top 50% hacker news stories for 2012-11-21

You are committing a crime right now

http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2012/11/you-are-committing-crime-right-now.html

14 years ago

709 upvotes – 192 comments

Thank You HN: From 30 people whose lives you saved

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4815006

14 years ago

372 upvotes – 56 comments

A Better Twitter Bootstrap Modal

https://github.com/jschr/bootstrap-modal/

14 years ago

★ 4.9k JavaScript Apache-2.0
358 upvotes – 71 comments

TL;DR — Faster News

http://toolong-didntread.com/

14 years ago

287 upvotes – 138 comments

"Your criticisms are completely wrong": Stallman on software patents

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/11/your-criticisms-are-completely-wrong-stallman-on-software-patents/

14 years ago

274 upvotes – 198 comments

Elon Musk and the Hyperloop

http://jacquesmattheij.com/elon-musk-and-the-hyperloop

14 years ago

209 upvotes – 190 comments

Extremist Programming

http://blog.ezyang.com/2012/11/extremist-programming?

14 years ago

167 upvotes – 66 comments

Everything Technical in F1

http://scarbsf1.com/blog1/

14 years ago

167 upvotes – 56 comments

Scientist Creates Self-Filling Water Bottle

http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2012/11/21/inspired-by-a-beetle-that-draws-water-from-the-air-scientist-creates-self-filling-water-bottle/

14 years ago

158 upvotes – 55 comments

On Being a Junior Developer

http://mattsencenbaugh.com/on-being-a-junior-developer/

14 years ago

141 upvotes – 71 comments

Samsung's A15 Chromebook Loaded With Ubuntu Is Crazy Fast

http://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=samsung_chrome_a15&num=1

14 years ago

133 upvotes – 94 comments

Ask HN: How have you made "quick" money before?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4812589

14 years ago

125 upvotes – 101 comments

Interactive Data Visualization for the Web (a D3 book by Scott Murray)

http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449339739/

14 years ago

121 upvotes – 16 comments

Calling All Broadcasters

http://blog.bittorrent.com/2012/11/20/calling-all-broadcasters/

14 years ago

118 upvotes – 48 comments

Rootkit infects Linux web servers

http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Rootkit-infects-Linux-web-servers-1753969.html

14 years ago

110 upvotes – 28 comments

Why tiny Stockholm has the most stunning startup ecosystem since Tel Aviv

http://pandodaily.com/2012/11/20/why-tiny-stockholm-has-the-most-stunning-startup-ecosystem-since-tel-aviv/?pages=all

14 years ago

105 upvotes – 97 comments

Megaupload Assisted FBI vs NinjaVideo, But Evidence Then Used Against Them

http://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-assisted-fbi-vs-ninjavideo-but-evidence-then-used-against-them-121121/

14 years ago

96 upvotes – 51 comments

The problem with a Lean Startup: the Minimum Viable Product.

http://paulkortman.com/2012/11/21/the-problem-with-a-lean-startup-the-minimum-viable-product/

14 years ago

93 upvotes – 58 comments

CardMunch CEO uses Flightfox for 29-Country Startup Trip

http://flightfox.com/blog/lessons-from-bowei-gai

14 years ago

85 upvotes – 31 comments

A Tale of Two Bridges

http://unprotocols.org/blog:16?

14 years ago

83 upvotes – 47 comments

Flatiron, A framework for Node.js

http://flatironjs.org/

14 years ago

82 upvotes – 13 comments

Jury convicts NY man accused of AT&T-iPad hacking

http://news.yahoo.com/jury-convicts-ny-man-accused-t-ipad-hacking-023305967--finance.html

14 years ago

75 upvotes – 80 comments

What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html

14 years ago

74 upvotes – 39 comments

The maker/manager transition phase

http://joel.is/post/36051780992/the-maker-manager-transition-phase

14 years ago

72 upvotes – 10 comments

Trotify: make your bicycle sound like a horse [video]

http://trotify.com

14 years ago

69 upvotes – 70 comments

Homeland Security spent $430M on radios its employees don’t know how to use

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/11/homeland-security-spent-430m-on-radios-its-employees-dont-know-how-to-use/

14 years ago

66 upvotes – 45 comments

Show HN: Say Cheese - a cross-browser compatible webcam API

http://leemachin.github.com/say-cheese/

14 years ago

66 upvotes – 15 comments

Prince William photos accidentally reveal RAF password

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/11/21/prince-william-photos-password/

14 years ago

63 upvotes – 46 comments

Show HN: Status page for Balanced - Payments for Marketplaces

https://status.balancedpayments.com

14 years ago

60 upvotes – 15 comments

Sailfish OS

http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2012/11/21/jolla-details-sailfish-os-a-look-at-its-unique-multitasking-menu-and-personalization-features/?fromcat=all

14 years ago

60 upvotes – 35 comments

GNOME to release official "classic mode" extensions

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685744#c6

14 years ago

60 upvotes – 23 comments

John McAfee: The Government Wants to Kill Me

http://www.securityweek.com/john-mcafee-government-wants-kill-me

14 years ago

59 upvotes – 28 comments

'The Hobbit' at 48fps: Frame Rates Explained

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403746,00.asp

14 years ago

59 upvotes – 89 comments

User Motivation Determines the Best Color Scheme for Your Website

http://kaikkonendesign.fi/user-motivation-determines-the-best-color-scheme-for-your-website/

14 years ago

58 upvotes – 49 comments

HTML5 vector graphics editor

http://figurepool.com/editor

14 years ago

57 upvotes – 22 comments

Corporations Want Obama's Winning Formula

http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/83230-corporations-want-obamas-winning-formula

14 years ago

54 upvotes – 52 comments

Ask HN: Survivor Bias. Why don't we focus more on startups that fail?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4812480

14 years ago

53 upvotes – 32 comments

How to serve Django Statics (and not go insane)

http://blog.sendhub.com/post/36219926831/how-to-serve-django-statics-and-not-go-insane

14 years ago

53 upvotes – 31 comments

Paypal Bans Usenet Providers Over Piracy Concerns

http://torrentfreak.com/paypal-bans-usenet-providers-over-piracy-concerns-12112

14 years ago

52 upvotes – 46 comments
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