HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1.

Startups Wiki: Ask YC Archive (gabrielweinberg.com)

198 points by epi0Bauqu on May 8, 2008 | 25 comments

2.

Lies We Tell Kids (paulgraham.com)

188 points by mqt on May 13, 2008 | 418 comments

3.

Cities and Ambition (paulgraham.com)

156 points by mqt on May 27, 2008 | 306 comments

4.

PG: Disconnecting Distraction (paulgraham.com)

153 points by Darmani on May 17, 2008 | 198 comments

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Why Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit—And You Should Too (discussionleader.hbsp.com)

137 points by chaostheory on May 20, 2008 | 37 comments

6.

Tell YC: Answers from John McCarthy

136 points by mgummelt on May 9, 2008 | 72 comments

7.

My experiment with smart drugs: Viagra for the brain? (johannhari.com)

134 points by robg on May 15, 2008 | 114 comments

8.

Sleep deprivation is not a badge of honor (37signals.com)

133 points by naish on May 1, 2008 | 43 comments

9.

Architecture astronauts take over (joelonsoftware.com)

131 points by mqt on May 1, 2008 | 75 comments

10.

Ask YC: Startup crisis. Out of money and tech co-founder has bailed.

129 points by drinko on May 7, 2008 | 232 comments

11.

When did we forget our dreams? (xkcd.com)

123 points by blackswan on May 22, 2008 | 49 comments

12.

Ask YC: Feedback on early version of my startup, a digital whiteboard that doesn't suck (dabbleboard.com)

122 points by zhyder on May 29, 2008 | 129 comments

13.

Poll: Hacker News (Myers-Briggs) Personality Types

116 points by epi0Bauqu on May 30, 2008 | 136 comments

14.

Processing ported to JavaScript (ejohn.org)

112 points by tzury on May 9, 2008 | 28 comments

15.

Google releases free, detailed, HTML/CSS/Javascript encyclopedia by Mark Pilgrim (code.google.com)

111 points by nickb on May 14, 2008 | 23 comments

16.

The Coolest Business Plan Ever (ricksegal.typepad.com)

104 points by jraines on May 6, 2008 | 11 comments

17.

Ask YC: Have you built a good website that nobody visits?

103 points by cousin_it on May 12, 2008 | 120 comments

18.

Michael Arrington: “I’m a Click-Whoring Jackass” (theangrydrunk.com)

103 points by raganwald on May 29, 2008 | 36 comments

19.

Scaling Facebook Chat to 70 Million Active Users Almost Overnight (facebook.com)

93 points by edw519 on May 15, 2008 | 42 comments

20.

You Can't Soak the Rich (online.wsj.com)

91 points by epi0Bauqu on May 20, 2008 | 109 comments

21.

Essential Python Tips, Tricks, and Hacks (siafoo.net)

90 points by rockstar9 on May 21, 2008 | 25 comments

22.

Everything I want to do is Illegal (mindfully.org)

89 points by smanek on May 14, 2008 | 78 comments

23.

Harvard discovers much faster way to adjust your sleep cycle (parentingsquad.com)

89 points by y2002 on May 25, 2008 | 27 comments

24.

Code on the Road: Laid off? The one thing you absolutely need to do on the first day (expatsoftware.com)

83 points by tjakab on May 8, 2008 | 35 comments

25.

Dynamic Languages Strike Back (steve-yegge.blogspot.com)

83 points by bdfh42 on May 12, 2008 | 34 comments

26.

VideoLectures.net - YouTube for hackers (videolectures.net )

83 points by lapenne on May 24, 2008 | 12 comments

27.

Ask YC: Best book to learns statistics?

80 points by smanek on May 28, 2008 | 17 comments

28.

Ask YC: What are the going rates for consulting gigs?

78 points by iamelgringo on May 6, 2008 | 105 comments

29.

Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Bid; Walks Away From Deal (techcrunch.com)

78 points by raghus on May 4, 2008 | 58 comments

30.

To HN: Looking for people to talk to... ()

77 points by stevenboudreau on May 29, 2008 | 47 comments