top 50% hacker news stories for 2013-02-04

Hello Chrome, it’s Firefox calling

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/02/hello-chrome-its-firefox-calling/

13 years ago

1388 upvotes – 69 comments

Hello Firefox, this is Chrome calling

http://blog.chromium.org/2013/02/hello-firefox-this-is-chrome-calling.html

13 years ago

1386 upvotes – 178 comments

No, I'm not going to download your bullshit app

http://tommorris.org/posts/8070

13 years ago

799 upvotes – 218 comments

I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calling Them Out

http://andresmax.com/post/42279937752/im-tired-of-companies-ripping-off-our-site-so-im

13 years ago

441 upvotes – 270 comments

Speaking up

http://www.sazzy.co.uk/2013/02/speaking-up/

13 years ago

426 upvotes – 307 comments

Use long flags when scripting

http://thechangelog.com/use-long-flags-when-scripting/

13 years ago

423 upvotes – 124 comments

Why does Google append while(1); in front of their JSON responses?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2669690/why-does-google-append-while1-in-front-of-their-json-responses

13 years ago

416 upvotes – 57 comments

Show HN: Pick a better background pattern for your website

http://bradjasper.com/subtle-patterns-bookmarklet/

13 years ago

347 upvotes – 52 comments

Group of Men Have Played Game of Tag for 23 Years

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323375204578269991660836834.html#project%3DTagParticipationB%26articleTabs%3Darticle

13 years ago

340 upvotes – 47 comments

Massive glacier collapse

http://unofficialnetworks.com/collapse-video-glacial-size-city-116670/

13 years ago

239 upvotes – 261 comments

We should only work 25 hours a week, argues professor

http://sciencenordic.com/we-should-only-work-25-hours-week-argues-professor

13 years ago

236 upvotes – 271 comments

Show HN: hint.css – a tooltip library in CSS

http://kushagragour.in/lab/hint/

13 years ago

236 upvotes – 55 comments

Evasi0n iOS 6.x jailbreak

http://evasi0n.com/?o=1

13 years ago

216 upvotes – 167 comments

"Most of you steal your software"

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/10/most-of-you-steal-your-software.html

13 years ago

203 upvotes – 114 comments

Labels in input fields aren’t such a good idea

http://laurakalbag.com/labels-in-input-fields-arent-such-a-good-idea/

13 years ago

194 upvotes – 93 comments

College was my biggest mistake (2012)

http://stevecorona.com/college-was-my-biggest-mistake/

13 years ago

189 upvotes – 173 comments

Why Did The Media Keep The Recent Peaceful Icelandic Revolution Quiet?

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/01/11/why-did-media-keep-the-recent-peaceful-icelandic-revolution-quiet/

13 years ago

185 upvotes – 127 comments

The Internal Memo That Allowed IBM's Female Employees to Get Married

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/02/the-internal-memo-that-allowed-ibms-female-employees-to-get-married/272832/

13 years ago

160 upvotes – 87 comments

D3.js 101 - Technical Intro

http://scottcheng.github.com/d3js-101/#/title

13 years ago

158 upvotes – 39 comments

The Economics of Netflix's $100 Million Show

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2013/02/economics-netflixs-100-million-new-show/61692/

13 years ago

150 upvotes – 110 comments

1% of CMS-Powered Sites Expose Their Database Passwords (2011)

http://feross.org/cmsploit/?hn=1

13 years ago

134 upvotes – 90 comments

Why Aaron died

http://tarensk.tumblr.com/post/42260548767/why-aaron-died

13 years ago

127 upvotes – 93 comments

Deconstruction of Pinkie Pie's 64-bit Chrome exploit

http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.se/2013/02/exploiting-64-bit-linux-like-boss.html

13 years ago

122 upvotes – 33 comments

Anonymous posts over 4000 U.S. bank executive credentials

http://www.zdnet.com/anonymous-posts-over-4000-u-s-bank-executive-credentials-7000010740/

13 years ago

111 upvotes – 46 comments

High Performance JS heatmaps

http://codeflow.org/entries/2013/feb/04/high-performance-js-heatmaps/

13 years ago

99 upvotes – 13 comments

Direct use value of Bitcoin

http://blog.oleganza.com/post/42262765318/direct-use-value-of-bitcoin

13 years ago

90 upvotes – 64 comments

When Will the Rest of Us Get Google Fiber?

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/510176/when-will-the-rest-of-us-get-google-fiber/

13 years ago

89 upvotes – 59 comments

It's Official: XNA is dead

http://gamasutra.com/view/news/185894/Its_official_XNA_is_dead.php#.UQ_WsT8ov-I

13 years ago

85 upvotes – 104 comments

US waitress was fired for posting a picture of a tip receipt on Reddit

http://guardiancomment.tumblr.com/post/42024491123/chelsea-welch-the-us-waitress -who-was-fired-after

13 years ago

82 upvotes – 82 comments

Resolutions for programmers

http://matt.might.net/articles/programmers-resolutions

13 years ago

80 upvotes – 15 comments

Lucky Thirteen: Breaking the TLS and DTLS Record Protocols

http://www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/tls/

13 years ago

77 upvotes – 19 comments

In Defense of "The Big Bang Theory"

http://ideonexus.com/2013/02/04/in-defense-of-the-big-bang-theory/

13 years ago

76 upvotes – 111 comments

New $1.6B supercomputer project will attempt to simulate the human brain

http://io9.com/5980117/new-16-billion-supercomputer-project-will-attempt-to-simulate-the-human-brain

13 years ago

73 upvotes – 74 comments

IMAP client for coders

http://www.hajomail.com/

13 years ago

71 upvotes – 84 comments

Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king's

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21063882

13 years ago

71 upvotes – 39 comments

Coursera course 'Fundamentals of Online Education' closed without warning

http://chewingthistles.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/24-hours-a-long-time-in-online-learning/

13 years ago

71 upvotes – 32 comments

500 Startups Open for Applications

http://500.co/2013/01/31/applications-open-for-500strong-starfleet-academy/

13 years ago

69 upvotes – 29 comments

Sorting data in parallel CPU vs GPU

http://solarianprogrammer.com/2013/02/04/sorting-data-in-parallel-cpu-gpu/

13 years ago

68 upvotes – 22 comments

What I Do for a Living

http://ticci.org/what-i-do-for-a-living

13 years ago

68 upvotes – 8 comments

The Verge Hires Writer Who Quit CNET in Protest

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/the-verge-hires-writer-who-quit-cnet-in-protest/

13 years ago

67 upvotes – 13 comments
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