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US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview (ongoing for six days) (benswann.com)

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How in-app purchases has destroyed the (game) industry (www.baekdal.com)

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/u/161719 tells us all why surveillance is not OK (www.reddit.com)

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Microsoft please clean your store from junk (oneslash.postach.io)

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Big changes to Erlang (joearms.github.io)

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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2014) (item?id=7162197)

281 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014022809 0 comments

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Full Stack Python: open source guide to all layers of the Python web stack (www.fullstackpython.com)

268 points first seen 2014020215 last seen 2014070903 57 comments

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We Are Giving Ourselves Cancer (nytimes.com)

242 points first seen 2014020209 last seen 2014020403 151 comments

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School ditches rules and loses bullies (tvnz.co.nz)

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Honest Android Games (honestandroidgames.com)

218 points first seen 2014020212 last seen 2014020500 67 comments

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Bitcoins the hard way: Using the raw Bitcoin protocol (www.righto.com)

215 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020403 26 comments

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The Only Interview Question That Matters (www.inc.com)

184 points first seen 2014020200 last seen 2014020400 170 comments

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Reversing the WRT120N’s Firmware Obfuscation (www.devttys0.com)

169 points first seen 2014020218 last seen 2014020403 26 comments

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Why I’ll be Pirating Adobe’s Products From Now On (parkerrr.com)

150 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020318 166 comments

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Fixing Windows 8 (2013) (jaymachalani.com)

134 points first seen 2014020212 last seen 2014020400 104 comments

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Why I absolutely love the Microsoft BizSpark Programme (theblogbowl.in)

132 points first seen 2014020215 last seen 2014020400 93 comments

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What If You Combined Co-Working And Daycare? (www.fastcompany.com)

125 points first seen 2014020215 last seen 2014020400 67 comments

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Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2014) (item?id=7162201)

104 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020309 130 comments

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Belgian professor in cryptography hacked (www.standaard.be)

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Microsoft backs off on Metro (www.computerworld.com)

87 points first seen 2014020209 last seen 2014020309 98 comments

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Mailpile Alpha Release: Shipping Bits and Atoms (www.mailpile.is)

83 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020321 44 comments

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Optimizing Your Industry to the Point of Suicide (2012) (www.baekdal.com)

83 points first seen 2014020215 last seen 2014020400 42 comments

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Hitchhiker's Guide to Clojure (gigasquidsoftware.com)

67 points first seen 2014020215 last seen 2014020400 4 comments

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Partial Application in JavaScript using bind() (passy.svbtle.com)

66 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020321 38 comments

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The best todo list app for any developer (coderwall.com)

65 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020309 63 comments

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Jeopardy's controversial new champion is using game theory to win big (www.businessinsider.com)

63 points first seen 2014020215 last seen 2014020309 13 comments

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Objective Smalltalk (github.com)

60 points first seen 2014020200 last seen 2014020318 64 comments

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Ask PG: What is the best non-computer hack ever described in a YC application? (item?id=7161380)

59 points first seen 2014020200 last seen 2014032203 0 comments

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Workers bought SUGAR from supermarket to slow cement flood on Victoria Line (www.standard.co.uk)

56 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020321 38 comments

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Kitestring: An app that checks up on you (www.kitestring.io)

56 points first seen 2014020218 last seen 2014021112 43 comments

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Letters of Last Resort (en.wikipedia.org)

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One-Ring Phone Scam on the Rise (concord.bbb.org)

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As Argentine Peso Falters, President Keeps a Low Profile (www.nytimes.com)

46 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020212 50 comments

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Build your own Buffer App service – a weekend hack (farhan.org)

45 points first seen 2014020212 last seen 2014020321 9 comments

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Linux Containers, Docker, and Security (www.slideshare.net)

44 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020309 26 comments

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Through a Face Scanner Darkly (www.newyorker.com)

43 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020312 38 comments

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Quantum vacuum plasma thruster (en.wikipedia.org)

38 points first seen 2014020200 last seen 2014020309 24 comments

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GitHub and BitBucket (2011) (www.pocoo.org)

38 points first seen 2014020215 last seen 2014020306 43 comments

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Late Meditations on XKCD 936 (insideofthebox.tumblr.com)

36 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020209 48 comments

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Learn You The Node.js (jamescarl.us)

36 points first seen 2014020209 last seen 2014020312 6 comments

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NSA and GCHQ spoofed LinkedIn to hack Belgian cryptography professor (gigaom.com)

35 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020203 3 comments

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Ask HN: Please tell us how you started a project in PHP and are sorry for this. (item?id=7165066)

33 points first seen 2014020218 last seen 2014020306 33 comments

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Make libart the default runtime (android.googlesource.com)

32 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020309 11 comments

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Argentina is Going Down (www.dailyreckoning.com.au)

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Whitehouse.gov Net Neutrality Petition Passes 95k Signatures (petitions.whitehouse.gov)

28 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020206 10 comments

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China's Deceptively Weak (and Dangerous) Military. (thediplomat.com)

25 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020203 2 comments

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Default File Manager with Unity8 in future desktops (lists.ubuntu.com)

24 points first seen 2014020212 last seen 2014020212 45 comments

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How to write good software (www.drmaciver.com)

22 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020212 11 comments

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The best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls (www.slant.co)

22 points first seen 2014020215 last seen 2014020312 6 comments

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Apple Rejecting Apps For Not Showing Ads (blog.tapstream.com)

