The Best Hacker News Posts of November 2010
We track 408 stories from November 2010, averaging 177 points each. techcrunch.com was the most linked source, with 14 stories. Together they drew 29,035 comments, 71 per story on average.
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The day Steve Jobs dissed me hard
sivers.org · grep · 12 Nov 2010
567 pts
122 comments
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How Israel handles airport security
thestar.com · epo · 15 Nov 2010
550 pts
162 comments
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4
Gmail: Trap my contacts now (warning when exporting contacts to Facebook)
google.com · bjonathan · 10 Nov 2010
470 pts
169 comments
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Re-entry to US without backscatter or pat-down
noblasters.com · bobf · 22 Nov 2010
459 pts
179 comments
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Son, as soon as someone puts their hands on you...
sebastianmarshall.com · kapilkaisare · 11 Nov 2010
443 pts
354 comments
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8
Google and Microsoft Cheat on Slow-Start. Should You?
blog.benstrong.com · bstrong · 26 Nov 2010
437 pts
67 comments
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When we got to the scanner, I opted out. Then they opted out.
blog.izs.me · Rickasaurus · 16 Nov 2010
422 pts
184 comments
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SR-71 Blackbird Communication to Tower
econrates.com · da5e · 22 Nov 2010
422 pts
68 comments
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The ~200 Line Linux Kernel Patch That Does Wonders
phoronix.com · pietrofmaggi · 16 Nov 2010
420 pts
96 comments
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Do you read HackerNews all day and never actually do anything?
tossit · 18 Nov 2010
389 pts
142 comments
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Life Hack - The 30/30 Minute Work Cycle Feels Like Magic
chetansurpur.com · chetan51 · 10 Nov 2010
380 pts
134 comments
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The Myth of the Immortal Hamburger
aht.seriouseats.com · jacoblyles · 7 Nov 2010
371 pts
34 comments
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Ubuntu To Ditch X Server For Wayland
digitizor.com · dkd903 · 5 Nov 2010
369 pts
154 comments
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Kinect reverse-engineered; open driver available
adafruit.com · jgrahamc · 10 Nov 2010
369 pts
85 comments
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This is why sites choose to stay vulnerable to Firesheep
google.com · ericflo · 7 Nov 2010
354 pts
139 comments
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The 18 things you must do when launching a new website
seomoz.org · danshapiro · 9 Nov 2010
353 pts
26 comments
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Pong written in both flash and HTML5. Left side is flash, right side is HTML5.
labs.codecomputerlove.com · ph0rque · 2 Nov 2010
349 pts
124 comments
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Y Combinator announces two new partners, Paul Buchheit and Harj Taggar
ycombinator.posterous.com · pg · 12 Nov 2010
344 pts
77 comments
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WikiLeaks Archive — Cables Uncloak U.S. Diplomacy
nytimes.com · davewiner · 28 Nov 2010
341 pts
254 comments
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Rails for Zombies - Learn Rails from the comfort of your browser
railsforzombies.org · trevorturk · 18 Nov 2010
336 pts
57 comments
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Implementing the auto-buying bot from xkcd #576
bieh.net · bensummers · 8 Nov 2010
333 pts
82 comments
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Startup Ideas Every Nerd Has (That Never Work)
blog.eladgil.com · eladgil · 30 Nov 2010
313 pts
209 comments
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30
The Day US Customs Found A Bullet In My Pocket
wanderingearl.com · bobds · 1 Nov 2010
311 pts
202 comments
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Open ID Is A Nightmare
blog.wekeroad.com · chanks · 17 Nov 2010
311 pts
109 comments
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The 19 Senators Who Voted To Censor The Internet
techdirt.com · yanw · 18 Nov 2010
298 pts
86 comments
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Google Engineering Management Mistakes
docs.google.com · auxbuss · 3 Nov 2010
296 pts
135 comments
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Google Releases mod_pagespeed for Apache
googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com · mike-cardwell · 3 Nov 2010
290 pts
73 comments
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Just buy this one
justbuythisone.com · will_critchlow · 5 Nov 2010
289 pts
99 comments
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8pen reinvents mobile keyboard
the8pen.com · UkiahSmith · 1 Nov 2010
286 pts
123 comments
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Reporting a bug on a fragile analysis
blog.mozilla.com · lordgilman · 17 Nov 2010
284 pts
76 comments
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Brave New World banned from High School curriculum
blogs.seattleweekly.com · mfukar · 18 Nov 2010
282 pts
160 comments
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TSA encounter at SAN
johnnyedge.blogspot.com · icey · 13 Nov 2010
277 pts
158 comments
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41
My Y Combinator interview.
korokithakis.net · StavrosK · 22 Nov 2010
269 pts
109 comments
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EPIC Lawsuit to Suspend Deployment of Body Scanners at US Airports
epic.org · mhb · 4 Nov 2010
269 pts
85 comments
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Comcast demands Level 3 pay fee to deliver online movies to their subscribers
businesswire.com · jsm386 · 29 Nov 2010
269 pts
82 comments
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44
Google UX Researcher Explains the Social Networking Gay Bar Problem
slideshare.net · lionhearted · 4 Nov 2010
267 pts
56 comments
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45
Why I feel like a fraud
blog.asmartbear.com · gthank · 15 Nov 2010
266 pts
74 comments
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Whoa, Google, That's A Pretty Big Security Hole
techcrunch.com · bdb · 20 Nov 2010
260 pts
33 comments
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At My Wit’s End: Jason Calacanis Threatens To Sue Us
techcrunch.com · ssclafani · 3 Nov 2010
259 pts
86 comments
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Who is living off their startup fulltime?
webbruce · 20 Nov 2010
254 pts
182 comments
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53
How to build discipline and brainwash yourself
ryanwaggoner.com · ryanwaggoner · 24 Nov 2010
253 pts
128 comments
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Chance of Dying From Backscatter Radiation Same as Chance of Terrorism
daringfireball.net · mcantelon · 18 Nov 2010
252 pts
128 comments
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55
Full CSS3 Lightbox - Absolutely no JavaScript
playground.deaxon.com · js4all · 8 Nov 2010
252 pts
109 comments
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What I Learned From FarmVille - So You Don’t Have To Play It
docs1.google.com · ThomPete · 25 Nov 2010
251 pts
50 comments
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Antimatter atoms produced and trapped at CERN
press.web.cern.ch · jcsalterego · 17 Nov 2010
250 pts
89 comments
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"The web is considered 'public domain'"
illadore.livejournal.com · slater · 4 Nov 2010
248 pts
100 comments
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Hacking the Kinect - How to hack USB device drivers
ladyada.net · there · 17 Nov 2010
245 pts
33 comments
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