The Best Hacker News Posts of September 2014
We track 689 stories from September 2014, averaging 217 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 35 stories. Together they drew 63,419 comments, 92 per story on average.
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ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully enters Martian Orbit
isro.gov.in · skbohra123 · 24 Sep 2014
1k pts
154 comments
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I was asked to crack a program in a job interview
erenyagdiran.github.io · m00dy · 17 Sep 2014
997 pts
302 comments
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Yes, we’re being bought by Microsoft
mojang.com · jordanmessina · 15 Sep 2014
941 pts
515 comments
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CVE-2014-6271: Remote code execution through bash
seclists.org · vault_ · 24 Sep 2014
905 pts
416 comments
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My experience with using cp to copy 432 million files (39 TB)
lists.gnu.org · nazri1 · 11 Sep 2014
826 pts
263 comments
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Feds Threatened to Fine Yahoo $250K Daily for Not Complying with NSA's PRISM
wired.com · suprgeek · 12 Sep 2014
784 pts
237 comments
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New Requests for Startups
ycombinator.com · comatose_kid · 12 Sep 2014
716 pts
391 comments
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Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day
righto.com · omnibrain · 28 Sep 2014
653 pts
103 comments
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The Sound So Loud That It Circled the Earth Four Times
nautil.us · aatish · 29 Sep 2014
639 pts
107 comments
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Why Amazon Has No Profits and Why It Works
a16z.com · taylorbuley · 5 Sep 2014
633 pts
260 comments
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A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It in the Metal
hodinkee.com · panic · 10 Sep 2014
610 pts
464 comments
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U.S. Law Enforcement Seeks to Halt Apple-Google Encryption of Mobile Data
bloomberg.com · coreymgilmore · 30 Sep 2014
601 pts
333 comments
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How to Start a Startup: Fall 2014
startupclass.samaltman.com · atomroflbomber · 16 Sep 2014
594 pts
139 comments
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Steve Jobs Introduces the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch
jiggity.com · strict9 · 12 Sep 2014
583 pts
222 comments
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The Road to Rust 1.0
blog.rust-lang.org · steveklabnik · 15 Sep 2014
570 pts
238 comments
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CVE-2014-7169: Bash Fix Incomplete, Still Exploitable
seclists.org · caust1c · 25 Sep 2014
557 pts
210 comments
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Commander Keen source code released
github.com · vs2 · 16 Sep 2014
545 pts
138 comments
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Major Android Bug Is a Privacy Disaster (CVE-2014-6041)
community.rapid7.com · mike-cardwell · 15 Sep 2014
543 pts
224 comments
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Failing the startup game at Unbabel
esoteric-code.blogspot.com · andreasgonewild · 2 Sep 2014
536 pts
235 comments
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Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]
startupclass.samaltman.com · declan · 23 Sep 2014
520 pts
185 comments
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Everything you need to know about the Shellshock Bash bug
troyhunt.com · sjcsjc · 25 Sep 2014
517 pts
287 comments
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Announcing Keyless SSL
blog.cloudflare.com · jgrahamc · 18 Sep 2014
509 pts
184 comments
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Woman of 24 found to have no cerebellum in her brain
newscientist.com · shahmeern · 11 Sep 2014
496 pts
179 comments
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Introducing free voice calls from Hangouts
googleblog.blogspot.com · Anon84 · 10 Sep 2014
487 pts
207 comments
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KaTeX: Math typesetting for the web
khan.github.io · xymostech · 15 Sep 2014
481 pts
98 comments
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Twitpic is shutting down
blog.twitpic.com · uptown · 4 Sep 2014
477 pts
153 comments
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Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
github.com · ProfDreamer · 19 Sep 2014
471 pts
92 comments
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With genetic testing, I gave my parents the gift of divorce
vox.com · anigbrowl · 9 Sep 2014
467 pts
212 comments
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John Carmack on Inlined Code
number-none.com · m0nastic · 26 Sep 2014
456 pts
260 comments
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All About Circuits
allaboutcircuits.com · MichaelAO · 8 Sep 2014
447 pts
42 comments
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How Hong Kong Protesters Are Connecting, Without Cell or Wi-Fi Networks
npr.org · evo_9 · 29 Sep 2014
445 pts
113 comments
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Gravit – Open-source design tool
hub.gravit.io · jarek-foksa · 13 Sep 2014
437 pts
73 comments
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What I use instead of Google services
gabrielweinberg.com · lnmx · 2 Sep 2014
424 pts
293 comments
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Why Google is Hurrying the Web to Kill SHA-1
konklone.com · mathias · 8 Sep 2014
423 pts
131 comments
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Apple event overshadows unflattering news at Snapchat, Tinder
fortune.com · wmt · 10 Sep 2014
420 pts
101 comments
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MIT Students Battle State's Demand for Their Bitcoin Miner's Source Code
wired.com · msantos · 22 Sep 2014
416 pts
123 comments
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Postgres full text search is good enough
blog.lostpropertyhq.com · chdir · 29 Sep 2014
416 pts
95 comments
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Exploding Offers Suck
blog.ycombinator.com · lalwanivikas · 8 Sep 2014
414 pts
169 comments
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Artificial sweeteners linked to glucose intolerance
newscientist.com · bensedat · 17 Sep 2014
412 pts
180 comments
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CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US
cnbc.com · rodrigocoelho · 30 Sep 2014
409 pts
292 comments
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Apple’s “warrant canary” disappears
gigaom.com · panarky · 18 Sep 2014
406 pts
93 comments
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CSS Shapes Editor for Chrome
razvancaliman.com · jonphillips06 · 3 Sep 2014
401 pts
33 comments
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Batsh – A language that compiles to Bash and Windows Batch
batsh.org · kolev · 1 Sep 2014
400 pts
124 comments
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Modern anti-spam and E2E crypto
moderncrypto.org · timmclean · 5 Sep 2014
398 pts
137 comments
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