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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.

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Patio11 says Hello Ladies akshat.posterous.com · akshat · 26 Mar 2011
699 pts 114 comments
2
My fellow geeks, we need to have a talk. thingist.com · blhack · 14 Mar 2011
697 pts 238 comments
3
I took "abusing the HTML5 History" to the next level. probablyinteractive.com · probablycorey · 8 Mar 2011
681 pts 62 comments
4
8.9 earthquake hits Japan earthquake.usgs.gov · flyt · 11 Mar 2011
678 pts 254 comments
5
Patio11's perspective on the Japan Earthquake kalzumeus.com · swombat · 13 Mar 2011
673 pts 108 comments
6
Firefox 4 is here mozilla.com · potomak · 22 Mar 2011
670 pts 345 comments
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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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Subject: Airbnb paulgraham.com · anateus · 17 Mar 2011
614 pts 134 comments
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Entreporn, The Fallacy That Wastes Your Life justinvincent.com · jv22222 · 17 Mar 2011
607 pts 227 comments
10
Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie mensjournal.com · light3 · 4 Mar 2011
592 pts 353 comments
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At work? Try this Hacker News homepage inspired by Node [SFW] nowjs.com · ericz · 31 Mar 2011
581 pts 97 comments
12
Angry Nerds atlassian.com · kevinburke · 31 Mar 2011
572 pts 41 comments
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GitHub now has view modes for image diffs. github.com · jrnkntl · 21 Mar 2011
570 pts 58 comments
14
A fifteen year old TCP bug? blogmal.42.org · Sec · 24 Mar 2011
546 pts 59 comments
15
Man upgrades Windows 1.0 to Windows 7 (video) winrumors.com · brown9-2 · 2 Mar 2011
526 pts 115 comments
16
AT&T has a fiberoptic splitter copying our data to NSA eff.org · catilac · 21 Mar 2011
525 pts 220 comments
17
MIT is a national treasure cdixon.posterous.com · hoag · 23 Mar 2011
525 pts 150 comments
18
Accounting for Computer Scientists martin.kleppmann.com · martinkl · 7 Mar 2011
520 pts 75 comments
19
Steve Jobs' reality distortion takes its toll on truth tech.fortune.cnn.com · ssclafani · 3 Mar 2011
513 pts 325 comments
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
21
Microsoft made their own IE6-countdown site. ie6countdown.com · Klonoar · 4 Mar 2011
496 pts 165 comments
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Solarized - Color scheme for vim, mutt, terminal emulators ethanschoonover.com · lamnk · 31 Mar 2011
496 pts 154 comments
23
Khan of Khan Academy at TED (video) youtube.com · zootar · 10 Mar 2011
492 pts 97 comments
24
Anatomy of a Crushing pinboard.in · mbrubeck · 8 Mar 2011
490 pts 68 comments
25
Samsung installs keylogger on its laptop computers networkworld.com · pietrofmaggi · 30 Mar 2011
489 pts 202 comments
26
Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right jacques_chester · 3 Mar 2011
469 pts 154 comments
27
Twitter to developers: no new Twitter clients groups.google.com · samstokes · 11 Mar 2011
451 pts 172 comments
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Confirmed: Samsung is not shipping keyloggers f-secure.com · illdave · 31 Mar 2011
448 pts 76 comments
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
30
Sleep is more important than food blogs.hbr.org · panarky · 9 Mar 2011
437 pts 169 comments
31
Why I am not worried about Japan’s nuclear reactors morgsatlarge.wordpress.com · woodpanel · 13 Mar 2011
415 pts 182 comments
32
Wife Said No, Apple Said Yes macrumors.com · mcritz · 21 Mar 2011
412 pts 160 comments
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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At least now we know why Color really got that funding daringfireball.net · ChrisArchitect · 25 Mar 2011
403 pts 155 comments
35
Hiring Developers: You're Doing It Wrong devinterviews.pen.io · Udo · 30 Mar 2011
399 pts 218 comments
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I wanna work at Instagram iwannaworkatinstagram.com · thankuz · 23 Mar 2011
397 pts 196 comments
37
JavaScript Garden bonsaiden.github.com · aundumla · 11 Mar 2011
397 pts 47 comments
38
Natalie Portman - Scientist nytimes.com · mhb · 1 Mar 2011
388 pts 164 comments
39
The blind man who taught himself to see mensjournal.com · philk · 3 Mar 2011
388 pts 84 comments
40
Parody Color Pitch Deck docs.google.com · kacy · 24 Mar 2011
385 pts 107 comments
41
Wooden iPad 2 cover outsmarts Apple's Smart Cover tuaw.com · shawndumas · 24 Mar 2011
385 pts 79 comments
42
Music Theory for Beginners whitakerblackall.com · r11t · 15 Mar 2011
382 pts 107 comments
43
AIDS vaccine in final testing lanl.gov · swombat · 30 Mar 2011
381 pts 74 comments
44
It's Time to Fix HTTPS docs.google.com · fogus · 27 Mar 2011
376 pts 120 comments
45
Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser akshell.com · yogsototh · 21 Mar 2011
373 pts 95 comments
46
41,000,006 reasons why I think we're in a bubble jacquesmattheij.com · revorad · 24 Mar 2011
369 pts 254 comments
47
IE6countdown.com – a wolf in sheep's clothing statichtml.com · Isofarro · 4 Mar 2011
368 pts 143 comments
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
49
Node.js Guide nodeguide.com · gulbrandr · 30 Mar 2011
346 pts 67 comments
50
Cosmonaut Crashed Into Earth 'Crying In Rage' [in 1967] npr.org · J3L2404 · 19 Mar 2011
339 pts 62 comments
51
A tale of two programmers jacquesmattheij.com · vijaydev · 9 Mar 2011
331 pts 68 comments
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
53
Finally, a Startup Visa That Works techcrunch.com · joshbert · 14 Mar 2011
329 pts 116 comments
54
Why GNU grep is fast lists.freebsd.org · shawndumas · 31 Mar 2011
329 pts 68 comments
55
Web developer will work for you for free hirefreecoder.heroku.com · v-t · 16 Mar 2011
327 pts 107 comments
56
Want to move fast? Just do this codefastdieyoung.com · sghael · 11 Mar 2011
326 pts 40 comments
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51 hours left to live reddit.com · processing · 6 Mar 2011
322 pts 112 comments
58
AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion businesswire.com · ssclafani · 20 Mar 2011
314 pts 203 comments
59
Quadrocopters juggle balls cooperatively engadget.com · brianwillis · 29 Mar 2011
314 pts 79 comments
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Mozilla Glow: Awesome Firefox 4 live download day map glow.mozilla.org · gkoberger · 22 Mar 2011
314 pts 75 comments

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