The Best Hacker News Posts of April 2014
We track 832 stories from April 2014, averaging 217 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 27 stories. Together they drew 84,364 comments, 101 per story on average.
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Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler
roslyn.codeplex.com · keithwarren · 3 Apr 2014
1.4k pts
446 comments
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How we got read access on Google’s production servers
blog.detectify.com · detectify · 11 Apr 2014
1.2k pts
192 comments
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Project Naptha: a browser extension that enables text selection on any image
projectnaptha.com · antimatter15 · 22 Apr 2014
1.1k pts
134 comments
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“Game Programming Patterns” is now finished
gameprogrammingpatterns.com · rockybox · 23 Apr 2014
988 pts
74 comments
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Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO
blog.mozilla.org · platz · 3 Apr 2014
982 pts
1.2k comments
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9
The Absurdity of LinkedIn
blog.42floors.com · darrennix · 30 Apr 2014
803 pts
336 comments
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10
What I Would Do If I Ran Tarsnap
kalzumeus.com · tnorthcutt · 3 Apr 2014
801 pts
311 comments
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Results of the GitHub Investigation
github.com · danielsju6 · 21 Apr 2014
739 pts
479 comments
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12
SF’s Housing Crisis Explained
techcrunch.com · minimaxir · 15 Apr 2014
683 pts
465 comments
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13
Lens Blur in the new Google Camera app
googleresearch.blogspot.com · cleverjake · 16 Apr 2014
644 pts
239 comments
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14
Learn C and build your own Lisp
buildyourownlisp.com · p4bl0 · 4 Apr 2014
641 pts
145 comments
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15
The Birth and Death of JavaScript [video]
destroyallsoftware.com · gary_bernhardt · 17 Apr 2014
635 pts
227 comments
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18
Follow up to the investigation results
github.com · dctrwatson · 28 Apr 2014
620 pts
330 comments
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20
The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more
blog.linode.com · qmr · 17 Apr 2014
584 pts
275 comments
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21
New axe design uses lever action to make splitting wood easier
vipukirves.fi · sinned · 18 Apr 2014
579 pts
155 comments
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23
Stock Photos That Don’t Suck
medium.com · Redsprows · 19 Apr 2014
568 pts
67 comments
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24
CloudFlare's Heartbleed challenge cracked
twitter.com · jmduke · 12 Apr 2014
562 pts
142 comments
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25
Visually stunning math concepts which are easy to explain
math.stackexchange.com · aaronbrethorst · 6 Apr 2014
560 pts
78 comments
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26
Xkcd: Heartbleed Explanation
xkcd.com · MattBearman · 11 Apr 2014
558 pts
75 comments
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Show HN: Untrusted, a JavaScript adventure game you play by modifying its source
alex.nisnevich.com · alnis · 7 Apr 2014
555 pts
235 comments
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Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Pioneer, Dies at 87
nytimes.com · antr · 17 Apr 2014
548 pts
160 comments
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European Parliament passes net neutrality law
gigaom.com · xmpir · 3 Apr 2014
541 pts
143 comments
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Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
techcrunch.com · hashx · 10 Apr 2014
526 pts
350 comments
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31
Huginn: Like Yahoo Pipes plus IFTTT on your server
github.com · ColinWright · 14 Apr 2014
524 pts
94 comments
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32
Programming paradigms that change how you think about coding
brikis98.blogspot.com · niels · 10 Apr 2014
523 pts
199 comments
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33
Knuth: Open Letter to Condoleezza Rice (2002)
www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu · sfk · 10 Apr 2014
523 pts
173 comments
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34
Comic Sans, meet Comic Neue
comicneue.com · calibwam · 7 Apr 2014
521 pts
157 comments
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"OpenSSL has exploit mitigation countermeasures to make sure it's exploitable"
article.gmane.org · anon1385 · 9 Apr 2014
497 pts
236 comments
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38
The crushing lameness of April Fools Day on the Internet.
hoodoof · 1 Apr 2014
490 pts
170 comments
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40
Facebook CPC – Don't Waste Your Money
jamespanderson.tumblr.com · ry0ohki · 4 Apr 2014
477 pts
168 comments
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41
Better bash in 15 minutes
robertmuth.blogspot.com · wsxiaoys · 16 Apr 2014
475 pts
151 comments
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42
TurboTax Maker Intuit Funnels Millions to Lobby Against Easier Tax Returns
techcrunch.com · acjohnson55 · 16 Apr 2014
473 pts
182 comments
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43
You have ruined JavaScript
codeofrob.com · PhilipA · 23 Apr 2014
459 pts
228 comments
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44
The Guardian and Washington Post win the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
pulitzer.org · danso · 14 Apr 2014
455 pts
41 comments
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45
Introducing Anonymous Login and an Updated Facebook Login
newsroom.fb.com · adidash · 30 Apr 2014
454 pts
205 comments
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47
SpaceX Dragon Successfully Docked With The Space Station
forbes.com · lelf · 20 Apr 2014
445 pts
71 comments
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48
Show HN: GitBook – Build beautiful programming books using GitHub and Markdown
gitbook.io · AaronO · 3 Apr 2014
442 pts
78 comments
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49
Kernel 101 – Let’s write a Kernel
arjunsreedharan.org · slashdotaccount · 14 Apr 2014
435 pts
100 comments
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F.C.C., in ‘Net Neutrality’ Turnaround, Plans to Allow Fast Lane
nytimes.com · tysone · 23 Apr 2014
434 pts
275 comments
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51
Postman: a powerful HTTP client (for Chrome) to test web services
getpostman.com · caiobegotti · 20 Apr 2014
429 pts
140 comments
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53
Redis new data structure: the HyperLogLog
antirez.com · antirez · 1 Apr 2014
428 pts
66 comments
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55
They say “nothing will change”
medium.com · jonsuh · 16 Apr 2014
423 pts
116 comments
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56
Coinbase user emails and full names leaked
pastebin.com · cbcbcb · 1 Apr 2014
419 pts
282 comments
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Rails 4.1.0 released
weblog.rubyonrails.org · chancancode · 8 Apr 2014
417 pts
95 comments
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58
A Motion-Sensing Keyboard
research.microsoft.com · nivla · 29 Apr 2014
406 pts
135 comments
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59
Game Mechanic Explorer – examples for game mechanics, algorithms, and effects
gamemechanicexplorer.com · davidbarker · 21 Apr 2014
404 pts
42 comments
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