 comments

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/10/ubuntu-12-10-quantal-quetzal-takes-flight-with-a-bag-full-of-juju/

14 years ago

189 upvotes – 120 comments

Such a Little Thing: The Semicolon in Rust

http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2012/10/18/such-a-little-thing/

14 years ago

172 upvotes – 74 comments

Interview with creator of Nginx, Igor Sysoev

http://www.webhostingskills.com/open_source/articles/interview_with_creator_of_nginx_igor_sysoev

14 years ago

158 upvotes – 43 comments

Rails 4.0 Whirlwind Tour Presentation

http://highgroove.com/articles/2012/10/16/rails-4.0-whirlwind-tour.html

14 years ago

155 upvotes – 20 comments
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