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January 2009 Archive
61.
The new reality: Ticketstumbler ($15,000 in funding) vs Fansnap ($10.5 million) (siteanalytics.compete.com)
99 points by pg on Jan 30, 2009 | 83 comments
62.
Why Hacker News Thinks PHP Won Something (gilesbowkett.blogspot.com)
99 points by gaika on Jan 18, 2009 | 80 comments
63.
Overnight success takes a long time (paulbuchheit.blogspot.com)
98 points by peter123 on Jan 4, 2009 | 47 comments
64.
My NSA polygraph experiences (antipolygraph.org)
98 points by peter123 on Jan 10, 2009 | 46 comments
65.
Teen goalie designs pads to trick shots (boston.com)
96 points by nickb on Jan 26, 2009 | 41 comments
66.
Ma.gnolia.com crashes hard -- no backups? (ma.gnolia.com)
95 points by eli on Jan 30, 2009 | 77 comments
67.
Ask HN: What are some (good) hacker movies?
94 points by rogercosseboom on Jan 26, 2009 | 181 comments
68.
Why 99% of Entrepreneurs Fail: Because they don't do anything (jessicamah.com)
94 points by astrec on Jan 21, 2009 | 61 comments
69.
If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Kill Yourself (guardian.co.uk)
93 points by riklomas on Jan 28, 2009 | 156 comments
70.
Failure (possibleprobable.com)
93 points by comatose_kid on Jan 13, 2009 | 31 comments
71.
SICP in PDF from MIT (web.mit.edu)
93 points by michael_dorfman on Jan 20, 2009 | 22 comments
72.
What Should I Do with My Life, Now? (fastcompany.com)
92 points by raju on Jan 15, 2009 | 16 comments
73.
Ask HN: Anyone want to work through SICP together?
91 points by chrisconley on Jan 10, 2009 | 58 comments
74.
Dive into Python 3 (diveintopython3.org)
91 points by prakash on Jan 26, 2009 | 21 comments
75.
A Defense of libertarianism (and response to Zed, etc.)
90 points by grandalf on Jan 11, 2009 | 175 comments
76.
Open-plan offices are making workers sick (news.com.au)
90 points by astrec on Jan 13, 2009 | 71 comments
77.
Burstsort: Fastest known algorithm to sort large set of strings (goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au)
90 points by Xichekolas on Jan 22, 2009 | 24 comments
78.
A guide to GNU Screen (redhatmagazine.com)
90 points by epi0Bauqu on Jan 8, 2009 | 23 comments
79.
John Resig dissects the neural network javascript OCR captcha code (ejohn.org)
90 points by mark_h on Jan 24, 2009 | 14 comments
80.
A little secret that will make the world fall apart (alumnit.ca)
89 points by soundsop on Jan 28, 2009 | 113 comments
81.
TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B (techcrunch.com)
89 points by dcurtis on Jan 19, 2009 | 76 comments
82.
Water-lensed eyeglasses offer promise of sight for millions (core77.com)
89 points by indiejade on Jan 3, 2009 | 22 comments
83.
Understanding Quake's Fast Inverse Square Root (betterexplained.com)
88 points by ed on Jan 4, 2009 | 23 comments
84.
How Plentyoffish Conquered Online Dating (Hint: Its Founder Works Just One Hour a Day) (inc.com)
87 points by bd on Jan 8, 2009 | 36 comments
85.
Hungry start-ups (Anyvite & TicketStumbler) on a drastic diet (ft.com)
86 points by fallentimes on Jan 20, 2009 | 56 comments
86.
Qt 4.5 will be released under the LGPL (arstechnica.com)
86 points by icefox on Jan 14, 2009 | 18 comments
87.
Ask HN: What can't you do in Excel?
85 points by pg on Jan 11, 2009 | 194 comments
88.
Why I Canceled My CO2stats Account (altgate.com)
85 points by epi0Bauqu on Jan 12, 2009 | 78 comments
89.
Joel Spolsky's resume tip for startup applicants (joelonsoftware.com)
85 points by tptacek on Jan 3, 2009 | 35 comments
90.
Six Ways to Boost Brainpower: Exercise, Diet, Stimulants, Video Games, Music, & Meditation (sciam.com)
84 points by robg on Jan 30, 2009 | 52 comments