Hacker News stories for 6 AM on Wednesday Nov 07, 2012

0.736 A new algorithm predicts which Twitter topics will trend hours in advance comments

0.500 PhDs from the Faculty’s Perspective comments

0.083 Microsoft and Skype to axe world’s most popular IM client early 2013 comments

0.032 Show HN: JIRA plugin to crowdfund Free Software projects issues comments

0.005 Show HN : My weekend(s) project - Strapfolio comments