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Stories, Ask HN, Show HN

Top stories

1

Google Chrome, Google's Browser Project

173

2

A guy tries to find the origins of a Windows desktop image

129

3

One Inviolable Rule

94

4

JParallax - Javascript parallax effect

91

5

Hacking the Nobel Prize Medals

85

6

83

7

So, you're gonna code the whole thing, do the servers and work for sweat equity...

80

8

A Newbie’s Guide to Startup Compensation (or “Stock Options will Make Me Rich”)

77

9

10 Things Millionaires Won't Tell You

76

10

Redesigned 8-bit and 16-bit games (Some unbelievable)

74

Top Ask HN

1

Favorite websites for intelligent discussion?

44

2

Legal timeline for a successful web startup?

37

3

European founders in YC?

28

4

Are there any YC founders married w/kids?

22

5

military reserve for startup owners?

14

6

DIY storage or not?

13

7

How to convince a fellow programmer to join your startup

12

8

Best resources to learn about protein folding and algorithms for it?

10

9

Your opinion on we heart places? Our startup from New Zealand.

8

10

HN like forum software?

7

Top Show HN

News, Tech Blogs, Scientific Publications and more

Tech news [?]

1

Myspace's Tom Anderson was an 80s "WarGames" Hacker

69

2

Backtype (YC summer 08): Twitter for comments launches

67

3

Mob Wars, the million-dollar-a-month independent Facebook app, may legally belong to SGN

53

4

Songbird beta launches (includes integration with Songkick for concert tickets)

40

5

JamLegend Takes On Guitar Hero On The Web (1,000 Invites)

36

6

If You Want To Create a Mashup, Just Ask Your Browser. Mozilla Labs Launches Ubiquity.

33

7

Update On The TechCrunch Tablet: Prototype A

33

8

Facebook game "mobwars" making $22,000 a day

31

9

Is Cuil Killing Websites?

30

10

Tapulous Cofounder Mike Lee Ejected From Company

20

News [?]

1

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Peter Thiel on liberty and scientific progress

54

2

American Lawbreaking

33

3

Gravity is not the main obstacle for America’s space business. Government is

29

4

Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the U.S.

22

5

Link by Link - Don’t Like Palin’s Wikipedia Story? Change It

20

6

Lines and Bubbles and Bars, Oh My

18

7

Purging The Stupid

18

8

Hans Reiser Sentenced to 15-to-Life

16

9

Why it's so hard to swat a fly

14

10

Looking at Chess Futures? Bet on This Norwegian Chess Prodigy

12

Scientific publications [?]

1

Quantum Weirdness: Two times zero doesn't always equal zero

13

2

Spy vs. Spy (Steganography)

3

3

Q&A With: Spore's Will Wright

2

4

The Game-Frame Guild: Brazilian MMOG gaming start-up

2

Dev Blogs [?]

1

Red-light cameras increase crashes as drivers attempt to abruptly stop at intersections

3

2

David Anderson on Future Directions for Agile

1

Tech blogs [?]

1

Io v. Veoh: Important ruling for sites comprised of 'user-generated content'

61

2

Why Apple keeps its iPhone 2.0 SDK under NDA

14

3

Road to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: 64-Bits

13

4

Apple details next-gen multi-touch techniques for tablet Macs

7

5

Unintended Consequences: Seven Years under the DMCA

1

FAANG+ [?]

1

Download IE8 Beta 2

1

Misc and Hobbies [?]

1

Modern Microprocessors - A 90 Minute Guide

3

Science News [?]

1

Human geography is mapped in the genes

5

2

Cows graze aligned north/south - found by studying Google Earth

2

3

Why you should go with your gut feeling

2

4

Subliminal advertising may work after all

2

5

The Science of Fantasy Football

1

Social [?]

1

A Brief History of Hard AI

19

2

Cassandra – A structured storage system on a P2P Network

7

3

Credit card companies bullied Discovery Channel so RFID vulnerabilities weren't aired

4

4

Roomba + Wii balance board = Surfin'ba

3

5

Java: The COBOL of The 21st Century

2

6

Stop: Analytics Time

1

7

The Facebook Puzzle Master

1

8

Larry Wall, google tech talk, June 08

1

9

National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (Lectures)

1

10

Ghosts of a Corporate Future - Regina Spektor

1

Github repos and gists [?]

1

Rack + Javascript = Jack

3

Wikipedia [?]

1

64

2

Y Combinator Article Nominated for Deletion by Wikipedia Administrators

45

Blogs [?]

1

What Languages Fix (old article)

11

Stackoverflow [?]

Substack [?]