The Best Hacker News Posts of October 2010
We track 368 stories from October 2010, averaging 179 points each. techcrunch.com was the most linked source, with 10 stories. Together they drew 30,172 comments, 82 per story on average.
1
Firesheep: Easy HTTP session hijacking from within Firefox
codebutler.com · cdine · 25 Oct 2010
714 pts
341 comments
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2
Thank HN: 7 months ago, I asked for help. Now I've got 5 employees.
needmoney · 8 Oct 2010
620 pts
114 comments
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3
WePay Drops 600lbs of ice in front of PayPal Conference
techcrunch.com · sophmonroe · 26 Oct 2010
605 pts
161 comments
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4
The reverse job applicant
reversejobapplication.com · middlegeek · 19 Oct 2010
518 pts
302 comments
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6
Tell HN: Please continue offering your services (goods, rooms etc)
jacquesm · 27 Oct 2010
461 pts
31 comments
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7
Show HN: I asked an HN member for feedback and she blew my mind
kabuks · 26 Oct 2010
453 pts
120 comments
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8
Google Cars Drive Themselves, in Traffic
nytimes.com · recampbell · 9 Oct 2010
436 pts
205 comments
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9
Resignation letter from Microsoft Employee
worldofsu.com · gavingmiller · 15 Oct 2010
433 pts
105 comments
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10
Paul Buchheit: Serendipity finds you
paulbuchheit.blogspot.com · tzury · 24 Oct 2010
421 pts
54 comments
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11
Tell HN: Please stop offering your services
swombat · 27 Oct 2010
406 pts
106 comments
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12
Land of Lisp is finally out...and has a music video.
landoflisp.com · drcode · 27 Oct 2010
398 pts
108 comments
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13
Apple deprecates Java
developer.apple.com · tomeast · 21 Oct 2010
386 pts
268 comments
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14
Engineer saves man by crashing into him on purpose
seattletimes.nwsource.com · allanmac · 23 Oct 2010
383 pts
70 comments
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15
After 4 years of self-funded coding marathons I feel "finished", care to talk?
exhaustedhacker · 21 Oct 2010
379 pts
184 comments
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16
PayPal robbed my bank account
jacquesmattheij.com · jacquesm · 18 Oct 2010
378 pts
185 comments
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18
Why Wesabe Lost to Mint
blog.precipice.org · Concours · 1 Oct 2010
373 pts
195 comments
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19
What We Look for in Founders
paulgraham.com · anateus · 22 Oct 2010
362 pts
174 comments
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20
Rollover image on your website? That will be $80,000 (please)
arstechnica.com · bluesmoon · 14 Oct 2010
352 pts
177 comments
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21
Offer HN now at news.ycombinator.com/offers
news.ycombinator.com · bradleyjoyce · 27 Oct 2010
342 pts
21 comments
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23
MongoDB's lead developer: Foursquare outage post mortem
groups.google.com · pc · 7 Oct 2010
329 pts
174 comments
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24
Internet Explorer falls below 50% market share
gs.statcounter.com · CyrilMazur · 5 Oct 2010
319 pts
67 comments
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25
My history of (mostly failed) side projects and startups
gabrielweinberg.com · taylorwc · 18 Oct 2010
316 pts
81 comments
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26
Brilliant design: RCA student radically improves the UK plug
iconeye.com · shedd · 12 Oct 2010
314 pts
140 comments
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27
The quest for freedom and safety: Why I donated $100,000 to YesOn19
paulbuchheit.blogspot.com · paul · 29 Oct 2010
311 pts
228 comments
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28
How Hacker News ranking algorithm works
amix.dk · cristoperb · 11 Oct 2010
311 pts
74 comments
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29
A Google Suggest Venn Diagram Generator
technomancy.org · rmc · 25 Oct 2010
310 pts
87 comments
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30
Tell HN: Your social widgets are losing you visitors right now
rarestblog · 8 Oct 2010
306 pts
73 comments
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32
Use Vim Like A Pro
tottinge.blogsome.com · telemachos · 31 Oct 2010
301 pts
91 comments
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33
Google responds aggressively to Oracle Java suit
groklaw.net · grellas · 6 Oct 2010
297 pts
122 comments
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34
How Do You Stop Sea Captains From Killing Their Passengers?
npr.org · RiderOfGiraffes · 29 Oct 2010
292 pts
151 comments
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35
The .ly domain space to be considered unsafe
benmetcalfe.com · gmurphy · 6 Oct 2010
287 pts
194 comments
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36
The Tax Haven That's Saving Google Billions
businessweek.com · petethomas · 21 Oct 2010
285 pts
286 comments
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37
How to be a freelance web developer, part 2
ryanwaggoner.com · ryanwaggoner · 7 Oct 2010
284 pts
73 comments
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39
Embarrassing Flaws That Made My ‘Weekend’ App Possible
yieldthought.com · billswift · 20 Oct 2010
279 pts
66 comments
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40
The best JavaScript guide ever
developer.mozilla.org · alrex021 · 6 Oct 2010
278 pts
53 comments
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42
To truly become rich, you need to stop acting like it
washingtonpost.com · simonreed · 10 Oct 2010
276 pts
194 comments
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43
Show HN: Hacker News, automagically organized
metaoptimize.com · bravura · 18 Oct 2010
274 pts
36 comments
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44
Man jailed over computer password refusal
bbc.co.uk · alexandros · 5 Oct 2010
271 pts
228 comments
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45
Shocked by online comments, reporter writes profile of hit-and-run victim
tampabay.com · gruseom · 2 Oct 2010
271 pts
111 comments
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46
OK, here's the thing: this is only the entrance of the rabbit hole.
reddit.com · steveklabnik · 19 Oct 2010
264 pts
86 comments
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47
For the First Time, the TSA Meets Resistance
theatlantic.com · timf · 29 Oct 2010
259 pts
226 comments
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48
Google: What We're Driving At
googleblog.blogspot.com · piinbinary · 9 Oct 2010
259 pts
84 comments
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49
How to become a freelance web developer
ryanwaggoner.com · ryanwaggoner · 6 Oct 2010
256 pts
63 comments
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50
Things Paul Graham is wrong about
rondam.blogspot.com · imgabe · 26 Oct 2010
254 pts
78 comments
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51
How much did Twitteriffic for iOS cost to develop? Craig Hockenberry answers.
stackoverflow.com · quux · 13 Oct 2010
252 pts
105 comments
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54
A/B Testing You'll Actually Use: Optimizely (YC W10) Launches Out of Beta
optimizely.com · dsiroker · 13 Oct 2010
249 pts
93 comments
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55
Why rebel groups love the Toyota Hilux
newsweek.com · bron · 15 Oct 2010
246 pts
160 comments
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56
Ask HN: Do we no longer support our members?
covercash · 17 Oct 2010
246 pts
117 comments
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57
The New Funding Landscape
paulgraham.com · anateus · 19 Oct 2010
246 pts
51 comments
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59
"Nah, who needs another search engine?"
reddit.com · yurisagalov · 23 Oct 2010
242 pts
75 comments
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60
Facebook Now Allows You To “Download Your Information”
techcrunch.com · ssclafani · 6 Oct 2010
240 pts
109 comments
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