The Best Hacker News Posts of January 2010
We track 172 stories from January 2010, averaging 157 points each. techcrunch.com was the most linked source, with 3 stories. Together they drew 11,711 comments, 68 per story on average.
1
A new approach to China
googleblog.blogspot.com · SandB0x · 12 Jan 2010
1.1k pts
368 comments
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3
Evolution of a Python programmer
gist.github.com · r11t · 29 Jan 2010
366 pts
90 comments
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4
The 4 Big Myths of Profile Pictures
blog.okcupid.com · smokinn · 20 Jan 2010
357 pts
126 comments
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5
Need to refresh your math skills? From basic algebra to calculus and beyond.
khanacademy.org · chaosmachine · 17 Jan 2010
344 pts
70 comments
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8
Black Hat SEO Case Study: How Mahalo Makes Black Look White
seobook.com · mocy · 24 Jan 2010
278 pts
68 comments
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9
How Do You Look When Merging Fails
andialbrecht.wordpress.com · aristoxenus · 8 Jan 2010
269 pts
30 comments
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10
A successful Git branching model
nvie.com · iamwil · 19 Jan 2010
268 pts
44 comments
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11
Balsamiq Makes 1.6 Million with 70% Profit in 2009
balsamiq.com · nsoonhui · 3 Jan 2010
262 pts
122 comments
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12
What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google
predictablyirrational.com · davidw · 10 Jan 2010
262 pts
97 comments
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13
Pure CSS new 3D effect
romancortes.com · texeltexel · 26 Jan 2010
252 pts
28 comments
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14
Gordon: An open source Flash runtime written in pure JavaScript
github.com · r11t · 13 Jan 2010
246 pts
97 comments
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15
Personalized Porn [SFW]
gapingvoid.com · blackswan · 16 Jan 2010
238 pts
62 comments
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16
Do you need a co-founder? (Google Docs list)
spreadsheets.google.com · jayliew · 14 Jan 2010
230 pts
133 comments
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17
A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter
cgi.ebay.com · mcantelon · 21 Jan 2010
227 pts
49 comments
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18
Will single founders please stand up?
gabrielweinberg.com · epi0Bauqu · 11 Jan 2010
224 pts
149 comments
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20
How A Great Product Can Be Bad News: Apple, iPad, and the Closed Mac
createdigitalmusic.com · BSeward · 27 Jan 2010
213 pts
193 comments
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22
Windows 3.1 Online - With Minesweeper
michaelv.org · jmonegro · 24 Jan 2010
210 pts
57 comments
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23
Ren & Stimpy animator John K. sends fan illustrated how-to letter
lettersofnote.com · adamhowell · 11 Jan 2010
210 pts
18 comments
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24
Understanding delete in Javascript
perfectionkills.com · RyanMcGreal · 11 Jan 2010
209 pts
8 comments
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25
Learning About Statistical Learning
measuringmeasures.blogspot.com · liebke · 15 Jan 2010
208 pts
43 comments
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26
The Irony of iPad: A Great Day For Open Technologies
yehudakatz.com · wycats · 27 Jan 2010
206 pts
61 comments
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27
I Quit My Day Job. Thanks.
discuss.joelonsoftware.com · vijayr · 13 Jan 2010
203 pts
52 comments
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28
Anic: Faster than C, safer than Java, simpler than *sh
code.google.com · nice1 · 9 Jan 2010
201 pts
89 comments
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29
IPad: an Apple for Mom - The uncomputer for the people
danieltenner.com · swombat · 28 Jan 2010
197 pts
155 comments
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30
Adobe, Apple, and Flash
daringfireball.net · sophiebits · 25 Jan 2010
197 pts
100 comments
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31
Automate any GUI using screenshots
sikuli.csail.mit.edu · ciudilo · 24 Jan 2010
197 pts
53 comments
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32
Why I Feel Like a Fraud
blog.asmartbear.com · larrykubin · 18 Jan 2010
197 pts
38 comments
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34
Bill Gates's new website: The Gates Notes
thegatesnotes.com · theycallmemorty · 20 Jan 2010
194 pts
80 comments
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35
Why you should do OpenGL and not DirectX
blog.wolfire.com · zitterbewegung · 8 Jan 2010
192 pts
42 comments
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36
Google Twists Knife In IE6, Pulls Support From Docs And Sites
techcrunch.com · peter123 · 29 Jan 2010
189 pts
57 comments
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37
Ask HN: Review my site - devcheatsheet.com
devcheatsheet.com · tim_church · 21 Jan 2010
186 pts
90 comments
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38
First Person Tetris
firstpersontetris.com · theblackbox · 14 Jan 2010
184 pts
47 comments
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39
Geek behaviors present during conversations
stanford.edu · ronnier · 26 Jan 2010
183 pts
156 comments
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41
State Department Makes Statement on Google Operations in China
state.gov · dfield · 13 Jan 2010
181 pts
116 comments
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42
Learn from my misery: Don't buy a nook.
blog.fsck.com · there · 23 Jan 2010
178 pts
59 comments
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43
Similar Hacker News Users
swimwithoutgettingwet.com · riffer · 11 Jan 2010
175 pts
107 comments
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44
How Not To Promote Your New Startup
groups.google.com · tptacek · 2 Jan 2010
174 pts
76 comments
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45
A geek meets the Ikea Lillabo Train Set
jgc.org · jgrahamc · 5 Jan 2010
174 pts
24 comments
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46
How To Safely Store A Password
codahale.com · r11t · 31 Jan 2010
173 pts
102 comments
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47
A 'lorem ipsum' for images.
dummyimage.com · charliepark · 26 Jan 2010
169 pts
77 comments
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48
Facebook rewrites PHP runtime, will open source on Tuesday
sdtimes.com · VonGuard · 31 Jan 2010
163 pts
98 comments
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51
A Form of Madness - Dive Into HTML5
diveintohtml5.org · SlyShy · 2 Jan 2010
161 pts
25 comments
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52
Sergey Brin's awesome webpage.
infolab.stanford.edu · krtl · 25 Jan 2010
160 pts
37 comments
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54
Fast. Easy. Clean. Shoelace Knot.
fieggen.com · sahaj · 19 Jan 2010
154 pts
41 comments
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56
How to Snatch an Expiring Domain
mikeindustries.com · bpick · 22 Jan 2010
150 pts
49 comments
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57
Apple's New Thing (iPod) - Oct. 2001
forums.macrumors.com · syl · 28 Jan 2010
149 pts
36 comments
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60
Jerry Seinfeld's Productivity Secret
lifehacker.com · mcantor · 5 Jan 2010
148 pts
46 comments
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