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August 2013 Archive
151.
NSA hacked into encrypted UN communications, leaked documents show (gigaom.com)
282 points by electic on Aug 25, 2013 | 108 comments
152.
Show HN: Virtual Machines in the Browser (blog.grunseid.com)
281 points by grun on Aug 15, 2013 | 148 comments
153.
Why does Angular.js rock? (angular-tips.com)
281 points by Foxandxss on Aug 3, 2013 | 125 comments
154.
Why does NASA use gold foil on equipment and gold-coated visors? (physics.stackexchange.com)
281 points by jonbaer on Aug 22, 2013 | 114 comments
155.
Does Steve Jobs know how to code? (woz.org)
280 points by bane on Aug 29, 2013 | 226 comments
156.
ReactOS: Rebuilding Microsoft Windows from the ground up, fully open-source (reactos.org)
280 points by kunai on Aug 31, 2013 | 118 comments
157.
Obama administration asks Supreme Court to allow warrantless cellphone searches (washingtonpost.com)
280 points by eplanit on Aug 20, 2013 | 109 comments
158.
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2013)
279 points by whoishiring on Aug 1, 2013 | 385 comments
159.
The Poisonous Employee-Ranking System That Helps Explain Microsoft’s Decline (slate.com)
279 points by probabilistic on Aug 23, 2013 | 220 comments
160.
The Future of Programming in Node.js (groups.google.com)
278 points by Yakulu on Aug 13, 2013 | 176 comments
161.
Show HN: Tridiv - CSS 3D Editor (tridiv.com)
277 points by JulianGarnier on Aug 21, 2013 | 59 comments
162.
Meet the Dread Pirate Roberts, the man behind Silk Road (forbes.com)
276 points by cgi_man on Aug 14, 2013 | 129 comments
163.
Torsploit takedown: analysis, reverse engineering, forensic (cryptocloud.org)
276 points by detcader on Aug 5, 2013 | 82 comments
164.
Show HN: noteZilla - Interactive sheet music (notezilla.io)
275 points by siliconviking on Aug 16, 2013 | 130 comments
165.
Explainshell – match command-line arguments to their help text (explainshell.com)
275 points by duck on Aug 29, 2013 | 82 comments
166.
In Lieu of Money, Toyota Donates Efficiency to New York Charity (mobile.nytimes.com)
274 points by kmfrk on Aug 1, 2013 | 97 comments
167.
Javascript Frameworks Are Amazing and Nobody Is Happy (wekeroad.com)
272 points by EvilTrout on Aug 22, 2013 | 200 comments
168.
Isaac Asimov's predictions for what the world will be like in 2014 (nytimes.com)
272 points by bmmayer1 on Aug 28, 2013 | 172 comments
169.
"Journey to Justinia" – how I got my 5-year-old son to sit still for 5 hours (justy.me)
271 points by Bockit on Aug 19, 2013 | 70 comments
170.
You Might Have an Invisible Facebook Account Even if You Never Signed Up (groovypost.com)
269 points by pessimizer on Aug 12, 2013 | 178 comments
171.
Encryption is less secure than we thought (mit.edu)
268 points by qubitsam on Aug 14, 2013 | 72 comments
172.
Why I'll be a solo founder next time (dennybritz.com)
267 points by dennybritz on Aug 5, 2013 | 145 comments
173.
No-fly list ruling in Portland comes close to declaring it unconstitutional (oregonlive.com)
267 points by rubyrescue on Aug 30, 2013 | 76 comments
174.
I cannot afford to go back to engineering school (medium.com)
265 points by ingrid on Aug 7, 2013 | 270 comments
175.
Shopify POS (shopify.com)
265 points by remi on Aug 28, 2013 | 120 comments
176.
Dark Patterns - User Interfaces Designed to Trick People (darkpatterns.org)
265 points by kjhughes on Aug 30, 2013 | 94 comments
177.
Ripping Off Young America: The College-Loan Scandal (rollingstone.com)
264 points by mhb on Aug 16, 2013 | 266 comments
178.
Why was Mini USB deprecated in favor of Micro USB? (electronics.stackexchange.com)
264 points by dchester195 on Aug 20, 2013 | 125 comments
179.
Meta (YC S13), The Crazy AR Glasses That Aim To Do What Google Glass Can’t (techcrunch.com)
264 points by L4mppu on Aug 9, 2013 | 86 comments
180.
NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies (theguardian.com)
264 points by uptown on Aug 23, 2013 | 75 comments