top 20 hacker news stories for 2013-02-21

Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocopters

http://robohub.org/video-throwing-and-catching-an-inverted-pendulum-with-quadrocopters/

13 years ago

619 upvotes – 133 comments

The Chromebook Pixel

http://chrome.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-chromebook-pixel-for-whats-next.html

13 years ago

475 upvotes – 487 comments

The Truth about a Failing Startup

http://pastebin.com/BgxFCTEC

13 years ago

458 upvotes – 156 comments

Sony Pirates KDE Artwork

http://blogs.kde.org/2013/02/21/sony-pirates-kde-artwork

13 years ago

434 upvotes – 160 comments

Petition to make unlocking phones legal again passes 100,000 signatures

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/02/21/petition-to-make-unlocking-phones-legal-again-passes-100000-signatures-white-house-is-required-to-respond/

13 years ago

332 upvotes – 165 comments

LivingSocial: Employees' and Founders' Common Stock Now Worthless

http://www.privco.com/livingsocial-receives-emergency-110m-cash-infusion-from-existing-investors-to-avoid-bankruptcy

13 years ago

314 upvotes – 224 comments

How To Make a Quick Buck

http://jacquesmattheij.com/how-to-make-a-quick-buck

13 years ago

314 upvotes – 87 comments

Google has killed Android (the brand)

http://www.fabcapo.com/2013/02/google-has-killed-android-brand.html

13 years ago

271 upvotes – 110 comments

The Play Framework at LinkedIn

http://engineering.linkedin.com/play/play-framework-linkedin

13 years ago

219 upvotes – 186 comments

Thrown Off a United Airlines Flight for Taking Pictures

http://upgrd.com/matthew/thrown-off-a-united-airlines-flight-for-taking-pictures.html

13 years ago

203 upvotes – 237 comments

Google is working on creating a new protocol named QUIC to replace UDP

https://plus.google.com/u/0/100132233764003563318/posts/b36wVornPtD

13 years ago

192 upvotes – 112 comments

Panoramic, high resolution picture of London

http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html

13 years ago

162 upvotes – 99 comments

Why Should Taxpayers Give Big Banks $83 Billion a Year?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-20/why-should-taxpayers-give-big-banks-83-billion-a-year-.html

13 years ago

152 upvotes – 120 comments

Why is Spotify chugging upload bandwidth when it is not streaming?

http://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Why-is-Spotify-chugging-upload-bandwidth-when-it-is-not/td-p/70367

13 years ago

151 upvotes – 150 comments

Google Announces $1,299 Chromebook Pixel With 2560×1700px Touchscreen

http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/21/google-announces-1299-chromebook-pixel-with-2560x1700-32-12-85-touchscreen-core-i5-cpu-1tb-of-google-drive-storage-optional-lte/

13 years ago

145 upvotes – 154 comments

Nothing is certain, except death and taxes .. and chargebacks

http://blog.balancedpayments.com/death-taxes-chargebacks-balanced/

13 years ago

141 upvotes – 68 comments

Highcharts 3.0 Beta released

http://www.highcharts.com/component/content/article/2-news/53-highcharts-3-0-beta-released

13 years ago

133 upvotes – 67 comments

When to Sell Your Company

https://medium.com/on-startups/6a25c0cbd358

13 years ago

131 upvotes – 16 comments

Show HN: Like The Onion, But Real

http://theon1on.com

13 years ago

127 upvotes – 90 comments

Stack Exchange’s Colocation Move: Lessons Learned

http://blog.serverfault.com/2013/02/21/stack-exchanges-colocation-move-8-lessons-learned/

13 years ago

126 upvotes – 41 comments
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