hackerNews

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Lenticular Photo Used To Secretly Convey Hot Line Number To Abused Kids (www.diyphotography.net)

413 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050803 136 comments

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Why I Develop For The Mac (www.evanmiller.org)

251 points first seen 2013050603 last seen 2013050800 179 comments

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What Really Happened When Facebook Bought Instagram (www.vanityfair.com)

224 points first seen 2013050618 last seen 2013050806 139 comments

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HN supports SPDY (spdycheck.org)

161 points first seen 2013050615 last seen 2013050800 67 comments

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Python interpreter finally gets tab completion by default (hg.python.org)

150 points first seen 2013050600 last seen 2013050706 47 comments

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Jekyll 1.0 Released (blog.parkermoore.de)

150 points first seen 2013050612 last seen 2013050806 72 comments

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Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine (1989) (longnow.org)

144 points first seen 2013050615 last seen 2019012700 30 comments

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Setting up Sublime Text 2 (drewbarontini.com)

143 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050709 47 comments

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Rent-a-coder hilarity (2008) (blog.willbenton.com)

133 points first seen 2013050615 last seen 2013050721 130 comments

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The Feynman File (2005) (discovermagazine.com)

124 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050800 9 comments

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The N=1 Guide to Grad School: Advice for Aspiring PhDs (marcua.net)

119 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050800 39 comments

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'gwern answers 'Ask gwern: Who are you?' question (pastee.org)

116 points first seen 2013050612 last seen 2013050800 49 comments

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Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements (1868) (books.google.com)

107 points first seen 2013050618 last seen 2013050800 24 comments

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VimSpeak (github.com)

99 points first seen 2013050615 last seen 2013050800 40 comments

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U.S. Government Fears End of Megaupload Case (torrentfreak.com)

98 points first seen 2013050618 last seen 2013050709 94 comments

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Microsoft is killing Linux shops with Secure Boot (news.ycombinator.com)

95 points first seen 2013050600 last seen 2013050603 79 comments

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Bitcoin will soon block small transaction outputs (github.com)

91 points first seen 2013050612 last seen 2013050709 82 comments

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Breakthrough in solar efficiency by UNSW team ahead of its time (www.smh.com.au)

78 points first seen 2013050618 last seen 2013050703 27 comments

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GitHub Repository Collaboration Network (coyotebush.github.io)

75 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050709 16 comments

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My Dad The Engineer (www.iampaulbrown.com)

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The most incredible time-lapse video I’ve ever seen. (www.danoah.com)

71 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050618 37 comments

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Manage.py, a human friendly CLI builder for python apps (github.com)

70 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050703 21 comments

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I don’t understand American healthcare – doesn’t mean I shouldn’t provide it (pandodaily.com)

66 points first seen 2013050603 last seen 2013050606 118 comments

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Great Peter Thiel Talk:You are Not a Lottery Ticket (www.ustream.tv)

66 points first seen 2013050621 last seen 2013050721 32 comments

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Working Alone, Together (www.nytimes.com)

64 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050703 19 comments

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Bitcoin vs. Ben Bernanke (online.wsj.com)

63 points first seen 2013050600 last seen 2013050612 76 comments

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Rules of a Zen Programmer (www.grobmeier.de)

60 points first seen 2013050603 last seen 2013050615 20 comments

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National Mental Health Director Rejects Psychiatric “Bible” (blogs.scientificamerican.com)

58 points first seen 2013050612 last seen 2013050709 23 comments

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Indian Coders Found Cheating in Google Code Jam? (www.nextbigwhat.com)

56 points first seen 2013050603 last seen 2013050606 86 comments

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JS1K 2013 winning entry explained (ehouais.net)

55 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050703 2 comments

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The Story Behind the QWERTY Keyboard (blogs.smithsonianmag.com)

53 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050703 61 comments

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Linux Foundation: Making UEFI Secure Boot Work With Open Platforms (www.linuxfoundation.org)

50 points first seen 2013050600 last seen 2013050703 33 comments

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Hearts, clubs, diamonds, spades: Players who suit MUDs (www.mud.co.uk)

48 points first seen 2013050603 last seen 2013050700 36 comments

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Enstitute, an Alternative to College for a Digital Elite (www.nytimes.com)

48 points first seen 2013050603 last seen 2013050700 14 comments

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Ask HN: How to run anonymous services? (news.ycombinator.com)

45 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050700 19 comments

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Worls's first 3D printed gun test fired. (m.bbc.co.uk)

45 points first seen 2013050618 last seen 2013050709 70 comments

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Show HN: Java 7 Features Backported to Android (github.com)

43 points first seen 2013050615 last seen 2013050706 32 comments

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Google Glass on Saturday Night Live (www.nbc.com)

42 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050621 38 comments

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Emacs v. Vi Is Rooted in the Love of Lisp (stevengharms.com)

40 points first seen 2013050612 last seen 2013050700 52 comments

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Fundamental Attribution Error (en.wikipedia.org)

40 points first seen 2013050615 last seen 2013050703 12 comments

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A home made periodic table (blog.jgc.org)

38 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050700 14 comments

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“SNL” Parodies Google Glass (allthingsd.com)

38 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050615 57 comments

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Great Programmers Write Debuggable Code (henrikwarne.com)

38 points first seen 2013050621 last seen 2013050703 40 comments

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The Real Story Of How Macklemore Got 'Thrift Shop' To No. 1 (www.npr.org)

37 points first seen 2013050615 last seen 2013050709 14 comments

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Water Planets in the Habitable Zone (arxiv.org)

35 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050700 39 comments

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Ceph storage system (www.techbar.me)

