1. Just to get an idea of the breakdown, and see if the long tail really occurs here too. I noticed some people (patio11 & pals) have upwards of 100k karma. Incredible. So I'm including a top line just to be safe. The…

  2. I'm making some research on this topic. Already have a date from casual internet users. As a group of reference I want some more advanced users. Thanks for help in advance.

  3. When discussing code on HN, I often refer to functions and variables by name. When those names happen to be lowercased English words, I end up with unfortunate garden path sentences like, "I don't see a need for loops…

  4. With all the discussion regarding RSS feeds, I would like to know what proportion of hackernews users still use RSS.

  5. I am considering buying an HP TouchPad, because it is so cheap, but it is not worth it if I can't put Android on it. What are the chances that a good Android porting would come over so that I could basically make it…

  6. Google and Bing rankings are suspiciously similar, at least for common queries. If Bing continues to attract market share, do you think Google would sue Microsoft over potential infringement of the PageRank patent?

  7. TL;DR: Would presenting your SaaS on the world web stage as created by a UK business (ltd), instead of by a continental European individual with a non-English sounding name, make a difference in terms of gaining…

  8. Have you ever exchanged your contact information (name, address, email address, phone number, etc) for a whitepaper? I'm asking because I'm curious who if anybody actually is the customer for lead generation sites who…

  9. I think it would be interesting to see how HN users discovered HN. I remember to this day performing a google search more than 2 years ago and one of the results was an article on HN. The quality of the posts I found…

  10. It's surprising how much negativity there is about working at startups on HN. Two posts currently on the front page are dominated by comments that working at a startup is silly and early employees are exploited. It…

  11. The Nokia vs Apple thread has me wondering what the HN audience thinks of Software Patents:

  12. There was an excellent article (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3526767) describing different stages of hosting. It would be interesting to see how the HN community is transitioning between different hosting…

  13. Do you use dopplr? If not, why not? If so, what do you think? I've just found it and have my own opinions, but I'd like to know what you think ...

  14. There are many threads here about ios vs android. This is an unusually tech savvy community and i want to find out which os is more popular and why.

  15. when adding up all your asset classes such as cash, stocks, funds, bitcoins, any other investments etc.

  16. I'm starting up an interview site for entrepreneurs, and I'm curious: do you prefer text interviews or video interviews? Most video interviews do have a transcript, but it tends not to be as user-friendly as a…

  17. For you startup owners, how do you handle your taxes?

  18. Drop a comment if you use something different.