HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

17041.

Why free software has poor usability, and how to improve it (mpt.net.nz)

39 points by cheeaun on Jun 2, 2012 | 64 comments

17042.

Firestorm Erupts Over Virginia's Education Goals (nwpr.org)

39 points by Shivetya on Nov 13, 2012 | 64 comments

17043.

Got a 4? You just got fired from Microsoft (ceklog.kindel.com)

39 points by cek on Aug 28, 2012 | 62 comments

17044.

The typo at the root of Harvard's cheating scandal (thecrimson.com)

39 points by ilamont on Sep 14, 2012 | 60 comments

17045.

Please, Just Put The Phone Down And Drive (readwrite.com)

39 points by adampopescu on Nov 12, 2012 | 58 comments

17046.

Why I Have Given Up on Coding Standards (richardrodger.com)

39 points by hodgesmr on Nov 21, 2012 | 57 comments

17047.

NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor details leaked (engadget.com)

39 points by mtgx on Dec 18, 2012 | 57 comments

17048.

Poll: What Would It Take For You To Switch To Blackberry?

39 points by bartonfink on Mar 31, 2012 | 56 comments

17049.

Nonfree DRM'd Games on GNU/Linux: Good or Bad? (gnu.org)

39 points by donteatbark on May 17, 2012 | 56 comments

17050.

Zerigo DNS services down for 6+ hours due to massive DDoS (zerigostatus.com)

39 points by _phred on Jul 23, 2012 | 56 comments

17051.

HackerRank aims to build a fun place for programmers to hang out (hackerrank.com)

39 points by rvivek on Jun 29, 2012 | 54 comments

17052.

Nexus Q launch delayed indefinitely, no longer available for pre-order (arstechnica.com)

39 points by llambda on Jul 31, 2012 | 54 comments

17053.

The Go Language is faster than the Computer Language Benchmarks Game thinks (klaig.blogspot.be)

39 points by gbin on Sep 19, 2012 | 53 comments

17054.

Oracle thinks you can copyright a programming language, Google disagrees (theverge.com)

39 points by ukdm on Apr 13, 2012 | 52 comments

17055.

Shuttleworth on Ubuntu Linux, Fedora, and the UEFI problem (zdnet.com)

39 points by tanglesome on Jun 20, 2012 | 52 comments

17056.

When Will This Low-Innovation Era End? (blog-admin.wired.com)

39 points by jnbiche on Sep 22, 2012 | 51 comments

17057.

Steve Ballmer fired Sinofsky, clearing the way for faster progress in mobile (extremetech.com)

39 points by evo_9 on Dec 6, 2012 | 51 comments

17058.

University of Florida guts computer science department in budget-cutting move (arstechnica.com)

39 points by evo_9 on Apr 23, 2012 | 50 comments

17059.

Facebook’s 99%: Later employees may pay almost double the tax rate (insidefacebook.com)

39 points by triketora on Feb 7, 2012 | 49 comments

17060.

Top validation errors (w3clove.com)

39 points by cientifico on Jun 16, 2012 | 49 comments

17061.

Samsung to run a national media campaign against Apple beginning Sunday (sfgate.com)

39 points by headShrinker on Sep 15, 2012 | 49 comments

17062.

Developers Vs. Bigcorp (techfounder.net)

39 points by pytrin on Aug 29, 2012 | 48 comments

17063.

New BBC chief vows to re-invent content, not just re-purpose it (paidcontent.org)

39 points by iProject on Sep 18, 2012 | 48 comments

17064.

Got a million but what now

39 points by chamboo on May 12, 2012 | 47 comments

17065.

Dear Flask, Please Fix Your “Secure” Cookies (stacksmashing.net)

39 points by mxey on Aug 11, 2012 | 47 comments

17066.

Want a Ticket to eCommerce Hackathon? First You’ll Have to Solve a Puzzle (betabeat.com)

39 points by Ataub24 on Jun 29, 2012 | 46 comments

17067.

Facebook Stock Hits A New Low, Down More Than 50% Since IPO (techcrunch.com)

39 points by maayank on Sep 1, 2012 | 46 comments

17068.

Stop building dumb stuff (obviouslywrong.org)

39 points by kintan on Oct 21, 2012 | 46 comments

17069.

What the startup visa should really look like (eliasbizannes.com)

39 points by elias on Nov 18, 2012 | 46 comments

17070.

The four year vesting schedule doesn't make sense (stuckinthevalley.tumblr.com)

39 points by groth on Dec 25, 2012 | 46 comments