top 50% hacker news stories for 2013-03-30

Callbacks are imperative, promises are functional

http://blog.jcoglan.com/2013/03/30/callbacks-are-imperative-promises-are-functional-nodes-biggest-missed-opportunity/

13 years ago

353 upvotes – 149 comments

Worst CAPTCHA Ever

http://svedic.org/programming/worst-captcha-ever

13 years ago

346 upvotes – 164 comments

What Major World Cities Look Like at Night, Minus the Light Pollution

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/artscience/2013/03/darkened-cities

13 years ago

266 upvotes – 71 comments

Effective Django

http://effectivedjango.com/

13 years ago

227 upvotes – 42 comments

Introduction to Guitar

https://www.coursera.org/course/guitar

13 years ago

205 upvotes – 109 comments

Lessons Learned from YouTube’s $300M Hole

http://edwardspoonhands.com/post/46305605617/lessons-learned-from-youtubes-300m-hole

13 years ago

165 upvotes – 50 comments

Standups are Not Poisonous

http://dshimy.github.com/blog/2013/03/30/standups-are-not-poisonous/

13 years ago

153 upvotes – 122 comments

M-Expressions in Haskell

https://groups.google.com/a/lispnyc.org/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/lisp/-NVNhsdQrHo

13 years ago

143 upvotes – 16 comments

Zsh-lovers – tips, tricks and examples for the Z shell

http://grml.org/zsh/zsh-lovers.html

13 years ago

120 upvotes – 23 comments

Saying Goodbye to a Sister

http://brianbailey.me/saying-goodbye-to-a-sister/

13 years ago

118 upvotes – 35 comments

BioBlender: Blender for Biologists

http://bioblender.eu/

13 years ago

109 upvotes – 28 comments

NetBSD turns 20

http://netbsd.org/changes/#NetBSD-turns-20-today

13 years ago

101 upvotes – 8 comments

Why innovators get better with age

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/jobs/why-innovators-get-better-with-age.html

13 years ago

97 upvotes – 46 comments

Why so many jobs are crappy

http://heteconomist.com/why-so-many-jobs-are-crappy/

13 years ago

89 upvotes – 72 comments

Five advanced Git merge techniques

http://blog.ezyang.com/2010/01/advanced-git-merge/

13 years ago

81 upvotes – 13 comments

Show HN: Transfer files between computers using WebRTC

http://rtccopy.com

13 years ago

81 upvotes – 43 comments

Trying something new with Github. Help make my US holiday awesome?

https://github.com/xzyfer/us-travel-checklist

13 years ago

★ 73
78 upvotes – 47 comments

Of Lisp Macros and Washing Machines (2011)

http://www.loper-os.org/?p=401

13 years ago

78 upvotes – 62 comments

The 16th century computer and the book that kills

http://www.marianotomatis.it/blog/index.php?post=20130322

13 years ago

77 upvotes – 5 comments

Windows Blue under the hood: MinKernel and BaseFS

http://www.zdnet.com/windows-blue-under-the-hood-minkernel-and-basefs-7000013290/

13 years ago

76 upvotes – 45 comments

Linux game database

http://www.lgdb.org/

13 years ago

75 upvotes – 18 comments

Curated video lists worth geeking out about

http://www.hackertalks.io

13 years ago

74 upvotes – 23 comments

Why Prioritize SENS Research for Human Longevity?

http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2013/03/why-prioritize-sens-research-for-human-longevity.php

13 years ago

73 upvotes – 24 comments

Scientists Inject Human Brain Cells Into Mice, Make Them Smarter

http://singularityhub.com/2013/03/28/scientists-inject-human-brain-cells-into-mice-make-them-smarter/

13 years ago

71 upvotes – 57 comments

Google workers at Superfund site exposed

http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Google-workers-at-Superfund-site-exposed-4368421.php

13 years ago

70 upvotes – 25 comments

Fjord – F# programming language for the JVM

https://github.com/penberg/fjord

13 years ago

★ 211 Java
69 upvotes – 60 comments

A multi-purpose EDITOR variable

http://brettterpstra.com/2013/03/30/a-multi-purpose-editor-variable/

13 years ago

69 upvotes – 25 comments

Graphical password vulnerability

http://translate.google.com.ua/translate?hl=uk&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fhabrahabr.ru%2Fpost%2F174773%2F

13 years ago

66 upvotes – 28 comments

Stop participating in hackathons just to win

http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/30/entrepreneurs-stop-participating-in-hackathons-just-to-win-them/

13 years ago

64 upvotes – 42 comments

Google Code Jam 2013

https://code.google.com/codejam/

13 years ago

61 upvotes – 10 comments

Alternatives to Android, iOS, and Windows Phone

http://www.techhive.com/article/2031515/four-alternatives-to-android-ios-and-windows-phone.html

13 years ago

58 upvotes – 39 comments

North Korea declares war on South Korea - full declaration

http://live.reuters.com/Event/North_Korea/70001409

13 years ago

57 upvotes – 55 comments

Standups are Poisonous

http://garethrees.co.uk/2013/03/28/standups-are-poisonous/

13 years ago

54 upvotes – 62 comments
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