The Best Hacker News Posts of May 2013

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Depression Part Two hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com.au · westicle · 10 May 2013

977 pts 240 comments

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Send money with Gmail google.com · marcell · 15 May 2013

779 pts 244 comments

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Induction powered LED lit engagement ring kokes.net · bcl · 22 May 2013

771 pts 76 comments

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Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project 7-min.com · lgsilver · 16 May 2013

760 pts 155 comments

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Show HN: Automatic weekly meal planner, also plans your leftovers eatthismuch.com · papa_bear · 1 May 2013

747 pts 288 comments

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Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space yahoo.tumblr.com · pdknsk · 20 May 2013

743 pts 359 comments

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Ubuntu's Bug #1 is fixed bugs.launchpad.net · daker · 30 May 2013

690 pts 191 comments

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Google Abandons Open Standards for Instant Messaging eff.org · thisisparker · 23 May 2013

677 pts 196 comments

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Tesla Repays Department of Energy Loan Nine Years Early teslamotors.com · weisser · 22 May 2013

670 pts 180 comments

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The One-Person Product marco.org · mh_ · 20 May 2013

666 pts 103 comments

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Windows NT Kernel Contributor Explains Why Performance is Behind Other OS blog.zorinaq.com · mrb · 11 May 2013

656 pts 295 comments

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Letter To A Young Programmer Considering A Startup al3x.net · twampss · 29 May 2013

643 pts 148 comments

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Announcing Online MS in Computer Science in Collaboration with Georgia Tech blog.udacity.com · rsanders · 15 May 2013

634 pts 189 comments

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US entertainment industry to Congress: make it legal for us to deploy rootkits boingboing.net · Suraj-Sun · 27 May 2013

608 pts 257 comments

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Software will not be patentable in New Zealand nzherald.co.nz · bitserf · 9 May 2013

592 pts 122 comments

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Why Isn't Gatsby in the Public Domain? eff.org · ninthfrank07 · 7 May 2013

590 pts 183 comments

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The New Yorker Strongbox newyorker.com · danso · 15 May 2013

583 pts 164 comments

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Show HN: Remove backgrounds from images online clippingmagic.com · jacobn · 9 May 2013

571 pts 140 comments

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I Don't Want Your Fucking App idontwantyourfuckingapp.tumblr.com · rustc · 12 May 2013

560 pts 256 comments

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Scientists Back Kiera Wilmot by Tweeting About All the Stuff They've Blown Up blogs.miaminewtimes.com · jamesbritt · 3 May 2013

558 pts 219 comments

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42 johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com · robinhouston · 26 May 2013

528 pts 58 comments

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Big-O Algorithm Complexity Cheat Sheet bigocheatsheet.com · ashleyblackmore · 4 May 2013

520 pts 132 comments

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Choosing Minecraft over Disney medium.com · don_neufeld · 19 May 2013

509 pts 185 comments

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Leaving Google’s silo: Alternatives to Gmail, Talk, Calendar, and more kkinder.com · corywright · 21 May 2013

506 pts 317 comments

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A bill in Congress legalizes cell phone unlocking and fixes the DMCA fixthedmca.org · sinak · 9 May 2013

501 pts 106 comments

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Steve Jobs emails that show how to win a negotiation qz.com · Pasanpr · 22 May 2013

499 pts 174 comments

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Git? tig blogs.atlassian.com · stefans · 7 May 2013

499 pts 110 comments

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The Girl Who Turned to Bone theatlantic.com · Steko · 24 May 2013

499 pts 97 comments

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The Onion releases fartscroll.js theonion.github.io · jgv · 9 May 2013

490 pts 126 comments

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Two.js jonobr1.github.io · jgv · 7 May 2013

488 pts 62 comments

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Go 1.1 is released blog.golang.org · enneff · 13 May 2013

484 pts 290 comments

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Etsy accused me of not assembling my synths by hand and shut down my shop wtfbyrne.tumblr.com · bmmayer1 · 14 May 2013

482 pts 151 comments

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Google to Microsoft: Remove your YouTube App from the Windows Phone Store wpcentral.com · Avalaxy · 15 May 2013

470 pts 212 comments

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Hacker News is depressing threads2.scripting.com · smacktoward · 21 May 2013

463 pts 378 comments

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A Saudi Arabia Telecom's Surveillance Pitch thoughtcrime.org · bbatsell · 13 May 2013

459 pts 111 comments

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The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (2009) steveblank.com · ohjeez · 22 May 2013

458 pts 390 comments

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Open-plan offices make employees less productive, less happy, and more sick qz.com · michaelochurch · 25 May 2013

458 pts 228 comments

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How a player with a “useless” item almost took down EVE Online’s entire economy penny-arcade.com · ssclafani · 3 May 2013

452 pts 106 comments

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This page is anonymous voidnull.sdf.org · voidnull · 1 May 2013

450 pts 243 comments

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Newegg nukes "corporate troll" Alcatel in third patent appeal win this year arstechnica.com · jfb · 16 May 2013

449 pts 115 comments

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I was struck by lightning yesterday—and boy am I sore arstechnica.com · kryptiskt · 23 May 2013

448 pts 258 comments

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Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job medium.com · davidbyttow · 22 May 2013

445 pts 236 comments

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Sydney tunnel water screen stop sign for oversized vehicles [video] youtube.com · morphics · 14 May 2013

443 pts 196 comments

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I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something taigeair.com · taigeair · 3 May 2013

442 pts 329 comments

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Introducing Android Studio plus.google.com · ishener · 15 May 2013

437 pts 182 comments

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Pure: a set of small, responsive CSS modules purecss.io · bmuon · 28 May 2013

432 pts 121 comments

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Dear Apple, let's talk about photos peternixey.com · robheaton · 8 May 2013

429 pts 297 comments

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Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" released debian.org · sciurus · 5 May 2013

428 pts 126 comments

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What's next Google? Dropping SMTP support? eschnou.com · eschnou · 16 May 2013

425 pts 248 comments

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A new Gmail inbox gmailblog.blogspot.com · Lightning · 29 May 2013

424 pts 305 comments

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Lenticular Photo Used To Secretly Convey Hot Line Number To Abused Kids diyphotography.net · scholia · 5 May 2013

424 pts 140 comments

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Teacher under fire for informing kids of their Fifth Amendment rights dailyherald.com · nsxwolf · 28 May 2013

414 pts 190 comments

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The New Google Maps maps.google.com · uptown · 15 May 2013

414 pts 188 comments

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Why I left Heroku, and notes on my new AWS setup holovaty.com · adrianh · 20 May 2013

404 pts 217 comments

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The Scientific 7-Minute Workout well.blogs.nytimes.com · tilt · 14 May 2013

401 pts 367 comments

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Glass dcurt.is · nate · 30 May 2013

401 pts 174 comments

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Lying Microsoft Advertising curi.us · xenophanes · 23 May 2013

397 pts 246 comments

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Statistical Formulas For Programmers evanmiller.org · bajames · 20 May 2013

395 pts 64 comments

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Most data isn’t “big,” and businesses are wasting money pretending it is qz.com · angelohuang · 12 May 2013

394 pts 156 comments

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Tesla Smashes Earnings And Revenue Expectations businessinsider.com · Pasanpr · 8 May 2013

385 pts 182 comments