top 20 hacker news stories for 2013-12-11

Uruguay legalises production and sale of cannabis

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/11/uruguay-cannabis-marijuana-production-sale-law

13 years ago

480 upvotes – 312 comments

Why was this secret?

http://sivers.org/ws

13 years ago

411 upvotes – 209 comments

H5N1

http://blog.samaltman.com/h5n1

13 years ago

394 upvotes – 184 comments

NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/12/10/nsa-uses-google-cookies-to-pinpoint-targets-for-hacking/

13 years ago

337 upvotes – 173 comments

New Google Sheets: faster, more powerful, and works offline

http://googledrive.blogspot.com/2013/12/newsheets.html?m=1

13 years ago

295 upvotes – 221 comments

Vim3D – A new 3D vi clone [video]

http://www.vim3d.com/

13 years ago

235 upvotes – 66 comments

How AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are working together to screw you

http://www.timmins.net/2013/12/11/how-att-verizon-and-comcast-are-working-together-to-screw-you-by-discontinuing-landline-service/

13 years ago

231 upvotes – 75 comments

US Fails To Close TPP Deal As Wikileaks Exposes Discord

http://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2013/12/10/us-fails-to-close-tpp-deal-as-wikileaks-exposes-discord/

13 years ago

211 upvotes – 86 comments

U.S. FDA to phase out some antibiotic use in animal production

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/11/fda-antibiotic-idUSL3N0JQ36T20131211

13 years ago

195 upvotes – 64 comments

Show HN: tyto

http://jh3y.github.io/tyto/

13 years ago

179 upvotes – 122 comments

Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/canada-post-to-phase-out-urban-home-mail-delivery-1.2459618

13 years ago

169 upvotes – 130 comments

Call me maybe: Redis redux

http://aphyr.com/posts/307-call-me-maybe-redis-redux

13 years ago

161 upvotes – 23 comments

What are Linux containers and how did they come about?

http://bitmason.blogspot.ca/2013/09/what-are-containers-anyway.html

13 years ago

153 upvotes – 63 comments

A Guide to Python's Magic Methods

http://www.rafekettler.com/magicmethods.html

13 years ago

152 upvotes – 18 comments

IntelliJ IDEA 13 Brings a Full Bag of Goodies to Android Developers

http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2013/12/intellij-idea-13-brings-a-full-bag-of-goodies-to-android-developers/

13 years ago

147 upvotes – 101 comments

Sharking: High-Rollers in the Crosshairs

http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002647.html

13 years ago

142 upvotes – 41 comments

Fidelity now allows clients to put bitcoins in IRAs

http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/12/11/fidelity-now-allows-clients-to-put-bitcoins-in-iras/

13 years ago

142 upvotes – 94 comments

Ancient Indian Texts

https://sites.google.com/site/ancientbharat/home

13 years ago

139 upvotes – 94 comments

California Arrests the Owner of a Revenge Porn Site

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/12/11/kevin_bollaert_arrested_for_revenge_porn_california_s_move_is_a_promising.html?wpisrc=burger_bar

13 years ago

135 upvotes – 154 comments

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta

https://access.redhat.com/site/products/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/Get-Beta?intcmp=70160000000cINoAAM

13 years ago

130 upvotes – 103 comments
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