The Best Hacker News Posts of December 2008
We track 38 stories from December 2008, averaging 139 points each. paulgraham.com was the most linked source, with 3 stories. Together they drew 2,828 comments, 74 per story on average.
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So you want to be a consultant?
unixwiz.net · CaptainMorgan · 28 Dec 2008
193 pts
26 comments
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The nicest math book I own
math-blog.com · acangiano · 22 Dec 2008
175 pts
56 comments
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Profitable Until Deemed Illegal
codinghorror.com · imgabe · 12 Dec 2008
174 pts
130 comments
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8
Freezing cold, no Internet, boring: it's a French web 2.0 conference
guardian.co.uk · danw · 10 Dec 2008
171 pts
69 comments
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10
Could VC be a Casualty of the Recession?
paulgraham.com · mqt · 5 Dec 2008
160 pts
139 comments
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Ever wondered what the 'Free Public WiFi' networks you see everywhere are?
jstn.cc · danw · 4 Dec 2008
155 pts
34 comments
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13
Techniques To Improve Your User Interface Designs
smashingmagazine.com · makimaki · 15 Dec 2008
153 pts
44 comments
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17
If programming languages were religions
aegisub.net · imgabe · 16 Dec 2008
131 pts
108 comments
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18
Ask YC: Let's start a Hacker News book club
robertk · 23 Dec 2008
126 pts
79 comments
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19
Scientists extract images directly from brain
pinktentacle.com · kf · 11 Dec 2008
126 pts
56 comments
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20
Genetic Algorithm building a little car
wreck.devisland.net · sanj · 8 Dec 2008
126 pts
54 comments
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21
How Difficult is it to Write a Compiler?
tratt.net · breck · 15 Dec 2008
119 pts
48 comments
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23
6 Credit Card Processing Facts Nobody Tells You
letsfreckle.com · ahoyhere · 8 Dec 2008
117 pts
42 comments
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Your idea sucks, now go do it anyway
blog.asmartbear.com · joel_liu · 23 Dec 2008
112 pts
16 comments
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26
Genetic Programming: Evolution of Mona Lisa
rogeralsing.com · bdfh42 · 8 Dec 2008
111 pts
26 comments
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27
Joel on Software: The new Fog Creek Office
joelonsoftware.com · twampss · 29 Dec 2008
110 pts
85 comments
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Ask HN: How do big web sites roll out new versions?
Bluem00 · 27 Dec 2008
110 pts
44 comments
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How To Spot a Breakthrough: Tips from Early Amazon Investor Nick Hanauer
xconomy.com · waderoush · 4 Dec 2008
109 pts
28 comments
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30
Creating a rogue CA certificate with MD5 hash collisions
phreedom.org · brl · 30 Dec 2008
107 pts
55 comments
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Joel Spolsky: Don't Leave The Industry (You Whining Emo Girl)
discuss.joelonsoftware.com · tptacek · 28 Dec 2008
106 pts
110 comments
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32
GitHub Launches Pages: Static Project and Personal Hosting
github.com · defunkt · 18 Dec 2008
106 pts
35 comments
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How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days (by the World of Goo people)
gamasutra.com · pchristensen · 23 Dec 2008
104 pts
11 comments
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34
Join reddit, xkcd, dtoid, ars technica & more - donate your hacker skills to non-profits
feedaneed.org · kn0thing · 17 Dec 2008
102 pts
29 comments
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Using an automated day trader to generate income
fattyfatfat.com · fbbwsa · 8 Dec 2008
101 pts
97 comments
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37
Burning out on Capistrano (Jamis Buck)
groups.google.com · swombat · 7 Dec 2008
101 pts
37 comments
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38
Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce
venturebeat.com · jmorin007 · 1 Dec 2008
100 pts
148 comments
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