HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1.

It all began with a strange email (blogs.valvesoftware.com)

874 points by julioc on Jun 15, 2012 | 124 comments

2.

R.I.P. Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles (io9.com)

821 points by danso on Jun 6, 2012 | 95 comments

3.

Sublime Text 2.0 Released (sublimetext.com)

813 points by dave1010uk on Jun 26, 2012 | 352 comments

4.

A VC-funded startup called WhosHere is trying to steal my social network (brianhama.com)

787 points by pclark on Jun 1, 2012 | 219 comments

5.

The Silencing of Maya (niederfamily.blogspot.be)

785 points by kngl on Jun 12, 2012 | 321 comments

6.

The Recruiter Honeypot (ewherry.com)

655 points by male_salmon on Jun 26, 2012 | 156 comments

7.

US and Israel created Stuxnet, lost control of it (arstechnica.com)

650 points by fpp on Jun 1, 2012 | 310 comments

8.

Paul Graham's Letter to YC Companies

645 points by emilepetrone on Jun 5, 2012 | 185 comments

9.

A day in the life of a startup founder

633 points by jgrahamc on Jun 27, 2012 | 126 comments

10.

Microsoft Introduces New "Surface" Tablet (microsoft.com)

611 points by yottabyte47 on Jun 18, 2012 | 660 comments

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Famous judge spikes Apple-Google case, calls patent system “dysfunctional” (gigaom.com)

601 points by bokchoi on Jun 8, 2012 | 121 comments

12.

Mihai Pătraşcu 1982–2012 (rjlipton.wordpress.com)

599 points by mathgenius on Jun 21, 2012 | 29 comments

13.

Bye Bye Craigslist (blog.padmapper.com)

586 points by ericd on Jun 22, 2012 | 297 comments

14.

Why three prongs? (amasci.com)

581 points by xd on Jun 2, 2012 | 146 comments

15.

Moderators of HN: please stop changing post titles

572 points by there on Jun 12, 2012 | 46 comments

16.

Kid Automates Work, Is Fired, Hired Back, Automates Business (reddit.com)

566 points by andrewcooke on Jun 27, 2012 | 198 comments

17.

Eulerian Video Magnification for Revealing Subtle Changes in the World (people.csail.mit.edu)

566 points by clockwork_189 on Jun 4, 2012 | 129 comments

18.

6.5 Million LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked (translate.google.com)

561 points by ssclafani on Jun 6, 2012 | 511 comments

19.

Michael Lewis: Don't Eat Fortune's Cookie (princeton.edu)

552 points by gregdetre on Jun 4, 2012 | 180 comments

20.

Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be (movies.io)

550 points by nddrylliog on Jun 1, 2012 | 487 comments

21.

Vim clutch (github.com)

546 points by fuzzix on Jun 21, 2012 | 219 comments

22.

To Elon Musk and the Model S: Congratulations (blogs.wsj.com)

538 points by suprgeek on Jun 30, 2012 | 162 comments

23.

Kids should be building rockets and robots, not taking standardized tests (slate.com)

526 points by krschultz on Jun 5, 2012 | 196 comments

24.

I introduced my 5yo and 2yo to startx and xmonad. They’re delighted. (changelog.complete.org)

520 points by emillon on Jun 21, 2012 | 193 comments

25.

Make Better Select Boxes with Chosen (harvesthq.github.com)

514 points by tomschlick on Jun 6, 2012 | 83 comments

26.

Why Your McD's Burger Doesn't Look Like the One in the Ad (adage.com)

505 points by cremnob on Jun 20, 2012 | 181 comments

27.

I analyzed the chords to 1300 popular songs for patterns. This is what I found. (blog.hooktheory.com)

497 points by davec on Jun 12, 2012 | 183 comments

28.

Neal Stephenson wants to revolutionize sword fighting video games (kickstarter.com)

485 points by SoapSeller on Jun 9, 2012 | 183 comments

29.

The $4 Million Complaint Call (inc.com)

474 points by mirceagoia on Jun 7, 2012 | 89 comments

30.

Civ II game a decade old (reddit.com)

471 points by jchrisa on Jun 12, 2012 | 133 comments