The Best Hacker News Posts of March 2010
We track 208 stories from March 2010, averaging 164 points each. youtube.com was the most linked source, with 5 stories. Together they drew 15,287 comments, 73 per story on average.
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Wikileaks: Something is up
morgue.isprettyawesome.com · bensummers · 24 Mar 2010
407 pts
116 comments
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Your high IQ will kill your startup
blog.cubeofm.com · niyazpk · 4 Mar 2010
384 pts
182 comments
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Running a Software Business on 5 Hours A Week
kalzumeus.com · patio11 · 20 Mar 2010
359 pts
78 comments
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Photoshop CS5's new "Content-aware Fill"
youtube.com · swombat · 24 Mar 2010
325 pts
95 comments
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Hacker News bans Google and all other search engines
news.ycombinator.com · jsrfded · 15 Mar 2010
318 pts
120 comments
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Show HN: I finally released that sheet music app I keep yammering about
etudeapp.com · dangrover · 16 Mar 2010
318 pts
112 comments
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Teal and Orange - Hollywood, Please Stop the Madness
theabyssgazes.blogspot.com · mikecane · 15 Mar 2010
314 pts
64 comments
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I was the one who came forward about the Macbook Air
sam.bluwiki.com · aston · 2 Mar 2010
310 pts
144 comments
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Ask HN: Fastest way to make $300-400 a month online?
needmoney · 6 Mar 2010
304 pts
127 comments
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U.S. must stop spying on WikiLeaks - Details on intimidation attempts
wikileaks.org · dsplittgerber · 26 Mar 2010
304 pts
113 comments
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14
A new approach to China: an update
googleblog.blogspot.com · GVRV · 22 Mar 2010
286 pts
122 comments
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15
Garmin Connect team asked to relocate - this is how they declined
thegcteam.com · cullenking · 16 Mar 2010
281 pts
176 comments
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17
Solving turnover (unusual dailywtf)
thedailywtf.com · presidentender · 18 Mar 2010
276 pts
96 comments
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18
China's instructions on reporting on Google
washingtonpost.com · yanw · 25 Mar 2010
275 pts
164 comments
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I want to compile a C program so simple I can explain all of the assembly
blog.ksplice.com · jesstess · 16 Mar 2010
274 pts
38 comments
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20
Japan: It's Not Funny Anymore
kotaku.com · jseliger · 7 Mar 2010
261 pts
175 comments
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5 things I knew (or should have) before my startup, but didn't learn until now
blog.wepay.com · kschults · 11 Mar 2010
249 pts
65 comments
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25
Scott and Scurvy: How the cure for scurvy was lost
idlewords.com · mark_h · 8 Mar 2010
244 pts
36 comments
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Eric S. Raymond - The Curse of the Gifted (2000)
vanadac.com · vinutheraj · 4 Mar 2010
243 pts
59 comments
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Edward Tufte appointed by Obama to help track, and explain stimulus funds
edwardtufte.com · voidfiles · 8 Mar 2010
236 pts
108 comments
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Distributed Version Control is here to stay, baby
joelonsoftware.com · mattyb · 18 Mar 2010
235 pts
111 comments
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My Duck Duck Go reddit ad by the numbers
gabrielweinberg.com · epi0Bauqu · 29 Mar 2010
224 pts
65 comments
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32
Ben Folds Chatroulette Piano Ode to Merton
youtube.com · MikeCapone · 21 Mar 2010
219 pts
59 comments
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OK Go's new music video, featuring an insane Rube Goldberg machine
youtube.com · mawhidby · 2 Mar 2010
218 pts
48 comments
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34
Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"
gorgorat.com · matth · 16 Mar 2010
212 pts
155 comments
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Why you should never pay more than $10 for an HDMI cable (Infographic)
mint.com · cwan · 31 Mar 2010
210 pts
101 comments
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36
Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com · jcsalterego · 9 Mar 2010
209 pts
51 comments
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Just Ask HN (or more precisely, url-less) posts
news.ycombinator.com · pg · 7 Mar 2010
209 pts
46 comments
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Ask HN: Cool Things You've Done (Brag Thread)
niqolas · 18 Mar 2010
200 pts
238 comments
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Am I the Only One Who Uses a Text Editor to Edit Files?
blog.peepcode.com · sant0sk1 · 25 Mar 2010
200 pts
160 comments
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Kurt Vonnegut: I want to share with you something I’ve learned.
laphamsquarterly.org · mapleoin · 23 Mar 2010
200 pts
55 comments
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42
How I Ran An Ad on Fox News via Google TV Ads
slatev.com · bentlegen · 20 Mar 2010
198 pts
37 comments
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44
If I Launched a Startup
thestartuplawyer.com · fusionman · 17 Mar 2010
196 pts
36 comments
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45
Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's Creed 2 unplayable
joystiq.com · protomyth · 7 Mar 2010
195 pts
99 comments
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47
The almost-magical "content aware fill" plugin from a few days ago...on gimp.
newslily.com · blhack · 26 Mar 2010
194 pts
39 comments
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48
Wil Shipley on Apple's Patent Enforcement
wilshipley.com · swilliams · 3 Mar 2010
193 pts
107 comments
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Joel Spolsky On Why He Is Quitting Blogging
inc.com · Jim_Neath · 2 Mar 2010
193 pts
97 comments
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Mahalo's disappearing noindex tags
smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com · dazz · 8 Mar 2010
193 pts
72 comments
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51
Google releases Skipfish, an open-source web security scanner
code.google.com · tptacek · 19 Mar 2010
193 pts
26 comments
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52
GoDaddy pulls out of China too
washingtonpost.com · jeffmould · 24 Mar 2010
190 pts
68 comments
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Care about search privacy? Duck Duck Go no longer logs IPs.
gabrielweinberg.com · epi0Bauqu · 15 Mar 2010
189 pts
95 comments
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The World's most Ingenious Thief
wired.com · pinstriped_dude · 24 Mar 2010
185 pts
60 comments
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Why most people don't like jazz
dyske.com · RevRal · 19 Mar 2010
181 pts
225 comments
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Y Combinator presents 26 new startups
venturebeat.com · dwynings · 23 Mar 2010
175 pts
189 comments
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Top Ten One-Liners from CommandLineFu Explained
catonmat.net · pkrumins · 18 Mar 2010
172 pts
23 comments
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60
Jon Stewart: ChatRoulette
thedailyshow.com · initself · 5 Mar 2010
171 pts
65 comments
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