The Best Hacker News Posts of July 2012
We track 604 stories from July 2012, averaging 200 points each. techcrunch.com was the most linked source, with 18 stories. Together they drew 55,642 comments, 92 per story on average.
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Company withdrawing from Facebook as analytics show 80% of ad clicks from bots
facebook.com · petercooper · 30 Jul 2012
1.3k pts
356 comments
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3
Google Fiber Plans & Pricing
fiber.google.com · stevewilhelm · 26 Jul 2012
1.1k pts
466 comments
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4
Physical assault by McDonald's for wearing Digital Eye Glass
eyetap.org · balnaphone · 16 Jul 2012
1.1k pts
446 comments
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5
Google’s Marissa Mayer Tapped as Yahoo’s Chief
dealbook.nytimes.com · sahillavingia · 16 Jul 2012
1k pts
343 comments
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6
The Challenge of Making Friends as an Adult
nytimes.com · MRonney · 15 Jul 2012
697 pts
304 comments
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7
Higgs Boson Explained by Cartoon
apod.nasa.gov · ColinWright · 3 Jul 2012
646 pts
127 comments
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8
The Marco.org Review of John Siracusa’s Review of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
marco.org · iSimone · 25 Jul 2012
641 pts
118 comments
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10
Late bloomer, not a loser. (I hope)
500hats.com · moses1400 · 8 Jul 2012
604 pts
191 comments
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11
Github Raises $100 Million
online.wsj.com · jakebellacera · 9 Jul 2012
547 pts
222 comments
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12
A file that's both an acceptable HTML page and a JPEG (view source on it)
lcamtuf.coredump.cx · mcfunley · 6 Jul 2012
536 pts
128 comments
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13
Got 15 minutes and want to learn Git?
try.github.com · motowilliams · 4 Jul 2012
510 pts
171 comments
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14
How Amazon’s ambitious new push for same-day delivery will destroy local retail
slate.com · rmason · 11 Jul 2012
509 pts
309 comments
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17
John Siracusa's OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Review
arstechnica.com · thisisblurry · 25 Jul 2012
497 pts
135 comments
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18
ACTA killed in EU parliament: 478 votes to 39
falkvinge.net · haileys · 4 Jul 2012
495 pts
86 comments
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19
Show HN: fontBomb - Stylishly destroy the web
fontbomb.ilex.ca · plehoux · 6 Jul 2012
489 pts
85 comments
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20
MVC is dead, it's time to MOVE on
cirw.in · cirwin · 2 Jul 2012
487 pts
222 comments
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22
Advice for Marissa Mayer from an ex-Yahoo
sriramk.com · sriramk · 17 Jul 2012
474 pts
253 comments
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24
What are the most intellectually stimulating websites you know of?
reddit.com · ColinWright · 13 Jul 2012
453 pts
222 comments
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25
Build muscle memory with your favorite editor
shortcutfoo.com · swalberg · 16 Jul 2012
443 pts
119 comments
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26
Blind man shocks researchers with what he sees.
seedmagazine.com · felipellrocha · 31 Jul 2012
429 pts
144 comments
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27
EFF, Reddit, Mozilla, others launch Internet Defense League and Cat Signal
internetdefenseleague.org · mtgx · 19 Jul 2012
429 pts
140 comments
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28
Introducing Outlook.com - Modern Email for the Next Billion Mailboxes
blogs.office.com · kaelspencer · 31 Jul 2012
426 pts
321 comments
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29
#BoycottApple trending on Google plus due to Galaxy Nexus ban
plus.google.com · saket123 · 1 Jul 2012
425 pts
344 comments
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30
Scaling lessons learned at Dropbox, part 1
eranki.tumblr.com · eranki · 12 Jul 2012
418 pts
84 comments
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31
Let my Wi-Fi go: FCC rules Verizon can't charge for Wi-Fi tethering
zdnet.com · tanglesome · 31 Jul 2012
410 pts
136 comments
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33
The real reason we’re upset about Sparrow’s acquisition
elezea.com · pascal07 · 21 Jul 2012
396 pts
196 comments
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34
Mousetrap: Keyboard shortcuts in Javascript
craig.is · jasonmoo · 5 Jul 2012
395 pts
74 comments
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36
Paid Vacation? That’s Not Cool. You Know What’s Cool? Paid, Paid Vacation.
fullcontact.com · lorangb · 11 Jul 2012
388 pts
308 comments
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37
Being a Developer Makes You Valuable. Learning How to Market Makes You Dangerous
talsraviv.com · talsraviv · 26 Jul 2012
374 pts
83 comments
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38
What Twitter could have been
daltoncaldwell.com · dalton · 1 Jul 2012
372 pts
122 comments
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39
I'm an American and I want to watch the Olympics. What do I do?
iamnotaprogrammer.com · sudonim · 28 Jul 2012
371 pts
182 comments
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40
Lenovo CEO Gives His $3 Million Bonus to 10,000 Employees
dailytech.com · sharkweek · 20 Jul 2012
369 pts
140 comments
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41
What I Learned From Increasing My Prices
extendslogic.com · kanamekun · 26 Jul 2012
369 pts
41 comments
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43
Gabe Newell Wants to Support Linux, Because Windows 8 is a 'Catastrophe'
kotaku.com · checoivan · 25 Jul 2012
364 pts
191 comments
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44
Still running strong after 1,532 days without a code change.
ryandetzel.com · ryandetzel · 13 Jul 2012
361 pts
130 comments
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45
Aaron Winborn: Special Needs Trust
aaronwinborn.com · famoreira · 11 Jul 2012
361 pts
87 comments
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46
Wikileaks credit card donation is back
shop.wikileaks.org · Timshel · 18 Jul 2012
360 pts
79 comments
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49
How the Norwegians Reacted to Terrorism
schneier.com · netmau5 · 23 Jul 2012
354 pts
138 comments
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50
Step by step from jQuery to Backbone
open.bekk.no · kjbekkelund · 23 Jul 2012
353 pts
75 comments
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51
Lessons in website security anti-patterns by Tesco
troyhunt.com · troyhunt · 30 Jul 2012
352 pts
118 comments
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52
The Mac App Store’s future of irrelevance
marco.org · rrreese · 26 Jul 2012
349 pts
234 comments
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53
Super-resolution from a single image
wisdom.weizmann.ac.il · nkoren · 13 Jul 2012
348 pts
101 comments
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54
Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Cannibalistic Culture That Felled a Tech Giant
vanityfair.com · 127001brewer · 3 Jul 2012
347 pts
355 comments
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56
Show HN: Markupwand, magically convert your photoshop files to HTML & CSS
markupwand.com · alagu · 24 Jul 2012
342 pts
127 comments
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57
Whistleblower Binney says the NSA has dossiers on nearly every US citizen
networkworld.com · gasull · 18 Jul 2012
340 pts
223 comments
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59
Judge Posner: U.S. patent system out of sync
chicagotribune.com · sutro · 5 Jul 2012
339 pts
120 comments
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60
Why Apple's new ads look like Microsoft made them.
seanoliver.me · seanoliver · 30 Jul 2012
337 pts
227 comments
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