Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit | 2012-09-14login
Stories from September 14, 2012
Go back a day, month, or year. Go forward a day, month, or year.
1.Pdf.js: PDF Reader in JavaScript (mozilla.github.com)
371 points by pykello on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 90 comments [ext]
2.Gallery of free HTML snippets for Twitter Bootstrap (bootsnipp.com)
348 points by madh on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
3.Elon Musk: "I would like to die on Mars" (businessweek.com)
283 points by kposehn on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 139 comments [ext]
4. Why Kalshi Traders Accept Worse Odds Than Vegas Slot Machines (jbecker.dev)
380 points by orz1950 89 days ago | hide | 148 comments
4.Why I went from Python to Go (and not node.js) (orel.li)
280 points by zemo on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 195 comments [ext]
5.Am I An Outlier, Or Are Apple Products No Longer Easy To Use? (battellemedia.com)
256 points by rkudeshi on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 255 comments [ext]
6.WhatsApp is broken, really broken (fileperms.org)
241 points by espinchi on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 130 comments [ext]
7. The Formula 1 Problem: Why METR's AI Progress Chart May Be Misleading (tobyord.com)
290 points by oox1230 1 day ago | hide | 120 comments
7.Ideas (sequoiacap.com)
213 points by ct on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 41 comments [ext]
8.GitHub availability this week (github.com/blog)
203 points by tanoku on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 59 comments [ext]
9.We Need a Warby Parker for Mattresses (priceonomics.com)
193 points by rohin on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 167 comments [ext]
10. One Algorithm, Endless Recall, and a Life Rebuilt Around It (wired.com)
244 points by auz7944 477 days ago | hide | 22 comments
10.Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film clip (reuters.com)
188 points by tomio on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 197 comments [ext]
11.The UK has an entire IPv4 /8 that it isn't using (jgc.org)
181 points by jgrahamc on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 124 comments [ext]
12.Room Temperature Superconductivity Found in Graphite Grains (technologyreview.com)
177 points by ZoFreX on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 68 comments [ext]
13. Prompt Wording Decides Whether an LLM Trader Survives Fees (nof1.ai)
454 points by esn516 151 days ago | hide | 8 comments
13.Cost of the Uniloc Lawsuit (x-plane.com)
175 points by mmastrac on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 66 comments [ext]
14.You're Young. I'm 18. So what? (theindustry.cc)
149 points by jarederondu on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 102 comments [ext]
15.Atomic bond types discernible in images (bbc.co.uk)
138 points by petenixey on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 17 comments [ext]
16. The Quiet GOAT Who Built Three Billion-Dollar Consumer Brands (kwokchain.com)
234 points by gak1654 431 days ago | hide | 59 comments
16.Google Apps update alerts: Internet Explorer 8 support discontinued (googleappsupdates.blogspot.com)
121 points by cleverjake on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 112 comments [ext]
17.A simplified S3 pricing page (s3pricing.herokuapp.com)
111 points by kevindavis on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
18.Intel says Clover Trail will not work with Linux (theinquirer.net)
106 points by mariuz on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 66 comments [ext]
19. Why Elite Culture Quietly Accepts a Thirty-Hour-Per-Week Addiction (forourposterity.com)
101 points by pun4111 250 days ago | hide | 119 comments
19.My Life as a TaskRabbit (businessweek.com)
95 points by nsedlet on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 46 comments [ext]
20.Self-Taught Developers: Are You Missing Your Foundation? (javacodegeeks.com)
94 points by nikosmar on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 105 comments [ext]
21.Favicons in the retina age (nashape.com)
87 points by michaeltwofish on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
22. Unicoin's audited filings quietly admitted what its tweets denied (archive.ph)
222 points by orz6622 332 days ago | hide | 88 comments
22.Apple iPhone 5 US Carrier Comparison Chart (mgalligan.com)
80 points by indiekid on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 104 comments [ext]
23.IPv4 is almost gone (in Europe anyway) (ripe.net)
78 points by mstevens on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 52 comments [ext]
24.Why Go Gets Exceptions Right (cheney.net)
75 points by motter on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 81 comments [ext]
25. How to Speak (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 229 days ago | hide | 180 comments
25.Microsoft employees getting free Surface tablets, new work PCs, Windows Phone 8 (geekwire.com)
74 points by MarlonPro on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 90 comments [ext]
26.Stripe Teams (stripe.com)
75 points by olivercameron on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
27.The Antivirus Era Is Over (technologyreview.com)
70 points by olalonde on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 42 comments [ext]
28. Six empirical rules that replaced prompt tricks in production agents (app.build)
357 points by foz4677 264 days ago | hide | 148 comments
28.My love-hate relationship with development on Macs (rachelbythebay.com)
68 points by vectorbunny on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 46 comments [ext]
29.French 3 Strikes: Court Fines First File-Sharer, Even Though He’s Innocent (torrentfreak.com)
63 points by mtgx on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
30.Twitter hands over messages at heart of Occupy case (bbc.co.uk)
61 points by anons2011 on Sept 14, 2012 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
31. Why $27 Billion Meta Loans Will Get a Secondary Market Fast (archive.ph)
298 points by can738 84 days ago | hide | 122 comments

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: