HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1261.

Validity of software patents goes on trial today at Supreme Court (usatoday.com)

95 points by manvsmachine on Nov 9, 2009 | 45 comments

1262.

Terry Prachett: Why Gandalf Never Married (1985) (ansible.co.uk)

95 points by iamelgringo on Mar 15, 2009 | 39 comments

1263.

Experimental New York Times Interface (prototype.nytimes.com)

95 points by wheels on Feb 14, 2009 | 38 comments

1264.

3D on 2D HTML Canvas (gyu.que.jp)

95 points by fortes on Feb 18, 2009 | 38 comments

1265.

Can you trust TechCrunch enough to share their stories? (kullin.net)

95 points by noss on Aug 1, 2009 | 29 comments

1266.

Open Source Is Really About Documentation – Twisted vs. Tornado (littlehart.net)

95 points by fogus on Sep 16, 2009 | 28 comments

1267.

What Solitary Confinement Does to the Brain (newyorker.com)

95 points by JabavuAdams on May 17, 2009 | 27 comments

1268.

Can I Set Up An LLC To Avoid Personal Liability In A Lawsuit? (litigationandtrial.com)

95 points by brlewis on May 26, 2009 | 27 comments

1269.

Secret language (joelonsoftware.com)

95 points by stakent on Dec 30, 2009 | 24 comments

1270.

Widely useful Python utilities by Peter Norvig (aima.cs.berkeley.edu)

95 points by madars on Sep 14, 2009 | 22 comments

1271.

The Tiger Woods Effect: Paralysis by Analysis (scienceblogs.com)

95 points by cwan on Nov 17, 2009 | 20 comments

1272.

Why Should Engineers and Scientists Be Worried About Color? (research.ibm.com)

95 points by edw519 on Aug 19, 2009 | 19 comments

1273.

Will it lens? (googleblog.blogspot.com)

95 points by alexandros on Apr 10, 2009 | 18 comments

1274.

Google's Robots.txt Updated for Halloween (scroll to the end) (google.com)

95 points by byrneseyeview on Oct 31, 2009 | 18 comments

1275.

Regular Expression Matching Can Be Simple And Fast (swtch.com)

95 points by ambition on Feb 5, 2009 | 17 comments

1276.

Linus on copyright and "fair use" (thread.gmane.org)

95 points by vinutheraj on Nov 21, 2009 | 17 comments

1277.

Django 1.1 beta released (djangoproject.com)

95 points by zain on Mar 24, 2009 | 12 comments

1278.

Ask HN: What are some (good) hacker movies?

94 points by rogercosseboom on Jan 26, 2009 | 181 comments

1279.

The Eligible Bachelor Paradox (slate.com)

94 points by jwt on Feb 22, 2009 | 116 comments

1280.

Why kids don't program (johnlawrenceaspden.blogspot.com)

94 points by johnaspden on Nov 9, 2009 | 89 comments

1281.

Response to Dustin Curtis from AA UX person (dustincurtis.com)

94 points by ojbyrne on May 22, 2009 | 78 comments

1282.

Living in an RV as an Internet Nomad- 3G, solar, cost savings, and flexibility. (tynan.net)

94 points by colinplamondon on Oct 29, 2009 | 77 comments

1283.

Google: Mowing lawn with goats (googleblog.blogspot.com)

94 points by ropiku on May 1, 2009 | 76 comments

1284.

Why You Should Quit Your Job and Travel around the World (chrisguillebeau.com)

94 points by onreact-com on Sep 2, 2009 | 75 comments

1285.

Linus Torvalds for Nobel Peace Prize? (ridenbaugh.com)

94 points by edw519 on Nov 20, 2009 | 69 comments

1286.

Can a musician sell their music online? (zedshaw.com)

94 points by sevib on Feb 26, 2009 | 67 comments

1287.

Why 99% of Entrepreneurs Fail: Because they don't do anything (jessicamah.com)

94 points by astrec on Jan 21, 2009 | 61 comments

1288.

The problems with url shorteners (joshua.schachter.org)

94 points by joshu on Apr 3, 2009 | 56 comments

1289.

Zoho: Thriving Amid the Giants (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)

94 points by terpua on Aug 26, 2009 | 56 comments

1290.

Ask PG: Cost and effort of running Hacker News? ()

94 points by knightinblue on Apr 14, 2009 | 53 comments