The Best Hacker News Posts of January 2012
We track 704 stories from January 2012, averaging 221 points each. plus.google.com was the most linked source, with 14 stories. Together they drew 54,362 comments, 77 per story on average.
1
Request for Startups: Kill Hollywood.
ycombinator.com · dzlobin · 20 Jan 2012
2.1k pts
665 comments
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2
Amit Gupta has found a 10/10 matched donor
tumblr.amitgupta.com · nwest · 18 Jan 2012
1.2k pts
100 comments
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3
PayPal forces buyer to destroy $2500 pre-WWII antique violin in dispute
regretsy.com · tfe · 3 Jan 2012
988 pts
289 comments
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4
Wikipedia to Shut Down on Wednesday to Protest SOPA
thenextweb.com · minecraftman · 16 Jan 2012
951 pts
192 comments
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5
Reddit to go dark on Jan 18 to protest SOPA
blog.reddit.com · lindowe · 10 Jan 2012
922 pts
150 comments
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7
Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin , usr/sbin split
lists.busybox.net · sciurus · 27 Jan 2012
857 pts
151 comments
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8
Fun with math: Dividing one by 998001 yields a surprising result
iheartchaos.com · kenver · 26 Jan 2012
754 pts
90 comments
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9
Google, what were you thinking?
blog.mocality.co.ke · swombat · 13 Jan 2012
751 pts
143 comments
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10
The Five Stages of Hosting
blog.pinboard.in · stilist · 30 Jan 2012
747 pts
179 comments
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11
Richard Stallman Was Right All Along
osnews.com · thomholwerda · 2 Jan 2012
731 pts
226 comments
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13
Two things about SOPA/PIPA and then I'll shut up
plus.google.com · johnthedebs · 21 Jan 2012
709 pts
172 comments
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14
Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy
online.wsj.com · waitwhat · 19 Jan 2012
698 pts
337 comments
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15
A simple guide for getting started with git
rogerdudler.github.com · Brajeshwar · 9 Jan 2012
665 pts
129 comments
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16
What if Hollywood had to use tech like we have to watch movies?
aaronklein.com · aaronklein · 29 Jan 2012
663 pts
112 comments
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18
Why 37signals Doesn't Hire Programmers Based on Brainteasers
37signals.com · teaspoon · 5 Jan 2012
605 pts
423 comments
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21
Salary Negotiation: Make More Money, Be More Valued
kalzumeus.com · llambda · 23 Jan 2012
596 pts
193 comments
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23
Impress.js - a Prezi like implementation using CSS3 3D transformations
github.com · ramanujam · 1 Jan 2012
594 pts
65 comments
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24
This is why I don't give you a job
andorjakab.blog.hu · fourspace · 7 Jan 2012
588 pts
529 comments
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25
Congressman blacks out his official .gov website
blumenauer.house.gov · sethbannon · 18 Jan 2012
587 pts
38 comments
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26
Maddox - I hope SOPA passes
maddox.xmission.com · CWIZO · 19 Jan 2012
569 pts
198 comments
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28
Microsoft launches an HTML5 version of Cut the Rope
cuttherope.ie · jkbr · 10 Jan 2012
556 pts
124 comments
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29
Cars kill cities
progressivetransit.wordpress.com · ajju · 26 Jan 2012
553 pts
336 comments
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30
Good bye, Google Maps… thanks for all the fish
plus.google.com · dlikhten · 11 Jan 2012
536 pts
154 comments
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32
Resolutions for programmers
matt.might.net · fogus · 3 Jan 2012
521 pts
152 comments
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33
MPAA Publicly Threatens to Stop Writing Checks
techdirt.com · nextparadigms · 21 Jan 2012
514 pts
105 comments
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35
Wikipedia blackout page
en.wikipedia.org · pitdesi · 18 Jan 2012
507 pts
113 comments
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36
Google will protest SOPA using home page
news.cnet.com · GBond · 17 Jan 2012
502 pts
104 comments
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37
Sal Khan explains SOPA / PIPA
khanacademy.org · marcia · 18 Jan 2012
491 pts
65 comments
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38
Beginners Guide to HTML/CSS
learn.shayhowe.com · adangit · 31 Jan 2012
490 pts
75 comments
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39
A Man. A Van. A Surprising Business Plan.
npr.org · slamdunc · 4 Jan 2012
486 pts
100 comments
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40
SOPA not Dead. Hearings to Resume in Feb.
judiciary.house.gov · cjoh · 17 Jan 2012
483 pts
56 comments
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41
Google's Anti-SOPA & PIPA Page
google.com · Jarred · 18 Jan 2012
482 pts
65 comments
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42
Dear business people, an iOS app actually takes a lot of work
kentnguyen.com · kentnguyen · 31 Jan 2012
474 pts
128 comments
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43
A Word to the Resourceful
paulgraham.com · anateus · 19 Jan 2012
463 pts
168 comments
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45
SOPA lives—and MPAA calls protests an "abuse of power"
arstechnica.com · john2373 · 17 Jan 2012
447 pts
155 comments
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46
How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work
nytimes.com · wallflower · 21 Jan 2012
446 pts
307 comments
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48
Programming prodigy passes away at 16
digitallife.today.msnbc.msn.com · prajjwal · 15 Jan 2012
436 pts
114 comments
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49
This Photograph Is Not Free
petapixel.com · Brajeshwar · 11 Jan 2012
435 pts
254 comments
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51
List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sortable by donations
sopaopera.org · sgaither · 8 Jan 2012
430 pts
121 comments
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52
Python for Humans
python-for-humans.heroku.com · craigkerstiens · 3 Jan 2012
427 pts
106 comments
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53
Larry Page to Googlers: If You Don’t Get SPYW, Work Somewhere Else
pandodaily.com · benjlang · 24 Jan 2012
416 pts
285 comments
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55
Jon Stewart calls out congressional nerd bashing over SOPA
technolog.msnbc.msn.com · aepstein · 20 Jan 2012
416 pts
156 comments
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57
A Redditor's insightful message for discouraged students
reddit.com · jimmyjim · 5 Jan 2012
414 pts
103 comments
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58
ACTA will force border searches of laptops, smartphones for pirated content
en.wikipedia.org · nextparadigms · 22 Jan 2012
412 pts
191 comments
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59
Supreme Court rules 9-0 that warrant absolutely needed for police GPS tracking
wired.com · ck2 · 23 Jan 2012
410 pts
115 comments
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60
Show HN: We made an addictive way to browse pictures on reddit
mongout.com · bwm · 25 Jan 2012
401 pts
138 comments
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