The Best Hacker News Posts of August 2010
We track 324 stories from August 2010, averaging 178 points each. techcrunch.com was the most linked source, with 14 stories. Together they drew 24,689 comments, 76 per story on average.
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Keep calm & carry on: What you didn't know about the reddit story
alexisohanian.com · mrduncan · 3 Aug 2010
776 pts
83 comments
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My Thoughts on Oracle v Google
blog.headius.com · dochtman · 16 Aug 2010
606 pts
82 comments
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7
Welcome to the new decade
twitter.com · tswicegood · 15 Aug 2010
486 pts
158 comments
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8
A letter to my students
blogs.berkeley.edu · sunkan · 25 Aug 2010
462 pts
169 comments
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9
Oracle sues Google over use of Java in Android
marketwatch.com · jbarham · 13 Aug 2010
452 pts
326 comments
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10
"My husband is a programmer; I have no idea what that means."
renaebair.com · acangiano · 11 Aug 2010
417 pts
144 comments
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11
Common Programmer Health Problems
sheddingbikes.com · GVRV · 8 Aug 2010
394 pts
184 comments
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12
Wired's bullshit "The web is dead" graph
boingboing.net · yanw · 17 Aug 2010
394 pts
73 comments
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13
Rails 3.0: It's ready
weblog.rubyonrails.org · steveklabnik · 29 Aug 2010
385 pts
65 comments
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14
Hey, Guys, It's Totally Okay If You Don't Get Rich
seattle20.com · 3d3mon · 13 Aug 2010
383 pts
219 comments
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15
Regrets of the Dying
inspirationandchai.com · vijaydev · 29 Aug 2010
371 pts
90 comments
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16
What happens when you give homeless people a prepaid credit card.
thestar.com · pavs · 29 Aug 2010
369 pts
242 comments
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17
Valedictorian Speaks Out Against Schooling in Graduation Speech
blog.swiftkickonline.com · bluesmoon · 4 Aug 2010
360 pts
207 comments
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18
This document is confidential
encrypted.google.com · ssclafani · 17 Aug 2010
358 pts
44 comments
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19
Kind reminder: please (re)read the HN guidelines
ycombinator.com · andreyf · 30 Aug 2010
353 pts
133 comments
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20
Bill Gates Enrolls His Kids In Khan Academy
money.cnn.com · cwan · 30 Aug 2010
344 pts
93 comments
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21
Apple's attention to detail
floodlite.tumblr.com · youngj · 25 Aug 2010
335 pts
259 comments
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22
Time lapse screencap video of a games programmer
youtube.com · SandB0x · 24 Aug 2010
335 pts
75 comments
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23
The Graphing Calculator Story - a developer who refused to leave
nucalc.com · cavedave · 7 Aug 2010
331 pts
32 comments
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24
Motorola Snaps Up 280 North (YC 08) For $20 Million
techcrunch.com · icey · 24 Aug 2010
323 pts
102 comments
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25
The illustrated guide to a Ph.D.
matt.might.net · jonp · 9 Aug 2010
319 pts
42 comments
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26
Why Free Plans Don’t Work
softwarebyrob.com · nsoonhui · 18 Aug 2010
318 pts
114 comments
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27
JQuery Mobile Framework Announced
jquerymobile.com · crescendo · 13 Aug 2010
312 pts
55 comments
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28
The Start-up from Hell
jacquesmattheij.com · jacquesm · 20 Aug 2010
295 pts
78 comments
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30
Ladies, look at your code. Now back to mine.
google.com · mambodog · 28 Aug 2010
281 pts
74 comments
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31
Email overload? Try Priority Inbox
gmailblog.blogspot.com · niyazpk · 31 Aug 2010
280 pts
112 comments
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32
"God's Number" is 20 - Rubik's cube has been "solved"
cube20.org · RiderOfGiraffes · 9 Aug 2010
276 pts
61 comments
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33
This Is Why The American Dream Is Out Of Reach
thelastpsychiatrist.com · naner · 3 Aug 2010
275 pts
150 comments
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34
Kindle vs. iPad Displays: Up close and personal
bit-101.com · pistoriusp · 13 Aug 2010
275 pts
75 comments
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36
He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died
mentalfloss.com · bluesmoon · 1 Aug 2010
269 pts
52 comments
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37
Call phones from Gmail
googleblog.blogspot.com · BlazingFrog · 25 Aug 2010
264 pts
122 comments
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38
"Don't argue with me. $100,000 is fair, and you know it."
folklore.org · carterac · 27 Aug 2010
262 pts
110 comments
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39
Things I've Learned from Traveling Around the World for Three Years
huffingtonpost.com · ryanricard · 24 Aug 2010
260 pts
98 comments
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41
10,000+ users in 24 hours & YC funding a few days later: lessons learnt
blog.rapportive.com · rahulvohra · 11 Aug 2010
258 pts
87 comments
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42
Is There Anything Good About Men?
psy.fsu.edu · bootload · 26 Aug 2010
250 pts
110 comments
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43
Textarea, You Are A Sunken Nothing
web.archive.org · EbFFA · 11 Aug 2010
250 pts
53 comments
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44
I'll save you the time of getting an MBA..
reddit.com · petercooper · 7 Aug 2010
248 pts
36 comments
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45
Why Google Became A Carrier-Humping, Net Neutrality Surrender Monkey
wired.com · pinstriped_dude · 10 Aug 2010
246 pts
106 comments
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46
No, You can't retire rich at 30 if you sell your startup
tonywright.com · charliepark · 23 Aug 2010
244 pts
214 comments
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47
Readme Driven Development
tom.preston-werner.com · mojombo · 23 Aug 2010
242 pts
57 comments
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48
Futurama Writer Created And Proved A Brand New Math Theorem Just For Episode
geekosystem.com · ghurlman · 21 Aug 2010
242 pts
31 comments
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49
The Future of Startup Funding
paulgraham.com · BenSchaechter · 5 Aug 2010
241 pts
91 comments
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50
Daring Fireball: Creep Executive Officer
daringfireball.net · barredo · 20 Aug 2010
239 pts
155 comments
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51
Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: GitHub
37signals.com · fogus · 3 Aug 2010
238 pts
27 comments
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52
Depression-era color photos
blogs.denverpost.com · ujeezy · 4 Aug 2010
234 pts
59 comments
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53
Arcade Fire meets HTML5
googleblog.blogspot.com · larrykubin · 30 Aug 2010
234 pts
54 comments
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54
Ultraviolet light reveals how ancient Greek statues really looked
io9.com · jawngee · 20 Aug 2010
234 pts
45 comments
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55
What different sorting algorithms sound like
youtube.com · pavs · 19 Aug 2010
231 pts
39 comments
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56
Howfuckedismydatabase
howfuckedismydatabase.com · malvosenior · 26 Aug 2010
229 pts
46 comments
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57
How a call girl can earn far more by actually working far less
entertainment.timesonline.co.uk · Flemlord · 25 Aug 2010
228 pts
196 comments
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58
Zed Shaw: "poll, epoll, science, and superpoll" with R
sheddingbikes.com · tdmackey · 3 Aug 2010
227 pts
141 comments
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59
Faster than grep? Old age and treachery beat youth and skill every time.
ridiculousfish.com · gthank · 23 Aug 2010
226 pts
27 comments
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