The Best Hacker News Posts of June 2012
We track 618 stories from June 2012, averaging 206 points each. arstechnica.com was the most linked source, with 18 stories. Together they drew 56,874 comments, 92 per story on average.
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It all began with a strange email
blogs.valvesoftware.com · julioc · 15 Jun 2012
874 pts
124 comments
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2
R.I.P. Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles
io9.com · danso · 6 Jun 2012
821 pts
95 comments
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3
Sublime Text 2.0 Released
sublimetext.com · dave1010uk · 26 Jun 2012
813 pts
352 comments
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4
A VC-funded startup called WhosHere is trying to steal my social network
brianhama.com · pclark · 1 Jun 2012
787 pts
219 comments
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5
The Silencing of Maya
niederfamily.blogspot.be · kngl · 12 Jun 2012
785 pts
321 comments
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7
US and Israel created Stuxnet, lost control of it
arstechnica.com · fpp · 1 Jun 2012
650 pts
310 comments
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Microsoft Introduces New "Surface" Tablet
microsoft.com · yottabyte47 · 18 Jun 2012
611 pts
660 comments
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Famous judge spikes Apple-Google case, calls patent system “dysfunctional”
gigaom.com · bokchoi · 8 Jun 2012
601 pts
121 comments
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12
Mihai Pătraşcu 1982–2012
rjlipton.wordpress.com · mathgenius · 21 Jun 2012
599 pts
29 comments
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15
Moderators of HN: please stop changing post titles
there · 12 Jun 2012
572 pts
46 comments
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16
Kid Automates Work, Is Fired, Hired Back, Automates Business
reddit.com · andrewcooke · 27 Jun 2012
566 pts
198 comments
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17
Eulerian Video Magnification for Revealing Subtle Changes in the World
people.csail.mit.edu · clockwork_189 · 4 Jun 2012
566 pts
129 comments
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18
6.5 Million LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked
translate.google.com · ssclafani · 6 Jun 2012
561 pts
511 comments
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19
Michael Lewis: Don't Eat Fortune's Cookie
princeton.edu · gregdetre · 4 Jun 2012
552 pts
180 comments
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20
Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be
movies.io · nddrylliog · 1 Jun 2012
550 pts
487 comments
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22
To Elon Musk and the Model S: Congratulations
blogs.wsj.com · suprgeek · 30 Jun 2012
538 pts
162 comments
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23
Kids should be building rockets and robots, not taking standardized tests
slate.com · krschultz · 5 Jun 2012
526 pts
196 comments
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24
I introduced my 5yo and 2yo to startx and xmonad. They’re delighted.
changelog.complete.org · emillon · 21 Jun 2012
520 pts
193 comments
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25
Make Better Select Boxes with Chosen
harvesthq.github.com · tomschlick · 6 Jun 2012
514 pts
83 comments
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26
Why Your McD's Burger Doesn't Look Like the One in the Ad
adage.com · cremnob · 20 Jun 2012
505 pts
181 comments
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27
I analyzed the chords to 1300 popular songs for patterns. This is what I found.
blog.hooktheory.com · davec · 12 Jun 2012
497 pts
183 comments
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28
Neal Stephenson wants to revolutionize sword fighting video games
kickstarter.com · SoapSeller · 9 Jun 2012
485 pts
183 comments
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31
5 Million Farmers Sue Monsanto for $7.7 Billion
readersupportednews.org · captainsinclair · 7 Jun 2012
461 pts
213 comments
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32
Facebook forces all users over to Facebook.com e-mail addresses
arstechnica.com · evo_9 · 25 Jun 2012
455 pts
191 comments
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33
How a Mexican Drug Cartel Makes Its Billions
nytimes.com · jlees · 15 Jun 2012
452 pts
232 comments
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34
Google launches Compute Engine
cloud.google.com · velodrome · 28 Jun 2012
448 pts
178 comments
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35
Where has all the money in the world gone?
reddit.com · stevenj · 23 Jun 2012
448 pts
176 comments
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36
Fish: Finally, a command line shell for the 90s
ridiculousfish.com · rjshade · 6 Jun 2012
442 pts
146 comments
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37
JQuery 2.0 Drops Support for IE6/7/8; API-Compatible with jQuery 1.9.
blog.jquery.com · wycats · 28 Jun 2012
430 pts
229 comments
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39
Things I Should Have Known at 20
inoveryourhead.net · pkapur86 · 1 Jun 2012
418 pts
156 comments
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40
Mega-victory: Kim Dotcom search warrants “invalid,” mansion raid “illegal”
arstechnica.com · evo_9 · 28 Jun 2012
416 pts
127 comments
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41
A standing desk for $22
iamnotaprogrammer.com · onecreativenerd · 19 Jun 2012
412 pts
178 comments
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42
Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide'
chronicle.com · mtgx · 13 Jun 2012
409 pts
147 comments
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43
We know what you're doing
weknowwhatyouredoing.com · Kenan · 26 Jun 2012
408 pts
114 comments
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44
Facebook e-mail mess: Address books altered, e-mail lost
news.cnet.com · iProject · 30 Jun 2012
389 pts
183 comments
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45
It's Playtime - Light Table Playground released
chris-granger.com · ibdknox · 25 Jun 2012
384 pts
124 comments
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46
We will try to stop fixing bugs in PHP
bugs.php.net · robbiet480 · 22 Jun 2012
382 pts
300 comments
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47
MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge
arstechnica.com · sciurus · 11 Jun 2012
378 pts
525 comments
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49
You're not the CEO - You're the Fucking Janitor
zachbruhnke.com · zbruhnke · 27 Jun 2012
371 pts
132 comments
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50
Aalto Talk with Linus Torvalds
youtu.be · flabbergasted · 16 Jun 2012
370 pts
141 comments
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51
Select2 - A better way to make select boxes (with jQuery)
github.com · binarydreams · 7 Jun 2012
369 pts
57 comments
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52
PointerPointer: points to your cursor
pointerpointer.com · nthitz · 11 Jun 2012
367 pts
65 comments
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53
Falsehoods Programmers believe about Time
infiniteundo.com · mcfunley · 18 Jun 2012
364 pts
213 comments
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54
The Oatmeal Fights Legal Threat, Raises $20,000 in an Hour
mashable.com · Liu · 11 Jun 2012
364 pts
109 comments
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55
Kogan imposes a tax on IE7 shoppers
lifehacker.com.au · nathanhoad · 14 Jun 2012
360 pts
146 comments
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56
Anonymous Austria leaks 2.8 GB Scientology Emails
pastebin.com · bmaeser · 10 Jun 2012
354 pts
143 comments
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57
The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable
ifixit.org · PedroCandeias · 15 Jun 2012
353 pts
341 comments
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58
Show HN: Easel, web design in the browser
alpha.easel.io · mrbogle · 14 Jun 2012
346 pts
120 comments
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59
9-Year-Old Who Changed School Lunches Silenced By Politicians
wired.com · bcl · 15 Jun 2012
341 pts
115 comments
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60
MySQL is bazillion times faster than MemSQL
dom.as · spudlyo · 26 Jun 2012
339 pts
138 comments
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