Best of 2015

The blog posts Hacker News loved most in 2015. 276 posts.

Life, Learning & Writing
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Mercury Spill

On July 1st I discovered a puddle of liquid mercury in our house. It was the evening before the holiday weekend and I was preparing to do some more demolition for the bathroom I've been working on. I was putting down plastic to make cleanup easier, and when I got to the corner there was a dusty little puddle. That…