hackerNews

1

Building an open source Nest (blog.spark.io)

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What are the lesser known but useful data structures? (stackoverflow.com)

329 points first seen 2014011812 last seen 2014012706 75 comments

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I never finish anyth— (greig.cc)

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Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces (pages.cs.wisc.edu)

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Chrome Is The New C Runtime (www.mobilespan.com)

278 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014012100 141 comments

1

Dropbox raises about $250 million at $10 billion valuation (online.wsj.com)

251 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014012021 165 comments

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Windows 3.1 written in JS/HTML (www.michaelv.org)

231 points first seen 2014011815 last seen 2014012100 125 comments

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Facebook is so uncool even the president of the United States knows it. (www.theatlantic.com)

226 points first seen 2014011800 last seen 2014011903 146 comments

8

Spotify position in support of systemd in the default init debate (lists.debian.org)

222 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014012021 171 comments

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Ask HN: How to find part-time developer work? (item?id=7077234)

200 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014030109 118 comments

6

Obama’s Changes to Government Surveillance (www.nytimes.com)

161 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014011918 180 comments

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Ask PG: How would you fill out a YC application with YC as your idea? (item?id=7079543)

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4

The future of jobs: The onrushing wave of Automation (www.economist.com)

151 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014122921 127 comments

2

Spotify responds to "Decide which init system to default to in Debian" (bugs.debian.org)

138 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011806 88 comments

3

Rock suddenly appears in front of Mars rover (news.discovery.com)

137 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014012006 87 comments

9

No, the sum of all the positive integers is not -1/12 (blog.rongarret.info)

125 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014012006 53 comments

15

Amazon Wants to Ship Your Package Before You Buy It (blogs.wsj.com)

120 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014012006 120 comments

12

How startups can compete with big company perks (esft.com)

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8

Terry Tao on how to compute non-converging infinite sums (2010) (terrytao.wordpress.com)

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62

Obama's NSA 'reforms' are little more than a PR attempt to mollify the public (www.theguardian.com)

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34

Is looking for Wi-Fi access points purely passive? (superuser.com)

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40

Pres. Obama Remarks on Intelligence Programs [Live Video] (www.c-span.org)

89 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011812 112 comments

12

Why FM Frequencies End in an Odd Decimal Number (transition.fcc.gov)

87 points first seen 2014011800 last seen 2014012000 52 comments

7

Customize iOS7 App Switcher with custom card view (github.com)

84 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014012003 25 comments

2

The streaming build system (gulpjs.com)

80 points first seen 2014011818 last seen 2014082206 43 comments

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Termcoin - a bitcoin wallet for your terminal (github.com)

78 points first seen 2014011815 last seen 2014012006 32 comments

13

When a great product hits the funding crunch (andrewchen.co)

77 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014012003 41 comments

21

Ad blockers: A solution or a problem? (www.computerworld.com)

72 points first seen 2014011812 last seen 2014012003 183 comments

8

What's Inside This House On Wade Avenue? (wunc.org)

68 points first seen 2014011818 last seen 2014012003 30 comments

9

Arduino-compatible, centimeter accurate GPS for $20 (www.indiegogo.com)

66 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011921 42 comments

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New Features in PHP 5.6 (www.sitepoint.com)

61 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011903 59 comments

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Is looking for Wi-Fi access points purely passive? (superuser.com)

59 points first seen 2014011800 last seen 2014011803 30 comments

47

A Year on Angular on Rails: A Retrospective (www.localytics.com)

59 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011812 12 comments

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Show HN: Reddit-based product recommendations (weekend project) (www.youshouldbuythese.com)

59 points first seen 2014011812 last seen 2014012000 24 comments

10

Data Structures in Clojure: Singly-Linked Lists (macromancy.com)

57 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011918 18 comments

20

Mutation in key gene allows Tibetans to thrive at high altitude (www.theguardian.com)

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The Growth of College Grads in Dead-End Jobs (In 2 Graphs) (www.theatlantic.com)

53 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011900 57 comments

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Quantum Vibrations Inside Brain Corroborates 20-Year-Old Theory of Consciousness (www.kurzweilai.net)

53 points first seen 2014011812 last seen 2014011903 59 comments

19

Aesop: A WordPress Storytelling Engine (aesop.crowdhoster.com)

51 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011915 24 comments

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What STEM shortage? Electrical engineering lost 35,000 jobs last year (www.computerworld.com)

50 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011806 89 comments

23

Show HN: A peek inside Exist, our Quantifed Self app close to launch (exist.io)

47 points first seen 2014011800 last seen 2014011906 21 comments

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Misconceptions About Forward-Secrecy (blog.thijsalkema.de)

