HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

421.

Simpson's paradox: why mistrust seemingly simple statistics (en.wikipedia.org)

152 points by waldrews on Aug 28, 2009 | 17 comments

422.

Welcome to HN: A refresher course on how to disagree... (2008) (paulgraham.com)

151 points by iamelgringo on Dec 29, 2009 | 231 comments

423.

Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them. (sivers.org)

151 points by sivers on Jun 16, 2009 | 58 comments

424.

Ever wonder what the Wikipedia database schema looks like? (upload.wikimedia.org)

151 points by makimaki on Jan 20, 2009 | 46 comments

425.

I was driven mad by the Chinese education system (en.chinaelections.org)

150 points by divia on Feb 15, 2009 | 140 comments

426.

Starting this summer, YC will be in California year-round (ycombinator.com)

150 points by pg on Jan 22, 2009 | 101 comments

427.

Yelp and the Business of Extortion 2.0 (eastbayexpress.com)

150 points by brianmckenzie on Feb 19, 2009 | 59 comments

428.

-= sequoia capital =- (tlrobinson.net)

150 points by jasonlbaptiste on Aug 19, 2009 | 45 comments

429.

40 years ago today... ()

150 points by pg on Nov 4, 2009 | 37 comments

430.

Apple iOffer (Offer letter done the Apple way) (glyph.twistedmatrix.com)

150 points by sbhat7 on Oct 3, 2009 | 31 comments

431.

Trent Reznor: What to do as a new/unknown artist (forum.nin.com)

150 points by KC8ZKF on Jul 11, 2009 | 28 comments

432.

Continuity - a clever flash puzzle game (continuitygame.com)

150 points by jazzychad on Dec 8, 2009 | 27 comments

433.

Steve Blank: Relentless – The Difference Between Motion And Action (steveblank.com)

150 points by wyday on Nov 9, 2009 | 23 comments

434.

Coding Horror: The State of Solid State Hard Drives (codinghorror.com)

149 points by twampss on Oct 14, 2009 | 118 comments

435.

Ask HN: Please review my webapp: Da Button Factory - create shiny buttons (dabuttonfactory.com)

149 points by palsecam on Mar 8, 2009 | 92 comments

436.

Curing Python's Neglect (zedshaw.com)

149 points by twampss on May 29, 2009 | 91 comments

437.

Congratulations PG on the coming child ()

149 points by trickjarrett on Jan 22, 2009 | 52 comments

438.

World's shortest explanation of Gödel's theorem (blog.plover.com)

149 points by MartinMond on Dec 13, 2009 | 52 comments

439.

IBM takes first 3D image of atomic bonds (gizmodo.com)

149 points by jedliu on Aug 27, 2009 | 49 comments

440.

Teens capture images of space with £56 camera and balloon (telegraph.co.uk)

149 points by frisco on Mar 17, 2009 | 42 comments

441.

DHH: Fuck the Real World (rubyrailways.com)

149 points by pet3r on Mar 10, 2009 | 36 comments

442.

Linux Compose Key (sivers.org)

149 points by sivers on Nov 26, 2009 | 26 comments

443.

Ask HN: Just cashed out for 2M. What now?

148 points by newseller on Feb 19, 2009 | 216 comments

444.

Working for startups sucks, you'll be happier working for The Man (substitute.livejournal.com)

148 points by idlewords on Oct 1, 2009 | 111 comments

445.

Persuade xor Discover (paulgraham.com)

148 points by fallentimes on Sep 22, 2009 | 107 comments

446.

"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming language" (code.google.com)

148 points by archon810 on Nov 11, 2009 | 92 comments

447.

Amazon announces Elastic MapReduce (aws.amazon.com)

148 points by thamer on Apr 2, 2009 | 60 comments

448.

C Craft (crypto.stanford.edu)

148 points by fogus on Dec 18, 2009 | 58 comments

449.

How To Rise Fast At Work: A True Story (forbes.com)

148 points by svjunkie on Dec 22, 2009 | 40 comments

450.

The official term for the smell after it rains (en.wikipedia.org)

148 points by scorxn on Dec 21, 2009 | 36 comments