The Best Hacker News Posts of March 2014
We track 792 stories from March 2014, averaging 220 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 23 stories. Together they drew 88,046 comments, 111 per story on average.
3
Elon Musk: To the People of New Jersey
teslamotors.com · zipop · 14 Mar 2014
1.3k pts
400 comments
Discussion →
4
Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit
techcrunch.com · dkasper · 16 Mar 2014
1.2k pts
1.1k comments
Discussion →
5
The Face Behind Bitcoin?
mag.newsweek.com · warrenmiller · 6 Mar 2014
1.2k pts
678 comments
Discussion →
7
Gravity waves from Big Bang detected
scientificamerican.com · tjaerv · 17 Mar 2014
892 pts
171 comments
Discussion →
8
Minecraft creator says he’s canceled talks for Oculus Rift version
thenextweb.com · sethbannon · 25 Mar 2014
887 pts
351 comments
Discussion →
9
The Indian sanitary pad revolutionary
bbc.co.uk · debugunit · 4 Mar 2014
835 pts
261 comments
Discussion →
11
Dark spot under cockpit of A-10s
aviation.stackexchange.com · mholt · 6 Mar 2014
772 pts
185 comments
Discussion →
12
Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public
blogs.technet.com · hornokplease · 25 Mar 2014
756 pts
204 comments
Discussion →
13
Update on Julie Horvath's Departure
github.com · bentlegen · 17 Mar 2014
701 pts
452 comments
Discussion →
14
ASCII Delimited Text – Not CSV or TAB delimited text
ronaldduncan.wordpress.com · fishy929 · 26 Mar 2014
695 pts
280 comments
Discussion →
18
Larry Page: I’d Rather Leave My Billions to Elon Musk Than to Charity
slate.com · ghosh · 20 Mar 2014
640 pts
430 comments
Discussion →
19
Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflector Plates to Model S
teslamotors.com · austenallred · 28 Mar 2014
631 pts
399 comments
Discussion →
20
Popcorn Time Is So Good at Movie Piracy, It’s Scary
time.com · caiobegotti · 11 Mar 2014
624 pts
410 comments
Discussion →
21
Meet the People Taking over Hacker News
blog.ycombinator.com · pg · 29 Mar 2014
614 pts
286 comments
Discussion →
22
Whatever goes up, that’s what we do
dcurt.is · uptown · 27 Mar 2014
609 pts
222 comments
Discussion →
23
It Is Time For Basic Income
hawkins.ventures · mchusma · 21 Mar 2014
608 pts
728 comments
Discussion →
24
Virtual Reality is going to change the world
notch.net · bpierre · 25 Mar 2014
597 pts
210 comments
Discussion →
26
Iconic – An Icon System Designed for the Modern Web
useiconic.com · Anchor · 4 Mar 2014
593 pts
116 comments
Discussion →
28
Emails From Schmidt And Sergey Brin Show Agreements Not To Hire Apple Workers
businessinsider.com · sgy · 23 Mar 2014
581 pts
321 comments
Discussion →
29
Hack: a new programming language for HHVM
code.facebook.com · bos · 20 Mar 2014
576 pts
415 comments
Discussion →
30
Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Speaks Out
rollingstone.com · johns · 11 Mar 2014
570 pts
228 comments
Discussion →
34
Threes: The Rip-offs and Making Our Original Game
asherv.com · gkoberger · 27 Mar 2014
556 pts
208 comments
Discussion →
35
Ask HN: What happens to older developers?
JeffJenkins · 10 Mar 2014
554 pts
358 comments
Discussion →
37
The Brutal Ageism of Tech
newrepublic.com · GabrielF00 · 23 Mar 2014
535 pts
346 comments
Discussion →
38
Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open to eavesdropping
arstechnica.com · Morgawr · 4 Mar 2014
515 pts
302 comments
Discussion →
41
Teen to government: Change your typeface, save millions
cnn.com · matttah · 28 Mar 2014
489 pts
238 comments
Discussion →
43
If The Moon Was Only 1 Pixel
joshworth.com · cdevroe · 4 Mar 2014
476 pts
178 comments
Discussion →
44
Google Will Eat Itself
googlewilleatitself.com · signaler · 16 Mar 2014
473 pts
126 comments
Discussion →
45
Welcome to Unreal Engine 4
unrealengine.com · seivan · 19 Mar 2014
468 pts
163 comments
Discussion →
47
Did Malaysian Airlines 370 disappear using SIA68/SQ68 (another 777)?
keithledgerwood.tumblr.com · cloudwalking · 17 Mar 2014
462 pts
389 comments
Discussion →
48
Feinstein Publicly Accuses C.I.A. of Spying on Congress
nytimes.com · 001sky · 11 Mar 2014
449 pts
192 comments
Discussion →
49
Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading
squirt.io · pkghost · 12 Mar 2014
443 pts
209 comments
Discussion →
50
Whatever’s Best For The People, That’s What We Do
medium.com · comex · 28 Mar 2014
437 pts
121 comments
Discussion →
51
Samsung Galaxy Back-door
redmine.replicant.us · wfn · 12 Mar 2014
437 pts
93 comments
Discussion →
52
Show HN: My Isometric Voxel Engine 6 Months Later
voxelquest.com · gavanwoolery · 28 Mar 2014
435 pts
132 comments
Discussion →
53
DigitalOcean Raises $37.2M From Andreessen Horowitz to Take on AWS
techcrunch.com · beigeotter · 6 Mar 2014
433 pts
285 comments
Discussion →
54
Russia Blocks Access to Major Independent News Sites
eff.org · emilis_info · 14 Mar 2014
426 pts
165 comments
Discussion →
55
NSA infiltrated RSA security more deeply than thought: Study
reuters.com · Libertatea · 31 Mar 2014
425 pts
97 comments
Discussion →
56
Popcorn Time – Watch torrent movies instantly
getpopcornti.me · hussfelt · 11 Mar 2014
421 pts
373 comments
Discussion →
57
Why I Never Hire Brilliant Men (1924)
en.wikisource.org · JabavuAdams · 20 Mar 2014
421 pts
263 comments
Discussion →
58
Dear AirBNB, No thank you for the XXX Freak Fest
dearairbnb.tumblr.com · joshmn · 16 Mar 2014
420 pts
240 comments
Discussion →
59
Screw stigma. I’m coming out.
medium.com · markmassie · 28 Mar 2014
420 pts
135 comments
Discussion →
60
Save more with Google Drive
googleblog.blogspot.com · aritraghosh007 · 13 Mar 2014
416 pts
403 comments
Discussion →