The Best Hacker News Posts of July 2011
We track 525 stories from July 2011, averaging 197 points each. techcrunch.com was the most linked source, with 23 stories. Together they drew 41,552 comments, 79 per story on average.
1
Airbnb Nightmare: No End In Sight
ejroundtheworld.blogspot.com · moonlighter · 29 Jul 2011
1k pts
482 comments
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2
Violated: A traveler’s lost faith, a difficult lesson learned
ejroundtheworld.blogspot.com · foxit · 27 Jul 2011
952 pts
380 comments
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3
Chosen: A javascript plug-in that makes long select boxes user-friendly.
harvesthq.github.com · utkarshkukreti · 22 Jul 2011
923 pts
76 comments
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4
33GB of public domain JSTOR articles, and a manifesto
thepiratebay.org · sp332 · 21 Jul 2011
840 pts
179 comments
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6
A lesson on the importance of encouraging your children with their projects
gamesbyemail.com · TamDenholm · 13 Jul 2011
821 pts
103 comments
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7
You are not running out of time
rahulbijlani.com · complexmango · 18 Jul 2011
696 pts
125 comments
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8
Why I will never pursue cheating again
behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com · Panos · 17 Jul 2011
691 pts
482 comments
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9
Aaronsw indicted for hacking MIT network to download millions of JSTOR docs
documentcloud.org · Estragon · 19 Jul 2011
603 pts
313 comments
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11
Matz (creator of Ruby) joins Heroku
blog.heroku.com · jamesheroku · 12 Jul 2011
578 pts
75 comments
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12
Steve Yegge quits Google in the middle of his speech [OSCON Data 2011]
youtube.com · kodisha · 27 Jul 2011
546 pts
130 comments
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13
Nobody Understands REST or HTTP
blog.steveklabnik.com · dermatthias · 3 Jul 2011
520 pts
133 comments
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14
User testing in the wild: he has never used a computer
jboriss.wordpress.com · tbassetto · 7 Jul 2011
513 pts
199 comments
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16
How The Hell Is This My Fault?
techcrunch.com · jamesgagan · 30 Jul 2011
481 pts
281 comments
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17
How Running A Business Changes The Way You Think
kalzumeus.com · JacobAldridge · 8 Jul 2011
477 pts
98 comments
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18
Webdesigners: please make text readable
contrastrebellion.com · bmaeser · 26 Jul 2011
467 pts
106 comments
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19
A pound of flesh: how Cisco's "unmitigated gall" derailed one man's life
arstechnica.com · diogenescynic · 21 Jul 2011
467 pts
101 comments
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20
XKCD's Randall Munroe on Google+ requiring your gender to be public
plus.google.com · macrael · 8 Jul 2011
463 pts
283 comments
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22
Anonymous & Lulz Security Statement to the FBI
pastebin.com · p4bl0 · 21 Jul 2011
459 pts
241 comments
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23
Remove any Site From Google (even if you don't control it)
jamesbreckenridge.co.uk · feydr · 20 Jul 2011
447 pts
93 comments
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24
Code.Google.com now supports git
code.google.com · pixelbeat · 15 Jul 2011
445 pts
77 comments
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25
What every programmer should know about time
unix4lyfe.org · enneff · 4 Jul 2011
444 pts
126 comments
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26
The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress
nytimes.com · pcestrada · 22 Jul 2011
442 pts
144 comments
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27
Ex-Wave, Ex-Plus engineer on Google Plus
rethrick.com · nl · 11 Jul 2011
441 pts
150 comments
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29
Warren Buffett: I could end the deficit in 5 minutes.
