HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

151.

Western civilization runs on the mainframe (fosspatents.blogspot.com)

154 points by a2tech on Aug 2, 2010 | 149 comments

152.

Paul Graham and his "no asshole" rule (Interview) (youtube.com)

154 points by zeedotme on Aug 25, 2010 | 71 comments

153.

Mongo DB is web scale (xtranormal.com)

154 points by roder on Aug 26, 2010 | 65 comments

154.

Facebook iPhone app takes OSS code without attribution (developers.enormego.com)

154 points by basil on Aug 20, 2010 | 34 comments

155.

Google goes "evil" (huffingtonpost.com)

153 points by mcantelon on Aug 9, 2010 | 88 comments

156.

So you were thinking of using adsense to generate income? Think again (jacquesmattheij.com)

150 points by jacquesm on Aug 16, 2010 | 85 comments

157.

Less Framework 2.0 Released (lessframework.com)

150 points by alexkiwi on Aug 29, 2010 | 27 comments

158.

Why are so many people in their 20s taking so long to grow up? (nytimes.com)

149 points by robg on Aug 18, 2010 | 196 comments

159.

New York will always be a tech backwater, I don’t care what the VCs say (adgrok.com)

149 points by antongm on Aug 3, 2010 | 182 comments

160.

Books that will Substitute for a Computer Science Degree (techoozie.com)

149 points by fogus on Aug 26, 2010 | 91 comments

161.

Ask HN: How to be successful online without SEO bullshittery?

149 points by rkalla on Aug 31, 2010 | 61 comments

162.

Android Sales Overtake iPhone in the U.S. (gigaom.com)

148 points by yanw on Aug 2, 2010 | 130 comments

163.

How angel investors are destroying young gullible programming talent (maxkle.in)

148 points by maxklein on Aug 18, 2010 | 65 comments

164.

Map of worldwide undersea cables (cablemap.info)

148 points by mixmax on Aug 16, 2010 | 49 comments

165.

What non-technical users don’t understand about your software (successfulsoftware.net)

147 points by epi0Bauqu on Aug 24, 2010 | 70 comments

166.

New Rejection Reason From Apple May Have Major Implications (readitlaterlist.com)

147 points by olefoo on Aug 23, 2010 | 50 comments

167.

Want to pack JS and CSS really well? Convert it to a PNG (ajaxian.com)

147 points by shawndumas on Aug 22, 2010 | 38 comments

168.

Hacker Spoofs Cell Phone Tower to Intercept Calls (wired.com)

146 points by wglb on Aug 1, 2010 | 24 comments

169.

Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images (news.cnet.com)

145 points by Rod on Aug 4, 2010 | 109 comments

170.

Making GitHub More Open: Git-backed Wikis (github.com)

145 points by technoweenie on Aug 12, 2010 | 29 comments

171.

Got a blog that makes no money? Philadelphia wants $300 from you (citypaper.net)

144 points by yoasif_ on Aug 22, 2010 | 67 comments

172.

RVM (Ruby Version Manager) 1.0.0 (wayneeseguin.beginrescueend.com)

144 points by earcar on Aug 26, 2010 | 38 comments

173.

Why we need to abolish software patents (techcrunch.com)

143 points by cwan on Aug 7, 2010 | 59 comments

174.

Facebook name extraction based on email/wrong password + POC (seclists.org)

143 points by iamelgringo on Aug 11, 2010 | 27 comments

175.

Protesters Gather At Google; 600 Employees Sign Petition, Organizers Claim (blogs.sfweekly.com)

141 points by mcantelon on Aug 14, 2010 | 102 comments

176.

Conde Nast refuses to run Prop 19 ads on reddit (reddit.com)

140 points by holman on Aug 27, 2010 | 99 comments

177.

There is no nanotech, stop talking about it and start laughing at it (scottlocklin.wordpress.com)

139 points by asmithmd1 on Aug 24, 2010 | 111 comments

178.

Productive Programming (gabrielweinberg.com)

139 points by taylorwc on Aug 31, 2010 | 79 comments

179.

Ten Steps To Ten Thousand Sign Ups Before We Even Launch Our Startup (sachinagarwal.com)

139 points by sachinag on Aug 3, 2010 | 59 comments

180.

Clicking Facebook "Like" Buttons Gives Owner Permission To Spam You (w/ demo) (bingocardcreator.com)

139 points by patio11 on Aug 30, 2010 | 52 comments