The Best Hacker News Posts of November 2013
We track 761 stories from November 2013, averaging 217 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 22 stories. Together they drew 79,041 comments, 104 per story on average.
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A spreadsheet in fewer than 30 lines of JavaScript, no library used
jsfiddle.net · ondras · 13 Nov 2013
1.4k pts
259 comments
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Google Security Team Member on NSA: "Fuck These Guys"
plus.google.com · cdvonstinkpot · 6 Nov 2013
1.2k pts
396 comments
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6
The second operating system hiding in every mobile phone
osnews.com · thomholwerda · 12 Nov 2013
1k pts
261 comments
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7
Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
winamp.com · bulibuta · 20 Nov 2013
957 pts
500 comments
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9
How Hacker News ranking really works: scoring, controversy, and penalties
righto.com · jseip · 26 Nov 2013
920 pts
190 comments
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11
What It's Like to Fail
priceonomics.com · ryan_j_naughton · 18 Nov 2013
834 pts
317 comments
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12
Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned “Rockstar” sues Google
arstechnica.com · phenylene · 1 Nov 2013
785 pts
528 comments
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13
Dear Googles: Stop asking
plus.google.com · davidgerard · 16 Nov 2013
751 pts
253 comments
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15
Are You A Typing Hacker? Prove It
phoboslab.org · danmaz74 · 2 Nov 2013
730 pts
252 comments
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17
Show HN: Probabilistically Generating HN Post Titles
grantslatton.com · gamegoblin · 28 Nov 2013
683 pts
260 comments
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18
Basic Data Structures and Algorithms in the Linux Kernel
cstheory.stackexchange.com · jackhammer2022 · 23 Nov 2013
682 pts
59 comments
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20
A living death: Sentenced to die behind bars for what?
aclu.org · subsystem · 16 Nov 2013
656 pts
488 comments
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22
Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
wikileaks.org · shill · 13 Nov 2013
650 pts
192 comments
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23
Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer
blockchain.info · a3voices · 22 Nov 2013
638 pts
453 comments
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24
Dear Googles: G+/YouTube Anschluss – you've done outed me
plus.google.com · davidgerard · 16 Nov 2013
630 pts
183 comments
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25
We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals
weworkremotely.com · narfz · 5 Nov 2013
599 pts
254 comments
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26
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
aws.amazon.com · teoruiz · 14 Nov 2013
593 pts
239 comments
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27
Id Software founder John Carmack resigns
polygon.com · footpath · 22 Nov 2013
590 pts
99 comments
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28
I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb
needwant.com · j0ncc · 1 Nov 2013
583 pts
373 comments
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30
Why You Should Never Use MongoDB
sarahmei.com · hyperpape · 11 Nov 2013
568 pts
337 comments
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31
This Google ad has moved people to tears across India and Pakistan
pri.org · selmnoo · 19 Nov 2013
557 pts
271 comments
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32
End the N.S.A. Dragnet, Now
nytimes.com · jedwhite · 26 Nov 2013
552 pts
168 comments
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33
Jury: Newegg infringes Spangenberg patent, must pay $2.3 million
arstechnica.com · lukeholder · 26 Nov 2013
550 pts
280 comments
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35
Software patent reform just died in the House
washingtonpost.com · alecco · 20 Nov 2013
525 pts
225 comments
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36
Co-Founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years
youtube.com · rl12345 · 8 Nov 2013
520 pts
259 comments
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37
How Money Moves Around The Banking System
gendal.wordpress.com · BitcoinNews_io · 25 Nov 2013
518 pts
61 comments
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38
My deadly disease was just a 23andme bug
mntmn.com · mntmn · 25 Nov 2013
516 pts
318 comments
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39
Google wins book-scanning case: judge finds “fair use,” cites many benefits
gigaom.com · japaget · 14 Nov 2013
500 pts
147 comments
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40
Why GNU grep is fast (2010)
lists.freebsd.org · kurren · 28 Nov 2013
495 pts
129 comments
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41
Moving forward on improving HTTP's security
lists.w3.org · iand · 13 Nov 2013
489 pts
237 comments
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42
Microsoft does away with stack ranking
zdnet.com · cnahr · 12 Nov 2013
489 pts
157 comments
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45
Deleting my Google+ profile
support.google.com · buro9 · 17 Nov 2013
470 pts
89 comments
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47
TPP Leak Confirms the Worst: US Still Trying to Trade Away Internet Freedoms
eff.org · jim-greer · 14 Nov 2013
463 pts
71 comments
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48
Machine learning is easier than it looks
insideintercom.io · jasonwatkinspdx · 20 Nov 2013
459 pts
167 comments
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50
Hey developers, stop forcing me to login to unsubscribe
andrewhillman · 9 Nov 2013
453 pts
133 comments
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51
Docker 0.7 runs on all Linux distributions
blog.docker.io · zrail · 26 Nov 2013
435 pts
128 comments
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52
Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion
fide.com · jordanmessina · 22 Nov 2013
430 pts
253 comments
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53
Why open-office layouts are bad for employees, bosses, and productivity
fastcompany.com · jtoeman · 21 Nov 2013
426 pts
239 comments
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55
Penny Arcade’s Insultingly Horrible Job
marco.org · ambirex · 26 Nov 2013
423 pts
295 comments
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56
HTML5 game written in 0 lines of JS
codepen.io · golergka · 22 Nov 2013
418 pts
119 comments
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57
My really successful, unfundable, piece of shit startup I hate to love
twicsy.tumblr.com · dumbfounder · 1 Nov 2013
413 pts
163 comments
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58
Google's Decline Really Bugs Me
blackhole12.blogspot.com · blackhole · 17 Nov 2013
411 pts
277 comments
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59
Occupy Wall Street activists buy $15m of Americans' personal debt
theguardian.com · sdfjkl · 12 Nov 2013
409 pts
267 comments
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