HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1.

Steve Jobs has passed away. (apple.com)

4338 points by patricktomas on Oct 5, 2011 | 363 comments

2.

Rob Pike: Dennis Ritchie has died (plus.google.com)

1958 points by fogus on Oct 13, 2011 | 196 comments

3.

A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs (nytimes.com)

1736 points by NaOH on Oct 30, 2011 | 121 comments

4.

John McCarthy Has Died (en.wikipedia.org)

1619 points by apgwoz on Oct 24, 2011 | 218 comments

5.

Steve's Google Platform rant (plus.google.com)

1196 points by tRAS on Oct 12, 2011 | 393 comments

6.

My dad taught me cashflow with a soda machine (blog.thestartuptoolkit.com)

1060 points by robfitz on Oct 28, 2011 | 101 comments

7.

Don't Call Yourself a Programmer (kalzumeus.com)

1021 points by jambo on Oct 29, 2011 | 267 comments

8.

Steve Jobs has died (marketwatch.com)

901 points by byrneseyeview on Oct 5, 2011 | 69 comments

9.

Amit Gupta needs you (amitguptaneedsyou.com)

886 points by mattangriffel on Oct 24, 2011 | 143 comments

10.

Apple RIP Logo design (jmak.tumblr.com)

812 points by citricsquid on Oct 6, 2011 | 45 comments

11.

Subtle Patterns: Free textures for your next web project (subtlepatterns.com)

801 points by vitomd on Oct 10, 2011 | 64 comments

12.

Daring Fireball: Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot (daringfireball.net)

749 points by ditados on Oct 6, 2011 | 135 comments

13.

I quit my job last March and it was a bad idea.

745 points by mannicken on Oct 12, 2011 | 325 comments

14.

Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction (worrydream.com)

733 points by macrael on Oct 11, 2011 | 72 comments

15.

Bitbucket now rocks Git (blog.bitbucket.org)

726 points by amitparikh on Oct 3, 2011 | 173 comments

16.

Ask HN: What programming blogs do you read daily?

716 points by t3rcio on Oct 17, 2011 | 116 comments

17.

We now have an effective vaccine for Malaria (reuters.com)

622 points by sethbannon on Oct 19, 2011 | 138 comments

18.

24 year old student lights match: Europe versus Facebook (identityblog.com)

579 points by Natsu on Oct 18, 2011 | 214 comments

19.

Video: Quantum Levitation (jasonadriaan.com)

572 points by jasonadriaan on Oct 18, 2011 | 95 comments

20.

The Steve Jobs I Knew (allthingsd.com)

571 points by Vexenon on Oct 6, 2011 | 11 comments

21.

IOS 5's "Cleaning" Behavior (marco.org)

568 points by JeffDClark on Oct 13, 2011 | 195 comments

22.

Lights (lights.elliegoulding.com)

567 points by citricsquid on Oct 13, 2011 | 91 comments

23.

RIP, dmr (muppetlabs.com)

565 points by breadbox on Oct 13, 2011 | 21 comments

24.

Photoshop 'unblur' leaves MAX audience gasping for air (9to5mac.com)

564 points by suivix on Oct 11, 2011 | 123 comments

25.

Steve Yegge: Follow Up to His Accidentally Public Rant (plus.google.com)

558 points by janzer on Oct 21, 2011 | 171 comments

26.

Bill Gates on Steve Jobs (thegatesnotes.com)

549 points by hornokplease on Oct 6, 2011 | 13 comments

27.

Codify: native coding environment for iPad (twolivesleft.com)

545 points by fdb on Oct 26, 2011 | 163 comments

28.

Dizzying but invisible depth (plus.google.com)

541 points by rhdoenges on Oct 15, 2011 | 105 comments

29.

Wozniak remembers Steve Jobs (washingtonpost.com)

537 points by flamingbuffalo on Oct 6, 2011 | 55 comments

30.

Give this company a child's drawing and they'll make it into a stuffed toy (childsown.com)

536 points by latch on Oct 24, 2011 | 76 comments