HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1981.

Dire Times Offer a Chance to Reconsider Choices (nytimes.com)

4 points by robg on Dec 29, 2008 | 0 comments

1982.

Peeling Away the jQuery Wrapper and Finding an Array (learningjquery.com)

4 points by johns on Dec 29, 2008 | 0 comments

1983.

The Top 500 Worst Passwords of All Time (whatsmypass.com)

4 points by prakash on Dec 29, 2008 | 0 comments

1984.

[Ask YC] Free emailing services besides Google apps? ()

4 points by hamgav on Dec 29, 2008 | 0 comments

1985.

Why Orthodox Economics Fails (monthlyreview.org)

4 points by chaostheory on Dec 29, 2008 | 0 comments

1986.

Simple rules for creating iPhone applications (scrollmotion.com)

4 points by adityakothadiya on Dec 29, 2008 | 0 comments

1987.

Prosŏdy, a new XMPP server written in Lua (prosody.im)

4 points by kseistrup on Dec 30, 2008 | 0 comments

1988.

The economics of scientific collaboration (michaelnielsen.org)

4 points by michael_nielsen on Dec 30, 2008 | 0 comments

1989.

Buyer's market as crunch hits virtual realty (theage.com.au)

4 points by davo11 on Dec 30, 2008 | 0 comments

1990.

Exploring Programming Language Architecture in Perl (billhails.net)

4 points by socratees on Dec 30, 2008 | 0 comments

1991.

Did Digg Really Improve Their Ad Targeting? (centernetworks.com)

4 points by qhoxie on Dec 31, 2008 | 0 comments

1992.

Can the United Auto Workers Survive? (becker-posner-blog.com)

4 points by mattmcknight on Dec 31, 2008 | 0 comments

1993.

How Markets Clear in Nigeria (tukopamoja.wordpress.com)

4 points by ed on Dec 31, 2008 | 0 comments

1994.

Consumers Union to Buy Consumerist (nytimes.com)

4 points by robg on Dec 31, 2008 | 0 comments

1995.

Malcolm Gladwell on meaningful work and curiosity (37signals.com)

4 points by Anon84 on Dec 31, 2008 | 0 comments

1996.

Ask YC: HTML emails or not? ()

3 points by jamongkad on Dec 17, 2008 | 12 comments

1997.

Ask HN: If you were starting from scratch again, what language would you learn first? ()

3 points by vaksel on Dec 17, 2008 | 12 comments

1998.

Ask YC: Best music/online radio to listen to when coding at 2 AM? ()

3 points by vlad on Dec 11, 2008 | 10 comments

1999.

Ask HN: Edit vs Delete ()

3 points by Shamiq on Dec 3, 2008 | 9 comments

2000.

Climate scientists say 2008 will be coolest year of decade (guardian.co.uk)

3 points by gibsonf1 on Dec 5, 2008 | 9 comments

2001.

Ask HN: A few hundred users and MySQL started to complain... ()

3 points by jgalvez on Dec 3, 2008 | 8 comments

2002.

“Google will buy Twitter” (seb2point0.com)

3 points by Anon84 on Dec 28, 2008 | 8 comments

2003.

Ask YC: Dragging text from OSX terminal windows? ()

3 points by pg on Dec 29, 2008 | 8 comments

2004.

Tell the truth: who really uses a different password for every service they try? ()

3 points by thenextweb on Dec 3, 2008 | 7 comments

2005.

Ask HN: Any recommended companies that can do security audits for startups? ()

3 points by bhb on Dec 12, 2008 | 7 comments

2006.

Ask HN: Open Philosophy? ()

3 points by jmtame on Dec 9, 2008 | 6 comments

2007.

Inhaling Fear: Those Graphic Smoking Ads Potentially Encourage Smoking (nytimes.com)