top 20 hacker news stories for 2013-08-02

Creator of xkcd Reveals Secret Backstory of His Epic 3,990-Panel Comic

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/08/xkcd-time-comic/

13 years ago

634 upvotes – 92 comments

Hard drive hack provides root access, even after reinstall

http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack

13 years ago

472 upvotes – 89 comments

Two Stories of Passive Income Excess

http://x.myles.io/19BPrtG

13 years ago

348 upvotes – 123 comments

Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6145261

13 years ago

340 upvotes – 292 comments

FBI pressures Internet providers to install surveillance software

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57596791-38/fbi-pressures-internet-providers-to-install-surveillance-software

13 years ago

288 upvotes – 97 comments

Did Goldman Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Programmer?

http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2013/09/michael-lewis-goldman-sachs-programmer

13 years ago

257 upvotes – 220 comments

TimelineJS: build visually rich interactive timelines

http://timeline.verite.co/

13 years ago

199 upvotes – 29 comments

After NSA's XKeyscore, Wikipedia Switches to HTTPS

http://www.fastcompany.com/3015199/the-code-war/after-nsas-xkeyscore-wikipedia-switches-to-secure-https

13 years ago

183 upvotes – 114 comments

OAuth of Fealty: Resignation beyond sorrow on the Facebook Platform and beyond

http://m.bogost.com/blog/oauth_of_fealty.shtml

13 years ago

181 upvotes – 45 comments

Don't Plug Your Phone into a Charger You Don't Own

http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/hacking/314361-black-hat-don-t-plug-your-phone-into-a-charger-you-don-t-own

13 years ago

153 upvotes – 93 comments

Here’s what real reform of the NSA looks like

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/02/heres-what-real-reform-of-the-nsa-looks-like

13 years ago

146 upvotes – 38 comments

Khan Academy now accepts Bitcoin via Coinbase

http://blog.coinbase.com/post/57119163938/khan-academy-now-accepts-bitcoin-donations-using

13 years ago

146 upvotes – 18 comments

Bradley Manning and "hacker madness" scare tactic

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23981-bradley-manning-and-hacker-madness-scare-tactic.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.UfuDdlM6dEk

13 years ago

133 upvotes – 45 comments

Comments in JSON

http://fadefade.com/json-comments.html

13 years ago

127 upvotes – 176 comments

Carmack: Armadillo Aerospace in “hibernation mode”

http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/08/01/carmack-armadillo-aerospace-in-hibernation-mode/

13 years ago

126 upvotes – 54 comments

CoreOS Vagrant Images

http://coreos.com/blog/coreos-vagrant-images/

13 years ago

125 upvotes – 43 comments

Dwarf Fortress in 2013

http://gamasutra.com/view/feature/195148/dwarf_fortress_in_2013.php

13 years ago

117 upvotes – 77 comments

Hacker News in the Terminal

http://andrewvos.com/2013/08/02/hacker-news-in-the-terminal/

13 years ago

112 upvotes – 68 comments

Scientist banned from revealing codes used to start luxury cars

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/26/scientist-banned-revealing-codes-cars

13 years ago

109 upvotes – 35 comments

Germany ends spy pact with US and UK after Snowden

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23553837

13 years ago

109 upvotes – 17 comments
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