The Best Hacker News Posts of 2014
We track 8,781 stories from 2014, averaging 217 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 346 stories. Together they drew 841,228 comments, 96 per story on average.
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Tim Cook Speaks Up
businessweek.com · replicatorblog · 30 Oct 2014
3.1k pts
974 comments
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Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform
news.microsoft.com · ethomson · 12 Nov 2014
2.4k pts
894 comments
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4
Today is The Day We Fight Back
thedaywefightback.org · brokenparser · 11 Feb 2014
2.1k pts
258 comments
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Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encrypt the Entire Web
eff.org · mariusz79 · 18 Nov 2014
2k pts
461 comments
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6
All Our Patent Are Belong To You
teslamotors.com · gkoberger · 12 Jun 2014
2k pts
314 comments
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Wozniak: “Actually, the movie was largely a lie about me”
plus.google.com · jamesbritt · 19 Jan 2014
1.6k pts
301 comments
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13
Thanks, HN: You helped discover a disease and save lives
newyorker.com · mattmight · 17 Jul 2014
1.5k pts
109 comments
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15
First-Person Hyper-lapse Videos
research.microsoft.com · davidst · 10 Aug 2014
1.5k pts
172 comments
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16
Don't mess with Newegg
blog.newegg.com · keerthiko · 23 May 2014
1.5k pts
190 comments
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18
NASA: We're sending humans to Mars
twitter.com · didgeoridoo · 2 Dec 2014
1.4k pts
586 comments
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19
Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler
roslyn.codeplex.com · keithwarren · 3 Apr 2014
1.4k pts
446 comments
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21
“Was isolated from 1999 to 2006 with a 486. Built my own late 80s OS”
imgur.com · shalmanese · 14 Dec 2014
1.3k pts
265 comments
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22
Elon Musk: To the People of New Jersey
teslamotors.com · zipop · 14 Mar 2014
1.3k pts
400 comments
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23
Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec
scribd.com · kvargs · 13 Nov 2014
1.3k pts
558 comments
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24
Light Table is now open source
chris-granger.com · endianswap · 8 Jan 2014
1.3k pts
431 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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27
WhatsApp Co-Founder Donates $1M to FreeBSD Foundation
freebsdfoundation.blogspot.com · swills · 17 Nov 2014
1.2k pts
204 comments
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28
Uber's playbook for sabotaging Lyft
theverge.com · coloneltcb · 26 Aug 2014
1.2k pts
391 comments
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29
President Obama Calls for a Free and Open Internet
whitehouse.gov · jordanmessina · 10 Nov 2014
1.2k pts
433 comments
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30
The Swift Programming Language
developer.apple.com · falava · 2 Jun 2014
1.2k pts
926 comments
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31
Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit
techcrunch.com · dkasper · 16 Mar 2014
1.2k pts
1.1k comments
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33
The Face Behind Bitcoin?
mag.newsweek.com · warrenmiller · 6 Mar 2014
1.2k pts
678 comments
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35
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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36
Quick tip for developers who use OS X
gargarplex · 13 Jan 2014
1.1k pts
395 comments
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37
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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38
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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39
Count to ten when a plane goes down
johncbeck.tumblr.com · UltraMagnus · 21 Jul 2014
1.1k pts
273 comments
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40
Nature makes all articles free to view
nature.com · nikhilpandit · 2 Dec 2014
1.1k pts
128 comments
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41
Mystery signal from a helicopter
windytan.com · schappim · 1 Feb 2014
1.1k pts
78 comments
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42
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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43
Gates Foundation to require immediate free access for journal articles
news.sciencemag.org · philip1209 · 24 Nov 2014
1.1k pts
147 comments
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44
Show HN: Markov chains explained visually
setosa.io · vicapow · 29 Jul 2014
1.1k pts
92 comments
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46
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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47
How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username
medium.com · micahgoulart · 29 Jan 2014
1k pts
386 comments
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48
Hemingway makes your writing bold and clear
hemingwayapp.com · jmngomes · 12 Feb 2014
1k pts
327 comments
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52
Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel peace prize
theguardian.com · ahjones · 29 Jan 2014
1k pts
191 comments
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53
The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key'
keybase.io · jashkenas · 8 Oct 2014
1k pts
230 comments
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55
Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO
microsoft.com · fredwu · 4 Feb 2014
1k pts
564 comments
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56
GitHub Student Developer Pack
education.github.com · dctrwatson · 7 Oct 2014
1k pts
207 comments
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57
Show HN: OneBody Church Directory software I've been hacking on for 7 years
github.com · timmorgan · 25 Jul 2014
1k pts
304 comments
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58
ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully enters Martian Orbit
isro.gov.in · skbohra123 · 24 Sep 2014
1k pts
154 comments
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59
Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire
glasswire.com · greenwalls · 25 Aug 2014
1k pts
331 comments
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