2008-08-29 front | Hacker News

Stories from August 29, 2008

Go back a day, month, or year. Go forward a day, month, or year.

1.		Thank goodness we don't have downmods on HN
		74 points by raganwald on Aug 29, 2008 \| 62 comments
2.		Redesigned 8-bit and 16-bit games (Some unbelievable) (neogaf.com)
		74 points by chaostheory on Aug 29, 2008 \| 15 comments
3.		Be a JavaScript Rockstar (jQuery site redesign) (jquery.com)
		49 points by danw on Aug 29, 2008 \| 62 comments
4.		Top 10 things that annoy programmers (kevinwilliampang.com)
		42 points by nickb on Aug 29, 2008 \| 9 comments
5.		Classical Computer Science Texts (e7l3.org)
		37 points by Anon84 on Aug 29, 2008 \| 4 comments
6.		Real programmers don't use frameworks (vertonghen.wordpress.com)
		32 points by chrisv on Aug 29, 2008 \| 47 comments
7.		Start Up Life Lesson #9: You Will Get Fat (lendingclub.com)
		28 points by debtkid on Aug 29, 2008 \| 30 comments
8.		Comcast makes caps official at 250GB/month (ap.org)
		25 points by pchristensen on Aug 29, 2008 \| 52 comments
9.		Ask YC: Laser Eye Surgery?
		27 points by neilc on Aug 29, 2008 \| 54 comments
10.		What is the probability that gcd(n,m)=1? (utm.edu)
		24 points by hhm on Aug 29, 2008 \| 6 comments
11.		Football Survivor Pool (Draftmix's First App) (facebook.com)
		22 points by mattmaroon on Aug 29, 2008 \| 33 comments
12.		Python SMS API: Zeep Mobile (zeepmobile.com)
		22 points by iamelgringo on Aug 29, 2008 \| 4 comments
13.		Android's Final Challenge Winners (code.google.com)
		19 points by wave on Aug 29, 2008 \| 13 comments
14.		Rasmus Lerdorf - PHP frameworks? Think again. (sitepoint.com)
		20 points by ahold on Aug 29, 2008 \| 17 comments
15.		Hacker News LinkedIn Group: This list is dead, long live the list.
		20 points by wheels on Aug 29, 2008 \| 19 comments
16.		"Sex Wanted" Ads on Craiglist Surge with the DNC (cnet.com)
		19 points by ComputerGuru on Aug 29, 2008 \| 20 comments
17.		Scribd Launches Massive Redesign (techcrunch.com)
		18 points by ed on Aug 29, 2008 \| 10 comments
18.		Microsoft breaks IE8 interoperability promise (theregister.co.uk)
		16 points by nickb on Aug 29, 2008 \| 7 comments
19.		Amazon's Mechanical Turk Used for Fraudulent Activities (readwriteweb.com)
		15 points by mattjung on Aug 29, 2008 \| 4 comments
20.		Apple’s major multi-touch plans continue to come into focus (venturebeat.com)
		15 points by prakash on Aug 29, 2008 \| 2 comments
21.		Ask HN: military reserve for startup owners?
		14 points by potrerohill on Aug 29, 2008 \| 38 comments
22.		Does Silicon Valley Face an Innovation Crisis? (nytimes.com)
		14 points by terpua on Aug 29, 2008 \| 12 comments
23.		BrowseGoods - an innovative shopping UI (browsegoods.com)
		13 points by andreyf on Aug 29, 2008 \| 7 comments
24.		Pitches That Didn't Suck (patricklor.typepad.com)
		12 points by ksvs on Aug 29, 2008 \| 2 comments
25.		Revisiting GNU Awk YouTube Video Downloader (catonmat.net)
		12 points by ajbatac on Aug 29, 2008 \| 4 comments
26.		20 Tech Habits to Improve Your Life (pcworld.com)
		11 points by linhir on Aug 29, 2008 \| 7 comments
27.		New Picwing widget with summer 2008 photos by Garry Tan (ycombinator.com)
		11 points by pg on Aug 29, 2008 \| 7 comments
28.		Study says eyes evolved for X-Ray vision (physorg.com)
		11 points by robg on Aug 29, 2008 \| 3 comments
29.		Ask HN: How to convince a fellow programmer to join your startup
		12 points by cnu on Aug 29, 2008 \| 21 comments
30.		Tech Making Traditional VCs Obsolete (wired.com)
		10 points by waleedka on Aug 29, 2008 \| 5 comments
		More

HN For You