HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1501.

The Prague Pneumatic Post system (early mechanical networking) (en.wikipedia.org)

18 points by dgtized on Aug 12, 2009 | 3 comments

1502.

Eulogy to _why (nothing.tmtm.com)

18 points by wesleyd on Aug 20, 2009 | 3 comments

1503.

Where Yahoo Leaves Google in the Dust (nytimes.com)

18 points by robg on Aug 23, 2009 | 3 comments

1504.

Michael C. Feathers: Seven Blind Alleys in Software Design (blog.jonasbandi.net)

18 points by jbandi on Aug 25, 2009 | 3 comments

1505.

A Clojure library for Apache CouchDB (github.com)

18 points by macmac on Aug 31, 2009 | 3 comments

1506.

Dutch teen develops pedal-powered plane (ecofriend.org)

18 points by vijayr on Aug 31, 2009 | 3 comments

1507.

Mistakes When Recruiting Software Developers (hashedbits.com)

18 points by stuff4ben on Aug 18, 2009 | 2 comments

1508.

IRB on Android (blog.headius.com)

18 points by peter123 on Aug 2, 2009 | 2 comments

1509.

The unbearable heaviness of mobile applications (pourmoezzi.com)

18 points by mace on Aug 5, 2009 | 2 comments

1510.

Sudo killall erlang (google.com)

18 points by mik on Aug 20, 2009 | 2 comments

1511.

There are no trends in start-ups (orrenmedia.com)

18 points by jasonlbaptiste on Aug 25, 2009 | 2 comments

1512.

Really Useful Tutorials You Should Have Read in August 2009 (w3avenue.com)

18 points by w3avenue on Aug 31, 2009 | 2 comments

1513.

_why's potion guide (filepanda.com)

18 points by mmaaxx on Aug 20, 2009 | 0 comments

1514.

The real reason why the major labels love Spotify (guardian.co.uk)

18 points by mgcreed on Aug 17, 2009 | 0 comments

1515.

8-bit trip (LEGO stop-motion video) (youtube.com)

18 points by jedliu on Aug 23, 2009 | 0 comments

1516.

No Surprises (randsinrepose.com)

18 points by jseliger on Aug 31, 2009 | 0 comments

1517.

Why C++ is not my favourite language (snell-pym.org.uk)

17 points by alaricsp on Aug 28, 2009 | 52 comments

1518.

Peak Oil isn't the issue...it's the declining ROI of its extraction (economixt.com)

17 points by economixt on Aug 25, 2009 | 37 comments

1519.

Rate my web app: 360 Voltage is in Alpha (see comments) (360voltage.com)

17 points by wmeredith on Aug 12, 2009 | 35 comments

1520.

The One True Text Editor (eecs.harvard.edu)

17 points by cwb on Aug 6, 2009 | 32 comments

1521.

Ask HN: Why is the number of greatest magnitude on the left? ()

17 points by blintson on Aug 2, 2009 | 29 comments

1522.

A Stroke Leads A Brain Scientist To A New Spirituality (nytimes.com)

17 points by wyw on Aug 15, 2009 | 29 comments

1523.

Web vs. Desktop Applications: The Neverending Debate (return42.blogspot.com)

17 points by tobiassvn on Aug 16, 2009 | 28 comments

1524.

Congress Just Buying People Cars Now (economist.com)

17 points by colins_pride on Aug 1, 2009 | 28 comments

1525.

SAT Scores and Family Income: The least surprising correlation of all time (economix.blogs.nytimes.com)

17 points by cwan on Aug 28, 2009 | 27 comments

1526.

‘Peak Oil’ Is a Waste of Energy (nytimes.com)

17 points by laika4000 on Aug 25, 2009 | 23 comments

1527.

Look What Tumblr's Done With All Its Money (businessinsider.com)

17 points by a4agarwal on Aug 25, 2009 | 22 comments

1528.

Tips on writing C macros (commonsense4commonpeople.net)

17 points by adamo on Aug 4, 2009 | 21 comments

1529.

Apple Wants To Build A PayPal Killer, Say Wall Street Gossips (businessinsider.com)

17 points by troystribling on Aug 4, 2009 | 20 comments

1530.

Why corporate IT should unchain our office computers (slate.com)

17 points by kqr2 on Aug 27, 2009 | 20 comments