HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1981.

What's your favorite math proof?

9 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Dec 7, 2009 | 32 comments

1982.

Nexus: An Operating System for Trustworthy Computing (cs.cornell.edu)

9 points by wmf on Dec 15, 2009 | 30 comments

1983.

US Air Force says decision-making attack drones will be here by 2047 (engadget.com)

9 points by mcantelon on Dec 20, 2009 | 24 comments

1984.

The Economics of Climate Change (online.wsj.com)

9 points by envitar on Dec 1, 2009 | 18 comments

1985.

Jobless MBAs Seek Solace in Support Groups (businessweek.com)

9 points by cwan on Dec 22, 2009 | 18 comments

1986.

Health Care in the United States (whoadata.appspot.com)

9 points by m0th87 on Dec 23, 2009 | 16 comments

1987.

Document Stores: Please Give Me A Standard API (kirkwylie.blogspot.com)

9 points by lecha on Dec 11, 2009 | 15 comments

1988.

Rate my startup: Ask My BrainTrust (Business Brainstorming Tool) (askmybraintrust.com)

9 points by Tawheed on Dec 7, 2009 | 13 comments

1989.

AT&T to Put 5gb Data Usage Cap on iPhone (breitbart.com)

9 points by dkasper on Dec 10, 2009 | 13 comments

1990.

Questions to Ask During a Ruby Interview (blog.ritirisi.com)

9 points by matt1 on Dec 21, 2009 | 13 comments

1991.

Hourly employees happier than salaried workers? (eurekalert.org)

9 points by cwan on Dec 14, 2009 | 12 comments

1992.

“Nerd” and “Geek” Should Be Banned, Professor Says (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)

9 points by terpua on Dec 21, 2009 | 12 comments

1993.

Andy Kessler: Put Down That Shovel (Gov't Projects for a Recovery) (online.wsj.com)

9 points by grellas on Dec 26, 2009 | 12 comments

1994.

An interesting beta invite policy. 2^n invites where n is weeks in beta. (hypnode.com)

9 points by w-ll on Dec 3, 2009 | 10 comments

1995.

Ask HN: Anyone is using a comment system?

9 points by yannis on Dec 11, 2009 | 10 comments

1996.

Beware humans bearing gifts. (newscientist.com)

9 points by eastlinkage on Dec 20, 2009 | 10 comments

1997.

Commercial tool cracks Bitlocker (Used on Win7 and Vista Enterprise) (arstechnica.com)

9 points by makmanalp on Dec 4, 2009 | 9 comments

1998.

I don't know mathematics, I want to learn it, where to begin? ()

9 points by l4m3r on Dec 23, 2009 | 9 comments

1999.

HP camera 'can't see' black faces (news.bbc.co.uk)

9 points by fiaz on Dec 24, 2009 | 9 comments

2000.

Ask HN: Should I support OAuth or OpenID? ()

9 points by w-ll on Dec 27, 2009 | 9 comments

2001.

JSON as a Universal DB Model DSL (pathdependent.com)

9 points by chasingsparks on Dec 30, 2009 | 9 comments

2002.

Darpa's latest challenge: Locate these 10 balloons (news.cnet.com)

9 points by njrc on Dec 2, 2009 | 8 comments

2003.

Why Scientific Fraud is on the Rise (thefastertimes.com)

9 points by dreambird on Dec 4, 2009 | 8 comments

2004.

Rate our iPhone app (iRewardChart) (irewardchart.com)

9 points by satyajit on Dec 10, 2009 | 8 comments

2005.

Scotland's deer are changing shape due to hybridisation (news.bbc.co.uk)

9 points by fiaz on Dec 16, 2009 | 8 comments

2006.

Ask HN: Favourite Entrepreneur Quotes

9 points by bendtheblock on Dec 16, 2009 | 8 comments

2007.

San Jose police test head-mounted cameras for officers (mercurynews.com)

9 points by ruby_roo on Dec 22, 2009 | 8 comments

2008.

Why Perl Lost It (martin.drashkov.com)

9 points by martythemaniak on Dec 1, 2009 | 7 comments

2009.

Vivisecting Apples iPhone App Review Process – Insights from Inside (scottylabs.com)

9 points by microkernel on Dec 18, 2009 | 7 comments

2010.

An appeal from Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales (wikimediafoundation.org)

9 points by emilis_info on Dec 29, 2009 | 7 comments