The Best Hacker News Posts of March 2011
We track 524 stories from March 2011, averaging 195 points each. techcrunch.com was the most linked source, with 21 stories. Together they drew 40,062 comments, 76 per story on average.
1
Patio11 says Hello Ladies
akshat.posterous.com · akshat · 26 Mar 2011
699 pts
114 comments
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2
My fellow geeks, we need to have a talk.
thingist.com · blhack · 14 Mar 2011
697 pts
238 comments
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3
I took "abusing the HTML5 History" to the next level.
probablyinteractive.com · probablycorey · 8 Mar 2011
681 pts
62 comments
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4
8.9 earthquake hits Japan
earthquake.usgs.gov · flyt · 11 Mar 2011
678 pts
254 comments
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5
Patio11's perspective on the Japan Earthquake
kalzumeus.com · swombat · 13 Mar 2011
673 pts
108 comments
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7
How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy
jacquesmattheij.com · RiderOfGiraffes · 31 Mar 2011
619 pts
320 comments
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9
Entreporn, The Fallacy That Wastes Your Life
justinvincent.com · jv22222 · 17 Mar 2011
607 pts
227 comments
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10
Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie
mensjournal.com · light3 · 4 Mar 2011
592 pts
353 comments
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11
At work? Try this Hacker News homepage inspired by Node [SFW]
nowjs.com · ericz · 31 Mar 2011
581 pts
97 comments
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13
GitHub now has view modes for image diffs.
github.com · jrnkntl · 21 Mar 2011
570 pts
58 comments
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15
Man upgrades Windows 1.0 to Windows 7 (video)
winrumors.com · brown9-2 · 2 Mar 2011
526 pts
115 comments
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16
AT&T has a fiberoptic splitter copying our data to NSA
eff.org · catilac · 21 Mar 2011
525 pts
220 comments
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17
MIT is a national treasure
cdixon.posterous.com · hoag · 23 Mar 2011
525 pts
150 comments
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18
Accounting for Computer Scientists
martin.kleppmann.com · martinkl · 7 Mar 2011
520 pts
75 comments
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19
Steve Jobs' reality distortion takes its toll on truth
tech.fortune.cnn.com · ssclafani · 3 Mar 2011
513 pts
325 comments
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20
How a simple comment on Hacker News made me quit my job and launch a startup
blog.freshdesk.com · girishm · 18 Mar 2011
504 pts
92 comments
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21
Microsoft made their own IE6-countdown site.
ie6countdown.com · Klonoar · 4 Mar 2011
496 pts
165 comments
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22
Solarized - Color scheme for vim, mutt, terminal emulators
ethanschoonover.com · lamnk · 31 Mar 2011
496 pts
154 comments
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23
Khan of Khan Academy at TED (video)
youtube.com · zootar · 10 Mar 2011
492 pts
97 comments
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25
Samsung installs keylogger on its laptop computers
networkworld.com · pietrofmaggi · 30 Mar 2011
489 pts
202 comments
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26
Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right
jacques_chester · 3 Mar 2011
469 pts
154 comments
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27
Twitter to developers: no new Twitter clients
groups.google.com · samstokes · 11 Mar 2011
451 pts
172 comments
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28
Confirmed: Samsung is not shipping keyloggers
f-secure.com · illdave · 31 Mar 2011
448 pts
76 comments
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29
If iPads are “post-pc devices” why must I sync with iTunes before I can use one?
thestartupfoundry.com · g0atbutt · 5 Mar 2011
445 pts
220 comments
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30
Sleep is more important than food
blogs.hbr.org · panarky · 9 Mar 2011
437 pts
169 comments
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31
Why I am not worried about Japan’s nuclear reactors
morgsatlarge.wordpress.com · woodpanel · 13 Mar 2011
415 pts
182 comments
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32
Wife Said No, Apple Said Yes
macrumors.com · mcritz · 21 Mar 2011
412 pts
160 comments
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33
How We Got Owned by a Few Teenagers (and Why It Will Never Happen Again)
blog.phpfog.com · cardmagic · 23 Mar 2011
405 pts
188 comments
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34
At least now we know why Color really got that funding
daringfireball.net · ChrisArchitect · 25 Mar 2011
403 pts
155 comments
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35
Hiring Developers: You're Doing It Wrong
devinterviews.pen.io · Udo · 30 Mar 2011
399 pts
218 comments
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36
I wanna work at Instagram
iwannaworkatinstagram.com · thankuz · 23 Mar 2011
397 pts
196 comments
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39
The blind man who taught himself to see
mensjournal.com · philk · 3 Mar 2011
388 pts
84 comments
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41
Wooden iPad 2 cover outsmarts Apple's Smart Cover
tuaw.com · shawndumas · 24 Mar 2011
385 pts
79 comments
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42
Music Theory for Beginners
whitakerblackall.com · r11t · 15 Mar 2011
382 pts
107 comments
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45
Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser
akshell.com · yogsototh · 21 Mar 2011
373 pts
95 comments
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46
41,000,006 reasons why I think we're in a bubble
jacquesmattheij.com · revorad · 24 Mar 2011
369 pts
254 comments
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47
IE6countdown.com – a wolf in sheep's clothing
statichtml.com · Isofarro · 4 Mar 2011
368 pts
143 comments
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48
Facebook bans Adsense in all applications, driving Google out of Facebook.com
forum.developers.facebook.net · ignifero · 5 Mar 2011
356 pts
147 comments
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50
Cosmonaut Crashed Into Earth 'Crying In Rage' [in 1967]
npr.org · J3L2404 · 19 Mar 2011
339 pts
62 comments
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51
A tale of two programmers
jacquesmattheij.com · vijaydev · 9 Mar 2011
331 pts
68 comments
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52
Torvalds: Standards are paper. I use paper to wipe my butt every day.
bugzilla.redhat.com · statictype · 26 Mar 2011
330 pts
175 comments
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53
Finally, a Startup Visa That Works
techcrunch.com · joshbert · 14 Mar 2011
329 pts
116 comments
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54
Why GNU grep is fast
lists.freebsd.org · shawndumas · 31 Mar 2011
329 pts
68 comments
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55
Web developer will work for you for free
hirefreecoder.heroku.com · v-t · 16 Mar 2011
327 pts
107 comments
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56
Want to move fast? Just do this
codefastdieyoung.com · sghael · 11 Mar 2011
326 pts
40 comments
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58
AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
businesswire.com · ssclafani · 20 Mar 2011
314 pts
203 comments
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59
Quadrocopters juggle balls cooperatively
engadget.com · brianwillis · 29 Mar 2011
314 pts
79 comments
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60
Mozilla Glow: Awesome Firefox 4 live download day map
glow.mozilla.org · gkoberger · 22 Mar 2011
314 pts
75 comments
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