The Best Hacker News Posts of July 2013

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XKeyscore: NSA program collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet' theguardian.com · sinak · 31 Jul 2013

1.7k pts 612 comments

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I'm learning to code by building 180 websites in 180 days. Today is day 115 blog.jenniferdewalt.com · jenniferDewalt · 24 Jul 2013

1.5k pts 344 comments

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“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book” salon.com · gabemart · 7 Jul 2013

1.3k pts 408 comments

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Do Things that Don't Scale paulgraham.com · allang · 14 Jul 2013

1.3k pts 207 comments

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Ubuntu Edge indiegogo.com · ergo14 · 22 Jul 2013

1.2k pts 378 comments

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Doug Engelbart has died ietf.org · sbarre · 3 Jul 2013

1.2k pts 94 comments

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Victory Lap for Ask Patents joelonsoftware.com · jaydles · 22 Jul 2013

1.1k pts 151 comments

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Quine Relay github.com · codeulike · 15 Jul 2013

983 pts 177 comments

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Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow wikileaks.org · mvbrasil · 1 Jul 2013

954 pts 483 comments

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Hospital creates bidding war by posting pricing online kfor.com · nolanbrown23 · 9 Jul 2013

868 pts 226 comments

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Restore the Fourth restorethefourth.net · sethbannon · 4 Jul 2013

772 pts 173 comments

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Forgotten Employee (2002) sites.google.com · bgar · 23 Jul 2013

747 pts 291 comments

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The Drone that Killed my Grandson nytimes.com · dr_ · 18 Jul 2013

708 pts 357 comments

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Kathy Sierra: Your app makes me fat seriouspony.com · _pius · 29 Jul 2013

682 pts 203 comments

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Obama Promises Disappear from Web sunlightfoundation.com · 1337biz · 26 Jul 2013

657 pts 162 comments

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I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to my resume qz.com · Lisa2000 · 12 Jul 2013

643 pts 376 comments

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Psd.rb layervault.tumblr.com · chamza · 30 Jul 2013

629 pts 92 comments

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Lockdown marco.org · mh_ · 3 Jul 2013

625 pts 217 comments

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The Future of Programming worrydream.com · rpearl · 30 Jul 2013

614 pts 341 comments

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Human-Powered Helicopter Wins the $250,000 Sikorsky Prize popularmechanics.com · comatose_kid · 11 Jul 2013

601 pts 95 comments

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The Forbidden Island neatorama.com · VexXtreme · 19 Jul 2013

597 pts 278 comments

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A 97-Year-Old Man Who Draws Using Microsoft Paint from Windows ’95 thisiscolossal.com · tvladeck · 24 Jul 2013

596 pts 136 comments

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Feds, We Need Some Time Apart defcon.org · rosser · 11 Jul 2013

587 pts 250 comments

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Google Chromecast google.com · Zaheer · 24 Jul 2013

578 pts 315 comments

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Tell-all telephone – Six months of phone metadata visualized zeit.de · danielhunt · 1 Jul 2013

568 pts 72 comments

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Hacker News Folks Get Long Overdue Thanks linuxlock.blogspot.sg · reactor · 20 Jul 2013

564 pts 138 comments

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Ideas on how to improve customer conversion and ease of use goodui.org · florian95 · 5 Jul 2013

555 pts 146 comments

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Bolivia to file UN complaint over airspace blockade rt.com · Libertatea · 3 Jul 2013

537 pts 378 comments

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How Google is Killing Organic Search blog.tutorspree.com · akharris · 1 Jul 2013

535 pts 209 comments

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Cello: Higher level programming in C libcello.org · mntmn · 15 Jul 2013

535 pts 157 comments

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Prism Break prism-break.org · SkyMarshal · 9 Jul 2013

534 pts 197 comments

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Never Trust Facebook wellpreparedmind.wordpress.com · mikecane · 1 Jul 2013

533 pts 190 comments

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The slippery slope 90percentofeverything.com · justinph · 23 Jul 2013

520 pts 135 comments

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DecryptoCat tobtu.com · thejosh · 4 Jul 2013

516 pts 276 comments

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Use "Amazon 1 Button" Chrome extension to sniff all HTTPS websites blog.kotowicz.net · jamzed · 12 Jul 2013

516 pts 58 comments

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U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement nytimes.com · rdp · 3 Jul 2013

497 pts 237 comments

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Why I cancelled my TechEd talks goodenoughsoftware.net · ohjeez · 24 Jul 2013

495 pts 178 comments

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Linus on "acting professionally" marc.info · blacktulip · 16 Jul 2013

488 pts 485 comments

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Ask HN: I'm quadriplegic – can you help me with my security? escapologybb · 16 Jul 2013

486 pts 168 comments

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Riding the New Silk Road nytimes.com · pak · 21 Jul 2013

486 pts 153 comments

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Fuck Off As A Service (FOAAS) foaas.com · choult · 19 Jul 2013

486 pts 105 comments

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EFF sues the NSA Over Illegal Surveillance eff.org · grey-area · 16 Jul 2013

486 pts 36 comments

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Releases – a workflow for shipping software to end users github.com · remi · 2 Jul 2013

485 pts 78 comments

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Should I use a carousel? shouldiuseacarousel.com · skinofstars · 10 Jul 2013

483 pts 155 comments

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Motorola cell phones are regularly phoning home beneaththewaves.net · freejoe76 · 1 Jul 2013

483 pts 112 comments

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Block NSA funding for collecting the call records of all Americans defundthensa.com · sinak · 23 Jul 2013

482 pts 220 comments

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White Coke en.wikipedia.org · annapowellsmith · 17 Jul 2013

478 pts 236 comments

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Stop Glorifying Hard Work and Long Hours alexstechthoughts.com · Ataub24 · 10 Jul 2013

477 pts 239 comments

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Yahoo wins motion to declassify court documents in PRISM case news.cnet.com · falk · 16 Jul 2013

477 pts 86 comments

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Practical Typography practicaltypography.com · dchest · 24 Jul 2013

472 pts 159 comments

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Effeckt.css h5bp.github.io · apunic · 18 Jul 2013

472 pts 95 comments

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How Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages guardian.co.uk · shakes · 11 Jul 2013

470 pts 156 comments

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Passive Income Hacker vs Startup Guy edu.mkrecny.com · mkrecny · 26 Jul 2013

466 pts 258 comments

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Android saves wifi passwords in plaintext to the cloud code.google.com · JanLaussmann · 17 Jul 2013

464 pts 162 comments

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Final Term - Terminal Emulator finalterm.org · selectnull · 8 Jul 2013

461 pts 166 comments

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Why mobile web apps are slow sealedabstract.com · jacobparker · 9 Jul 2013

458 pts 147 comments

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"Nothing like this will be built again" antipope.org · ajdecon · 8 Jul 2013

452 pts 95 comments

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Text of letter to Edward Snowden from his father and father’s attorney washingtonpost.com · eplanit · 2 Jul 2013

448 pts 118 comments

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"Disable Javascript" option removed in Firefox 23 bugzilla.mozilla.org · joallard · 1 Jul 2013

445 pts 365 comments

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Don't be evil: Moving everything off of Google blog.samwhited.com · SamWhited · 12 Jul 2013

442 pts 300 comments