The Best Hacker News Posts of April 2013
We track 715 stories from April 2013, averaging 213 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 20 stories. Together they drew 71,070 comments, 99 per story on average.
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Path texts my entire phonebook at 6 AM
branded3.com · kemayo · 30 Apr 2013
1.2k pts
409 comments
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Tearable Cloth Simulation in JavaScript
codepen.io · NathanKP · 23 Apr 2013
1k pts
153 comments
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4
If the Earth were 100 pixels wide
distancetomars.com · oseibonsu · 3 Apr 2013
996 pts
208 comments
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Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line
wcvb.com · recoiledsnake · 15 Apr 2013
872 pts
586 comments
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Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer
suntimes.com · tptacek · 4 Apr 2013
841 pts
167 comments
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BitTorrent’s Secure Dropbox Alternative Goes Public
torrentfreak.com · ninthfrank07 · 23 Apr 2013
770 pts
283 comments
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Linode hacked, CCs and passwords leaked
slashdot.org · DiabloD3 · 15 Apr 2013
753 pts
404 comments
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Blink: A rendering engine for the Chromium project
blog.chromium.org · cramforce · 3 Apr 2013
729 pts
304 comments
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Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime
nytimes.com · praptak · 8 Apr 2013
717 pts
437 comments
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12
Don't Copy-Paste from Website to Terminal
thejh.net · dave1010uk · 7 Apr 2013
689 pts
258 comments
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13
You know, Google, the web already had this feature
blog.vrypan.net · vrypan · 11 Apr 2013
667 pts
429 comments
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14
What happens when you wring out a washcloth in space [video]
boingboing.net · morphics · 19 Apr 2013
656 pts
109 comments
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15
Why Rackspace Is Suing The Most Notorious Patent Troll In America
rackspace.com · grimey27 · 4 Apr 2013
622 pts
101 comments
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"Asswipe," replied Yahoo's server. That's when I knew I had it
ridiculousfish.com · peteretep · 18 Apr 2013
573 pts
104 comments
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19
French homeland intelligence threatens a sysop into deleting a Wikipedia Article
blog.wikimedia.fr · GabrielF00 · 6 Apr 2013
570 pts
189 comments
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20
I Knew a Programmer Who Went Completely Insane
startingdotneprogramming.blogspot.com · null_ptr · 19 Apr 2013
559 pts
321 comments
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21
The Boston Marathon Bombing: Keep Calm and Carry On
theatlantic.com · duck · 16 Apr 2013
553 pts
213 comments
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22
Pirates playing a game dev simulator complain about piracy
greenheartgames.com · ropiku · 29 Apr 2013
551 pts
384 comments
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23
What happens when you give 4chan images of the Boston Marathon?
basedheisenberg.tumblr.com · caffeinewriter · 17 Apr 2013
546 pts
285 comments
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24
Disney Shuts Down LucasArts
kotaku.com · Lightning · 3 Apr 2013
544 pts
239 comments
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26
Twitter Should Shut Me Down
edu.mkrecny.com · mkrecny · 25 Apr 2013
541 pts
206 comments
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27
Never Say WordPress When Selling a Web Design Project
speckyboy.com · speckyboy · 18 Apr 2013
535 pts
103 comments
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I knew exactly how she felt
trishkhoo.com · joshguthrie · 26 Apr 2013
521 pts
285 comments
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31
News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier
m.guardiannews.com · mycodebreaks · 15 Apr 2013
511 pts
236 comments
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Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet
money.cnn.com · cpeterso · 8 Apr 2013
504 pts
144 comments
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33
Wish I was here by Zach Braff
kickstarter.com · taytus · 24 Apr 2013
483 pts
205 comments
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My former employer Opera Software has filed a lawsuit against me
trondblog.tumblr.com · sverrejoh · 29 Apr 2013
475 pts
233 comments
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35
Disney have stolen my artwork
katiewoodger.tumblr.com · spideyunlimited · 8 Apr 2013
475 pts
188 comments
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Hoodie: very fast web app development
hood.ie · bpierre · 8 Apr 2013
474 pts
151 comments
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Hummingbird – A fresh take on music notation
hummingbirdnotation.com · pie · 10 Apr 2013
472 pts
276 comments
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Google Street View Hyperlapses [video]
thisiscolossal.com · cmsj · 11 Apr 2013
461 pts
67 comments
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42
Ask HN: Why would a government have created bitcoin?
pg · 14 Apr 2013
457 pts
294 comments
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43
Very Short Reply Expected
blog.vrypan.net · vrypan · 21 Apr 2013
456 pts
226 comments
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45
We call ourselves innovators, but most of us are really just iterators
evernote.com · pgrote · 2 Apr 2013
444 pts
222 comments
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46
“Right click and save as” needs to go away
svarden.se · cfj · 23 Apr 2013
444 pts
185 comments
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47
The Power Of Silence: Why The SimCity Story Went Away
rockpapershotgun.com · Vekz · 23 Apr 2013
443 pts
107 comments
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48
A Personal Statement from Iain Banks
littlebrown.co.uk · AndrewDucker · 3 Apr 2013
442 pts
346 comments
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49
The McDonald's Theory of Bad Ideas
medium.com · drx · 30 Apr 2013
442 pts
135 comments
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50
Abolish The Patent, Vanquish The Troll
rackspace.com · grimey27 · 12 Apr 2013
442 pts
131 comments
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51
How I Busted a Thief Who Tried to Sell My Camera on Craigslist
petapixel.com · missy · 6 Apr 2013
441 pts
164 comments
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Tesla Unveils New Finance Product
teslamotors.com · antr · 2 Apr 2013
438 pts
256 comments
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54
We used to sleep twice each night
delanceyplace.com · anigbrowl · 13 Apr 2013
417 pts
107 comments
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55
The next generation of Instapaper
marco.org · paulbz · 25 Apr 2013
416 pts
117 comments
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How a banner ad for H&R Block appeared on Apple.com without Apple’s OK
arstechnica.com · ben336 · 8 Apr 2013
405 pts
169 comments
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Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)
emergency.mit.net · weisser · 19 Apr 2013
402 pts
276 comments
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Programmer Creates An AI To (Not Quite) Beat NES Games
techcrunch.com · npongratz · 14 Apr 2013
399 pts
120 comments
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