HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

17071.

Why do microwaves all have different controls? (jf.posterous.com)

39 points by coloneltcb on Dec 30, 2012 | 46 comments

17072.

The CD is 30 years old today (thenextweb.com)

39 points by esolyt on Oct 1, 2012 | 45 comments

17073.

Carmack: Consoles could become a niche (develop-online.net)

39 points by mwilcox on Jun 7, 2012 | 44 comments

17074.

Apple scrambled to hire iOS 6 maps engineers days before launch (theregister.co.uk)

39 points by cpeterso on Sep 22, 2012 | 44 comments

17075.

Javascript Alternatives (jster.net)

39 points by davert on Dec 10, 2012 | 44 comments

17076.

Google Blames Nexus 4 Shortage on LG (maximumpc.com)

39 points by MadMaxx on Dec 17, 2012 | 44 comments

17077.

Here's Why People Are Backing App.net (readwriteweb.com)

39 points by jonmwords on Aug 6, 2012 | 43 comments

17078.

Abolish The Reference Check (nirandfar.com)

39 points by nireyal on Apr 2, 2012 | 43 comments

17079.

South Korea bans virtual item trading & bots (incgamers.com)

39 points by spdy on Jun 17, 2012 | 43 comments

17080.

Ask HN: As a freelancer, how do you ensure clients pay?

39 points by gpxl on Nov 22, 2012 | 43 comments

17081.

HTML-based weather app (pattern.dk)

39 points by simurai on Dec 30, 2012 | 43 comments

17082.

Feel UX: If Apple Won't Innovate The User Experience, Android Designers Will (forbes.com)

39 points by bond on Jun 24, 2012 | 42 comments

17083.

A Front End Engineer's Manifesto (f2em.com)

39 points by hdragomir on Sep 3, 2012 | 42 comments

17084.

Show HN: A better typing tutor, based upon the OK Plateau Effect (oktypist.com)

39 points by ZaneClaes on Nov 25, 2012 | 42 comments

17085.

Why 84% of Kickstarter's top projects shipped late (money.cnn.com)

39 points by kjhughes on Dec 18, 2012 | 42 comments

17086.

To Smuggle More Drugs, Traffickers Go Under the Sea (nytimes.com)

39 points by mhb on Sep 10, 2012 | 41 comments

17087.

Amazon smartphone reportedly in production, set to go on sale in mid-2013 (9to5mac.com)

39 points by rmah on Dec 17, 2012 | 41 comments

17088.

A policy of mass destruction (cam.ac.uk)

39 points by yread on Mar 29, 2012 | 40 comments

17089.

Stop asking “But how will they make money?” (andrewchenblog.com)

39 points by revorad on May 30, 2012 | 40 comments

17090.

Landing people on Mars: 5 obstacles (usatoday.com)

39 points by edw519 on Sep 2, 2012 | 40 comments

17091.

The big data disaster (thejonathanmacdonald.blogspot.co.uk)

39 points by sirteno on Nov 22, 2012 | 40 comments

17092.

Reasons to Avoid Test Driven Development (softwareandi.com)

39 points by LiveTheDream on Dec 6, 2012 | 40 comments

17093.

Chinese SSD offers mission impossible style self destruction (theregister.co.uk)

39 points by makethetick on May 21, 2012 | 38 comments

17094.

The Most Important Parts of HTML5 (blog.n01se.net)

39 points by falava on Aug 11, 2012 | 36 comments

17095.

The Instagram Effect: Causing Silicon Valley to fund the wrong companies? (gigaom.com)

39 points by iProject on Jul 20, 2012 | 36 comments

17096.

AppFog Wants To Do For Developer Platforms What Google Did For EMail (techcrunch.com)

39 points by turoczy on Jul 26, 2012 | 36 comments

17097.

PhoneGap vs RubyMotion (iconoclastlabs.com)

39 points by jballanc on Jun 4, 2012 | 35 comments

17098.

Dumping PHP For Go (mikebeale.blogspot.com)

39 points by BarkMore on Jul 10, 2012 | 35 comments

17099.

Typing Free Captcha (minteye.com)

39 points by mikle on Dec 17, 2012 | 35 comments

17100.

Don't take your highest-paying internship offer (alexeymk.com)

39 points by AlexeyMK on May 19, 2012 | 34 comments