The Best Hacker News Posts of July 2009
We track 105 stories from July 2009, averaging 156 points each. techcrunch.com was the most linked source, with 9 stories. Together they drew 6,786 comments, 65 per story on average.
1
Introducing the Google Chrome OS
googleblog.blogspot.com · mqt · 8 Jul 2009
370 pts
167 comments
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2
My students forged the notes. I turned them into a lesson plan.
rd.com · robg · 23 Jul 2009
327 pts
64 comments
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3
Amazon deletes purchased copies of 1984 from Kindle
pogue.blogs.nytimes.com · KC8ZKF · 17 Jul 2009
320 pts
141 comments
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4
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
paulgraham.com · mqt · 22 Jul 2009
312 pts
89 comments
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7
Why I won't be at my high school reunion
scienceblogs.com · saurabh · 17 Jul 2009
271 pts
262 comments
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9
You should follow me on Twitter
dustincurtis.com · tdavis · 14 Jul 2009
263 pts
71 comments
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10
Share HN: I wrote an app to help my paralyzed cousin type significantly faster.
chir.ag · chime · 20 Jul 2009
240 pts
29 comments
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11
MacBook Pro, Thousands of Colors
mantia.me · ams1 · 15 Jul 2009
231 pts
148 comments
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12
Linus: "Microsoft Hatred Is a Disease"
osnews.com · mlLK · 24 Jul 2009
227 pts
55 comments
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13
Pro Git - CC licensed book on Git by Scott Chacon
progit.org · laktek · 27 Jul 2009
224 pts
25 comments
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15
Tony Hsieh's Email to Employees RE: Zappos' Sale to Amazon
blogs.zappos.com · dwynings · 22 Jul 2009
221 pts
32 comments
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16
FCC Takes On Apple And AT&T Over Google Voice Rejection
techcrunch.com · vaksel · 31 Jul 2009
217 pts
91 comments
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18
Source code from Apollo 11 open-sourced
googlecode.blogspot.com · mark_h · 20 Jul 2009
211 pts
58 comments
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19
Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale
vimeo.com · marcusbooster · 31 Jul 2009
210 pts
48 comments
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20
Calling out Hacker News
blog.bitquabit.com · boilerbill · 1 Jul 2009
209 pts
68 comments
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22
Unladen Swallow can now compile all Python code to native code using LLVM
code.google.com · kirubakaran · 15 Jul 2009
206 pts
21 comments
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23
Fake Steve Jobs on Chrome OS
fakesteve.blogspot.com · gabrielroth · 8 Jul 2009
204 pts
104 comments
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24
How to Apply to Y Combinator
ycombinator.com · pg · 20 Jul 2009
201 pts
131 comments
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25
A visualization of why 1/4 + 1/16 + 1/64 + 1/256 + ... = 1/3
en.wikipedia.org · Flemlord · 21 Jul 2009
200 pts
47 comments
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26
Most expensive javascript ever
my.opera.com · pclark · 20 Jul 2009
199 pts
38 comments
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27
Draw a math symbol and get the corresponding LaTeX code
detexify.kirelabs.org · MartinMond · 12 Jul 2009
193 pts
38 comments
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29
"Is that a real program or is that something somebody wrote?"
lists.canonical.org · asciilifeform · 9 Jul 2009
187 pts
31 comments
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30
Tom Williams: Hired by Apple at 14. His full story.
sivers.org · sivers · 6 Jul 2009
181 pts
40 comments
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31
The work ethic of MJ - amazing tales from the studio by his engineers
gearslutz.com · imajes · 3 Jul 2009
181 pts
33 comments
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32
RethinkDB (YC S09): MySQL Storage Engine Built From The Ground Up For SSD
techcrunch.com · vaksel · 29 Jul 2009
178 pts
66 comments
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33
Joel Spolsky: The Day My Industry Died
inc.com · twampss · 23 Jul 2009
175 pts
63 comments
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34
Dear YC: Please stop downvoting thoughtful comments you disagree with.
andreyf · 24 Jul 2009
174 pts
111 comments
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35
Re: You can go to the bathroom whenever you want at Microsoft
microturfing.com · FraaJad · 18 Jul 2009
170 pts
73 comments
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36
Hacker Hacker News - see just the programming/math/science links from HN
hackerhackernews.com · sqs · 6 Jul 2009
164 pts
56 comments
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37
Chicago Realty Group Sues Woman For $50,000 Over A Tweet
podcastingnews.com · MicahWedemeyer · 28 Jul 2009
157 pts
69 comments
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38
Tools of the Modern Python Hacker: Virtualenv, Fabric and Pip
clemesha.org · iamelgringo · 8 Jul 2009
157 pts
41 comments
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39
Speechless: Dilbert Creator's Struggle to Regain His Voice
wired.com · navanit · 21 Jul 2009
156 pts
21 comments
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40
Alan Cox Quits As Linux TTY Maintainer — "I've Had Enough"
linux.slashdot.org · boundlessdreamz · 29 Jul 2009
153 pts
50 comments
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41
C# is now a better language than Java
brizzled.clapper.org · fogus · 31 Jul 2009
152 pts
133 comments
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42
Trent Reznor: What to do as a new/unknown artist
forum.nin.com · KC8ZKF · 11 Jul 2009
150 pts
28 comments
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44
The Pyramid Method: A Simple Strategy For Becoming Exceptionally Good
calnewport.com · ankeshk · 18 Jul 2009
145 pts
34 comments
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45
Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline
daringfireball.net · tumult · 30 Jul 2009
142 pts
172 comments
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46
Yahoo committed seppuku today
calacanis.com · timtrueman · 29 Jul 2009
140 pts
73 comments
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47
Gmail is out of beta
googleblog.blogspot.com · mcav · 7 Jul 2009
140 pts
45 comments
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49
"All I do is work here"
sethgodin.typepad.com · pclark · 30 Jul 2009
138 pts
44 comments
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50
How To Live (Comfortably) on $36 A Month For Food
andrewhyde.net · markbao · 30 Jul 2009
137 pts
132 comments
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52
Jay Leno’s 3D Printer Makes Old Car Parts
popularmechanics.com · staunch · 9 Jul 2009
133 pts
65 comments
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53
YouTube Will Be Next To Kiss IE6 Support Goodbye
techcrunch.com · transburgh · 14 Jul 2009
132 pts
48 comments
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54
How Much Of Life Are You Actually Living?
pluginid.com · zen53 · 2 Jul 2009
132 pts
36 comments
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55
Serious doubts about the App Store
marco.org · mcav · 17 Jul 2009
131 pts
41 comments
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56
Wolfram Alpha and hubristic user interfaces
unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com · blasdel · 9 Jul 2009
130 pts
33 comments
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57
You can go to the bathroom whenever you want at Microsoft
microspotting.com · SwellJoe · 18 Jul 2009
127 pts
97 comments
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58
Apple Is Growing Rotten To The Core, And It’s Likely AT&T’s Fault
techcrunch.com · foppr · 28 Jul 2009
126 pts
62 comments
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60
Light slowed down to 38 mph
news.harvard.edu · aliasaria · 31 Jul 2009
124 pts
39 comments
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