HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

31.

What does randomness look like? (empiricalzeal.com)

474 points by cyrusradfar on Dec 21, 2012 | 117 comments

32.

Expedia: Bad for the Traveler, Bad for the Hotel (playazone.wordpress.com)

467 points by ValentineC on Dec 25, 2012 | 175 comments

33.

Why First Round Capital funded a lawsuit (redeye.firstround.com)

449 points by jkopelman on Dec 5, 2012 | 140 comments

34.

Apple will invest $100 million to bring Mac production back to the US next year (thenextweb.com)

448 points by alinzainescu on Dec 6, 2012 | 184 comments

35.

Stop Generalizing About Europe (jonasbentzen.com)

441 points by jonascopenhagen on Dec 27, 2012 | 347 comments

36.

The Cold Hard Facts of Freezing to Death (1997) (outsideonline.com)

437 points by BlackJack on Dec 28, 2012 | 184 comments

37.

Google Maps becomes the App Store’s most popular free app in 7 hours (thenextweb.com)

434 points by petrel on Dec 13, 2012 | 297 comments

38.

Dear Open Source Project Leader: Quit Being A Jerk (lostechies.com)

418 points by derickbailey on Dec 14, 2012 | 180 comments

39.

One Year After Quitting My Job (nathanbarry.com)

407 points by nathanbarry on Dec 29, 2012 | 159 comments

40.

GNU sed 4.2.2 released, maintainer resigns (article.gmane.org)

399 points by bonzini on Dec 22, 2012 | 122 comments

41.

Search, Mad Men style: A complete IBM 362 Google interface in the browser (masswerk.at)

395 points by brunooo on Dec 10, 2012 | 73 comments

42.

Try R — A new online course, for free (oreilly.com)

391 points by allennoren on Dec 5, 2012 | 125 comments

43.

How to Download Your Instagram Photos and Kill Your Account (wired.com)

389 points by mtgx on Dec 18, 2012 | 146 comments

44.

Requests, Python HTTP for Humans, reached v1.0 (kennethreitz.org)

386 points by jorde on Dec 17, 2012 | 86 comments

45.

'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance' - NSA whistleblower (rt.com)

378 points by nhebb on Dec 5, 2012 | 202 comments

46.

Facebook's legal team bans developer of F.B. Purity from Facebook (fbpurity.com)

375 points by bane on Dec 19, 2012 | 193 comments

47.

An FBI Hostage Negotiator Buys A Car [audio] (npr.org)

373 points by kungfudoi on Dec 30, 2012 | 147 comments

48.

JetBrains Doomsday Sale - 75% off for 24 hours only (jetbrains.com)

367 points by rdemmer on Dec 20, 2012 | 380 comments

49.

What happens when you are the doctor on the airplane? (cockeyed.com)

363 points by JacobAldridge on Dec 27, 2012 | 195 comments

50.

Police concerned with Apple iOS 6 mapping system (vicpolicenews.com.au)

361 points by bmmayer1 on Dec 10, 2012 | 220 comments

51.

Ask HN: Best books you read in 2012

359 points by dudurocha on Dec 25, 2012 | 220 comments

52.

Julian Assange: Cryptographic Call to Arms (cryptome.org)

355 points by gbrindisi on Dec 2, 2012 | 261 comments

53.

Building my Own Laptop (bunniestudios.com)

354 points by beambot on Dec 15, 2012 | 89 comments

54.

Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says (bloomberg.com)

353 points by apaprocki on Dec 5, 2012 | 234 comments

55.

353 points by saket123 on Dec 19, 2012 | 0 comments

56.

When I first heard the name "Safari" (donmelton.com)

350 points by ryannielsen on Dec 20, 2012 | 177 comments

57.

Welcome Guido (tech.dropbox.com)

347 points by johns on Dec 7, 2012 | 44 comments

58.

Thorium (rein.pk)

345 points by pkrein on Dec 12, 2012 | 110 comments

59.

Something really scary is going on in Germany (martinweigert.com)

338 points by gorm on Dec 6, 2012 | 152 comments

60.

I Don't Understand (bjk5.com)

336 points by rsobers on Dec 16, 2012 | 91 comments