HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1621.

Human geography is mapped in the genes (newscientist.com)

5 points by brasmusen on Aug 31, 2008 | 0 comments

1622.

7 Tips to Launching a Successful Web Television Series (news.tubefilter.tv)

5 points by Marc_Hustvedt on Aug 21, 2008 | -1 comments

1623.

Help an (aspiring) Hacker (sammyliu.com)

4 points by kajecounterhack on Aug 2, 2008 | 24 comments

1624.

Ask HN: Why does no one use google docs for presentations? ()

4 points by lbrandy on Aug 23, 2008 | 15 comments

1625.

Ask YC: What do founders do after they have been bought out? ()

4 points by zitterbewegung on Aug 27, 2008 | 14 comments

1626.

Why people hate Java? ()

4 points by gttg on Aug 24, 2008 | 13 comments

1627.

Ask YC: What is the hardest part of creating a web app? ()

4 points by dhotson on Aug 2, 2008 | 12 comments

1628.

Toyota Announces Segway Competitor (blog.wired.com)

4 points by soundsop on Aug 2, 2008 | 10 comments

1629.

Where is the programmable web ()

4 points by un on Aug 8, 2008 | 9 comments

1630.

Ask YC: How do you feel after watching Planet Earth? ()

4 points by babyshake on Aug 12, 2008 | 8 comments

1631.

Ask HN: (General-purpose) Reverse Auctions — undeveloped or needless? ()

4 points by yrashk on Aug 15, 2008 | 8 comments

1632.

Ask HN: How would you handle this design dilemma? ()

4 points by edw519 on Aug 21, 2008 | 8 comments

1633.

Learn while doing? ()

4 points by thehickmans on Aug 28, 2008 | 8 comments

1634.

Ask HN: Profitable startup's small revenue. What next? ()

4 points by BinaryBird on Aug 13, 2008 | 7 comments

1635.

Do Social Networks Bring the End of Privacy? (sciam.com)

4 points by makimaki on Aug 18, 2008 | 7 comments

1636.

Ask YC: Any risks with JS and CSS compression? ()

4 points by prashantdesale on Aug 26, 2008 | 7 comments

1637.

About the Cruft (storytotell.org)

4 points by parenthesis on Aug 3, 2008 | 6 comments

1638.

Our Tax System Explained: "Bar Stool Economics" (ballreviews.com)

4 points by acangiano on Aug 6, 2008 | 6 comments

1639.

Obama Supporters Prefer Firefox (eyesonobama.com)

4 points by rockstar9 on Aug 9, 2008 | 6 comments

1640.

ASP.NET Gets No Respect (west-wind.com)

4 points by johns on Aug 14, 2008 | 6 comments

1641.

The cloud has failed. (struct3.com)

4 points by incredicorp on Aug 16, 2008 | 6 comments

1642.

Ask YC: Do I need full credit card processing ready by launch? ()

4 points by neovive on Aug 16, 2008 | 6 comments

1643.

Advice on doing development for equity/deferred payment ()

4 points by vivekamn on Aug 7, 2008 | 5 comments

1644.

Ask YC: Do 30 day trials actually help get customers? ()

4 points by scribblewiki on Aug 8, 2008 | 5 comments

1645.

How do you track your competitors? ()

4 points by laktek on Aug 9, 2008 | 5 comments

1646.

Introducing Wikia Evolution (search.wikia.com)

4 points by prakash on Aug 10, 2008 | 5 comments

1647.

Tour of 1985 formal proof of a limit on asynchronous processes (won Dijkstra award) (hnr.dnsalias.net)

4 points by 13ren on Aug 13, 2008 | 5 comments

1648.

Twitter kills SMS service in some countries over costs. Will someone kill SMS already? (venturebeat.com)