Hacker News

Hacker News

1.		MIT OpenCourseWare introduces courses designed for independent learners (mit.edu)
		176 points by ashwinl 7 hours ago \| 24 comments
2.		US Patent system so dysfunctional you can patent a stick from a tree (google.com)
		78 points by lotusleaf1987 5 hours ago \| 17 comments
3.		Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything (physorg.com)
		182 points by morganpyne 11 hours ago \| 107 comments
4.		How to win with an online store (hint: don't sell things available on Amazon) (gettingmoreawesome.com)
		68 points by rishi 7 hours ago \| 20 comments
5.		MapReduce from the basics to the actually useful (in under 30 minutes) (cloudant.com)
		73 points by cloudant 7 hours ago \| 10 comments
6.		Why Indian Startups need to get off their asses and learn to program (indianstartupgyaan.wordpress.com)
		68 points by rohitarondekar 7 hours ago \| 46 comments
7.		Encoder Is Not a State Machine (subfurther.com)
		8 points by zoul 1 hour ago \| 1 comment
8.		Google's dropping H.264 in Chrome is not a step backward for openness. (opera.com)
		264 points by martythemaniak 16 hours ago \| 104 comments
9.		“OK, but there are two rules…” (andyswan.com)
		177 points by speek 13 hours ago \| 54 comments
10.		Warning: Software Startups are Not as Easy as Everyone Says (2007) (softwarebyrob.com)
		23 points by dshah 4 hours ago \| 12 comments
11.		Groupon Readies for An I.P.O. (nytimes.com)
		39 points by ssclafani 6 hours ago \| 15 comments
12.		Are 10-11 hour programming days feasible? (slashdot.org)
		19 points by dholowiski 4 hours ago \| 13 comments
13.		Hack Week at Dropbox (dropbox.com)
		88 points by aston 11 hours ago \| 12 comments
14.		WhiteProxy: only allow yourself the Internet that's relevant (github.com)
		14 points by diiq 3 hours ago \| 4 comments
15.		"Should I still learn Java?" Answered: Yes. (beginwithjava.blogspot.com)
		13 points by Garbage 55 minutes ago \| 15 comments
16.		How to write a simple operating system (berlios.de)
		188 points by motxilo 17 hours ago \| 14 comments
17.		I love async, but I can't code like this (google.com)
		95 points by vamsee 12 hours ago \| 51 comments
18.		IE9 beta's HTML5 support isn't there yet: 3 big canvas gotchas (deviantart.com)
		64 points by kemayo 10 hours ago \| 22 comments
19.		What is a functional programming language? (enfranchisedmind.com)
		34 points by bendmorris 7 hours ago \| 20 comments
20.		Carnegie Mellon CS Professor challenges Sony by mirroring Geohot's PS3 hacks (cmu.edu)
		587 points by elliottcarlson 1 day ago \| 80 comments
21.		Show HN: cubeduel (our side project) (cubeduel.com)
		82 points by webwright 12 hours ago \| 41 comments
22.		The Practical vs. Idealistic Scenarios for the Near-Term Future of Online Video (daringfireball.net)
		49 points by danilocampos 10 hours ago \| 29 comments
23.		Sign Up: KC HN Meetup (January 26th, 5:30, McCoys) (eventbrite.com)
		17 points by mathgladiator 5 hours ago \| 6 comments
24.		Steve Pavlina releases 1000+ personal development articles into public domain (stevepavlina.com)
		42 points by ximeng 9 hours ago \| 12 comments
25.		Slick CSS3 overlay system (js) (learnboost.com)
		34 points by rgbrgb 8 hours ago \| 6 comments
26.		How to get your startup on Hacker News (swombat.com)
		138 points by swombat 17 hours ago \| 38 comments
27.		Look Around You - Maths (google.com)
		55 points by elptacek 7 hours ago \| 11 comments
28.		Thoughts on Webmatrix (Microsoft's simple website development tool) (wekeroad.com)
		39 points by ttrashh 9 hours ago \| 15 comments
29.		Beyond the RDBMS: the Brave New (Old) World of NoSQL (greenspun.com)
		8 points by mattmcknight 3 hours ago \| discuss
30.		The Security Threat of Forged Law-Enforcement Credentials (schneier.com)
		89 points by wglb 15 hours ago \| 9 comments
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