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December 2013 Archive
61.
Why you should use OpenGL and not DirectX (blog.wolfire.com)
408 points by intull on Dec 5, 2013 | 175 comments
62.
White House Tries to Prevent Judge From Ruling on Surveillance Efforts (nytimes.com)
408 points by rosser on Dec 22, 2013 | 65 comments
63.
How I introduced a 27-year-old computer to the web (keacher.com)
407 points by teuobk on Dec 12, 2013 | 90 comments
64.
Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims Release Was Accidental (eff.org)
406 points by tijs on Dec 13, 2013 | 203 comments
65.
DHS stalls no-fly list trial by putting witness on no-fly list (boingboing.net)
404 points by dredmorbius on Dec 4, 2013 | 117 comments
66.
Email Introduction Etiquette (blog.42floors.com)
402 points by jaf12duke on Dec 13, 2013 | 116 comments
67.
I fought my ISP's bad behavior and won (erichelgeson.github.io)
400 points by helfire on Dec 31, 2013 | 108 comments
68.
On Hacking MicroSD Cards (bunniestudios.com)
399 points by fernly on Dec 29, 2013 | 68 comments
69.
A Programmer's Guide to Data Mining (guidetodatamining.com)
399 points by carlosgg on Dec 8, 2013 | 32 comments
70.
DigitalOcean leaks customer data between VMs (github.com)
395 points by sneak on Dec 30, 2013 | 200 comments
71.
Peter Higgs: I wouldn't be productive enough for today's academic system (theguardian.com)
394 points by sampo on Dec 6, 2013 | 194 comments
72.
H5N1 (blog.samaltman.com)
394 points by olivercameron on Dec 11, 2013 | 184 comments
73.
Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows (hanselman.com)
392 points by kissgyorgy on Dec 21, 2013 | 187 comments
74.
Why I don't trade stocks and (probably) neither should you (edmarkovich.blogspot.com)
387 points by xyzelement on Dec 2, 2013 | 310 comments
75.
Letter From A Psychopath (twitlonger.com)
383 points by mannjani on Dec 20, 2013 | 330 comments
76.
Lessons learned from my failed startup after 2 years, 300 users and 0 revenue (sergioschuler.com)
380 points by sergioschuler on Dec 31, 2013 | 159 comments
77.
Saab wins Brazil jets deal after NSA spying sours Boeing bid (reuters.com)
380 points by joshfraser on Dec 18, 2013 | 131 comments
78.
People Don’t Actually Like Creativity (slate.com)
375 points by wikiburner on Dec 6, 2013 | 214 comments
79.
NSA Coworker Remembers Edward Snowden: "A Genius Among Geniuses" (forbes.com)
372 points by mzarate06 on Dec 16, 2013 | 171 comments
80.
What Happens When One of Your Coworkers Dies (thebillfold.com)
369 points by ohjeez on Dec 20, 2013 | 196 comments
81.
Good News You Might Have Missed in 2013 (thegatesnotes.com)
369 points by ohjeez on Dec 26, 2013 | 167 comments
82.
What is it like to be a geek in a prison? (quora.com)
368 points by edw519 on Dec 26, 2013 | 249 comments
83.
The NSA: An Inside View (lorensr.me)
367 points by lorendsr on Dec 15, 2013 | 313 comments
84.
Scala – 1 Star – Would Not Program Again (overwatering.org)
365 points by jms_ on Dec 1, 2013 | 316 comments
85.
What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014 (web.law.duke.edu)
365 points by Tsiolkovsky on Dec 31, 2013 | 160 comments
86.
Telegram protocol defeated. Authors are going to modify crypto-algorithm (translate.google.com)
360 points by xytop on Dec 22, 2013 | 207 comments
87.
The real use of money is to buy freedom (paraschopra.com)
357 points by paraschopra on Dec 24, 2013 | 295 comments
88.
Show HN: Myth – CSS the way it was imagined (myth.io)
357 points by ianstormtaylor on Dec 17, 2013 | 152 comments
89.
President Obama calls on every American to learn code (youtube.com)
356 points by bbayer on Dec 9, 2013 | 426 comments
90.
Google’s $179 Moto G puts every single cheap Android phone to shame (arstechnica.com)
351 points by jseliger on Dec 7, 2013 | 259 comments