top 20 hacker news stories for 2013-01-02

Make the Metric system the standard in the United States

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-metric-system-standard-united-states-instead-imperial-system/FndsKXLh

14 years ago

820 upvotes – 530 comments

Ubuntu for phones

http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone

14 years ago

513 upvotes – 156 comments

Canonical announces Ubuntu for smartphones

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/02/ubuntu-for-smartphones/

14 years ago

474 upvotes – 207 comments

Regexper: Beautiful regexp visualizations

http://www.regexper.com/

14 years ago

466 upvotes – 127 comments

SQL Injection Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails; affects all versions

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/rubyonrails-security/DCNTNp_qjFM

14 years ago

402 upvotes – 205 comments

A world without power

http://jacquesmattheij.com/a-world-without-power

14 years ago

309 upvotes – 140 comments

Avis acquires car sharing company Zipcar for $500 million

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/01/02/vehicle-rental-giant-avis-acquires-car-sharing-company-zipcar-for-500-million/

14 years ago

262 upvotes – 144 comments

The physics of that ‘kickalicious’ kick

http://www.empiricalzeal.com/2012/12/31/the-physics-of-that-kickalicious-kick/?src=search

14 years ago

247 upvotes – 33 comments

Patent trolls want $1,000 per employee for using scanners

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/patent-trolls-want-1000-for-using-scanners/

14 years ago

235 upvotes – 180 comments

Why did a Train Carrying Biofuel Cross the Border 24 Times and Never Unload?

http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Why-did-a-Train-Carrying-Biofuel-Cross-the-Border-24-Times-and-Never-Unload.html

14 years ago

219 upvotes – 93 comments

How fast could you travel across the U.S. in the 1800s?

http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/stories/how-fast-could-you-travel-across-the-us-in-the-1800s

14 years ago

211 upvotes – 124 comments

Python: The Dictionary Playbook

http://blog.amir.rachum.com/post/39501813266/python-the-dictionary-playbook

14 years ago

193 upvotes – 55 comments

Dear Apple, DUNS is a scam, but you already know that

http://blog.metamorphium.com/2012/12/03/apple-duns/#

14 years ago

186 upvotes – 54 comments

Meet Microsoft, the world's best kept R&D secret

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2020268/meet-microsoft-the-worlds-best-kept-randd-secret.html

14 years ago

180 upvotes – 125 comments

Programming is Terrible

http://programmingisterrible.com/

14 years ago

170 upvotes – 68 comments

Code Interview Reading List

http://codingforinterviews.com/books

14 years ago

166 upvotes – 45 comments

The Income Rich Take One For The Team. Thanks!

http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/01/the-income-rich-take-one-for-the-team-thanks/

14 years ago

119 upvotes – 151 comments

The Web Book Boilerplate - Writing books for almost every platform

https://github.com/PascalPrecht/wbb

14 years ago

118 upvotes – 35 comments

From AS3 to Haxe

http://www.grantmathews.com/43

14 years ago

111 upvotes – 12 comments

There's no avoiding Google+

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324731304578193781852024980.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories

14 years ago

108 upvotes – 107 comments
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