top 10 hacker news stories for 2014-12-06

The World's Dumbest Idea: Maximizing Shareholder Value [pdf]

https://www.gmo.com/America/CMSAttachmentDownload.aspx?target=JUBRxi51IIBoe1yul9uERnfCmQoglFl9k5qwJSfHx8w%2fWCnFLmEb2MC9GoFnZVlslR5NzCRY1ajgn503icBv67VQg%2fNVUMWsYvi3A2%2fL%2bS28A7Pthjp7LmOfLYQfHMJc

12 years ago

379 upvotes – 131 comments

Ask HN: How can I remedy scatter brain and information overload?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8710006

12 years ago

357 upvotes – 222 comments

A Markov chain trained on the Puppet documentation and H. P. Lovecraft

http://thedoomthatcametopuppet.tumblr.com/?

12 years ago

242 upvotes – 34 comments

America’s Toughest, Ugliest Warplane

http://www.wired.com/2014/12/a10-warthog-isis/

12 years ago

228 upvotes – 217 comments

Nigerian Billionaire Commits $100M for African Entrepreneurs

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2014/12/01/nigerian-billionaire-tony-elumelu-commits-100-million-to-create-10000-african-entrepreneurs-in-10-years/

12 years ago

189 upvotes – 44 comments

XSLT is a failure wrapped in pain

http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/xml/

12 years ago

186 upvotes – 151 comments

California drought most severe in 1,200 years, study says

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-drought-worst-20141205-story.html

12 years ago

164 upvotes – 103 comments

IBM’s Watson Analytics platform is now open to everyone

http://www.ibm.com/analytics/watson-analytics/

12 years ago

156 upvotes – 24 comments

Clean OS reinstalls with propellor

http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/clean_OS_reinstalls_with_propellor/

12 years ago

149 upvotes – 4 comments

The World Cracks Down on the Internet

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/world-cracks-internet

12 years ago

143 upvotes – 24 comments
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