HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

31.

Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke (rollingstone.com)

539 points by phaer on Dec 23, 2013 | 253 comments

32.

Sorry, RSA, I'm just not buying it (gist.github.com)

539 points by dmix on Dec 23, 2013 | 127 comments

33.

Introducing Open Salaries at Buffer (open.bufferapp.com)

527 points by jliechti1 on Dec 19, 2013 | 337 comments

34.

Backpacker stripped of tech gear at Auckland Airport (nzherald.co.nz)

526 points by _mgr on Dec 12, 2013 | 254 comments

35.

How the Bitcoin protocol actually works (michaelnielsen.org)

524 points by zootar on Dec 6, 2013 | 55 comments

36.

Announcing the Safe, a Replacement for Convertible Notes (blog.ycombinator.com)

517 points by katm on Dec 6, 2013 | 111 comments

37.

Data Structure Visualizations (cs.usfca.edu)

514 points by n008 on Dec 18, 2013 | 35 comments

38.

Google Has Officially Penalized Rap Genius For Link Schemes (searchengineland.com)

502 points by tomlemon on Dec 25, 2013 | 283 comments

39.

How Expedia Buys Its Way To The Top Of Google (nenadseo.com)

494 points by jmarbach on Dec 28, 2013 | 155 comments

40.

Have I been pwned? Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach (haveibeenpwned.com)

491 points by mountaineer on Dec 4, 2013 | 283 comments

41.

Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles (bestmedicareprice.com)

488 points by neilsharma on Dec 6, 2013 | 222 comments

42.

News is bad for you (theguardian.com)

486 points by vvsanil on Dec 12, 2013 | 232 comments

43.

A Crypto Challenge For The Telegram Developers (thoughtcrime.org)

486 points by mjn on Dec 19, 2013 | 131 comments

44.

The Criminalization of Everyday Life (tomdispatch.com)

482 points by mankypro on Dec 10, 2013 | 337 comments

45.

Geneva drive (en.wikipedia.org)

481 points by Arjuna on Dec 17, 2013 | 71 comments

46.

If a Drone Strike Hit an American Wedding We'd Ground Our Fleet (theatlantic.com)

480 points by gabriel34 on Dec 16, 2013 | 354 comments

47.

Uruguay legalises production and sale of cannabis (theguardian.com)

480 points by wslh on Dec 11, 2013 | 312 comments

48.

The 7 Habits of Highly Overrated People (daedtech.com)

466 points by edandersen on Dec 26, 2013 | 124 comments

49.

Tell HN: How we bootstrapped to the #1 rated mattress on Amazon.com

462 points by johmas on Dec 13, 2013 | 271 comments

50.

Governments admit to faking terrorism: a list (ritholtz.com)

447 points by marojejian on Dec 9, 2013 | 134 comments

51.

Small things add up: 4chan's migration to a cookieless domain (chrishateswriting.com)

444 points by moot on Dec 2, 2013 | 131 comments

52.

Why I want Bitcoin to die in a fire (antipope.org)

436 points by jagermo on Dec 18, 2013 | 402 comments

53.

Anti-ageing compound set for human trials after turning clock back for mice (theguardian.com)

427 points by Mizza on Dec 22, 2013 | 231 comments

54.

Edward Snowden voted Guardian person of the year 2013 (theguardian.com)

427 points by r0h1n on Dec 9, 2013 | 89 comments

55.

Robinhood: $0 commission stock brokerage (robinhood.io)

426 points by stevenj on Dec 14, 2013 | 152 comments

56.

Show HN: I made an HN for the financial industry (boredbanker.com)

422 points by tdeangelis on Dec 4, 2013 | 156 comments

57.

We Need to Talk About TED (bratton.info)

415 points by TimSAstro on Dec 17, 2013 | 184 comments

58.

Multiprocess Firefox (billmccloskey.wordpress.com)

415 points by evilpie on Dec 5, 2013 | 124 comments

59.

Why was this secret? (sivers.org)

411 points by mkuhn on Dec 11, 2013 | 209 comments

60.

Tydlig – Calculator Reimagined for iPad and iPhone (tydligapp.com)

411 points by Istof on Dec 15, 2013 | 147 comments