The Best Hacker News Posts of September 2012
We track 586 stories from September 2012, averaging 200 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 18 stories. Together they drew 53,785 comments, 92 per story on average.
1
Bret Victor: Learnable Programming
worrydream.com · siavosh · 26 Sep 2012
1.1k pts
183 comments
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2
Xkcd "Click and Drag" in a "map" interface
xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de · martius · 19 Sep 2012
844 pts
86 comments
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3
The Amazing iOS 6 Maps
theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com · Maakuth · 20 Sep 2012
837 pts
371 comments
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4
Good riddance, PayPal
elliotjaystocks.com · hugofloss · 6 Sep 2012
713 pts
261 comments
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7
Why was a scam company able to raise $76 Million Series B?
wenxun · 30 Sep 2012
660 pts
174 comments
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8
Everything's broken and nobody's upset
hanselman.com · axefrog · 17 Sep 2012
658 pts
401 comments
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9
AntiSec leaks 1,000,001 Apple UDIDs, Device Names/Types
pastebin.com · robbiet480 · 4 Sep 2012
648 pts
268 comments
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11
PayPal CEO writes personal response
ndy.gd · Peteris · 8 Sep 2012
619 pts
159 comments
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13
Realtime Web Messaging over Animated Gifs
github.com · old_sound · 14 Sep 2012
576 pts
106 comments
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14
RIP Vile Rat, EVE Online Diplomat, IRL State Dept Rep Killed In Benghazi
themittani.com · HistoryInAction · 12 Sep 2012
539 pts
261 comments
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15
Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this
aboutmybrowser.com · ashastry · 10 Sep 2012
521 pts
175 comments
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16
A 4G LTE base station running entirely in software on a standard PC
bellard.org · fanfantm · 3 Sep 2012
502 pts
128 comments
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20
The man who singlehandedly carved a road through a mountain
en.wikipedia.org · wr1472 · 22 Sep 2012
483 pts
96 comments
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21
Announcing the First Beta Release of Persona
identity.mozilla.com · callahad · 27 Sep 2012
474 pts
187 comments
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22
Russia in color, a century ago
archive.boston.com · Xcelerate · 8 Sep 2012
469 pts
187 comments
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23
Tesla reveals Supercharger network, Free Fill Ups
engadget.com · dave1619 · 25 Sep 2012
457 pts
269 comments
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24
There is something magical about Firefox OS
rawkes.com · robhawkes · 13 Sep 2012
445 pts
258 comments
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25
StarCraft: Orcs in space go down in flames
codeofhonor.com · phenylene · 27 Sep 2012
435 pts
87 comments
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26
Kickstarter is Not a Store
kickstarter.com · benackles · 20 Sep 2012
428 pts
170 comments
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29
Jetstrap for Bootstrap
jetstrap.com · yesimahuman · 25 Sep 2012
412 pts
149 comments
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30
Bootstrap Maintainers Leave Twitter
blog.getbootstrap.com · pearkes · 28 Sep 2012
412 pts
86 comments
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32
Live air traffic of the world
flightradar24.com · vibrunazo · 2 Sep 2012
404 pts
76 comments
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33
Give people an iPhone 4S, tell them it's an iPhone 5
thenextweb.com · countessa · 13 Sep 2012
398 pts
252 comments
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35
AskPatents.com: A Stack Exchange To Prevent Bad Patents
blog.stackoverflow.com · alexlmiller · 20 Sep 2012
397 pts
78 comments
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36
Proof Claimed for Deep Connection between Prime Numbers
nature.com · shashashasha · 10 Sep 2012
394 pts
89 comments
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37
Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (September 2012)
whoishiring · 1 Sep 2012
393 pts
299 comments
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38
Does everyone hate MongoDB?
blog.serverdensity.com · dmytton · 25 Sep 2012
393 pts
155 comments
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39
GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down
godaddy.com · davewasmer · 10 Sep 2012
392 pts
288 comments
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40
Unix Commands I Abuse Every Day
everythingsysadmin.com · BCM43 · 5 Sep 2012
392 pts
103 comments
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41
Apple accused of ripping off famous Swiss clock design
news.cnet.com · cooldeal · 21 Sep 2012
388 pts
243 comments
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42
Android can be beautiful
androidniceties.tumblr.com · mephju · 17 Sep 2012
384 pts
157 comments
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43
Blizzard is secretly watermarking WOW screenshots
ownedcore.com · mike_esspe · 11 Sep 2012
380 pts
93 comments
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46
NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed on Martian Surface
jpl.nasa.gov · Sodaware · 27 Sep 2012
373 pts
81 comments
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47
Pdf.js: PDF Reader in JavaScript
mozilla.github.com · pykello · 14 Sep 2012
371 pts
90 comments
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48
Xiki: A shell console with GUI features.
xiki.org · rkrkrk21 · 12 Sep 2012
366 pts
118 comments
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49
A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma to post
slidetocode.com · steeleduncan · 7 Sep 2012
365 pts
268 comments
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51
Tough times on the road to Starcraft
codeofhonor.com · phenylene · 7 Sep 2012
360 pts
68 comments
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52
Turn your 404s into lost children alerts
notfound.org · jonny_eh · 25 Sep 2012
357 pts
163 comments
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53
Odd Things Happen When You Chop Up Cities and Stack Them Sideways
npr.org · missechokit · 17 Sep 2012
353 pts
66 comments
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54
CoffeeScript: less typing, bad readability
ceronman.com · dcu · 17 Sep 2012
349 pts
218 comments
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55
Gallery of free HTML snippets for Twitter Bootstrap
bootsnipp.com · madh · 14 Sep 2012
348 pts
67 comments
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57
Rick Falkvinge: Why free speech is harmed by the ban on child porn
falkvinge.net · pwg · 9 Sep 2012
344 pts
319 comments
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58
Samsung flew bloggers to Berlin, then threatened to leave them there
thenextweb.com · rounak · 2 Sep 2012
337 pts
116 comments
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59
Myspace previews complete redesign
new.myspace.com · michael_fine · 24 Sep 2012
333 pts
264 comments
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60
Beta Late Than Never (Steam Linux Beta)
blogs.valvesoftware.com · phenylene · 27 Sep 2012
328 pts
147 comments
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