top 10 hacker news stories for 2013-08-16

Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense, is now as good as dead

http://qz.com/115831/googles-20-time-which-brought-you-gmail-and-adsense-is-now-as-good-as-dead/

13 years ago

581 upvotes – 481 comments

Happy 20th birthday Debian

http://bits.debian.org/2013/08/20-birthday-debian.html

13 years ago

520 upvotes – 88 comments

NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-broke-privacy-rules-thousands-of-times-per-year-audit-finds/2013/08/15/3310e554-05ca-11e3-a07f-49ddc7417125_story.html

13 years ago

416 upvotes – 86 comments

Show HN: noteZilla - Interactive sheet music

http://notezilla.io

13 years ago

275 upvotes – 130 comments

Ripping Off Young America: The College-Loan Scandal

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/ripping-off-young-america-the-college-loan-scandal-20130815?print=true

13 years ago

264 upvotes – 266 comments

Obama said the NSA wasn’t “actually abusing” its powers. He was wrong

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/15/remember-when-obama-said-the-nsa-wasnt-actually-abusing-its-powers-he-was-wrong/

13 years ago

253 upvotes – 50 comments

Kal – a clean JavaScript alternative without callbacks

http://rzimmerman.github.io/kal/

13 years ago

249 upvotes – 125 comments

Lavabit.com owner: 'I could be arrested' for resisting surveillance order

http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/13/20008036-lavabitcom-owner-i-could-be-arrested-for-resisting-surveillance-order?lite

13 years ago

248 upvotes – 110 comments

The De-evolution of My Laptop Battery

http://www.ifweassume.com/2013/08/the-de-evolution-of-my-laptop-battery.html?bg

13 years ago

245 upvotes – 145 comments

Brick – UI Components for Modern Web Apps

http://mozilla.github.io/brick/

13 years ago

214 upvotes – 72 comments
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