The Best Hacker News Posts of June 2014
We track 690 stories from June 2014, averaging 210 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 22 stories. Together they drew 62,075 comments, 90 per story on average.
1
All Our Patent Are Belong To You
teslamotors.com · gkoberger · 12 Jun 2014
2k pts
314 comments
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3
The Swift Programming Language
developer.apple.com · falava · 2 Jun 2014
1.2k pts
926 comments
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4
My startup failed, and this is what it feels like
medium.com · wbharding · 23 Jun 2014
1.1k pts
252 comments
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5
Supreme court: Warrantless cell phone searches illegal [pdf]
supremecourt.gov · justinph · 25 Jun 2014
854 pts
145 comments
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6
Vermeer's paintings might be 350 year-old color photographs
boingboing.net · famousactress · 10 Jun 2014
749 pts
154 comments
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9
A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son
salon.com · Brajeshwar · 24 Jun 2014
706 pts
447 comments
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10
Show HN: Wavepot – Digital audio workstation of the web
wavepot.com · stagas · 17 Jun 2014
625 pts
132 comments
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12
With 'The Machine,' HP May Have Invented a New Kind of Computer
businessweek.com · justincormack · 11 Jun 2014
595 pts
292 comments
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14
Who am I: A mind reader (don't forget to view source)
tinsnail.neocities.org · alloyed · 5 Jun 2014
583 pts
168 comments
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15
Kingston and PNY using cheaper components after good reviews
extremetech.com · nkurz · 14 Jun 2014
581 pts
158 comments
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16
For Sale: 29,656.51306529 Bitcoins
usmarshals.gov · jc123 · 12 Jun 2014
580 pts
404 comments
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17
I Sold My Startup for $25.5 Million
slate.com · ForHackernews · 6 Jun 2014
578 pts
236 comments
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18
How can an introvert Asian engineer like me make friends?
docs.google.com · hyunwoona · 16 Jun 2014
556 pts
435 comments
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19
Web Starter Kit
developers.google.com · restlessdesign · 19 Jun 2014
553 pts
210 comments
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21
A first-person engine in 265 lines of JS
playfuljs.com · hunterloftis · 3 Jun 2014
528 pts
97 comments
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23
Penny Arcade – Surface Pro 3 update
penny-arcade.com · vxNsr · 16 Jun 2014
517 pts
244 comments
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25
End-To-End – OpenPGP Chrome extension from Google
code.google.com · gbarboza · 3 Jun 2014
509 pts
166 comments
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26
Netflix responds to Verizon
scribd.com · chrisacky · 10 Jun 2014
508 pts
258 comments
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Starbucks to Provide Free College Education to Thousands of Workers
nytimes.com · e15ctr0n · 16 Jun 2014
489 pts
194 comments
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29
WebIDE lands in Firefox Nightly
hacks.mozilla.org · codepo8-hn · 23 Jun 2014
489 pts
151 comments
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30
Anti-Tesla sentiment and the death of optimism
cjohnson.io · natural219 · 12 Jun 2014
480 pts
203 comments
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31
Sleep as a Competitive Advantage
dealbook.nytimes.com · robg · 30 Jun 2014
480 pts
174 comments
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32
Why Atom Can’t Replace Vim – Learning the lesson of vi
medium.com · jpace121 · 1 Jun 2014
475 pts
199 comments
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33
Micro Python – a lean and efficient implementation of Python 3
mail.python.org · maxerickson · 3 Jun 2014
468 pts
93 comments
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35
An Introduction to Reactive Programming
gist.github.com · staltz · 30 Jun 2014
455 pts
119 comments
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36
Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter
cnbc.com · hornokplease · 5 Jun 2014
442 pts
349 comments
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37
iOS 8 randomises the MAC address while scanning for WiFi networks
twitter.com · DavidChouinard · 8 Jun 2014
442 pts
260 comments
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40
Employees That Stay In Companies Longer Get Paid Less
forbes.com · camz · 22 Jun 2014
437 pts
198 comments
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41
How I got a medal from the Army for writing code
vivin.net · vivin · 26 Jun 2014
431 pts
77 comments
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42
Ever Wished Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Page? He Just Did
stephanpastis.wordpress.com · bigfaceworm · 7 Jun 2014
426 pts
77 comments
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43
Nobody. Understands. Punctuation.
stilldrinking.org · hachiya · 8 Jun 2014
418 pts
149 comments
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44
Real-time lightning map, worldwide
blitzortung.org · mmastrac · 23 Jun 2014
418 pts
66 comments
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45
JavaScript as an alternative to AppleScript on OS X Yosemite
developer.apple.com · bpierre · 7 Jun 2014
410 pts
118 comments
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47
Chris Lattner on Swift
nondot.org · tambourine_man · 3 Jun 2014
405 pts
198 comments
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48
Dash – Beautiful instant offline docs for almost everything
kapeli.com · AlexMuir · 6 Jun 2014
404 pts
170 comments
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49
Inside the Mirrortocracy
carlos.bueno.org · ahupp · 23 Jun 2014
393 pts
204 comments
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50
Call me maybe: Elasticsearch
aphyr.com · itamarhaber · 19 Jun 2014
392 pts
89 comments
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51
OpenSSL Security Advisory
openssl.org · davidroetzel · 5 Jun 2014
385 pts
84 comments
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52
Thank HN: You guys helped me land my dream job.
jader201 · 2 Jun 2014
383 pts
60 comments
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53
Pierre Sprey on the F-35 [video]
youtube.com · guillaume8375 · 17 Jun 2014
380 pts
356 comments
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54
Show HN: We put an iPhone on the front wheel of a car
blog.evilwindowdog.com · stelabouras · 17 Jun 2014
380 pts
108 comments
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55
Commencement address by Bill and Melinda Gates
news.stanford.edu · ashbrahma · 27 Jun 2014
376 pts
116 comments
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56
Show HN: Card – An interactive CSS3 credit card form
jessepollak.github.io · jessepollak · 4 Jun 2014
376 pts
112 comments
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57
Common Server Setups For Your Web App
digitalocean.com · beigeotter · 2 Jun 2014
371 pts
88 comments
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58
Epoch – A real-time charting library
fastly.github.io · jermo · 26 Jun 2014
371 pts
59 comments
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59
I hate stacked area charts (2011)
leancrew.com · dmitrig01 · 11 Jun 2014
369 pts
64 comments
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