The Best Hacker News Posts of June 2009
We track 88 stories from June 2009, averaging 149 points each. sivers.org was the most linked source, with 4 stories. Together they drew 5,250 comments, 60 per story on average.
1
How I Hacked Hacker News (with arc security advisory)
dfranke · 3 Jun 2009
928 pts
78 comments
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2
Typing The Letters A-E-S Into Your Code? You’re Doing It Wrong
matasano.com · cscott · 3 Jun 2009
258 pts
74 comments
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5
US Patent 5255452 (or: Why Michael Jackson was a Hacker)
v3.espacenet.com · johnnybgoode · 25 Jun 2009
239 pts
58 comments
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6
The First Few Milliseconds of an HTTPS Connection
moserware.com · moserware · 10 Jun 2009
236 pts
33 comments
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9
Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers
daringfireball.net · dannyr · 15 Jun 2009
228 pts
142 comments
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10
Kindle's DRM Rears Its Ugly Head and It Is Ugly
geardiary.com · _pius · 22 Jun 2009
208 pts
41 comments
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11
Time Wastes Too Fast
kalman.blogs.nytimes.com · mhb · 26 Jun 2009
202 pts
35 comments
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12
Why Google Bothered to Appeal a $761 Small Claims Case (and Won)
huffingtonpost.com · nhaschka · 9 Jun 2009
195 pts
137 comments
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14
Pirate Party Wins 7.1% of Swedish Vote, Enters European Parliament
torrentfreak.com · mapleoin · 7 Jun 2009
177 pts
54 comments
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15
Pragmatic Theory, Commendo, Yahoo and AT&T hit the Netflix grand prize
netflixprize.com · derwiki · 26 Jun 2009
174 pts
29 comments
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16
Astalavista.com hacked, including details
astalavista.com · gmazzola · 5 Jun 2009
171 pts
64 comments
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17
Ask HN: Please review my new project: almost.at
almost.at · davidcann · 1 Jun 2009
164 pts
81 comments
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19
Opera Unite reinvents the Web: a Web server on the Web browser
opera.com · mqt · 16 Jun 2009
160 pts
117 comments
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20
Python to get Google-backed speedup
techreport.com · mv · 13 Jun 2009
158 pts
69 comments
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21
Things about Web Images I Just Learned
gabrielweinberg.com · epi0Bauqu · 16 Jun 2009
154 pts
19 comments
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22
If you want to be rich, first stop being so frightened (2006)
timesonline.co.uk · revorad · 30 Jun 2009
153 pts
109 comments
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24
PHP Team Responds to Google's PHP Tips
groups.google.com · hailpixel · 27 Jun 2009
153 pts
39 comments
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25
Stackoverflow Eating Away at Experts-Exchange
siteanalytics.compete.com · heed · 17 Jun 2009
152 pts
88 comments
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26
Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them.
sivers.org · sivers · 16 Jun 2009
151 pts
58 comments
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27
The Flimsy Doorknob & The Forgettable Receipt
dustincurtis.com · bradgessler · 1 Jun 2009
142 pts
60 comments
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28
On the 3.2kbytes in Influenza A
bunniestudios.com · blasdel · 21 Jun 2009
142 pts
28 comments
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29
Low Level Bit Hacks You Absolutely Must Know
catonmat.net · pkrumins · 30 Jun 2009
139 pts
76 comments
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30
Use of LSD-25 for Computer Programming
maps.org · kf · 12 Jun 2009
139 pts
54 comments
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31
Epitaph for an Entrepreneur - Balancing Family and Work
steveblank.com · pchristensen · 18 Jun 2009
139 pts
47 comments
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34
Alan Kay’s reading list
squeakland.org · jacobolus · 18 Jun 2009
137 pts
43 comments
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35
StackExchange- The Stack Overflow Knowledge Exchange Platform
stackexchange.com · rayvega · 29 Jun 2009
135 pts
103 comments
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36
The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg
inc.com · stevenjames · 11 Jun 2009
132 pts
46 comments
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37
Review my startup: Revizr. You haven't seen this before.
revizr.com · koops · 23 Jun 2009
131 pts
64 comments
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38
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education
theamericanscholar.org · gabriel · 6 Jun 2009
130 pts
78 comments
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39
Neat & Simple Resume Template
sampleresumetemplate.net · zeedotme · 7 Jun 2009
130 pts
21 comments
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40
Web Applications Should Be Compiled
ediblepet.net · csbartus · 2 Jun 2009
129 pts
172 comments
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42
How to hack your brain - Part I: Sleep
dustincurtis.com · symptic · 25 Jun 2009
128 pts
84 comments
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43
Work smart, not hard: The seven habits of highly effective slackers
examiner.com · CubeGuy · 23 Jun 2009
127 pts
36 comments
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44
An open letter to Jason Calacanis
blog.fluther.com · jobenjo · 1 Jun 2009
126 pts
49 comments
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45
User gets fed up with bug; cracks program to fix it himself.
forum.skype.com · vaksel · 13 Jun 2009
126 pts
34 comments
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46
Humans prefer cockiness to expertise
newscientist.com · kungfooey · 12 Jun 2009
125 pts
72 comments
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49
Face detection in pure PHP (without OpenCV)
svay.com · nreece · 24 Jun 2009
125 pts
15 comments
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50
The TED Augmented Reality Hoax
unitzeroone.com · llimllib · 23 Jun 2009
124 pts
50 comments
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51
How to Write a Spelling Corrector
norvig.com · dlnovell · 19 Jun 2009
124 pts
18 comments
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53
Compare & vote for search results of Bing, Google and Yahoo in a blind test
blindsearch.fejus.com · vaksel · 7 Jun 2009
123 pts
41 comments
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54
JQuery Tools - The UI library for the Web
flowplayer.org · huyng · 3 Jun 2009
123 pts
19 comments
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55
UN announces launch of world’s first tuition-free, online university
un.org · dsil · 8 Jun 2009
122 pts
41 comments
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56
Cryptographic Right Answers
daemonology.net · cperciva · 11 Jun 2009
121 pts
38 comments
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57
_why on teaching kids to code
vimeo.com · audionerd · 26 Jun 2009
120 pts
13 comments
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59
Reading list for those who love to learn
sivers.org · sivers · 18 Jun 2009
118 pts
88 comments
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60
Student challenges prof, wins right to post source code he wrote for course
kyle-brady.com · dlnovell · 11 Jun 2009
118 pts
60 comments
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