top 10 hacker news stories for 2017-12-16

Firefox is on a slippery slope

https://drewdevault.com/2017/12/16/Firefox-is-on-a-slippery-slope.html

8 years ago

2023 upvotes – 874 comments

Norway votes to decriminalise drugs and offer treatment instead of jail time

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/norway-votes-decriminalise-drugs-offer-treatment-instead-jail-time/

8 years ago

1214 upvotes – 217 comments

Amazon's Fake Review Problem

http://www.brianbien.com/amazons-fake-review-problem/

8 years ago

602 upvotes – 324 comments

REST is the new SOAP

https://medium.com/@pakaldebonchamp/rest-is-the-new-soap-97ff6c09896d

8 years ago

581 upvotes – 338 comments

In B-Flat

http://www.inbflat.net

8 years ago

430 upvotes – 43 comments

The Pentagon’s U.F.O. Program

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html

8 years ago

409 upvotes – 272 comments

Why Aren’t Any Bankers in Prison for Causing the Financial Crisis? (2016)

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/08/why-arent-any-bankers-in-prison-for-causing-the-financial-crisis/496232/?single_page=true

8 years ago

407 upvotes – 221 comments

CDC gets list of forbidden words

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-gets-list-of-forbidden-words-fetus-transgender-diversity/2017/12/15/f503837a-e1cf-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html

8 years ago

382 upvotes – 159 comments

Statistics, we have a problem

https://medium.com/@kristianlum/statistics-we-have-a-problem-304638dc5de5

8 years ago

295 upvotes – 301 comments

Stuff You Can't Say in Silicon Valley

https://elaineou.com/2017/11/24/stuff-you-cant-say-in-silicon-valley/

8 years ago

267 upvotes – 280 comments
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