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Why do washing machines have windows? (ux.stackexchange.com)

43 points first seen 2014011800 last seen 2014011812 49 comments

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Ukrainian Protesters Hold Up Mirrors to Police (www.zengardner.com)

43 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011803 12 comments

17

Important Metrics in a Startup's Financial Statements (ttunguz.github.io)

40 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011909 10 comments

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Magento is dead Merchants want a suite of marketing tools, not refactored code. (jmk.io)

37 points first seen 2014011800 last seen 2014011806 51 comments

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The brain can process images seen for just 13 milliseconds (www.kurzweilai.net)

37 points first seen 2014011815 last seen 2014011918 17 comments

23

Where Football Players Call Home (mode.github.io)

36 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011909 24 comments

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Path Beta for Windows Phone 8 (blog.path.com)

32 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014011903 21 comments

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Bay Area tech boom not cause of region's problems (www.sfgate.com)

32 points first seen 2014011815 last seen 2014011815 50 comments

0

Rethink the airline boarding pass (accepting limitations) (petesmart.co.uk)

28 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011803 0 comments

53

Why did why the lucky stiff quit? (2013) (kevinw.github.io)

27 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014011821 4 comments

63

Why Hiring Exclusively for Experience Doesn't Make Sense (www.entrepreneur.com)

24 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011806 15 comments

0

Obama presents NSA reforms with plan to end government storage of call data (www.theguardian.com)

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TrueCrypt's Plausible Deniability is Theoretically Useless [2013] (defuse.ca)

22 points first seen 2014011800 last seen 2014011900 31 comments

0

So do Ethernet cables have their own sound? (www.the-ear.net)

21 points first seen 2014011800 last seen 2014011800 21 comments

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Show HN: The easiest 2-factor auth in the world (developer.mepin.com)

21 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011903 29 comments

77

The Dirty Secret of 10x Engineers (www.erictang.org)

21 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011809 14 comments

27

Mining The Data Behind Toy Safety (chartio.com)

18 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011903 8 comments

75

What Happens When Water Freezes in a Box So Strong It Can’t Expand? (gizmodo.com)

17 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011806 4 comments

85

Confessions of a knowledge junkie (ochronus.com)

16 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011809 0 comments

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Here is the hacker movies' stuntman (hackertyper.net)

15 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011806 8 comments

1

Go by Example (gobyexample.com)

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74

America's Coming Geek Gap (www.motherjones.com)

13 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011806 13 comments

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'The Floppy Did Me In' (www.theatlantic.com)

12 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011806 3 comments

0

Hacking Hacker News (fr.slideshare.net)

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Sean Voisen » A Gentle Intro to Monads … Maybe? (sean.voisen.org)

10 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011803 24 comments

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Backbone vs. Ember vs. React: A Benchmark (jsfiddle.net)

10 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011809 4 comments

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Will a computer hire you? (peoplesmarterthanme.com)

10 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014011900 5 comments

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Ask HN: Is there an HN leaderboard for story sources? (item?id=7079653)

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Send your name to space along the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft (blog.getinch.com)

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53

Show HN: Finally a legit way to search for broadband providers by zip. (broadbandnow.com)

9 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011812 14 comments

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Ask HN: Give me some Python/JavaScript project or web app ideas (item?id=7076666)

9 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014012203 8 comments

48

Everything That's Wrong With The Social Gaming Industry (www.awesome-robo.com)

9 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014011900 0 comments

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When to Stockpile Computer Parts? (www.interact-sw.co.uk)

9 points first seen 2014011812 last seen 2014011903 0 comments

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R-tree (en.wikipedia.org)

9 points first seen 2014011815 last seen 2014011903 0 comments

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Fridge sends spam emails as attack hits smart gadgets (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Keyboard innovation is making them worse (arstechnica.com)

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California drought: Jerry Brown declares emergency, asks public to ration water (www.sfgate.com)

8 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014011821 5 comments

82

'42Coin' Is Less Than Two Weeks Old And One Coin Is Worth More Than A Bitcoin (www.businessinsider.in)

8 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014011812 5 comments

62

Building an In-Browser JavaScript VM and Debugger Using Generators (amasad.me)

8 points first seen 2014011815 last seen 2014011903 0 comments

0

The poor don't work because they are economically rational - redux (www.chrisstucchio.com)

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84

Obama’s Speech on N.S.A. Phone Surveillance (www.nytimes.com)

7 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014011812 0 comments

68

Update on Hoefler & Frere-Jones: For Immediate Release (typography.com)

