HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1381.

Why Your Name Matters (newyorker.com)

49 points by dsr12 on Dec 21, 2013 | 58 comments

1382.

Predictions on the future of databases (gigaom.com)

49 points by thewarrior on Dec 16, 2013 | 52 comments

1383.

Bitcoin Price Slumps Again (coinde.sk)

49 points by dcawrey on Dec 7, 2013 | 51 comments

1384.

The Decline and Fall of the American Empire (2010) (cbsnews.com)

49 points by _of on Dec 27, 2013 | 42 comments

1385.

Why productive people get up insanely early (fastcompany.com)

49 points by SanderMak on Dec 7, 2013 | 41 comments

1386.

Majority of Web Sites Blocked by O2 Parental Controls? (urlchecker.o2.co.uk)

49 points by alexcason on Dec 22, 2013 | 29 comments

1387.

Golang implementation of Bentley/McIlroy compression (github.com)

49 points by jgrahamc on Dec 19, 2013 | 28 comments

1388.

Make grep 50x faster (blog.x-way.org)

49 points by iamtechaddict on Dec 15, 2013 | 25 comments

1389.

Disney Pulls a Reverse Santa, Takes Back Christmas Shows From Amazon Customers (yro.slashdot.org)

49 points by ableal on Dec 17, 2013 | 19 comments

1390.

Twilio launches program to teach developers how to become evangelists (twilio.com)

49 points by crabasa on Dec 15, 2013 | 17 comments

1391.

Show HN: AmberExpress - order any product on your mobile device with just 2 taps (blog.amber.io)

49 points by sradu on Dec 11, 2013 | 12 comments

1392.

Go Performance Dashboard (goperfd.appspot.com)

49 points by mostafah on Dec 1, 2013 | 10 comments

1393.

StageXL: A Flash-like Dart Library Ready for Production Level Games (stagexl.org)

49 points by WoodenChair on Dec 7, 2013 | 9 comments

1394.

The Commando Scientist Billionaire who Died Fighting Terrorists (brouhaha.io)

49 points by philip1209 on Dec 7, 2013 | 0 comments

1395.

Texts from my son during the Arapahoe shooting (alternatekev.me)

49 points by joshbetz on Dec 17, 2013 | 0 comments

1396.

Feminism and Programming Languages (hastac.org)

48 points by jawngee on Dec 12, 2013 | 77 comments

1397.

Male and female brains wired differently, scans reveal (theguardian.com)

48 points by petercooper on Dec 3, 2013 | 68 comments

1398.

Show HN: Helium - Simple web automation (heliumhq.com)

48 points by mherrmann on Dec 16, 2013 | 65 comments

1399.

Why functional programming?

48 points by AnimalMuppet on Dec 24, 2013 | 57 comments

1400.

Is there any value to a CS degree at 50?

48 points by random_user on Dec 19, 2013 | 50 comments

1401.

Officials Say U.S. May Never Know Extent of Snowden’s Leaks (nytimes.com)

48 points by deepblueocean on Dec 14, 2013 | 47 comments

1402.

Jolla phones now available for sale in Europe (shop.jolla.com)

48 points by cromulent on Dec 19, 2013 | 41 comments

1403.

Vast Freshwater Reserves Found Beneath the Oceans (sciencedaily.com)

48 points by mankypro on Dec 9, 2013 | 40 comments

1404.

Does Meteor Scale? (meteorhacks.com)

48 points by arunoda on Dec 3, 2013 | 35 comments

1405.

Sitting straight 'bad for backs' (2008) (news.bbc.co.uk)

48 points by linux_devil on Dec 11, 2013 | 32 comments

1406.

Apple forced to increase warranty to two years in Australia (cnet.com.au)

48 points by testrun on Dec 19, 2013 | 29 comments

1407.

Google now lets you create your own Street View maps (thenextweb.com)

48 points by smefju on Dec 10, 2013 | 16 comments

1408.

The Downside of Thanking Security Contributors (tokyodev.com)

48 points by pwim on Dec 2, 2013 | 12 comments

1409.

EU data retention in current form is likely to fall (translate.google.com)

48 points by luaks on Dec 12, 2013 | 12 comments

1410.

Science fiction's dark star: Alfred Bester at 100 (patheos.com)

48 points by anigbrowl on Dec 19, 2013 | 12 comments