The Best Hacker News Posts of February 2014
We track 678 stories from February 2014, averaging 230 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 26 stories. Together they drew 75,760 comments, 112 per story on average.
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Today is The Day We Fight Back
thedaywefightback.org · brokenparser · 11 Feb 2014
2.1k pts
258 comments
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How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help
medium.com · kf · 13 Feb 2014
1.2k pts
789 comments
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5
Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus $3B in RSUs
techcrunch.com · vassvdm · 19 Feb 2014
1.1k pts
802 comments
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6
GCHQ intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users worldwide
theguardian.com · callum85 · 27 Feb 2014
1.1k pts
304 comments
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7
Mystery signal from a helicopter
windytan.com · schappim · 1 Feb 2014
1.1k pts
78 comments
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8
Hemingway makes your writing bold and clear
hemingwayapp.com · jmngomes · 12 Feb 2014
1k pts
327 comments
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9
Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO
microsoft.com · fredwu · 4 Feb 2014
1k pts
564 comments
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10
How I hacked Github again
homakov.blogspot.com · zhuzhuor · 7 Feb 2014
911 pts
190 comments
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12
US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview
benswann.com · spenvo · 2 Feb 2014
869 pts
229 comments
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13
How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry
baekdal.com · seivan · 1 Feb 2014
829 pts
524 comments
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15
Sam Altman for President
blog.ycombinator.com · TheMakeA · 21 Feb 2014
790 pts
153 comments
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16
Girls and Software
linuxjournal.com · forgottenpass · 9 Feb 2014
765 pts
414 comments
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17
Richard Lynch, an awesome PHP community guy and former colleague needs our help
richardlynch.blogspot.com · janeto · 10 Feb 2014
717 pts
306 comments
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18
Only 90s Web Developers Remember This
zachholman.com · bado · 25 Feb 2014
710 pts
394 comments
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19
GitHub's new text editor leaked on Twitter
github.com · almightygod · 26 Feb 2014
706 pts
249 comments
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20
Google permanently bans popular application from Play for not using IAP
plus.google.com · chrisacky · 3 Feb 2014
693 pts
264 comments
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23
Depixelizing Pixel Art
research.microsoft.com · epsylon · 26 Feb 2014
637 pts
159 comments
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25
A birthday present from Broadcom
raspberrypi.org · 1ris · 28 Feb 2014
625 pts
161 comments
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27
AWS Tips I Wish I'd Known Before I Started
wblinks.com · richadams · 3 Feb 2014
606 pts
149 comments
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28
Spritz – read 500 words per minute without any training
spritzinc.com · azov · 25 Feb 2014
593 pts
213 comments
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30
Tim Berners-Lee: We need to re-decentralise the web
wired.co.uk · amirmc · 6 Feb 2014
585 pts
200 comments
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32
Verizon Using Recent Net Neutrality Victory to Wage War Against Netflix?
davesblog.com · ceterumnet · 5 Feb 2014
560 pts
226 comments
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33
3D GIFs Created with a Simple Visual Effect
mymodernmet.com · bpierre · 16 Feb 2014
546 pts
105 comments
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34
One of the Most Alarming Internet Proposals I've Seen
lauren.vortex.com · seven · 23 Feb 2014
534 pts
91 comments
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35
It’s Time to Make OpenStreetMap Your Only Street Map
stevecoast.com · ZeroGravitas · 3 Feb 2014
525 pts
248 comments
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37
NBC Story about Hacking at Sochi is 100% Fraudulent
blog.erratasec.com · julespitt · 7 Feb 2014
497 pts
160 comments
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39
Installing VLC Media Player voids your speaker warranty
en.community.dell.com · mikecane · 9 Feb 2014
490 pts
218 comments
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40
Your Path to a $16B exit? Build a J2ME App
blog.textit.in · nicpottier · 20 Feb 2014
489 pts
234 comments
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41
Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast to End Web Traffic Jam
online.wsj.com · dctoedt · 23 Feb 2014
487 pts
337 comments
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42
The New TextSecure: Privacy Beyond SMS
whispersystems.org · dmix · 24 Feb 2014
478 pts
200 comments
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43
We Have Luxurious Jobs but We Are Not Aware of It
blog.gedrap.me · gedrap · 27 Feb 2014
473 pts
299 comments
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44
Chaos Computer Club files criminal complaint against the German Government
ccc.de · bachback · 3 Feb 2014
473 pts
40 comments
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45
Show HN: thedaywefightback.js
github.com · thomasfromcdnjs · 5 Feb 2014
472 pts
135 comments
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46
Elasticsearch 1.0.0 released
elasticsearch.org · dakrone · 12 Feb 2014
471 pts
136 comments
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47
A 60-Hour Work Week is Not a Badge of Honour
jeffarchibald.ca · thearchvolta · 15 Feb 2014
468 pts
313 comments
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49
Inside DuckDuckGo, Google's Tiniest, Fiercest Competitor
fastcolabs.com · marban · 20 Feb 2014
462 pts
236 comments
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51
Don't End The Week With Nothing
training.kalzumeus.com · austengary · 4 Feb 2014
456 pts
101 comments
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52
The Book of Graham
leveragedsellout.com · allworknoplay · 12 Feb 2014
455 pts
116 comments
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55
Silk Road 2 Hacked, All Bitcoins Stolen
deepdotweb.com · nikcub · 13 Feb 2014
449 pts
531 comments
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57
Comcast Acquiring Time Warner Cable In All Stock Deal Worth $45.2 Billion
online.wsj.com · ssclafani · 13 Feb 2014
435 pts
316 comments
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59
Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature
google.com · thejerz · 9 Feb 2014
430 pts
155 comments
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60
After Tyrone Hayes said that a chemical was harmful, its maker pursued him
newyorker.com · danso · 4 Feb 2014
428 pts
139 comments
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