Hacker News

Hacker News

1.		United States loses AAA credit rating from S&P (reuters.com)
		213 points by tshtf 2 hours ago \| 165 comments
2.		How to kill the drive to learn - give 100% (samanthadouglas.wordpress.com)
		139 points by ColinWright 3 hours ago \| 51 comments
3.		How and Why Mixpanel Switched from Erlang to Python (mixpanel.com)
		44 points by ankrgyl 2 hours ago \| 17 comments
4.		MyBitcoin Incident Report - August 4th 2011 (mybitcoin.com)
		35 points by jayzee 3 hours ago \| 16 comments
5.		We’re not going to have a jobless recovery. We’re going to have a jobless future (buzzmachine.com)
		156 points by yarapavan 7 hours ago \| 165 comments
6.		Dropbox close to choosing investors — Round could put valuation at $10 Billion (techcrunch.com)
		28 points by canistr 2 hours ago \| 11 comments
7.		A Brief Explanation of Microsoft's Anti-Google Patent FUD ~ by pj (groklaw.net)
		5 points by wglb 33 minutes ago \| discuss
8.		Hacker puts a video cam on an RC truck and saves the lives of 6 soldiers (go.com)
		207 points by acangiano 12 hours ago \| 83 comments
9.		Oracle v. Google - You Name It, You'll Find It In This Story (groklaw.net)
		20 points by wglb 3 hours ago \| discuss
10.		Why Facebook and Google's Concept of "Real Names" Is Revolutionary (theatlantic.com)
		92 points by ChrisArchitect 9 hours ago \| 57 comments
11.		Are you a Facebook employee? (facebook.com)
		163 points by antichaos 9 hours ago \| 87 comments
12.		Designing command-line interfaces (antoarts.com)
		115 points by antoarts 10 hours ago \| 59 comments
13.		My Name Is Me - Supporting your freedom to choose the name you use online (nameis.me)
		89 points by ChrisArchitect 9 hours ago \| 31 comments
14.		Give Me A Lever (rjlipton.wordpress.com)
		4 points by wglb 35 minutes ago \| discuss
15.		Lessons from a Dell Executive who Joined a YC Startup (ownlocal.com)
		21 points by jeremymims 4 hours ago \| 6 comments
16.		Small ISPs use "malicious" DNS servers to watch Web searches, earn cash (arstechnica.com)
		46 points by canistr 7 hours ago \| 26 comments
17.		Spain: Linking to Copyright Infringing Material Not Infringement (eff.org)
		3 points by srl 21 minutes ago \| discuss
18.		Judge to Oracle: "proceed with caution before overreaching again" (patent-damages.com)
		43 points by grellas 6 hours ago \| 12 comments
19.		Hackers Can Kill Diabetics w/ Insulin Pumps? Facts vs. Fear Mongering (hanselman.com)
		155 points by phsr 14 hours ago \| 46 comments
20.		API Stack – Image to CSS Conversion with Img to CSS API (apievangelist.com)
		5 points by apievangelist 1 hour ago \| discuss
21.		Where do users look first? (gazehawk.com)
		40 points by jgershen 7 hours ago \| 7 comments
22.		Groupon Will Dump Controversial ACSOI Accounting in Amended IPO Filing (allthingsd.com)
		19 points by canistr 4 hours ago \| 4 comments
23.		Martin Fowler on Software Patents (martinfowler.com)
		130 points by icebraining 13 hours ago \| 47 comments
24.		Judge says domain name loss is not a "substantial hardship" (arstechnica.com)
		79 points by canistr 11 hours ago \| 41 comments
25.		Forget WiFi, It's LiFi: Internet Through Lightbulbs (good.is)
		51 points by aptsurdist 9 hours ago \| 33 comments
26.		Closure Mode for CoffeeScript (bolinfest.com)
		29 points by bolinfest 7 hours ago \| 16 comments
27.		What's a Closure? (nathansjslessons.appspot.com)
		186 points by gulbrandr 18 hours ago \| 37 comments
28.		Widespread Hijacking of Search Traffic in the United States (eff.org)
		53 points by Phoenix26 8 hours ago \| 16 comments
29.		Police: Mock us in Cartoons, go to Prison (dailytech.com)
		95 points by spcmnspff 6 hours ago \| 30 comments
30.		Bonfire of the Vanities (steveblank.com)
		94 points by cwan 13 hours ago \| 16 comments
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