HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

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Don't Fly During Ramadan (varnull.adityamukerjee.net)

2744 points by chimeracoder on Aug 22, 2013 | 962 comments

2.

Hyperloop (spacex.com)

2666 points by spikels on Aug 12, 2013 | 954 comments

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Lavabit abruptly shuts down (lavabit.com)

1831 points by cstuder on Aug 8, 2013 | 640 comments

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Detaining my partner: a failed attempt at intimidation (theguardian.com)

1459 points by m1 on Aug 18, 2013 | 449 comments

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Forced Exposure (groklaw.net)

1391 points by nikai on Aug 20, 2013 | 414 comments

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months (microsoft.com)

1227 points by tomorgan on Aug 23, 2013 | 763 comments

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Skeuocard (kenkeiter.com)

1066 points by gooddelta on Aug 1, 2013 | 196 comments

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I will not do a tech interview (medium.com)

1032 points by ikeellis on Aug 21, 2013 | 542 comments

9.

John Carmack joins Oculus as CTO (oculusvr.com)

993 points by salgernon on Aug 7, 2013 | 204 comments

10.

Hi I’m Hank, and I bought a bus (hankboughtabus.com)

944 points by frans on Aug 23, 2013 | 197 comments

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New Zealand bans some software patents (zdnet.com)

902 points by gcforky on Aug 28, 2013 | 221 comments

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He got 1%, we can't hire him (codingjohnson.com)

835 points by gringofyx on Aug 28, 2013 | 576 comments

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Tesla Model S achieves best safety rating of any car ever tested (teslamotors.com)

814 points by turing on Aug 20, 2013 | 301 comments

14.

Defeated (orenhazi.com)

759 points by ohazi on Aug 26, 2013 | 438 comments

15.

“People simply empty out” (lettersofnote.com)

723 points by tantaman on Aug 15, 2013 | 463 comments

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Groklaw legal site shuts over fears of NSA email snooping (theguardian.com)

706 points by tehmaco on Aug 20, 2013 | 233 comments

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David Miranda, schedule 7 and the danger that all reporters now face (theguardian.com)

681 points by r0h1n on Aug 19, 2013 | 152 comments

18.

Grasshopper 100m Lateral Divert Test (spacex.com)

663 points by ash on Aug 14, 2013 | 148 comments

19.

We have an employee whose last name is Null. He kills our employee lookup (2012) (stackoverflow.com)

661 points by ambuj on Aug 1, 2013 | 236 comments

20.

Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years (washingtonpost.com)

640 points by antr on Aug 21, 2013 | 471 comments

21.

Creator of xkcd Reveals Secret Backstory of His Epic 3,990-Panel Comic (wired.com)

634 points by ghosh on Aug 2, 2013 | 92 comments

22.

Kids can't use computers, and why it should worry you (coding2learn.org)

625 points by mikeevans on Aug 9, 2013 | 422 comments

23.

Callbacks as our Generation's Goto Statement (tirania.org)

621 points by matthewn on Aug 15, 2013 | 274 comments

24.

Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos (washingtonpost.com)

606 points by Volscio on Aug 5, 2013 | 230 comments

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NProgress: slim, site-wide progress bars (ricostacruz.com)

597 points by ianstormtaylor on Aug 20, 2013 | 140 comments

26.

Why I Changed My Mind On Weed (edition.cnn.com)

591 points by tptacek on Aug 8, 2013 | 363 comments

27.

Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense, is now as good as dead (qz.com)

581 points by antr on Aug 16, 2013 | 481 comments

28.

Xerox scanners and photocopiers randomly alter numbers in scanned documents (dkriesel.com)

570 points by sxp on Aug 4, 2013 | 112 comments

29.

U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans (chicagotribune.com)

565 points by wikiburner on Aug 5, 2013 | 260 comments

30.

Startup lessons (defmacro.org)

551 points by coffeemug on Aug 14, 2013 | 163 comments