top 50% hacker news stories for 2012-11-04

The Fight

http://dcurt.is/the-fight

14 years ago

734 upvotes – 133 comments

Ask HN: Help, HN'er in trouble, we need a laywer in Delhi immediately

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4739649

14 years ago

591 upvotes – 108 comments

My IQ

http://blog.tanyakhovanova.com/?p=84

14 years ago

392 upvotes – 276 comments

Linus Torvalds: Is Engadget really that stupid? Just corrupt? Trolling us all?

https://plus.google.com/u/1/102150693225130002912/posts/8KBkzumMEc1

14 years ago

316 upvotes – 150 comments

‘Creepy Cameraman’ pushes limits of public surveillance

http://www.geekwire.com/2012/seattles-creepy-cameraman-pushes-limits-public-surveillance/

14 years ago

240 upvotes – 155 comments

The Mathematics Behind xkcd: A Conversation with Randall Munroe

http://www.maa.org/mathhorizons/MH-Sep2012_XKCD.html

14 years ago

192 upvotes – 20 comments

I fixed a bug in Python

http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201211/i_fixed_python.html

14 years ago

131 upvotes – 25 comments

How To Be A Successful (African) American in Silicon Valley

http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/04/greed-trumps-race-how-to-be-a-successful-african-american-in-silicon-valley/

14 years ago

115 upvotes – 53 comments

Clojure at a Bank – Clojure Code Immaturity

http://www.pitheringabout.com/?p=778

14 years ago

111 upvotes – 23 comments

Skype hands 16-year-old's personal information to IT company

http://www.nu.nl/internet/2950158/skype-hands-16-year-olds-personal-information-to-it-company.html

14 years ago

108 upvotes – 8 comments

I almost feel obligated to pirate Office for Mac

http://rys.sommefeldt.com/2012/10/01/i-almost-feel-obligated-to-pirate-office-for-mac.html

14 years ago

102 upvotes – 77 comments

The Russian underground economy has democratized cybercrime

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/11/the-russian-underground-economy-has-democratized-cybercrime/

14 years ago

92 upvotes – 46 comments

Casual users need as good a computer as possible, proficient users can make do

http://ignco.de/489

14 years ago

90 upvotes – 61 comments

Interactive SQL Tutorial

http://sqlzoo.net/

14 years ago

89 upvotes – 15 comments

Ask HN: What are some good EC2 tutorials for programmers?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4740061

14 years ago

89 upvotes – 27 comments

Commuting? Have you done the math?

http://www.jefclaes.be/2012/11/commuting-have-you-done-math.html

14 years ago

76 upvotes – 59 comments

Google Casts a Big Shadow on Smaller Web Sites

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/technology/google-casts-a-big-shadow-on-smaller-web-sites.html?pagewanted=all

14 years ago

75 upvotes – 74 comments

Hugepic - a web app for showing massive pictures

http://www.peterbe.com/plog/introducing-hugepic.io

14 years ago

74 upvotes – 23 comments

CEO Craig Zucker on the Demise of Buckyballs

http://www.wired.com/geekmom/2012/11/craig-zucker-buckyballs

14 years ago

71 upvotes – 96 comments

A Capitalist’s Dilemma, Whoever Wins the Election

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/business/a-capitalists-dilemma-whoever-becomes-president.html?pagewanted=all

14 years ago

70 upvotes – 88 comments

PyPy py3k status update

http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2012/11/py3k-status-update-7.html

14 years ago

68 upvotes – 1 comments

Embrace the Static Web with Punch

http://laktek.com/2012/11/04/embrace-the-static-web-with-punch/

14 years ago

66 upvotes – 44 comments

Voting by Email in New Jersey

http://www.crypto.com/blog/njvoting

14 years ago

61 upvotes – 19 comments

MoonScript v0.2.2 is released

http://leafo.net/posts/moonscript_v022.html

14 years ago

59 upvotes – 12 comments
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