33 points first seen 2013050600 last seen 2013050700 17 comments

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Ask HN: Modern stacks and frameworks for fast web app development? (news.ycombinator.com)

33 points first seen 2013050603 last seen 2013050603 48 comments

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What should we be worried about? (www.edge.org)

33 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050612 40 comments

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Something Out of Nothing (jamie-wong.com)

33 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013123015 6 comments

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Difference Engine: Luddite legacy (www.economist.com)

32 points first seen 2013050603 last seen 2013050609 42 comments

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Benchmarking the Go frontend for GCC 4.8.0 (www.alsonkemp.com)

29 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050700 23 comments

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Show HN: Find the cheapest Amazon for your books (piranhas.co)

28 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050700 26 comments

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Older and Wiser... Up to a Point (beta.spectrum.ieee.org)

28 points first seen 2013050615 last seen 2013050703 19 comments

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Low-Lock Singletons In D (davesdprogramming.wordpress.com)

27 points first seen 2013050618 last seen 2013050706 30 comments

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Entrepreneurs in America: Who creates jobs? (www.economist.com)

25 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050612 41 comments

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Google Glass: An Etiquette Guide (online.wsj.com)

25 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050609 42 comments

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Dick Costolo commencement speech (www.youtube.com)

25 points first seen 2013050612 last seen 2013050621 5 comments

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Why iPhone App Screenshots Matter and How to Make Good Ones (blog.appstorerankings.net)

23 points first seen 2013050618 last seen 2013050706 6 comments

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Dean Baker's Negative Take On Patents In Medicine (www.cepr.net)

21 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050621 3 comments

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Hands-on With App Engine’s New Runtime (developers.google.com)

20 points first seen 2013050621 last seen 2013050700 17 comments

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Why I Say Dumb Shit (gist.io)

17 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050609 10 comments

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Airbnb Tech Talk: Tatu Saloranta, author of Jackson JSON parser (www.airbnb.com)

17 points first seen 2013050612 last seen 2013050618 0 comments

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The Lies You've Been Told About the Origin of the QWERTY Keyboard (www.theatlantic.com)

14 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050606 13 comments

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Rise of the Facebook-Killers (www.villagevoice.com)

14 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050700 9 comments

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The Story Behind the QWERTY Keyboard (blogs.smithsonianmag.com)

13 points first seen 2013050612 last seen 2013050612 6 comments

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A Tale Of Two Oil States (online.wsj.com)

13 points first seen 2013050618 last seen 2013050700 16 comments

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RubyMotion: Year One (clayallsopp.com)

12 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050609 10 comments

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Is Web Design All About Hacking or Kludging? (ideonexus.com)

11 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050621 8 comments

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GoPar: Automatic Loop Parallelization of Go Programs (github.com)

10 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050618 3 comments

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23-year-old releases new chips that 'mine' Bitcoins 50 times faster (www.theverge.com)

10 points first seen 2013050612 last seen 2013050615 0 comments

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Getting E-Mail right with Django and SES (ozkatz.github.io)

9 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050606 0 comments

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In Afghanistan, a car for the masses (www.washingtonpost.com)

9 points first seen 2013050612 last seen 2013050621 2 comments

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TED Teams Up With PBS On Ideas for Education (www.nytimes.com)

8 points first seen 2013050615 last seen 2013050700 0 comments

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Carriers Still Think We’re Idiots (www.mondaynote.com)

7 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050615 0 comments

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Add drop shadows on Android views (codebybrian.com)

7 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050609 0 comments

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Python-powered "real-world" interface pyMCU giveaway (www.jcopro.net)

6 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050618 2 comments

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The rise of alternative cryptocurrencies (news.ycombinator.com)

6 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050612 3 comments

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YouTube Reportedly Launching Paid Subscriptions Next Week (mashable.com)

5 points first seen 2013050618 last seen 2013050700 0 comments

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Change http://localhost:3000 to myapp.dev with marathon-dns (github.com)

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Being a startup doesn’t give you the right to spam users (medium.com)

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Airplane to Fly across U.S. Powered by Sunshine (www.scientificamerican.com)

4 points first seen 2013050612 last seen 2013050615 0 comments

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A Tale Of Two Oil States. (mobile2.wsj.com)

4 points first seen 2013050615 last seen 2013050615 0 comments

85

Twitter experiencing outage (news.ycombinator.com)

4 points first seen 2013050618 last seen 2013050621 2 comments

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Ask HN: How can intellects protect themselves against backstabbing? (news.ycombinator.com)

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Show HN: EARLY - connect with Early adopters (news.ycombinator.com)

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Atmel MCU to power world's first wireless mesh propeller beanie network (www.eetimes.com)

3 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050609 0 comments

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Why is the EPA so bad at estimating hybrid fuel economy? (www.chron.com)

3 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050606 0 comments

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Building Highly Available Systems in Erlang [video] (www.infoq.com)

3 points first seen 2013050606 last seen 2013050606 0 comments

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Show HN: SocialTV app redesigned – download TV shows free (socialtvapp.me)

3 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050612 0 comments

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Is It Crazy to Think We Can Eradicate Poverty? (www.nytimes.com)

3 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050612 0 comments

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Piled Higher and Deeper, the movie [video] (phdmovie.com)

3 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050609 0 comments

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Ask HN: Ideas for network where members pay? (news.ycombinator.com)

3 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050609 0 comments

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Slides is an easy way to create, share and present your ideas. (blog.slid.es)

3 points first seen 2013050609 last seen 2013050609 0 comments

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What do you recommend for a teen programmer? (news.ycombinator.com)

3 points first seen 2013050615 last seen 2013050615 6 comments

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Binary marble adding machine (woodgears.ca)

3 points first seen 2013050621 last seen 2014042400 0 comments

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