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49

Yasoon – Get your favourite app for Outlook (blog.yasoon.com)

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0

The story of NEA and CloudFlare: From sandwiches to $1B valuation (www.bizjournals.com)

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Computer Vision startup shows off some use cases (www.kickstarter.com)

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Here’s an iPhone Screen Doctor That’s Cheap, Efficient, and Makes House Calls (www.yahoo.com)

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Is Spotify spying on my Rdio activity? (creativaldo.tumblr.com)

6 points first seen 2014011812 last seen 2014011900 5 comments

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Court: Bloggers have First Amendment protections (www.kirotv.com)

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Adware vendors buy Chrome Extensions to send ad- and malware-filled updates (arstechnica.com)

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ClockShots - Extremely simple time tracking for your iPhone (clockshots.com)

5 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011809 0 comments

0

Ask HN: Recommended Statistics Books/Topics for Founders? (item?id=7029030)

5 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011803 3 comments

0

Deis open source PaaS adds Rollback & Enhanced Auditing (deis.io)

5 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011806 0 comments

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Chrome is the New C Runtime (www.mobilespan.com)

5 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011809 0 comments

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Ball Lightning has been recorded in nature by scientists for the first time ever (medium.com)

5 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011806 0 comments

0

Crash Test: 1959 vs 2009 (imgur.com)

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0

Startups vs. Olympics: Help get I/O Ventures Paul Bragiel to the Olympics (www.arcticstartup.com)

5 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011806 0 comments

0

Prototyping a $3.2B business in 20 minutes: ng-conf 2014 (www.youtube.com)

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Deciding Whether to Leave Google/Apple/Facebook? Question to Ask to Yourself (hunterwalk.com)

5 points first seen 2014011818 last seen 2014011900 0 comments

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Automate Everyday Tasks (sc5.io)

4 points first seen 2014011800 last seen 2014011800 0 comments

0

Ask HN: Why does Amazon allow multiple accounts with the same email address? (item?id=7075372)

4 points first seen 2014011800 last seen 2014011800 4 comments

0

Ask HN: What's the best online course for Wordpress? (item?id=7075195)

4 points first seen 2014011800 last seen 2014011800 2 comments

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IBM Announces $1.2 billion commitment to expand cloud footprint (www-03.ibm.com)

4 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011809 0 comments

0

Ask HN: What are some non-obvious traits of a good coworker/team member? (item?id=7063901)

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0

Ask HN: Should I create "Optimizely for Mobile apps"? (item?id=6972507)

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0

In Speech, Obama to Outline Limits on Surveillance Tactics (www.nytimes.com)

4 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011806 0 comments

0

Bitcloud: A Decentralized Cloud Based on Proof of Bandwidth (www.bitcloudproject.org)

4 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011806 0 comments

0

Ask HN: CSS The Right Way? (item?id=7078458)

4 points first seen 2014011809 last seen 2014011809 5 comments

0

Senator Al Franken's petition to overturn Citizens United (action.alfranken.com)

4 points first seen 2014011812 last seen 2014011812 0 comments

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Noam Chomsky on the Tea Party (voiceofrussia.com)

4 points first seen 2014011812 last seen 2014011812 0 comments

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Tory Burch Sells $300 Coronas (medium.com)

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Ask HN: How to break this cycle of procrastination? (item?id=7080257)

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0

Are you a Real Libertarian, or a ROYAL Libertarian? (geolib.com)

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With Math as Inspiration, a New Form of Flyer (www.nytimes.com)

3 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011803 0 comments

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Ask HN: how do you invest? (item?id=6974621)

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Ask HN: Can any of you use a technical video tutorial creator/trainer? (item?id=6939623)

3 points first seen 2014011803 last seen 2014011803 0 comments

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Ask HN: What is the best SCM software for a small team? (item?id=6875202)

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"What's wrong with TED talks?" Benjamin Bratton (www.youtube.com)

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Why Southern China Is The Best Place In The World For A Hardware Innovator (www.businessinsider.com)

3 points first seen 2014011806 last seen 2014011806 0 comments

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Wingtip of the new Airbus A350 (i.imgur.com)

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0

Ask HN: why Google doesn't see HN as a link farm? (item?id=7078475)

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0

Cookie Perfection Machine [video] (www.youtube.com)

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Ubuntu LTS 12.04.4 stable update packages released prematurely (us.archive.ubuntu.com)

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GoCardless (YC S11) is looking for online marketers in London (item?id=7075721)

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Hack on distributed systems and Linux with CoreOS (item?id=7078229)

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FundersClub (YC S12) is hiring a Head of Experience (item?id=7079551)

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