HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

391.

Why the password "this is fun" is 10 times more secure than "J4fS!2" (baekdal.com)

421 points by joshwa on Apr 15, 2011 | 170 comments

392.

Building a Web Application that makes $500 a Month – Part I (tbbuck.com)

421 points by mootothemax on Apr 21, 2011 | 115 comments

393.

The Unintended Effects of Driverless Cars (plus.google.com)

420 points by mbrubeck on Dec 8, 2011 | 333 comments

394.

The Ballmer Days Are Over (brooksreview.net)

420 points by showngo on May 12, 2011 | 212 comments

395.

Bose founder makes big stock donation to MIT (web.mit.edu)

420 points by privacyguru on Apr 29, 2011 | 94 comments

396.

My uncle's factorization algorithms (github.com)

420 points by daoudc on Dec 27, 2011 | 51 comments

397.

GitHub open sources Hubot (chat bot) (github.com)

420 points by technoweenie on Oct 25, 2011 | 49 comments

398.

Learn C The Hard Way (learncodethehardway.org)

419 points by mcantelon on Jul 3, 2011 | 245 comments

399.

Steve Jobs Book Excerpt: Why he wore the black mock turtleneck uniform (9to5mac.com)

419 points by kposehn on Oct 11, 2011 | 146 comments

400.

Why Is This Cargo Container Emitting So Much Radiation? (wired.com)

419 points by there on Oct 28, 2011 | 119 comments

401.

Tron Legacy: how the special effects were done (jtnimoy.net)

419 points by basil on Apr 4, 2011 | 77 comments

402.

Aerial footage of uncontacted Amazon tribe (uncontactedtribes.org)

418 points by timf on Feb 4, 2011 | 363 comments

403.

Q: Why can I access an out-of-scope C++ var? A: So you rent a hotel room... (stackoverflow.com)

418 points by sutro on Jun 23, 2011 | 98 comments

404.

LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug (wired.com)

417 points by mkrecny on Apr 29, 2011 | 293 comments

405.

Your problem with Vim is that you don't grok vi (stackoverflow.com)

417 points by ez77 on Aug 22, 2011 | 182 comments

406.

Programmers' Day (en.wikipedia.org)

417 points by kexek on Sep 13, 2011 | 84 comments

407.

Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and Log-Ins (smashingmagazine.com)

416 points by cwan on May 5, 2011 | 175 comments

408.

Our Commitment to Trust & Safety (blog.airbnb.com)

416 points by mikecaron on Aug 1, 2011 | 163 comments

409.

For what are the Windows A:\ and B:\ drives used? (superuser.com)

415 points by fakelvis on Jan 12, 2011 | 271 comments

410.

IPhones and 3G iPads log your location in an unencrypted file on the device (radar.oreilly.com)

415 points by petewarden on Apr 20, 2011 | 190 comments

411.

Why I am not worried about Japan’s nuclear reactors (morgsatlarge.wordpress.com)

415 points by woodpanel on Mar 13, 2011 | 182 comments

412.

Larry Page Begins Major Google Reorg: Engineers, Not Managers, In Charge (digitaldaily.allthingsd.com)

415 points by citizenkeys on Apr 5, 2011 | 152 comments

413.

Apple using patents to undermine open standards again (my.opera.com)

415 points by Wilya on Dec 9, 2011 | 60 comments

414.

Edit like an Ace (github.com)

415 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 15, 2011 | 54 comments

415.

Steve Jobs's Real Genius (newyorker.com)

414 points by iamclovin on Nov 7, 2011 | 145 comments

416.

Princeton bans academics from handing copyright to journal publishers (theconversation.edu.au)

414 points by jamesbritt on Sep 28, 2011 | 81 comments

417.

Python and Django on Heroku (blog.heroku.com)

414 points by craigkerstiens on Sep 28, 2011 | 74 comments

418.

Why is America the 'no-vacation nation'? (cnn.com)

413 points by marcinw on May 23, 2011 | 412 comments

419.

The Greatest Customer Service Story Ever Told, Starring Morton’s Steakhouse (shankman.com)

413 points by jsherry on Aug 18, 2011 | 139 comments

420.

Developer open-sources 200+ hr project after client refuses to pay (github.com)

413 points by audionerd on Aug 16, 2011 | 131 comments