HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

511.

HTML5 Speech Recognition (in Chrome) (slides.html5rocks.com)

83 points by philfreo on Dec 5, 2010 | 72 comments

512.

Apply for a Google Cr-48 (google.com)

83 points by bound008 on Dec 7, 2010 | 60 comments

513.

Redditors share the way the world was 20 years ago (reddit.com)

83 points by socratees on Dec 28, 2010 | 55 comments

514.

Stem cell transplant has cured HIV infection, say doctors (aidsmap.com)

83 points by timf on Dec 14, 2010 | 40 comments

515.

MongoDB gotchas for the unaware user (senko.net)

83 points by senko on Dec 23, 2010 | 31 comments

516.

Coveting possessions is unhealthy. (jackcheng.tumblr.com)

83 points by mgunes on Dec 2, 2010 | 27 comments

517.

A Censorship-Resistant Web (aaronsw.com)

83 points by panarky on Dec 23, 2010 | 21 comments

518.

Introducing the Ubuntu Font Family to the web (googlewebfonts.blogspot.com)

83 points by macco on Dec 21, 2010 | 20 comments

519.

Disk Encryption by Default in Chrome OS (chromium.org)

83 points by panarky on Dec 7, 2010 | 18 comments

520.

How Disney Uses Technology To Control Crowds In Their Theme Parks (nytimes.com)

83 points by replicatorblog on Dec 28, 2010 | 17 comments

521.

Vim plugin makes Ruby blocks into text objects (vimcasts.org)

83 points by subelsky on Dec 27, 2010 | 14 comments

522.

Our first week in the Chrome Webstore: the numbers (blog.lostdecadegames.com)

83 points by richtaur on Dec 14, 2010 | 9 comments

523.

On Improving When Your Friends Aren’t (sebastianmarshall.com)

82 points by acangiano on Dec 30, 2010 | 71 comments

524.

Unhosted - Freedom from web 2.0's monopoly platforms (unhosted.org)

82 points by yungchin on Dec 19, 2010 | 46 comments

525.

Downtime (staff.tumblr.com)

82 points by inmygarage on Dec 7, 2010 | 45 comments

526.

Stallman on Hacking (stallman.org)

82 points by olalonde on Dec 13, 2010 | 38 comments

527.

AI Defeats the Hivemind (technologyreview.com)

82 points by J3L2404 on Dec 22, 2010 | 29 comments

528.

James Burke’s Connections: A BBC History of Innovation (brainpickings.org)

82 points by moondowner on Dec 27, 2010 | 24 comments

529.

So long, and thanks for the Ph.D. (cs.unc.edu)

82 points by fogus on Dec 13, 2010 | 22 comments

530.

Dear Twitter, we see your 31 providers and raise you 134. Embedly (YC W10) (blog.embed.ly)

82 points by screeley on Dec 14, 2010 | 20 comments

531.

Spacelog: stories of early space exploration from the original NASA transcripts (spacelog.org)

82 points by Isofarro on Dec 1, 2010 | 7 comments

532.

17 years old, 11 startups (markbao.com)

81 points by acqq on Dec 31, 2010 | 83 comments

533.

The Benefits of Exercising Before Breakfast (well.blogs.nytimes.com)

81 points by robg on Dec 16, 2010 | 82 comments

534.

Paul Buchheit: Chrome OS Will Perish Or “Merge” With Android (techcrunch.com)

81 points by harscoat on Dec 14, 2010 | 73 comments

535.

Suicides in India show the dark side of micro-finance (bloomberg.com)

81 points by jlangenauer on Dec 31, 2010 | 67 comments

536.

Why are variables "i" and "j" used for counters? (stackoverflow.com)

81 points by J3L2404 on Dec 5, 2010 | 36 comments

537.

Big Nerd Ranch needs a loan (possibleprobable.com)

81 points by zdw on Dec 1, 2010 | 35 comments

538.

Go compiler now committed to gcc mainline (to be gcc 4.6) (groups.google.com)

81 points by adulau on Dec 4, 2010 | 32 comments

539.

Steambirds: How handcrafted levels prevent game design iteration (lostgarden.com)

81 points by dirtyaura on Dec 4, 2010 | 25 comments

540.

The Most Honest Privacy Policy, Ever (itworld.com)

81 points by gacba on Dec 9, 2010 | 15 comments