top 20 hacker news stories for 2013-08-15

“People simply empty out”

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/10/people-simply-empty-out.html

13 years ago

723 upvotes – 463 comments

Callbacks as our Generation's Goto Statement

http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2013/Aug-15.html

13 years ago

621 upvotes – 274 comments

Introducing Stripe UK

https://stripe.com/blog/introducing-stripe-uk

13 years ago

371 upvotes – 164 comments

Campaign for a new HTTP Error code: 451 - Blocked for legal reasons

http://www.451unavailable.org/

13 years ago

362 upvotes – 88 comments

The limits of Google’s openness

http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2013/08/15/the-limits-of-google-s-openness.aspx

13 years ago

302 upvotes – 293 comments

Show HN: Virtual Machines in the Browser

http://blog.grunseid.com/2013/arc.html

13 years ago

281 upvotes – 148 comments

The NSA is Commandeering the Internet

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/08/the_nsa_is_comm.html

13 years ago

255 upvotes – 126 comments

Firebase Leaves Beta Today

https://www.firebase.com/blog/2013-08-15-firebase-leaves-beta-today.html

13 years ago

239 upvotes – 44 comments

Google confirms Java and OpenSSL crypto PRNG on Android are broken

http://android-developers.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/some-securerandom-thoughts.html

13 years ago

237 upvotes – 149 comments

The anatomy of the perfect technical interview from a former Amazon VP

http://firstround.com/article/The-anatomy-of-the-perfect-technical-interview-from-a-former-Amazon-VP

13 years ago

220 upvotes – 113 comments

Facebook use 'makes people feel worse about themselves'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23709009

13 years ago

165 upvotes – 71 comments

Introducing choir.io

http://corte.si/posts/choir/intro/choir.html

13 years ago

154 upvotes – 40 comments

Smalltalk runtime in the browser

http://amber-lang.net/

13 years ago

138 upvotes – 33 comments

Programmer's Dilemma

https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/231d7499a75

13 years ago

134 upvotes – 106 comments

Google confirms critical Android crypto flaw used in Bitcoin heist

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/08/google-confirms-critical-android-crypto-flaw-used-in-5700-bitcoin-heist/

13 years ago

131 upvotes – 43 comments

RethinkDB 1.8: date support, querying nested objects, 8x disk usage improvements

http://rethinkdb.com/blog/1.8-release/

13 years ago

128 upvotes – 50 comments

Why does this Java program terminate despite appearing that it shouldn't?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16159203/why-does-this-java-program-terminate-despite-that-appears-that-it-shouldt-and

13 years ago

124 upvotes – 121 comments

Destructuring Assignment in ECMAScript 6

http://fitzgeraldnick.com/weblog/50/

13 years ago

123 upvotes – 56 comments

The Story of Japan's 'Lost Decades' was a Hoax

http://www.forbes.com/sites/eamonnfingleton/2013/08/11/now-for-the-truth-the-story-of-japans-lost-decades-is-the-worlds-most-absurd-media-myth/

13 years ago

116 upvotes – 92 comments

Hackers backdoor the human brain, successfully extract sensitive data

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134682-hackers-backdoor-the-human-brain-successfully-extract-sensitive-data

13 years ago

110 upvotes – 68 comments
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