top 20 hacker news stories for 2013-10-17

Show HN: My x86 emulator written in JavaScript

http://copy.sh/v24/

13 years ago

765 upvotes – 190 comments

Lessons Learned Going from Zero to $30k/Month in a Year

http://groovehq.com/blog/first-year

13 years ago

458 upvotes – 57 comments

You’re infected—if you want to see your data again, pay us $300 in Bitcoins

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/youre-infected-if-you-want-to-see-your-data-again-pay-us-300-in-bitcoins/

13 years ago

380 upvotes – 289 comments

Adi Shamir Prevented from Attending Crypto and Cryptology Conferences

http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/27.54.html#subj1

13 years ago

353 upvotes – 102 comments

Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander)

http://releases.ubuntu.com/saucy/

13 years ago

324 upvotes – 186 comments

Wireshark is switching to Qt

https://blog.wireshark.org/2013/10/switching-to-qt/

13 years ago

277 upvotes – 135 comments

To an alarming degree, science is not self-correcting

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21588057-scientists-think-science-self-correcting-alarming-degree-it-not-trouble

13 years ago

257 upvotes – 138 comments

Sleep Flushes Toxins from the Brain

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24567412

13 years ago

252 upvotes – 93 comments

TSA Admits In Leaked Doc: No Evidence of Terrorist Plots Against Aviation in US

http://tsaoutofourpants.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/tsa-admits-in-leaked-doc-no-evidence-of-terrorist-plots-against-aviation-in-us/

13 years ago

236 upvotes – 127 comments

Visual Studio 2013 released to web

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2013/10/17/visual-studio-2013-released-to-web.aspx

13 years ago

221 upvotes – 152 comments

The Story of My Desk

http://jlongster.com/The-Story-of-My-Desk

13 years ago

216 upvotes – 105 comments

SecureDrop

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/securedrop.html

13 years ago

203 upvotes – 28 comments

Unsubscribe from all LinkedIn email in one click

https://gist.github.com/chengyin/7021086

13 years ago

190 upvotes – 69 comments

The Code Documentation Fallacy

http://voices.canonical.com/jussi.pakkanen/2012/09/25/the-code-documentation-fallacy/

13 years ago

187 upvotes – 129 comments

LSD microdosing: a randomized, blind self-experiment

http://www.gwern.net/LSD%20microdosing

13 years ago

182 upvotes – 114 comments

Illegal Prime Numbers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_prime

13 years ago

178 upvotes – 58 comments

Contrary to public claims, Apple can read your iMessages

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/contrary-to-public-claims-apple-can-read-your-imessages/

13 years ago

144 upvotes – 95 comments

Myst creator Cyan Worlds announces Kickstarter for Obduction

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cyaninc/obduction

13 years ago

139 upvotes – 35 comments

Microsoft Launches Remote Desktop App for Android and iOS

http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2013/10/17/microsoft-launches-remote-desktop-app-android-ios/

13 years ago

133 upvotes – 58 comments

Skull of Homo erectus throws story of human evolution into disarray

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/oct/17/skull-homo-erectus-human-evolution

13 years ago

130 upvotes – 86 comments
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