The Best Hacker News Posts of February 2013
We track 634 stories from February 2013, averaging 227 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 14 stories. Together they drew 65,208 comments, 103 per story on average.
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A Most Peculiar Test Drive
teslamotors.com · reneherse · 14 Feb 2013
1.9k pts
578 comments
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Heroku's Ugly Secret: The story of how the cloud-king turned its back on Rails
rapgenius.com · tomlemon · 13 Feb 2013
1.8k pts
423 comments
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3
Bomberman massively multiplayer in HTML5
bombermine.com · cygnus · 27 Feb 2013
1.4k pts
201 comments
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4
Hello Chrome, it’s Firefox calling
hacks.mozilla.org · rnyman · 4 Feb 2013
1.4k pts
69 comments
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5
Hello Firefox, this is Chrome calling
blog.chromium.org · robin_reala · 4 Feb 2013
1.4k pts
178 comments
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I'd like to use the web my way, thank you very much Quora
hanselman.com · johns · 14 Feb 2013
902 pts
261 comments
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10
We Found Our Son in the Subway
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com · mccolin · 28 Feb 2013
839 pts
175 comments
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11
No, I'm not going to download your bullshit app
tommorris.org · k33l0r · 4 Feb 2013
799 pts
218 comments
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12
The Star Wars Route: Do a traceroute to 216.81.59.173
network-tools.com · fpp · 9 Feb 2013
770 pts
78 comments
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15
Civilized Discourse Construction Kit
codinghorror.com · sosuke · 5 Feb 2013
727 pts
270 comments
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16
Learn Git Branching
pcottle.github.com · redDragon · 16 Feb 2013
717 pts
137 comments
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17
I am under surveillance by Canadian agents, my computer has been backdoored
log.nadim.cc · joshfraser · 9 Feb 2013
701 pts
341 comments
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18
Why we don't hire programmers based on puzzles and tricks
37signals.com · mapleoin · 22 Feb 2013
648 pts
442 comments
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19
Andrew Mason's statement about being fired as Groupon CEO
jottit.com · robbiet480 · 28 Feb 2013
646 pts
186 comments
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20
Employees leave managers, not companies
alaisterlow.com · kirkus · 6 Feb 2013
625 pts
257 comments
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22
Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocopters
robohub.org · eguizzo · 21 Feb 2013
619 pts
133 comments
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23
Show HN: a web-based xkcd-style comix editor
cmx.io · dr_win · 12 Feb 2013
586 pts
109 comments
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24
I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. AMA
reddit.com · taylorbuley · 11 Feb 2013
579 pts
146 comments
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25
Elon Musk calls NYT review of the Tesla Model S ‘fake,’ citing vehicle log data
thenextweb.com · sethbannon · 11 Feb 2013
568 pts
485 comments
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Python trademark at risk in Europe
pyfound.blogspot.ca · arcatek · 14 Feb 2013
547 pts
163 comments
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DOJ Admits Aaron's Prosecution Was Political
tarensk.tumblr.com · rrbrambley · 26 Feb 2013
520 pts
148 comments
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30
Why was my email leaked?
forums.dropbox.com · chmars · 28 Feb 2013
513 pts
257 comments
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Code.org – Dedicated to growing computer programming education
code.org · sethbannon · 26 Feb 2013
509 pts
181 comments
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32
Ask HN: Tools of the trade, 2013 edition
sharjeel · 17 Feb 2013
494 pts
159 comments
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33
The best programmers are the quickest to Google
blog.framebase.io · vu0tran · 25 Feb 2013
486 pts
197 comments
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34
Announcing Topaz: A New Ruby
docs.topazruby.com · jnoller · 6 Feb 2013
481 pts
182 comments
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35
The Chromebook Pixel
chrome.blogspot.com · mikeevans · 21 Feb 2013
475 pts
487 comments
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37
Hello. I'm a compiler
stackoverflow.com · andremedeiros · 19 Feb 2013
472 pts
154 comments
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39
Do Not Type "File:///" in OS X
openradar.appspot.com · 67726e · 2 Feb 2013
469 pts
186 comments
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40
Apple’s Deleting iCloud Emails That Contain The Phrase 'Barely Legal Teens'
cultofmac.com · rdl · 26 Feb 2013
464 pts
385 comments
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41
Fabrice Bellard: Portrait of a super-productive programmer (2011)
blog.smartbear.com · Baustin · 8 Feb 2013
463 pts
155 comments
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43
The Truth about a Failing Startup
pastebin.com · throwawayrandom · 21 Feb 2013
458 pts
156 comments
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46
HN is 6 today. Here's traffic since the beginning
ycombinator.com · pg · 20 Feb 2013
445 pts
114 comments
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I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calling Them Out
andresmax.com · xs_kid · 4 Feb 2013
441 pts
270 comments
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49
Zuck, Bill Gates, Jack Dorsey In Short Film To Inspire Kids To Learn How To Code
techcrunch.com · aashaykumar92 · 26 Feb 2013
441 pts
223 comments
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50
HTML5 localStorage allows sites to fill up users' hard disks
feross.org · feross · 28 Feb 2013
440 pts
184 comments
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52
If you ever feel alone in this...
bubs.co · dariusmonsef · 23 Feb 2013
439 pts
92 comments
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53
Google Chrome may soon get audio indicators to show you noisy tabs
thenextweb.com · Lightning · 26 Feb 2013
437 pts
105 comments
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55
"River" detection in text
dsp.stackexchange.com · cpleppert · 23 Feb 2013
434 pts
91 comments
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56
Django 1.5 released
djangoproject.com · Lightning · 26 Feb 2013
427 pts
170 comments
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57
YouCompleteMe, a Fast, As-You-Type, Fuzzy-Search Code Completion Engine for Vim
val.markovic.io · syncontrol · 5 Feb 2013
427 pts
114 comments
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59
Use long flags when scripting
thechangelog.com · adamstac · 4 Feb 2013
423 pts
124 comments
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60
Firefox introduces PDF viewer
blog.mozilla.org · riledhel · 20 Feb 2013
421 pts
194 comments
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