21 points first seen 2014020215 last seen 2014020300 16 comments

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A Brief History of 'What Time Is the Super Bowl?' (www.theatlantic.com)

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Hocus-Pocus, and a Beaker of Truffles (2007) (www.nytimes.com)

16 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020300 9 comments

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How to get past resume screeners (http://jobscan.co)

16 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020221 8 comments

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Inspiring videos that made me a better designer (aenism.com)

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Got Hit by “Not Provided”? Grab Your Organic Keyword Data While you still can (www.searchenginejournal.com)

13 points first seen 2014020200 last seen 2014020209 2 comments

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Testing Rake Tasks with RSpec (carlosplusplus.github.io)

13 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020221 6 comments

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Passion is exploitable (lacquer.fi)

13 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020206 5 comments

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Reddit account compromised: a lesson in passwords (item?id=7162733)

9 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020206 7 comments

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GoDaddy Updates Its User Protection Policies (techcrunch.com)

9 points first seen 2014020209 last seen 2014020221 6 comments

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Bell Internet Hacked, 40,000 Customer Credentials leaked (www.cyberwarnews.info)

9 points first seen 2014020212 last seen 2014020215 0 comments

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FOSDEM 2014 – Video Streams (streaming.fosdem.org)

8 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020203 0 comments

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Show HN: A bread machine website (machinebaked.com)

8 points first seen 2014020209 last seen 2014020209 3 comments

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Hacker News Effect (item?id=7163606)

8 points first seen 2014020209 last seen 2014020209 2 comments

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How we found a million style and grammar errors in the English Wikipedia (fosdem.org)

8 points first seen 2014020212 last seen 2014020212 2 comments

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Stop Doing Shit You Hate (zachobront.com)

8 points first seen 2014020212 last seen 2014020300 0 comments

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I will pay $1,000 to the person who finds me a better job (techno-anthropology.blogspot.com)

8 points first seen 2014020215 last seen 2014020300 2 comments

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How Edward Snowden went from loyal NSA contractor to whistleblower (www.theguardian.com)

7 points first seen 2014020200 last seen 2014020203 0 comments

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Mars Curiosity Rover model (www.shapeways.com)

6 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020203 0 comments

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DC Circuits in F# (github.com)

6 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020212 2 comments

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How I growth hacked to $30ml in sales (malcolmbell.net)

6 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020206 0 comments

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To www or not to www? (item?id=7164364)

6 points first seen 2014020215 last seen 2014020218 17 comments

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Ask HN: Cloned side project (item?id=7161634)

5 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020203 6 comments

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Can we equate computing with art? (www.ft.com)

5 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020209 0 comments

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What is the future of the mobile app (specifically games) economy? (item?id=7163327)

5 points first seen 2014020209 last seen 2014020212 0 comments

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The first seven new generic top level domains are available Feb. 2 (robb.weblaws.org)

5 points first seen 2014020209 last seen 2014020215 2 comments

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Sony Reject Lenovo Offer (podd.io)

5 points first seen 2014020212 last seen 2014020218 0 comments

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Ask HN: What are the best growth hacking tools? (item?id=7163753)

5 points first seen 2014020212 last seen 2014020212 4 comments

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Outernet: WiFi for the World from Outer Space (www.outernet.is)

5 points first seen 2014020212 last seen 2014020212 0 comments

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Russian Federation Anti-Gay Laws: An Analysis and Deconstruction [pdf] (gallery.mailchimp.com)

5 points first seen 2014020215 last seen 2014020221 2 comments

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Functional Vectors, Maps, and Sets in Julia Programming Language (www.infoq.com)

4 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020206 0 comments

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Understanding Leibniz notation and differentials (mymathcrap.wordpress.com)

4 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020206 0 comments

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Stop Overthinking Your Life (www.realsimple.com)

4 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020206 0 comments

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Is “sales” a dirty word? (justinjackson.ca)

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Why was the Windows File Transfer so bad at predicting transfer time? (superuser.com)

4 points first seen 2014020209 last seen 2014020212 3 comments

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Special Report – Tech Startups [pdf] (media.economist.com)

4 points first seen 2014020218 last seen 2014020300 0 comments

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UK Based Ebay and Paypal Websites are Compromised (www.cybernewsalerts.com)

4 points first seen 2014020221 last seen 2014020303 0 comments

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Ask HN: Will you pay to download a fast/secure/privacy web browser? (item?id=7161895)

3 points first seen 2014020203 last seen 2014020203 3 comments

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Ranking the Websites of the 50 Nifty United States (medium.com)

3 points first seen 2014020206 last seen 2014020206 0 comments

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Ask HN: Is it standard industry practice to be awarded a patent as an employee? (item?id=7163455)

3 points first seen 2014020209 last seen 2014020209 0 comments

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Ask HN: What is your ideal work environment? (item?id=7163284)

3 points first seen 2014020209 last seen 2014020209 0 comments

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The Future of Code by Ruby’s Father (medium.com)

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David Gelernter: Bring on the "stream browser" (news.cnet.com)

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Very Handy Python Snippets (gist.github.com)

3 points first seen 2014020218 last seen 2014020221 0 comments

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40,000 Bell Canada customers' personal information leaked online by hacker group (o.canada.com)

3 points first seen 2014020218 last seen 2014020218 0 comments