top 20 hacker news stories for 2013-07-11

Human-Powered Helicopter Wins the $250,000 Sikorsky Prize

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/diy-flying/finally-a-human-powered-helicopter-wins-the-250000-sikorsky-prize-15682369

13 years ago

601 upvotes – 95 comments

Feds, We Need Some Time Apart

https://www.defcon.org/#dc21fedbreak

13 years ago

587 upvotes – 250 comments

How Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data

13 years ago

470 upvotes – 156 comments

Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic Income

http://simulacrum.cc/2013/07/10/three-trends-that-push-us-towards-an-unconditional-basic-income/

13 years ago

432 upvotes – 655 comments

Show HN: I hacked my microwave with a Raspberry Pi

http://madebynathan.com/2013/07/10/raspberry-pi-powered-microwave/

13 years ago

423 upvotes – 110 comments

Do the right thing, wait to get fired

http://brendansterne.com/2013/07/11/do-the-right-thing-wait-to-get-fired/

13 years ago

351 upvotes – 87 comments

Microsoft reorganizes

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Jul13/07-11OneMicrosoft.aspx

13 years ago

267 upvotes – 271 comments

Small Utah ISP firm stands up to ‘surveillance state’

http://rt.com/usa/utah-isp-surveillance-state-corporations-925/

13 years ago

257 upvotes – 52 comments

Navigating the Postmodern Python World

http://www.stephendiehl.com/posts/postmodern.html

13 years ago

253 upvotes – 119 comments

Why is nobody using SSL client certificates?

http://pilif.github.io/2008/05/why-is-nobody-using-ssl-client-certificates/

13 years ago

241 upvotes – 153 comments

How to permanently delete a Facebook account

http://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674

13 years ago

209 upvotes – 90 comments

Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X

http://fitztrev.github.io/shuttle/

13 years ago

200 upvotes – 109 comments

HP admits to backdoors in storage products

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/11/hp_prepping_fix_for_latest_storage_vuln/

13 years ago

185 upvotes – 22 comments

For first time ever, feds asked to sit out Defcon hacker conference

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/07/for-first-time-ever-feds-asked-to-sit-out-defcon-hacker-conference/

13 years ago

184 upvotes – 30 comments

Plug: the brain of your devices

http://meetplug.com/kickstarter/

13 years ago

150 upvotes – 111 comments

Hey programmers, we need to talk

http://sealedabstract.com/rants/hey-programmers-we-need-to-talk/

13 years ago

149 upvotes – 46 comments

Explanation of the Asiana SF crash by a former UAL captain

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/518568-asiana-flight-crash-san-francisco-63.html#post7931852

13 years ago

142 upvotes – 108 comments

Quinoa should be taking over the world. This is why it isn’t

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/11/quinoa-should-be-taking-over-the-world-this-is-why-it-isnt/

13 years ago

140 upvotes – 178 comments

Philosophy and "for" loops — more from Go and Rust

http://lwn.net/Articles/557073/

13 years ago

138 upvotes – 55 comments

LINQ Ruined My Favorite Interview Question

http://scottchamberlin.tumblr.com/post/55152416452/linqinterview

13 years ago

133 upvotes – 196 comments
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