top 20 hacker news stories for 2013-08-13

This coupon code is a slap in the face

http://justinjackson.ca/the-coupon-code-is-a-slap-in-the-face/

13 years ago

431 upvotes – 245 comments

Using Voice to Code Faster than Keyboard

http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/using_voice_to_code.html

13 years ago

403 upvotes – 133 comments

Wireless devices go battery-free with new communication technique

http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/08/13/wireless-devices-go-battery-free-with-new-communication-technique/

13 years ago

341 upvotes – 72 comments

The Future of Programming in Node.js

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/nodejs/9afurRCTlOc

13 years ago

278 upvotes – 176 comments

SDL 2.0.0 is out after many years in development

http://lists.libsdl.org/pipermail/sdl-libsdl.org/2013-August/089854.html

13 years ago

256 upvotes – 61 comments

After Multiple Denials, CIA Admits to Snooping on Noam Chomsky

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/08/13/after_multiple_denials_cia_admits_to_snooping_on_noam_chomsky

13 years ago

247 upvotes – 81 comments

Lavabit Founder Says He Had ‘Obligation’ to Shut Service

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/lavabit-founder-says-he-had-obligation-to-shut-service

13 years ago

231 upvotes – 104 comments

Q & A: Edward Snowden speaks to Peter Maass

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/magazine/snowden-maass-transcript.html

13 years ago

217 upvotes – 43 comments

How phone batteries measure the weather

http://opensignal.com/reports/battery-temperature-weather/

13 years ago

210 upvotes – 27 comments

Bottle light inventor proud to be poor

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23536914

13 years ago

204 upvotes – 80 comments

Firefox now only has one HTML parser

https://blog.mozilla.org/mrbkap/2013/08/12/the-old-html-parser-is-dead-long-live-the-html-parser/

13 years ago

200 upvotes – 57 comments

The big, ugly affiliate marketing scam

http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/12/the-big-ugly-affiliate-marketing-scam/

13 years ago

191 upvotes – 119 comments

Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself

http://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2013/08/12/latest-update-elon-musk-will-start-the-hyperloop-himself/

13 years ago

180 upvotes – 56 comments

Hacking the OS X Kernel for Fun and Profiles

http://research.swtch.com/macpprof

13 years ago

174 upvotes – 35 comments

WebGL to add 3D hover effects to your website

http://glecollinet.github.io/webgl-demo/

13 years ago

173 upvotes – 112 comments

No Way NSA

http://nowaynsa.com/

13 years ago

173 upvotes – 36 comments

HTML.js – Befriend the DOM

http://nbubna.github.io/HTML/

13 years ago

169 upvotes – 106 comments

DOJ Elevated Its Charges Against Swartz Because Internet Rallied on His Behalf

http://pjmedia.com/blog/report-doj-elevated-its-charges-against-swartz-because-internet-community-rallied-on-his-behalf/?singlepage=true

13 years ago

160 upvotes – 94 comments

I Am Being Watched

http://amsiegel.com/post/58170083617/i-am-being-watched

13 years ago

152 upvotes – 52 comments

Searching a Sorted Matrix Faster

http://twistedoakstudios.com/blog/Post5365_searching-a-sorted-matrix-faster

13 years ago

138 upvotes – 10 comments
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