The Best Hacker News Posts of December 2012

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I love you, dad notch.tumblr.com · kjackson2012 · 13 Dec 2012

1.1k pts 209 comments

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Thinking of Selling on eBay using Paypal? Think Again codenerdz.com · codenerdz · 3 Dec 2012

989 pts 388 comments

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Thinking the unthinkable anarchistsoccermom.blogspot.com · aaronbrethorst · 16 Dec 2012

963 pts 442 comments

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Google Maps for iOS itunes.apple.com · zacharytamas · 13 Dec 2012

827 pts 447 comments

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Page Weight Matters blog.chriszacharias.com · zacman85 · 23 Dec 2012

717 pts 164 comments

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Apple - Think Twice thenbells.com · andygeers · 3 Dec 2012

714 pts 395 comments

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You’re not anonymous. I know your name, email, and company. 42floors.com · theinfonaut · 11 Dec 2012

710 pts 231 comments

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Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie (2011) archive.mensjournal.com · dave1619 · 26 Dec 2012

708 pts 331 comments

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The Gift paulbuchheit.blogspot.com · paul · 17 Dec 2012

669 pts 173 comments

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Notch trying jsFiddle jsfiddle.net · vasco · 2 Dec 2012

659 pts 134 comments

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Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922) mikecanex.wordpress.com · mikecane · 26 Dec 2012

650 pts 162 comments

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Great HN parody linkedlistnyc.org · dorkitude · 6 Dec 2012

642 pts 163 comments

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The Web We Lost dashes.com · kzasada · 13 Dec 2012

636 pts 153 comments

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Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups googleenterprise.blogspot.com · antichaos · 7 Dec 2012

626 pts 455 comments

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Dropbox Hires Guido Van Rossum techcrunch.com · dko · 7 Dec 2012

586 pts 207 comments

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How would I get started? hackertourism.com · peteforde · 9 Dec 2012

561 pts 141 comments

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Lego Finds Discontinued Set For Boy Who Saved Up For 2 Years consumerist.com · wyclif · 4 Dec 2012

557 pts 194 comments

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Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?) s3.amazonaws.com · matthodan · 19 Dec 2012

549 pts 165 comments

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Cards Against Humanity: Results of "pay what you want" cardsagainsthumanity.com · thaumaturgy · 17 Dec 2012

549 pts 162 comments

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How to terminate your worst enemy's Dropbox account for only $795 docs.google.com · Yoni1 · 24 Dec 2012

542 pts 285 comments

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A Pickpocket's Tale newyorker.com · danso · 31 Dec 2012

528 pts 68 comments

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Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek nytimes.com · tysone · 20 Dec 2012

525 pts 137 comments

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How to Make Your Site Look Half-Decent in Half an Hour 24ways.org · tagawa · 16 Dec 2012

514 pts 140 comments

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Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos news.cnet.com · ValentineC · 18 Dec 2012

502 pts 201 comments

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Congress, at Last Minute, Drops Requirement to Obtain Warrant to Monitor Email allgov.com · mtgx · 25 Dec 2012

501 pts 196 comments

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The Pinboard Investment Co-Prosperity Cloud static.pinboard.in · adulau · 14 Dec 2012

486 pts 171 comments

27

The Basement cabel.me · chrislloyd · 20 Dec 2012

486 pts 36 comments

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If you’re trying to hack/deface a website, don’t submit a pull request github.com · jwhelton · 12 Dec 2012

484 pts 107 comments

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Two-for-one: Amazon.com’s Socially Engineered Replacement Order Scam htmlist.com · disillusioned · 18 Dec 2012

478 pts 143 comments

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What one book could give me a new, useful superpower? ask.metafilter.com · kareemm · 28 Dec 2012

475 pts 295 comments

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What does randomness look like? empiricalzeal.com · cyrusradfar · 21 Dec 2012

474 pts 117 comments

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Expedia: Bad for the Traveler, Bad for the Hotel playazone.wordpress.com · ValentineC · 25 Dec 2012

467 pts 175 comments

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Why First Round Capital funded a lawsuit redeye.firstround.com · jkopelman · 5 Dec 2012

449 pts 140 comments

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Apple will invest $100 million to bring Mac production back to the US next year thenextweb.com · alinzainescu · 6 Dec 2012

448 pts 184 comments

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Stop Generalizing About Europe jonasbentzen.com · jonascopenhagen · 27 Dec 2012

441 pts 347 comments

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The Cold Hard Facts of Freezing to Death (1997) outsideonline.com · BlackJack · 28 Dec 2012

437 pts 184 comments

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Google Maps becomes the App Store’s most popular free app in 7 hours thenextweb.com · petrel · 13 Dec 2012

434 pts 297 comments

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Dear Open Source Project Leader: Quit Being A Jerk lostechies.com · derickbailey · 14 Dec 2012

418 pts 180 comments

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One Year After Quitting My Job nathanbarry.com · nathanbarry · 29 Dec 2012

407 pts 159 comments

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GNU sed 4.2.2 released, maintainer resigns article.gmane.org · bonzini · 22 Dec 2012

399 pts 122 comments

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Search, Mad Men style: A complete IBM 362 Google interface in the browser masswerk.at · brunooo · 10 Dec 2012

395 pts 73 comments

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Try R — A new online course, for free oreilly.com · allennoren · 5 Dec 2012

391 pts 125 comments

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How to Download Your Instagram Photos and Kill Your Account wired.com · mtgx · 18 Dec 2012

389 pts 146 comments

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Requests, Python HTTP for Humans, reached v1.0 kennethreitz.org · jorde · 17 Dec 2012

386 pts 86 comments

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'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance' - NSA whistleblower rt.com · nhebb · 5 Dec 2012

378 pts 202 comments

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Facebook's legal team bans developer of F.B. Purity from Facebook fbpurity.com · bane · 19 Dec 2012

375 pts 193 comments

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An FBI Hostage Negotiator Buys A Car [audio] npr.org · kungfudoi · 30 Dec 2012

373 pts 147 comments

48

JetBrains Doomsday Sale - 75% off for 24 hours only jetbrains.com · rdemmer · 20 Dec 2012

367 pts 380 comments

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What happens when you are the doctor on the airplane? cockeyed.com · JacobAldridge · 27 Dec 2012

363 pts 195 comments

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Police concerned with Apple iOS 6 mapping system vicpolicenews.com.au · bmmayer1 · 10 Dec 2012

361 pts 220 comments

51

Ask HN: Best books you read in 2012 dudurocha · 25 Dec 2012

359 pts 220 comments

52

Julian Assange: Cryptographic Call to Arms cryptome.org · gbrindisi · 2 Dec 2012

355 pts 261 comments

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Building my Own Laptop bunniestudios.com · beambot · 15 Dec 2012

354 pts 89 comments

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Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says bloomberg.com · apaprocki · 5 Dec 2012

353 pts 234 comments

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When I first heard the name "Safari" donmelton.com · ryannielsen · 20 Dec 2012

350 pts 177 comments

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Welcome Guido tech.dropbox.com · johns · 7 Dec 2012

347 pts 44 comments

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Thorium rein.pk · pkrein · 12 Dec 2012

345 pts 110 comments

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Something really scary is going on in Germany martinweigert.com · gorm · 6 Dec 2012

338 pts 152 comments

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I Don't Understand bjk5.com · rsobers · 16 Dec 2012

336 pts 91 comments

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IPython gets $1.15M funding mail.scipy.org · kkuduk · 12 Dec 2012

335 pts 93 comments