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December 2009 Archive
1.
Microsoft rips off Plurk (blog.plurk.com)
581 points by abraham on Dec 14, 2009 | 135 comments
2.
There's no speed limit. (The lessons that changed my life.) (sivers.org)
386 points by icey on Dec 1, 2009 | 60 comments
3.
The story of my startup (and the Google/YouTube API trap) (totlol.com)
352 points by TotlolRon on Dec 28, 2009 | 119 comments
4.
How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves (georgehart.com)
350 points by dangoldin on Dec 7, 2009 | 25 comments
5.
How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room. (guardian.co.uk)
349 points by MartinMond on Dec 23, 2009 | 188 comments
6.
Why I gave away my company to charity (sivers.org)
328 points by sivers on Dec 4, 2009 | 83 comments
7.
The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (steveblank.com)
327 points by icey on Dec 21, 2009 | 226 comments
8.
Forensic analysis of recent Victoria's Secret photo (hackerfactor.com)
308 points by aditya on Dec 27, 2009 | 54 comments
9.
Welcome to HN. Please, read 'Hacker News Guidelines.' We take them seriously. (ycombinator.com)
301 points by iamelgringo on Dec 5, 2009 | 117 comments
10.
Schneier's response to Eric Schmidt (schneier.com)
291 points by tlrobinson on Dec 9, 2009 | 96 comments
11.
A piece with a lot of screenshots about the close tab behaviour in Google Chrome (theinvisibl.com)
283 points by callahad on Dec 10, 2009 | 100 comments
12.
Eric Schmidt: "If you have something [to hide], maybe you shouldn't be doing it" (theregister.co.uk)
279 points by nkohari on Dec 8, 2009 | 168 comments
13.
Squareup (squareup.com)
278 points by tiffani on Dec 1, 2009 | 155 comments
14.
EtherPad Back Online Until Open Sourced (etherpad.com)
276 points by aaroniba on Dec 6, 2009 | 68 comments
15.
EtherPad Open Source Release (etherpad.com)
275 points by aaroniba on Dec 18, 2009 | 73 comments
16.
How Duke Nukem Forever Failed: Unlimited time, budget and ambition (wired.com)
270 points by TrevorBurnham on Dec 21, 2009 | 75 comments
17.
Introducing Google Public DNS: A new DNS resolver from Google (googlecode.blogspot.com)
264 points by johns on Dec 3, 2009 | 155 comments
18.
Google acquires AppJet/Etherpad (etherpad.com)
258 points by dreeves on Dec 4, 2009 | 98 comments
19.
The Apple Tablet (daringfireball.net)
254 points by adamhowell on Dec 31, 2009 | 143 comments
20.
They Killed My Lawyer (foreignpolicy.com)
252 points by nice1 on Dec 27, 2009 | 65 comments
21.
Funding Clojure 2010 (groups.google.com)
239 points by swannodette on Dec 14, 2009 | 90 comments
22.
IBM's infamous "Black Team" (2002) (t3.org)
234 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Dec 9, 2009 | 62 comments
23.
“Is PayPal good for your microISV business?” A short PayPal horror story (blog.apparentsoft.com)
225 points by sadiq on Dec 17, 2009 | 96 comments
24.
Coding Horror and blogs.stackoverflow.com experience "100% Data Loss" (codinghorror.com)
223 points by gfunk911 on Dec 11, 2009 | 165 comments
25.
Google Goggles (google.com)
222 points by andrewpbrett on Dec 7, 2009 | 74 comments
26.
Microsoft Statement Regarding MSN China Joint Venture’s Juku Feature (microsoft.com)
222 points by tshtf on Dec 15, 2009 | 58 comments
27.
CoffeeScript, a little language that compiles to JavaScript. Happy Holidays, HN (jashkenas.github.com)
206 points by jashkenas on Dec 24, 2009 | 64 comments
28.
Octopuses Carry Coconuts as Instant Shelters (news.nationalgeographic.com)
205 points by kqr2 on Dec 14, 2009 | 27 comments
29.
Crunchpad renamed "JooJoo" will cost $499 on sale Dec. 11 (engadget.com)
204 points by maudineormsby on Dec 7, 2009 | 211 comments
30.
My Hilarious Warner Bros. Royalty Statement (toomuchjoy.com)
201 points by soundsop on Dec 2, 2009 | 69 comments