HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1171.

An open letter to hobbyists by Bill Gates (1976) (cryptnet.net)

59 points by janogonzalez on Jan 5, 2014 | 41 comments

1172.

Taking PHP Seriously (infoq.com)

59 points by ArabGeek on Jan 22, 2014 | 40 comments

1173.

You can use Facebook to identify people by their email or phone number (facebook.com)

59 points by slashdotaccount on Jan 16, 2014 | 38 comments

1174.

Show HN: I quit my job to help communities fund energy efficiency upgrades (sparkfund.co)

59 points by npatten on Jan 20, 2014 | 37 comments

1175.

OpenSSL site defacement involving hypervisor hack rattles nerves (arstechnica.com)

59 points by JohnTHaller on Jan 2, 2014 | 34 comments

1176.

How to Make Time for Your Side Project (startupclarity.com)

59 points by charlieirish on Jan 27, 2014 | 30 comments

1177.

The awkward copyright collision of Fair Use and Creative Commons (blogs.scientificamerican.com)

59 points by elehack on Jan 19, 2014 | 28 comments

1178.

Boltzmann brain (en.wikipedia.org)

59 points by danabramov on Jan 2, 2014 | 18 comments

1179.

Kim Dotcom: The Man Behind Mega [video] (vice.com)

59 points by grecy on Jan 4, 2014 | 18 comments

1180.

WebODF: Add ODF Support to your website, mobile or desktop app (webodf.org)

59 points by jervisfm on Jan 25, 2014 | 16 comments

1181.

WP Engine Raises $15M (techcrunch.com)

59 points by gmays on Jan 14, 2014 | 13 comments

1182.

File IO in Rust (blog.safaribooksonline.com)

59 points by bherbstman on Jan 23, 2014 | 11 comments

1183.

The problems SparkFun has letting people bring dogs into work (sparkfun.com)

58 points by lifeisstillgood on Jan 28, 2014 | 86 comments

1184.

Apple: $10B In App Store Sales In 2013, $15B Paid Out To Developers To Date (techcrunch.com)

58 points by ibsathish on Jan 7, 2014 | 67 comments

1185.

Microsoft says it's prepared to hand over Skype users' data to Russia (globalpost.com)

58 points by r0h1n on Jan 17, 2014 | 49 comments

1186.

RIP Martin Schaedel: 1985–2009 (blog.rb.cm)

58 points by fraserad on Jan 28, 2014 | 32 comments

1187.

Good fun with bad crypto (intrepidusgroup.com)

58 points by lelf on Jan 16, 2014 | 19 comments

1188.

Building a living photo frame with a Raspberry Pi and a motion detector (ofbrooklyn.com)

58 points by conesus on Jan 2, 2014 | 16 comments

1189.

Y Combinator’s safes spread – L.A. accelerator is now issuing them (venturebeat.com)

58 points by nehalm on Jan 8, 2014 | 15 comments

1190.

The Mathematics of Gamification (engineering.foursquare.com)

58 points by mcgwiz on Jan 4, 2014 | 3 comments

1191.

What STEM shortage? Electrical engineering lost 35,000 jobs last year (computerworld.com)

57 points by forgotAgain on Jan 17, 2014 | 98 comments

1192.

China Unveils New Native Operating System (sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com)

57 points by davidsmith8900 on Jan 19, 2014 | 69 comments

1193.

Oculus Is Awesome for Games, But It’s the Future of Movies (wired.com)

57 points by JunkDNA on Jan 28, 2014 | 66 comments

1194.

Show HN: Website 181 Took Way Longer Than a Day – YumHacker (yumhacker.com)

57 points by jenniferDewalt on Jan 27, 2014 | 59 comments

1195.

The Growth of College Grads in Dead-End Jobs (theatlantic.com)

57 points by grej on Jan 17, 2014 | 57 comments

1196.

How To Survive A Death March (antipope.org)

57 points by thenomad on Jan 19, 2014 | 57 comments

1197.

Google discards extensions that force feed users ads in Chrome (news.cnet.com)

57 points by RougeFemme on Jan 20, 2014 | 48 comments

1198.

Bill Gates: I assume my phone's not being tapped (news.cnet.com)

57 points by prateekj on Jan 23, 2014 | 48 comments

1199.

Cryptography May Not Be Dead, But It Is on Life Support (blog.varonis.com)

57 points by rsobers on Jan 21, 2014 | 45 comments

1200.

Keepod Unite: $7 PC to bridge the digital divide (indiegogo.com)

57 points by dimfisch on Jan 28, 2014 | 43 comments