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August 2009 Archive
1.
_why is no more (twitter.com)
558 points by Jeremysr on Aug 19, 2009 | 399 comments
2.
Why Van Halen's contract calls for the removal of all brown M&Ms (snopes.com)
364 points by chaostheory on Aug 5, 2009 | 79 comments
3.
Make Frontpage of Slashdot, Reddit, Hacker News == Google Disables AdSense (hizook.com)
359 points by beambot on Aug 28, 2009 | 159 comments
4.
Dirty Coding tricks used in Production Video Games (gamasutra.com)
330 points by e1ven on Aug 20, 2009 | 45 comments
5.
Apple now censoring dictionaries in the App Store (daringfireball.net)
327 points by ajg1977 on Aug 5, 2009 | 80 comments
6.
Eulogy to _why (ejohn.org)
318 points by jcsalterego on Aug 19, 2009 | 92 comments
7.
Facebook Acquires FriendFeed (techcrunch.com)
279 points by jasonlbaptiste on Aug 10, 2009 | 82 comments
8.
Signs that you're a bad programmer (sites.google.com)
273 points by clawrencewenham on Aug 7, 2009 | 121 comments
9.
What Kate saw in Silicon Valley (paulgraham.com)
264 points by albertcardona on Aug 31, 2009 | 107 comments
10.
So long, and thanks for all the fish (tipjoys2cents.blogspot.com)
245 points by ivankirigin on Aug 21, 2009 | 93 comments
11.
You're a little company, now act like one (blog.asmartbear.com)
240 points by lrm242 on Aug 31, 2009 | 53 comments
12.
Traffic Hacks: How One Driver Can Vastly Improve Traffic (trafficwaves.org)
237 points by Mintz on Aug 25, 2009 | 146 comments
13.
Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (take 2)
202 points by qhoxie on Aug 12, 2009 | 227 comments
14.
Please don't use hnreputation ()
199 points by pg on Aug 27, 2009 | 82 comments
15.
How I explained REST to my wife (tomayko.com)
199 points by mrlebowski on Aug 14, 2009 | 57 comments
16.
Dr. Eric Schmidt Resigns from Apple’s Board of Directors (apple.com)
199 points by sdfx on Aug 3, 2009 | 47 comments
17.
R.I.P. Les Paul (news.yahoo.com)
196 points by jamesbritt on Aug 13, 2009 | 34 comments
18.
YC startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6 (deals.venturebeat.com)
187 points by drusenko on Aug 4, 2009 | 110 comments
19.
999999999999999 - 999999999999997 (google.com)
185 points by unalone on Aug 24, 2009 | 101 comments
20.
Hacking a Google Interview - MIT's guide to Google interviews (courses.csail.mit.edu)
185 points by mindhacker on Aug 25, 2009 | 41 comments
21.
Learn You Some Erlang For Great Good (learnyousomeerlang.com)
184 points by paulgb on Aug 18, 2009 | 30 comments
22.
Thousands call for Turing apology (news.bbc.co.uk)
177 points by jsmcgd on Aug 31, 2009 | 97 comments
23.
The Fall of Hacking
176 points by noname123 on Aug 14, 2009 | 112 comments
24.
A New Experiment: The RFS (ycombinator.com)
175 points by pg on Aug 16, 2009 | 57 comments
25.
Folding Plug System (minkyu.co.uk)
174 points by r7000 on Aug 24, 2009 | 33 comments
26.
The Android Opportunity (daringfireball.net)
173 points by superjohan on Aug 17, 2009 | 136 comments
27.
Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions (jpf.github.com)
171 points by jf on Aug 6, 2009 | 99 comments
28.
How to Naturally Reset Your Sleep Cycle In One Night (wisebread.com)
169 points by jmonegro on Aug 3, 2009 | 40 comments
29.
How American Health Care Killed My Father (theatlantic.com)
166 points by mhb on Aug 13, 2009 | 105 comments
30.
Forget Starbucks, work at the library instead (davecaolo.com)
160 points by henning on Aug 12, 2009 | 113 comments