Hacker News stories for 8 AM on Thursday Apr 26, 2012

0.978 IP Watchlist Ranks Countries On How Well Their Copyright Laws Serve The Public comments

0.826 “Virtual method call from constructor” What Could Go Wrong? comments

0.804 How Employers Measure Passion in Software Engineering Candidates comments

0.800 Going to FUDCon KL 2012? comments

0.796 Why Instagram is A Cautionary Tale for Young Entrepreneurs comments

0.781 The falling returns to venture capital comments

0.711 Who cares if Murdoch lobbied? comments

0.707 Apple ≠ Sony: Why Apple Can Succeed Post-Jobs comments

0.667 Why We Sign Contracts comments

0.656 Click Fear and How to Avoid It comments

0.655 The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture (As Seen Through Data) comments

0.641 Things To Tweak After Installing Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin comments

0.613 Spotify Said Developing Pandora-Like Online Radio Service comments

0.560 Why do skills matter in the software industry? It is the economy, stupid comments

0.554 UK’s Digital Economy Act anti-piracy measures delayed comments

0.548 Tech news for the startup community in Asia comments

0.536 UF Announces Plan to Save CS Department comments

0.518 FreeBSD IPv6 Performance Analysis Project Brings Parity With IPv4 comments

0.507 How Sony’s Net Yaroze Kickstarted Indie Console Development comments

0.497 MythTV turns 0.25 comments

0.462 Q&A with Coinapult founder Ira Miller comments

0.458 Insecure websites to be named/shamed by “Trustworthy Internet Movement” comments

0.454 Optical trap catches atoms swinging in time to theory comments

0.427 Canadian startup talk: Waterloo’s next 5 years comments

0.424 Code Review Gone Bad comments

0.398 Rdio launches new website. It’s frighteningly beautiful. comments

0.395 Amazing pitch deck from Css Piffle comments

0.364 A Tour of Ubuntu Precise Pangolin comments

0.353 Threaded delayed_job comments

0.347 Success Stories About People Getting Business Jobs In The Tech World: comments

0.331 Nintendo reports first-ever annual loss, projects profitable new year comments

0.303 Sharp Transistors Will Enable Cheap, Retina-Style Displays comments

0.302 Lose weight Fast With This Rapid Straightforward Tip Today comments

0.290 The Mythical Team Month - a presentation on agile and small teams comments

0.286 The World’s Longest Invoice comments

0.276 Tragedy at 29,000 Feet: The 10 Worst Disasters on Everest comments

0.265 If you will that falling in love… comments

0.242 Steve Jobs’ Plan for a Willy Wonka-Style Celebration of the Millionth iMac comments

0.228 Man offers to legally change name for a ticket to Apple’s WWDC comments

0.210 Samsung Behind Apple Store Protest Telling People to ‘Wake Up’? comments

0.161 Google: Behind the Numbers - Infographic comments

0.158 Will Google Drive Snoop Inside Your Data? Google Needs to Be Clearer comments

0.149 Updating your social will comments

0.138 A link back to the HN front page on the dead link page? comments

0.133 A Pure CSS3 Cycling Slideshow comments

0.113 Snapper: Linux snapshot tool (based on btrfs) comments

0.103 Plus Addressing comments

0.089 Looking for IPv6 Training or Courseware? Check Out RIPE NCC’s Offerings comments

0.072 Updates on Flash support for Linux comments

0.041 Walmart Adds “Pay With Cash” For Shoppers At Walmart.com comments

0.020 Spotify for iPad - Unofficial App comments

0.003 Show HN: Do “How to” or “Why to” articles make it to the front page more often? comments