top 10 hacker news stories for 2015-01-05

A town of about 200 people, almost all of whom live in the same building

https://stories.californiasunday.com/2015-01-04/begich-towers-whittier-alaska/

12 years ago

673 upvotes – 177 comments

Write You a Haskell: Building a modern functional compiler from first principles

http://dev.stephendiehl.com/fun/

12 years ago

472 upvotes – 47 comments

Apple has lost the functional high ground

http://www.marco.org/2015/01/04/apple-lost-functional-high-ground

12 years ago

453 upvotes – 325 comments

Writers Say They Feel Censored by Surveillance

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/arts/writers-say-they-feel-censored-by-surveillance.html?_r=0

12 years ago

270 upvotes – 132 comments

How Software in Half of NYC Cabs Generates $5.2M a Year in Extra Tips

http://iquantny.tumblr.com/post/107245431809/how-software-in-half-of-nyc-cabs-generates-5-2

12 years ago

268 upvotes – 218 comments

Show HN: WordsAPI

https://www.wordsapi.com/

12 years ago

263 upvotes – 75 comments

Moonpig.com Vulnerability – Exposes customer data

http://www.ifc0nfig.com/moonpig-vulnerability/

12 years ago

256 upvotes – 121 comments

Hubble captures the sharpest ever view of Andromeda Galaxy

http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1502/

12 years ago

254 upvotes – 62 comments

Introducing Google Cast for audio

http://chrome.blogspot.com/2015/01/introducing-google-cast-for-audio.html

12 years ago

232 upvotes – 166 comments

Wit.ai (YC W14) Is Joining Facebook

https://wit.ai/blog/2015/01/05/wit-ai-facebook

12 years ago

217 upvotes – 50 comments
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