The Best Hacker News Posts of January 2014
We track 713 stories from January 2014, averaging 219 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 27 stories. Together they drew 75,181 comments, 105 per story on average.
1
Wozniak: “Actually, the movie was largely a lie about me”
plus.google.com · jamesbritt · 19 Jan 2014
1.6k pts
301 comments
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2
Light Table is now open source
chris-granger.com · endianswap · 8 Jan 2014
1.3k pts
431 comments
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4
How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username
medium.com · micahgoulart · 29 Jan 2014
1k pts
386 comments
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5
Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel peace prize
theguardian.com · ahjones · 29 Jan 2014
1k pts
191 comments
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6
You might not need jQuery
youmightnotneedjquery.com · sfeng · 30 Jan 2014
994 pts
349 comments
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8
Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850
inessential.com · zdw · 21 Jan 2014
917 pts
246 comments
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9
OpenBSD will shut down if we do not have the funding to keep the lights on
marc.info · openbsddesktop · 16 Jan 2014
825 pts
407 comments
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10
Confessions of an ex-TSA agent
politico.com · dsr12 · 31 Jan 2014
819 pts
192 comments
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12
Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower
nytimes.com · Anechoic · 2 Jan 2014
804 pts
157 comments
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13
How Silicon Valley CEOs conspired to drive down tech engineer wages
pando.com · uptown · 23 Jan 2014
797 pts
470 comments
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14
Yale censored a student's course catalog site. I made an unblockable replacement
haufler.org · shaufler · 19 Jan 2014
775 pts
199 comments
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16
Show HN: Kimono – Never write a web scraper again
kimonify.kimonolabs.com · pranade · 15 Jan 2014
717 pts
230 comments
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17
Toshiba says they made a mistake but they still cannot help me
bandyt.site44.com · barhum · 3 Jan 2014
700 pts
192 comments
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18
What Hard Drive Should I Buy?
blog.backblaze.com · nuriaion · 21 Jan 2014
688 pts
266 comments
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19
Google to Acquire Nest
investor.google.com · coloneltcb · 13 Jan 2014
684 pts
568 comments
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20
An Open Letter to HN from EFF, Demand Progress, and Cory Doctorow
davidsegal · 10 Jan 2014
681 pts
101 comments
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21
Building an open source Nest
blog.spark.io · simonbarker87 · 17 Jan 2014
662 pts
250 comments
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22
Show HN: I open-sourced my web app alternative to Illustrator
mondrian.io · artursapek · 24 Jan 2014
644 pts
92 comments
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23
Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)
googleblog.blogspot.com · dboyd · 17 Jan 2014
638 pts
177 comments
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25
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wolframalpha.com · rsiqueira · 29 Jan 2014
617 pts
96 comments
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26
Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential
lists.w3.org · duncan_bayne · 14 Jan 2014
597 pts
406 comments
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27
Uncensored Everpix metrics, financials and slides
github.com · jot · 10 Jan 2014
597 pts
158 comments
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28
A member of our community is missing, help find him
blog.izs.me · mcgwiz · 13 Jan 2014
594 pts
65 comments
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30
Square thinks I don’t exist
kevinchen.co · kevinchen · 28 Jan 2014
567 pts
252 comments
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31
Bro pages: like man pages, but with examples only
bropages.org · _yfoe · 25 Jan 2014
556 pts
831 comments
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32
Backdoor found in Linksys, Netgear Routers
github.com · nilsjuenemann · 1 Jan 2014
552 pts
136 comments
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33
Today I Briefed Congress on the NSA
schneier.com · edwintorok · 16 Jan 2014
537 pts
140 comments
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34
King.com, makers of Candy Crush Saga – Trademark Trolls with a Double Standard?
junkyardsam.com · bpierre · 24 Jan 2014
533 pts
217 comments
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35
The email line that's client repellent
letsworkshop.com · robwilliams88 · 31 Jan 2014
532 pts
93 comments
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37
The Rise and Rise of Television Torture
interpretthis.org · aychedee · 7 Jan 2014
524 pts
285 comments
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38
How a Math Genius Hacked OkCupid to Find True Love
wired.com · daw___ · 22 Jan 2014
506 pts
183 comments
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39
Revolution in Kiev
zyalt.livejournal.com · eigenvector · 26 Jan 2014
496 pts
364 comments
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40
Why I'm Betting On Julia
evanmiller.org · mistermcgruff · 23 Jan 2014
493 pts
252 comments
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41
If you move your mouse continually the query may not fail. Do not stop moving
support.microsoft.com · shawndumas · 4 Jan 2014
493 pts
163 comments
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42
2014 Gates Annual Letter: Myths that block progress for the poor
annualletter.gatesfoundation.org · pyduan · 21 Jan 2014
490 pts
307 comments
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43
“Vacations are for the weak”
sethbannon.com · sethbannon · 2 Jan 2014
486 pts
356 comments
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44
Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division
reuters.com · rpledge · 29 Jan 2014
478 pts
253 comments
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45
How Radians Work in 30 Seconds
lh5.googleusercontent.com · _pius · 19 Jan 2014
474 pts
100 comments
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47
US Supreme Court declines to hear appeal by patent troll
inc.com · dded · 14 Jan 2014
468 pts
86 comments
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48
The Day We Fight Back
thedaywefightback.org · sinak · 10 Jan 2014
460 pts
184 comments
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49
Evernote, the bug-ridden elephant
jasonkincaid.net · ssclafani · 4 Jan 2014
451 pts
246 comments
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50
4K is for programmers
tiamat.tsotech.com · bhauer · 10 Jan 2014
449 pts
335 comments
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52
Python code to solve xkcd 1313 by Peter Norvig
nbviewer.ipython.org · weslly · 7 Jan 2014
447 pts
72 comments
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53
We spent a week making Trello boards load fast
blog.fogcreek.com · mwsherman · 22 Jan 2014
445 pts
94 comments
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55
Yale students made a better version of its course catalog. Yale shut it down
washingtonpost.com · zt · 17 Jan 2014
439 pts
125 comments
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56
Burglars Who Took on F.B.I. Abandon Shadows
nytimes.com · philipn · 7 Jan 2014
429 pts
88 comments
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57
US makes Bitcoin exchange arrests
bbc.co.uk · majc2 · 27 Jan 2014
411 pts
308 comments
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58
The Great Firewall of Yale
162.209.96.128 · shaufler · 14 Jan 2014
409 pts
126 comments
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60
Bzr is dying; Emacs needs to move
lists.gnu.org · __david__ · 2 Jan 2014
401 pts
302 comments
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