top 20 hacker news stories for 2013-08-30

Founders' Accents

http://paulgraham.com/accents.html

13 years ago

508 upvotes – 348 comments

Tell HN: Add ?share=1 to Quora URLs to display content without login

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6300856

13 years ago

341 upvotes – 128 comments

In emergency cases a passenger was selected and thrown out of the plane (2004)

http://lwn.net/Articles/104185/

13 years ago

329 upvotes – 115 comments

Reversing Sinclair's amazing 1974 calculator hack - half the ROM of the HP-35

http://files.righto.com/calculator/sinclair_scientific_simulator.html

13 years ago

303 upvotes – 96 comments

Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6300923

13 years ago

298 upvotes – 210 comments

No-fly list ruling in Portland comes close to declaring it unconstitutional

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/08/no-fly_list_ruling_in_portland.html#incart_special-report

13 years ago

267 upvotes – 76 comments

Dark Patterns - User Interfaces Designed to Trick People

http://darkpatterns.org/

13 years ago

265 upvotes – 94 comments

How Poverty Taxes the Brain

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/08/how-poverty-taxes-brain/6716/

13 years ago

234 upvotes – 171 comments

Basics of Neural Networks with example codes and illustrations

http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-10-neural-networks/

13 years ago

231 upvotes – 29 comments

More on the NSA Commandeering the Internet

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

13 years ago

222 upvotes – 64 comments

Ignored by big companies, Mexican village creates its own mobile service

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-27/rest-of-world/41496213_1_village-america-movil-afp

13 years ago

192 upvotes – 32 comments

Magic: The Gathering API

http://mtgapi.com/

13 years ago

186 upvotes – 120 comments

Learning how to think

http://dcurt.is/startups-ruin-you

13 years ago

176 upvotes – 124 comments

It's a Dumbphone, But It's the Nicest Dumbphone You Can Buy

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/08/nokias-nicest-dumbphon/

13 years ago

172 upvotes – 189 comments

Go Ahead, Mess With Texas Instruments

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/go-ahead-mess-with-texas-instruments/278899/

13 years ago

165 upvotes – 122 comments

Mac OS X Sudo Password Bypass

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/122965

13 years ago

159 upvotes – 51 comments

CIA is largest US spy agency, according to black budget leaked by Edward Snowden

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-is-largest-us-spy-agency-according-to-black-budget-leaked-by-edward-snowden/2013/08/29/d8d6d5de-10ec-11e3-bdf6-e4fc677d94a1_story.html

13 years ago

152 upvotes – 74 comments

Founder with an accent? Free offer from SayAfter.me

http://www.sayafter.me/hacker-news

13 years ago

151 upvotes – 101 comments

The SCUMM Diary: Stories behind one of the greatest game engines ever made

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/196009/the_scumm_diary_stories_behind_.php?page=1

13 years ago

141 upvotes – 14 comments

Show HN: Gingko, a tree-document editor

https://gingkoapp.com/p/future-of-text

13 years ago

140 upvotes – 132 comments
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