HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

6241.

Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

39 points by colbyolson on Dec 25, 2009 | 174 comments

6242.

Poll: Do you smoke?

39 points by brandon272 on May 6, 2009 | 155 comments

6243.

Ask HN: What are your (non-hn-related) hobbies?

39 points by yan on Oct 5, 2009 | 133 comments

6244.

On Elitism (stanford.edu)

39 points by unignorant on Sep 27, 2009 | 113 comments

6245.

Hacker News doesn't validate (validator.w3.org)

39 points by urlwolf on Jan 7, 2009 | 95 comments

6246.

Ask HN: Have you ever felt inferior for not being from a name-brand college? ()

39 points by rdr on Jun 7, 2009 | 87 comments

6247.

Lua vs Ruby benchmarks (similarly "high-level" languages, insanely different performance) (shootout.alioth.debian.org)

39 points by critic on Jan 30, 2009 | 72 comments

6248.

Why climatologists used the tree-ring data ‘trick’ (scienceblogs.com)

39 points by MikeCapone on Dec 19, 2009 | 70 comments

6249.

Richard Stallman on his experience in Cuba (blogs.computerworld.com)

39 points by mapleoin on Feb 13, 2009 | 65 comments

6250.

Ask HN: Why do non-techies simply not "get" the idea of a wiki?

39 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Jan 27, 2009 | 54 comments

6251.

The Economist reviews Michael Moore's new film (economist.com)

39 points by MikeCapone on Oct 11, 2009 | 52 comments

6252.

Why Time and Newsweek Will Never Be The Economist (vanityfair.com)

39 points by winanga on Apr 24, 2009 | 51 comments

6253.

Has sci-fi run out of steam? (pcpro.co.uk)

39 points by nreece on Nov 22, 2009 | 50 comments

6254.

Sotomayor Issues Challenge to a Century of Corporate Law (online.wsj.com)

39 points by tvon on Sep 18, 2009 | 49 comments

6255.

Open Source, compliant Google Wave Server (code.google.com)

39 points by ljlolel on Jul 26, 2009 | 48 comments

6256.

Ask HN: Thoughts on TinyArro.ws? Tiniest urls in the world (or your money back) (➡.ws)

39 points by thorax on Feb 28, 2009 | 47 comments

6257.

Did OOP do this to us? (sob.apotheon.org)

39 points by 10ren on Feb 21, 2009 | 47 comments

6258.

Ask HN: My site's popular. How would YOU monetise it? (favstar.fm)

39 points by TimH on Aug 12, 2009 | 47 comments

6259.

Humour is an act of aggression (telegraph.co.uk)

39 points by nreece on Aug 29, 2009 | 47 comments

6260.

Climate change cover-up? You better believe it (scientificamerican.com)

39 points by Daishiman on Nov 29, 2009 | 47 comments

6261.

Ask HN: What to do when competitor copies your app (exact design) ()

39 points by lunaru on Jul 16, 2009 | 46 comments

6262.

Ask HN: WTF Is The Value of Real-time Search?

39 points by sscheper on Oct 28, 2009 | 45 comments

6263.

Ask HN: Review our startup - Taxi Mogul, a persistent browser game (taxi-mogul.com)

39 points by villiros on Jan 29, 2009 | 44 comments

6264.

Rate HN: Our site - Looklookbuy ()

39 points by kyro on Aug 12, 2009 | 44 comments

6265.

Why I use the MIT licence (by author of Rack) (chneukirchen.org)

39 points by Pistos2 on Aug 24, 2009 | 44 comments

6266.

How twentysomethings are coping with the recession. (slate.com)

39 points by Poleris on Mar 28, 2009 | 42 comments

6267.

Music Sales (nytimes.com)

39 points by onreact-com on Sep 17, 2009 | 41 comments

6268.

The Truth About Tamiflu: Has the US wasted $1.5 billion on an ineffective drug? (theatlantic.com)

39 points by gojomo on Dec 11, 2009 | 41 comments

6269.

Ask HN: What time tracking and billing software (or related solutions) do you recommend?

39 points by randomtask on Feb 11, 2009 | 40 comments

6270.

Facebook founder finds a way to profit from its members' private data (telegraph.co.uk)

39 points by kennyroo on Feb 1, 2009 | 39 comments