| 1. | | You'll never be Chinese (haohaoreport.com) |
| 340 points by ilamont on Aug 10, 2012 | 177 comments |
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| 2. | | How to crawl a quarter billion webpages in 40 hours (michaelnielsen.org) |
| 323 points by cing on Aug 10, 2012 | 67 comments |
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| 3. | | Browserver: a node.js HTTP server, in your browser (browserver.org) |
| 308 points by jedschmidt on Aug 10, 2012 | 63 comments |
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| 4. | | Write any javascript code with just these characters: ()[]{}+ (patriciopalladino.com) |
| 289 points by alcuadrado on Aug 10, 2012 | 51 comments |
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| 5. | | How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist (bentilly.blogspot.com) |
| 290 points by JumpCrisscross on Aug 10, 2012 | 99 comments |
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| 6. | | New York Underground (nationalgeographic.com) |
| 283 points by sehrope on Aug 10, 2012 | 83 comments |
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| 7. | | Things I didn’t know about the WebKit inspector (joocode.com) |
| 247 points by copesc on Aug 10, 2012 | 51 comments |
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| 8. | | Entrepreneurs Tell The White House To Focus On Innovation, Not IP Enforcement (techdirt.com) |
| 232 points by mtgx on Aug 10, 2012 | 58 comments |
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| 9. | | Show HN: Eligible API for 700+ Health Insurance Companies (eligibleapi.com) |
| 218 points by kategleason on Aug 10, 2012 | 92 comments |
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| 10. | | Russ Olsen: The Best Programming Advice I Ever Got (informit.com) |
| 214 points by swannodette on Aug 10, 2012 | 60 comments |
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| 11. | | Mars to Earth at an average of 29 kbits/s (nasa.gov) |
| 193 points by kghose on Aug 10, 2012 | 85 comments |
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| 12. | | Show HN: See Kickstarter successes and failures (thekickbackmachine.com) |
| 187 points by misener on Aug 10, 2012 | 63 comments |
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| 13. | | College was my biggest mistake (stevecorona.com) |
| 170 points by sachitgupta on Aug 10, 2012 | 182 comments |
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| 14. | | Mars 360-degree panoramic view from Curiosity (wsj.com) |
| 168 points by rdamico on Aug 10, 2012 | 99 comments |
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| 15. | | Show HN: Tweetsheets – Twitter directly from within Google Docs (die.socialisten.at) |
| 160 points by andreasklinger on Aug 10, 2012 | 15 comments |
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| 16. | | My biggest problem with Vim (haldean.org) |
| 144 points by haldean on Aug 10, 2012 | 184 comments |
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| 17. | | The Best Advice My Dad Ever Gave Me (for Demo Day) (distributionhacks.com) |
| 126 points by dmor on Aug 10, 2012 | 58 comments |
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| 19. | | A New Way To Solve Linear Equations (over finite fields) (rjlipton.wordpress.com) |
| 118 points by ColinWright on Aug 10, 2012 | 32 comments |
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| 20. | | So long, silicon: Researchers create solar panels from cheap copper oxide (extremetech.com) |
| 117 points by maxko87 on Aug 10, 2012 | 40 comments |
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| 21. | | D3.js 2.10 Unleashed. (github.com/mbostock) |
| 116 points by googletron on Aug 10, 2012 | 16 comments |
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| 22. | | Education is Our Generation's Big Problem. Let's Fix it. (bloc.io) |
| 121 points by hanibash on Aug 10, 2012 | 167 comments |
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| 23. | | A First Course in Linear Algebra (ups.edu) |
| 114 points by ColinWright on Aug 10, 2012 | 37 comments |
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| 24. | | Nobody Cares (bennesvig.com) |
| 112 points by bennesvig on Aug 10, 2012 | 69 comments |
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| 25. | | Javascript Fundamentals: Development for Absolute Beginners (msdn.com) |
| 110 points by dwynings on Aug 10, 2012 | 9 comments |
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| 26. | | Scoutzie (YC S12) Is A More Thoughtful Marketplace For Designers (techcrunch.com) |
| 97 points by kirillzubovsky on Aug 10, 2012 | 26 comments |
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| 27. | | Google-An update to our search algorithms - Copyright Related (insidesearch.blogspot.com) |
| 94 points by ZanderEarth32 on Aug 10, 2012 | 104 comments |
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| 28. | | Intro to writing C-extension for Python (danfm.ca) |
| 89 points by synparb on Aug 10, 2012 | 7 comments |
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| 29. | | Beware the Nocebo Effect (nytimes.com) |
| 86 points by sew on Aug 10, 2012 | 30 comments |
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| 30. | | Clojure is not Software Conservative (n01se.net) |
| 81 points by liebke on Aug 10, 2012 | 43 comments |
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I'm enrolled in a public institution pursuing a double major, working two jobs because I'm also middle class. I have a good -- not great -- GPA, and I get to do amazing and interesting things every day; I got into programming after volunteering with a CS major -- I learned about HN, ironically, from my Finance professor. After drudging through a K-12 curricula which routinely belittled the entire point of academia, I get to be surrounded by people who are just as hungry and passionate and brilliant as I am (often, they're more so.) It's unequivocally been the best three years of my life.
A lot of people are realizing college isn't a universal gateway to a better life, and that's good -- I don't particularly think it was meant to be one. I'm happy that the author made his way.
"College was my biggest mistake?" I'm glad you got out, then. But it sure as hell isn't mine.