The Best Hacker News Posts of December 2013
We track 690 stories from December 2013, averaging 222 points each. theguardian.com was the most linked source, with 22 stories. Together they drew 73,833 comments, 107 per story on average.
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South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies
bbc.co.uk · antr · 5 Dec 2013
1.1k pts
341 comments
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Trevor Perrin requests removal of NSA from IETF Crypto Review
ietf.org · tptacek · 20 Dec 2013
1.1k pts
140 comments
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I worked on the US drone program. The public should know what really goes on
theguardian.com · nsns · 29 Dec 2013
910 pts
475 comments
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Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer
reuters.com · bbatsell · 20 Dec 2013
899 pts
320 comments
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I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice System
theatlantic.com · ilamont · 17 Dec 2013
834 pts
472 comments
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Google Acquires Boston Dynamics
nytimes.com · dshankar · 14 Dec 2013
799 pts
291 comments
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NSA phone surveillance program likely unconstitutional, federal judge rules
theguardian.com · ferrellw · 16 Dec 2013
748 pts
231 comments
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Bill Gates takes part in Reddit's Secret Santa
redditgifts.com · rb2e · 19 Dec 2013
745 pts
226 comments
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An Engineer’s guide to Stock Options
blog.alexmaccaw.com · olivercameron · 10 Dec 2013
738 pts
154 comments
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I found Prezi's source code
blog.shubh.am · psychboo · 3 Dec 2013
712 pts
255 comments
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Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission’s accomplished
m.washingtonpost.com · uptown · 24 Dec 2013
687 pts
201 comments
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Are Your Programmers Working Hard, Or Are They Lazy?
mikehadlow.blogspot.co.uk · cryptoz · 12 Dec 2013
663 pts
322 comments
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Sent $35,104.11 USD to CoinBase. Never received Bitcoins
mgrunin · 18 Dec 2013
658 pts
475 comments
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Reform Government Surveillance
reformgovernmentsurveillance.com · raldi · 9 Dec 2013
657 pts
212 comments
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Download a copy of your Gmail and Google Calendar data
gmailblog.blogspot.com · uptown · 5 Dec 2013
628 pts
169 comments
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Gmail blows up e-mail marketing by caching all images on Google servers
arstechnica.com · shawndumas · 12 Dec 2013
601 pts
311 comments
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Valve joins the Linux Foundation
thenextweb.com · kwestro · 4 Dec 2013
593 pts
290 comments
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NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
washingtonpost.com · 001sky · 4 Dec 2013
588 pts
290 comments
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OK, Milt Olin, I'll start writing again
sivers.org · revorad · 9 Dec 2013
578 pts
63 comments
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A Great Old-Timey Game-Programming Hack
blog.moertel.com · acqq · 16 Dec 2013
571 pts
143 comments
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Royal pardon for codebreaker Alan Turing
bbc.co.uk · louthy · 24 Dec 2013
569 pts
154 comments
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The Future of JavaScript MVCs
swannodette.github.io · swannodette · 19 Dec 2013
564 pts
156 comments
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We’re About to Lose Net Neutrality
wired.com · joseflavio · 29 Dec 2013
554 pts
262 comments
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Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke
rollingstone.com · phaer · 23 Dec 2013
539 pts
253 comments
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Sorry, RSA, I'm just not buying it
gist.github.com · dmix · 23 Dec 2013
539 pts
127 comments
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Introducing Open Salaries at Buffer
open.bufferapp.com · jliechti1 · 19 Dec 2013
527 pts
337 comments
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Backpacker stripped of tech gear at Auckland Airport
nzherald.co.nz · _mgr · 12 Dec 2013
526 pts
254 comments
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How the Bitcoin protocol actually works
michaelnielsen.org · zootar · 6 Dec 2013
524 pts
55 comments
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Announcing the Safe, a Replacement for Convertible Notes
blog.ycombinator.com · katm · 6 Dec 2013
517 pts
111 comments
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Google Has Officially Penalized Rap Genius For Link Schemes
searchengineland.com · tomlemon · 25 Dec 2013
502 pts
283 comments
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How Expedia Buys Its Way To The Top Of Google
nenadseo.com · jmarbach · 28 Dec 2013
494 pts
155 comments
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Have I been pwned? Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach
haveibeenpwned.com · mountaineer · 4 Dec 2013
491 pts
283 comments
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Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles
bestmedicareprice.com · neilsharma · 6 Dec 2013
488 pts
222 comments
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A Crypto Challenge For The Telegram Developers
thoughtcrime.org · mjn · 19 Dec 2013
486 pts
131 comments
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The Criminalization of Everyday Life
tomdispatch.com · mankypro · 10 Dec 2013
482 pts
337 comments
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If a Drone Strike Hit an American Wedding We'd Ground Our Fleet
theatlantic.com · gabriel34 · 16 Dec 2013
480 pts
354 comments
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Uruguay legalises production and sale of cannabis
theguardian.com · wslh · 11 Dec 2013
480 pts
312 comments
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The 7 Habits of Highly Overrated People
daedtech.com · edandersen · 26 Dec 2013
466 pts
124 comments
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Tell HN: How we bootstrapped to the #1 rated mattress on Amazon.com
johmas · 13 Dec 2013
462 pts
271 comments
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Governments admit to faking terrorism: a list
ritholtz.com · marojejian · 9 Dec 2013
447 pts
134 comments
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Small things add up: 4chan's migration to a cookieless domain
chrishateswriting.com · moot · 2 Dec 2013
444 pts
131 comments
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Why I want Bitcoin to die in a fire
antipope.org · jagermo · 18 Dec 2013
436 pts
402 comments
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Anti-ageing compound set for human trials after turning clock back for mice
theguardian.com · Mizza · 22 Dec 2013
427 pts
231 comments
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Edward Snowden voted Guardian person of the year 2013
theguardian.com · r0h1n · 9 Dec 2013
427 pts
89 comments
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Robinhood: $0 commission stock brokerage
robinhood.io · stevenj · 14 Dec 2013
426 pts
152 comments
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Show HN: I made an HN for the financial industry
boredbanker.com · tdeangelis · 4 Dec 2013
422 pts
156 comments
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We Need to Talk About TED
bratton.info · TimSAstro · 17 Dec 2013
415 pts
184 comments
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Multiprocess Firefox
billmccloskey.wordpress.com · evilpie · 5 Dec 2013
415 pts
124 comments
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Tydlig – Calculator Reimagined for iPad and iPhone
tydligapp.com · Istof · 15 Dec 2013
411 pts
147 comments
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