HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

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Company withdrawing from Facebook as analytics show 80% of ad clicks from bots (facebook.com)

1347 points by petercooper on Jul 30, 2012 | 356 comments

2.

The Next Microsoft (minimallyminimal.com)

1183 points by exogen on Jul 3, 2012 | 329 comments

3.

Google Fiber Plans & Pricing (fiber.google.com)

1139 points by stevewilhelm on Jul 26, 2012 | 466 comments

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Physical assault by McDonald's for wearing Digital Eye Glass (eyetap.org)

1056 points by balnaphone on Jul 16, 2012 | 446 comments

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Google’s Marissa Mayer Tapped as Yahoo’s Chief (dealbook.nytimes.com)

1016 points by sahillavingia on Jul 16, 2012 | 343 comments

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HN: Please replace grayarrow.gif with Unicode character ▲ ()

830 points by andrethegiant on Jul 13, 2012 | 168 comments

7.

The Challenge of Making Friends as an Adult (nytimes.com)

697 points by MRonney on Jul 15, 2012 | 304 comments

8.

Higgs Boson Explained by Cartoon (apod.nasa.gov)

646 points by ColinWright on Jul 3, 2012 | 127 comments

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The Marco.org Review of John Siracusa’s Review of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (marco.org)

641 points by iSimone on Jul 25, 2012 | 118 comments

10.

A Dust Over India (postmasculine.com)

633 points by Arun2009 on Jul 8, 2012 | 304 comments

11.

Late bloomer, not a loser. (I hope) (500hats.com)

604 points by moses1400 on Jul 8, 2012 | 191 comments

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Github Raises $100 Million (online.wsj.com)

547 points by jakebellacera on Jul 9, 2012 | 222 comments

13.

A file that's both an acceptable HTML page and a JPEG (view source on it) (lcamtuf.coredump.cx)

536 points by mcfunley on Jul 6, 2012 | 128 comments

14.

Got 15 minutes and want to learn Git? (try.github.com)

510 points by motowilliams on Jul 4, 2012 | 171 comments

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How Amazon’s ambitious new push for same-day delivery will destroy local retail (slate.com)

509 points by rmason on Jul 11, 2012 | 309 comments

16.

PostgreSQL Rising (wekeroad.com)

506 points by petercooper on Jul 19, 2012 | 194 comments

17.

Sparrow acquired by Google (sprw.me)

502 points by scilro on Jul 20, 2012 | 380 comments

18.

John Siracusa's OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Review (arstechnica.com)

497 points by thisisblurry on Jul 25, 2012 | 135 comments

19.

ACTA killed in EU parliament: 478 votes to 39 (falkvinge.net)

495 points by charliesome on Jul 4, 2012 | 86 comments

20.

Show HN: fontBomb - Stylishly destroy the web (fontbomb.ilex.ca)

489 points by plehoux on Jul 6, 2012 | 85 comments

21.

MVC is dead, it's time to MOVE on (cirw.in)

487 points by cirwin on Jul 2, 2012 | 222 comments

22.

Vim Creep (rudism.com)

482 points by DavidChouinard on Jul 12, 2012 | 232 comments

23.

Advice for Marissa Mayer from an ex-Yahoo (sriramk.com)

474 points by sriramk on Jul 17, 2012 | 253 comments

24.

Lying on your resume (steveblank.com)

460 points by ridruejo on Jul 30, 2012 | 232 comments

25.

What are the most intellectually stimulating websites you know of? (reddit.com)

453 points by ColinWright on Jul 13, 2012 | 222 comments

26.

Build muscle memory with your favorite editor (shortcutfoo.com)

443 points by swalberg on Jul 16, 2012 | 119 comments

27.

Blind man shocks researchers with what he sees. (seedmagazine.com)

429 points by felipellrocha on Jul 31, 2012 | 144 comments

28.

EFF, Reddit, Mozilla, others launch Internet Defense League and Cat Signal (internetdefenseleague.org)

429 points by mtgx on Jul 19, 2012 | 140 comments

29.

Introducing Outlook.com - Modern Email for the Next Billion Mailboxes (blogs.office.com)

426 points by kaelspencer on Jul 31, 2012 | 321 comments

30.

#BoycottApple trending on Google plus due to Galaxy Nexus ban (plus.google.com)

425 points by saket123 on Jul 1, 2012 | 344 comments