ritholtz.com · pitdesi · 8 Jul 2011
434 pts
180 comments
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30
The Moment Of Truth For Airbnb As User’s Home Is Utterly Trashed
techcrunch.com · ssclafani · 27 Jul 2011
432 pts
226 comments
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31
Learn C The Hard Way
learncodethehardway.org · mcantelon · 3 Jul 2011
419 pts
246 comments
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32
My experiences as a Recruiter on Hacker News
voltsteve.blogspot.com · Peroni · 12 Jul 2011
402 pts
114 comments
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33
Airbnb Victim Speaks Again: Homeless, Scared And Angry
techcrunch.com · jamesgagan · 29 Jul 2011
397 pts
132 comments
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34
Auditor's response to "Our security auditor is an idiot" (Update 3)
serverfault.com · sharjeel · 29 Jul 2011
395 pts
137 comments
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35
Another Airbnb Victim Tells His Story: “There Were Meth Pipes Everywhere”
techcrunch.com · jasonlbaptiste · 31 Jul 2011
394 pts
231 comments
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36
Free online version of Stanford's Fall 2011 Intro to AI course
ai-class.com · finin · 30 Jul 2011
381 pts
44 comments
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37
Understanding the Git Workflow
sandofsky.com · RSkuja · 31 Jul 2011
378 pts
76 comments
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38
Why I read Hacker News even though I understand very little of it
alexrosen.com · alexmr · 5 Jul 2011
373 pts
89 comments
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39
John Siracusa's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review
arstechnica.com · thisisblurry · 20 Jul 2011
371 pts
212 comments
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40
Introducing BrowserID: A better way to sign in
identity.mozilla.com · joeshaw · 14 Jul 2011
364 pts
180 comments
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41
Rapid DHCP: Or, how do Macs get on the network so fast?
cafbit.com · timdoug · 12 Jul 2011
354 pts
180 comments
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42
Andy Rutledge Redesigns NYTimes.com
andyrutledge.com · ecaron · 26 Jul 2011
350 pts
127 comments
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43
PuTTY 0.61 released
lists.tartarus.org · yankcrime · 13 Jul 2011
342 pts
102 comments
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45
Very clever story telling using HTML and Javascript...
hobolobo.net · dclaysmith · 4 Jul 2011
341 pts
28 comments
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46
Life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight
fluentin3months.com · fezzl · 19 Jul 2011
340 pts
115 comments
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47
Hacker News Fires Steve Yegge
steve-yegge.blogspot.com · DanielRibeiro · 27 Jul 2011
340 pts
92 comments
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48
The Secret Ingredient In Your Orange Juice
foodrenegade.com · bradly · 29 Jul 2011
338 pts
188 comments
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49
EBay Patents 10-Click Checkout
steve-yegge.blogspot.com · timruffles · 22 Jul 2011
337 pts
40 comments
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50
A preview of Gmail’s new look
gmailblog.blogspot.com · sahillavingia · 1 Jul 2011
336 pts
173 comments
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51
Humble Bundle #3 is Live
humblebundle.com · Dysiode · 26 Jul 2011
336 pts
122 comments
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52
Is There Anything Good About Men?
psy.fsu.edu · simonsarris · 15 Jul 2011
333 pts
223 comments
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53
I am an HFT Programmer
developers.slashdot.org · marksu · 31 Jul 2011
326 pts
229 comments
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54
How I Raised $350k as a Solo Founder using these 4 Email Templates
library.toutapp.com · revorad · 21 Jul 2011
326 pts
47 comments
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55
How To Safely Store A Password
codahale.com · shawndumas · 1 Jul 2011
325 pts
209 comments
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56
Why the #AskObama tweet was garbled on screen
hanselman.com · brianwillis · 7 Jul 2011
322 pts
76 comments
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57
GoDaddy SSL Cert Scam
rentzsch.tumblr.com · dchest · 11 Jul 2011
321 pts
119 comments
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58
Why I left Google. What happened to my book. What I work on at Facebook.
thinkoutsidein.com · csmajorfive · 13 Jul 2011
321 pts
80 comments
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59
Create a Robot Image from any text string
robohash.org · e1ven · 8 Jul 2011
319 pts
101 comments
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60
Estimate your English vocabulary size
testyourvocab.com · mike_esspe · 17 Jul 2011
318 pts
311 comments
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