The Best Hacker News Posts of January 2010

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A new approach to China googleblog.blogspot.com · SandB0x · 12 Jan 2010

1.1k pts 368 comments

2

Dan blog.dislocatedday.com · swombat · 28 Jan 2010

508 pts 34 comments

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Evolution of a Python programmer gist.github.com · r11t · 29 Jan 2010

366 pts 90 comments

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The 4 Big Myths of Profile Pictures blog.okcupid.com · smokinn · 20 Jan 2010

357 pts 126 comments

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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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I Have No Talent railstips.org · jnunemaker · 12 Jan 2010

334 pts 74 comments

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Realism in UI Design ignorethecode.net · ugh · 21 Jan 2010

324 pts 57 comments

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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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How Do You Look When Merging Fails andialbrecht.wordpress.com · aristoxenus · 8 Jan 2010

269 pts 30 comments

10

A successful Git branching model nvie.com · iamwil · 19 Jan 2010

268 pts 44 comments

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Balsamiq Makes 1.6 Million with 70% Profit in 2009 balsamiq.com · nsoonhui · 3 Jan 2010

262 pts 122 comments

12

What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google predictablyirrational.com · davidw · 10 Jan 2010

262 pts 97 comments

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Pure CSS new 3D effect romancortes.com · texeltexel · 26 Jan 2010

252 pts 28 comments

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Gordon: An open source Flash runtime written in pure JavaScript github.com · r11t · 13 Jan 2010

246 pts 97 comments

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Personalized Porn [SFW] gapingvoid.com · blackswan · 16 Jan 2010

238 pts 62 comments

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Do you need a co-founder? (Google Docs list) spreadsheets.google.com · jayliew · 14 Jan 2010

230 pts 133 comments

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A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter cgi.ebay.com · mcantelon · 21 Jan 2010

227 pts 49 comments

18

Will single founders please stand up? gabrielweinberg.com · epi0Bauqu · 11 Jan 2010

224 pts 149 comments

19

JQuery 1.4 released jquery14.com · mati · 14 Jan 2010

214 pts 41 comments

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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Intel's "cripple AMD" function agner.org · kierank · 3 Jan 2010

212 pts 80 comments

22

Windows 3.1 Online - With Minesweeper michaelv.org · jmonegro · 24 Jan 2010

210 pts 57 comments

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Ren & Stimpy animator John K. sends fan illustrated how-to letter lettersofnote.com · adamhowell · 11 Jan 2010

210 pts 18 comments

24

Understanding delete in Javascript perfectionkills.com · RyanMcGreal · 11 Jan 2010

209 pts 8 comments

25

Learning About Statistical Learning measuringmeasures.blogspot.com · liebke · 15 Jan 2010

208 pts 43 comments

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The Irony of iPad: A Great Day For Open Technologies yehudakatz.com · wycats · 27 Jan 2010

206 pts 61 comments

27

I Quit My Day Job. Thanks. discuss.joelonsoftware.com · vijayr · 13 Jan 2010

203 pts 52 comments

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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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IPad: an Apple for Mom - The uncomputer for the people danieltenner.com · swombat · 28 Jan 2010

197 pts 155 comments

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Adobe, Apple, and Flash daringfireball.net · sophiebits · 25 Jan 2010

197 pts 100 comments

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Automate any GUI using screenshots sikuli.csail.mit.edu · ciudilo · 24 Jan 2010

197 pts 53 comments

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Why I Feel Like a Fraud blog.asmartbear.com · larrykubin · 18 Jan 2010

197 pts 38 comments

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Tinkerer’s Sunset diveintomark.org · mqt · 29 Jan 2010

196 pts 67 comments

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Bill Gates's new website: The Gates Notes thegatesnotes.com · theycallmemorty · 20 Jan 2010

194 pts 80 comments

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Why you should do OpenGL and not DirectX blog.wolfire.com · zitterbewegung · 8 Jan 2010

192 pts 42 comments

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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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Ask HN: Review my site - devcheatsheet.com devcheatsheet.com · tim_church · 21 Jan 2010

186 pts 90 comments

38

First Person Tetris firstpersontetris.com · theblackbox · 14 Jan 2010

184 pts 47 comments

39

Geek behaviors present during conversations stanford.edu · ronnier · 26 Jan 2010

183 pts 156 comments

40

The end of Haiti? economist.com · cwan · 14 Jan 2010

182 pts 100 comments

41

State Department Makes Statement on Google Operations in China state.gov · dfield · 13 Jan 2010

181 pts 116 comments

42

Learn from my misery: Don't buy a nook. blog.fsck.com · there · 23 Jan 2010

178 pts 59 comments

43

Similar Hacker News Users swimwithoutgettingwet.com · riffer · 11 Jan 2010

175 pts 107 comments

44

How Not To Promote Your New Startup groups.google.com · tptacek · 2 Jan 2010

174 pts 76 comments

45

A geek meets the Ikea Lillabo Train Set jgc.org · jgrahamc · 5 Jan 2010

174 pts 24 comments

46

How To Safely Store A Password codahale.com · r11t · 31 Jan 2010

173 pts 102 comments

47

A 'lorem ipsum' for images. dummyimage.com · charliepark · 26 Jan 2010

169 pts 77 comments

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Facebook rewrites PHP runtime, will open source on Tuesday sdtimes.com · VonGuard · 31 Jan 2010

163 pts 98 comments

49

The software fixed the hardware jwz.org · J3L2404 · 4 Jan 2010

162 pts 42 comments

50

Joe Hewitt on the iPad joehewitt.com · nirmal · 29 Jan 2010

161 pts 66 comments

51

A Form of Madness - Dive Into HTML5 diveintohtml5.org · SlyShy · 2 Jan 2010

161 pts 25 comments

52

Sergey Brin's awesome webpage. infolab.stanford.edu · krtl · 25 Jan 2010

160 pts 37 comments

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You've been Yelped inc.com · azsromej · 19 Jan 2010

157 pts 64 comments

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Fast. Easy. Clean. Shoelace Knot. fieggen.com · sahaj · 19 Jan 2010

154 pts 41 comments

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Illegal prime en.wikipedia.org · niyazpk · 11 Jan 2010

152 pts 76 comments

56

How to Snatch an Expiring Domain mikeindustries.com · bpick · 22 Jan 2010

150 pts 49 comments

57

Apple's New Thing (iPod) - Oct. 2001 forums.macrumors.com · syl · 28 Jan 2010

149 pts 36 comments

58

Nexus One google.com · tshtf · 5 Jan 2010

148 pts 190 comments

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The iPad Big Picture daringfireball.net · fogus · 28 Jan 2010

148 pts 132 comments

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Jerry Seinfeld's Productivity Secret lifehacker.com · mcantor · 5 Jan 2010

148 pts 46 comments