HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

601.

How the Government Killed a Secure E-mail Company (newyorker.com)

133 points by Expeck on Aug 10, 2013 | 44 comments

602.

Defense subcontractor posted a job listing for XKEYSCORE 2 weeks ago (washingtonpost.com)

132 points by steveklabnik on Aug 1, 2013 | 99 comments

603.

The problem with vim (haldean.org)

132 points by zjgreen on Aug 21, 2013 | 88 comments

604.

I rewrote my blog in Go (ironzebra.com)

132 points by hermanschaaf on Aug 14, 2013 | 74 comments

605.

New Sublime Package Control Site (sublime.wbond.net)

132 points by jfraser on Aug 9, 2013 | 49 comments

606.

Y Combinator Summer 2013 Demo Day, Batch 1 (techcrunch.com)

132 points by zaveri on Aug 20, 2013 | 41 comments

607.

What I Learned by Going It Alone (iancackett.wordpress.com)

132 points by iancackett on Aug 17, 2013 | 35 comments

608.

Gödel, Turing and Cantor: The Math (skibinsky.com)

132 points by jamesmiller5 on Aug 8, 2013 | 25 comments

609.

New Features of Firefox Developer Tools: Episode 25 (hacks.mozilla.org)

132 points by blueveek on Aug 14, 2013 | 25 comments

610.

This site is down because the owner stiffed the web designer (nycfreshmarket.com)

131 points by talhof8 on Aug 25, 2013 | 148 comments

611.

Tracking devices hidden in London's recycling bins are stalking your smartphone (qz.com)

131 points by Leander_B on Aug 11, 2013 | 73 comments

612.

A Tipping Point Against The Copyright Monopoly Is A Lot Closer Than You Think (torrentfreak.com)

131 points by Lightning on Aug 5, 2013 | 49 comments

613.

Google confirms critical Android crypto flaw used in Bitcoin heist (arstechnica.com)

131 points by shawndumas on Aug 15, 2013 | 43 comments

614.

CIA Director Brennan Confirmed as Reporter Michael Hastings' Next Target (sandiego6.com)

131 points by San_Diegian on Aug 12, 2013 | 35 comments

615.

If You Want to Raise Prices, Tell a Better Story (blogs.hbr.org)

131 points by nvk on Aug 6, 2013 | 31 comments

616.

Deis: Open Source PaaS based on Docker, Chef, and Heroku Buildpacks (deis.io)

131 points by nickstinemates on Aug 6, 2013 | 28 comments

617.

F1: A Distributed SQL Database That Scales (research.google.com)

131 points by alec on Aug 27, 2013 | 23 comments

618.

AMC is succeeding by breaking the rules of legacy television (qz.com)

130 points by boh on Aug 13, 2013 | 134 comments

619.

Announcing TypeScript 0.9.1 (blogs.msdn.com)

130 points by novaleaf on Aug 7, 2013 | 109 comments

620.

Google.ps domain was hacked (google.ps)

130 points by sarjan on Aug 26, 2013 | 86 comments

621.

Letter from Da Vinci to the Duke of Milan applying for a position (brucesterling.tumblr.com)

130 points by ubuwaits on Aug 29, 2013 | 54 comments

622.

SF fire chief bans helmet cameras in wake of crash (sfgate.com)

130 points by jamesjyu on Aug 18, 2013 | 49 comments

623.

Why I Was Fired From a Tech Startup and What My Boss Had to Say About It (fdpod.com)

129 points by jfarmer on Aug 19, 2013 | 146 comments

624.

Tor Freedom Host compromised, JS injected into multiple sites (pastebin.com)

129 points by coolnow on Aug 4, 2013 | 42 comments

625.

Medium Sucks (codingjohnson.com)

129 points by gringofyx on Aug 20, 2013 | 42 comments

626.

Detained in the US for “Visiting Thailand Too Much” (richardbarrow.com)

128 points by dboles99 on Aug 26, 2013 | 118 comments

627.

Tesla outsells Porsche, Jaguar, others in California (usatoday.com)

128 points by ValG on Aug 26, 2013 | 81 comments

628.

How would the unprotected human body react to the vacuum of outer space? (imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov)