top 50% hacker news stories for 2013-12-30

What I Didn't Say

http://paulgraham.com/wids.html

13 years ago

1289 upvotes – 567 comments

About Python 3

http://alexgaynor.net/2013/dec/30/about-python-3/

13 years ago

564 upvotes – 345 comments

DigitalOcean leaks customer data between VMs

https://github.com/fog/fog/issues/2525

13 years ago

★ 4.2k Ruby MIT
395 upvotes – 200 comments

A Short Story for Engineers

http://cs.txstate.edu/~br02/cs1428/ShortStoryForEngineers.htm

13 years ago

278 upvotes – 85 comments

30C3 Recordings

http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2013/

13 years ago

273 upvotes – 38 comments

I Transcribed Glenn Greenwald's 30C3 Keynote

https://github.com/poppingtonic/greenwald-30c3-keynote/

13 years ago

★ 92
253 upvotes – 53 comments

I flew on a plane without going through security. It was amazing and no one died

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/12/30/i-flew-on-a-plane-without-going-through-security-it-was-amazing-and-no-one-died/

13 years ago

235 upvotes – 226 comments

The Disinformation

http://uncrunched.com/2013/12/30/the-disinformation/

13 years ago

225 upvotes – 79 comments

Don't want your laptop tampered with? Just add glitter nail polish

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/12/better-data-security-nail-polish/

13 years ago

221 upvotes – 83 comments

Show HN: I made 30 apps this year and I'm 15

http://www.aeipsapps.tumblr.com

13 years ago

206 upvotes – 141 comments

ATF uses rogue tactics in storefront stings across nation

http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/atf-uses-rogue-tactics-in-storefront-stings-across-the-nation-b99146765z1-234916641.html

13 years ago

183 upvotes – 183 comments

Two years after quitting my job: 2013 in review

http://nathanbarry.com/2013-review/

13 years ago

169 upvotes – 88 comments

Garbage Collection in Ruby 2.1

http://tmm1.net/ruby21-rgengc/

13 years ago

163 upvotes – 30 comments

Your body wasn’t built to last: a lesson from human mortality rates

http://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/your-body-wasnt-built-to-last-a-lesson-from-human-mortality-rates/

13 years ago

151 upvotes – 175 comments

How I published a fake paper, and why it is the fault of our education system

http://smritiweb.com/navin/education-2/how-i-published-a-fake-paper-and-why-it-is-the-fault-of-our-education-system

13 years ago

144 upvotes – 90 comments

Why MacPaint's Original Canvas was 416 Pixels Wide

http://www.looksgoodworkswell.com/elegance-of-macpaint-code/

13 years ago

133 upvotes – 25 comments

Show HN: I made 22 apps and games this year mostly by myself – here they are

http://davesapien.com/DaveSapien/2013DaveSapien.html

13 years ago

131 upvotes – 80 comments

What’s New In Emacs 24.4

http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2013/12/29/whats-new-in-emacs-24-4/

13 years ago

126 upvotes – 51 comments

Filthy Lucre

http://m.vice.com/read/filthy-lucre

13 years ago

126 upvotes – 118 comments

Report: NSA intercepting laptops ordered online, installing spyware

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/12/29/report-nsa-intercepting-laptops-ordered-online-installing-spyware/

13 years ago

114 upvotes – 55 comments

An Illustrated History of objc_msgSend

http://sealiesoftware.com/msg/index.html

13 years ago

110 upvotes – 42 comments

Cash machines robbed with infected USB sticks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25550512

13 years ago

97 upvotes – 49 comments

We plan on not breaking code after Rust 1.0, except for gated features

https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2013-December/007588.html

13 years ago

92 upvotes – 38 comments

Why is Machine Learning the Most Popular Course at Stanford?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2013/12/29/why-is-machine-learning-cs-229-the-most-popular-course-at-stanford/

13 years ago

85 upvotes – 41 comments

Apple fined for price fixing

http://mobile.itnews.com.au/Article.aspx?CIID=368523&type=News

13 years ago

84 upvotes – 76 comments

The error model of Microsoft's new language

https://plus.google.com/+AleksBromfield/posts/SnwtcXUdoyZ

13 years ago

78 upvotes – 34 comments

MailChimp Annual Report

http://mailchimp.com/2013/

13 years ago

78 upvotes – 23 comments

Google, make Google Analytics HTTPS by default

http://smerity.com/articles/2013/google_analytics_and_nsa.html

13 years ago

75 upvotes – 24 comments

What's wrong with in-browser cryptography?

http://tonyarcieri.com/whats-wrong-with-webcrypto

13 years ago

73 upvotes – 43 comments

An Interview with Paul Graham: Hackers & Painters 10 Years Later

http://blog.onemonthrails.com/interview-paul-graham-hackers-and-painters-ten-years-later/

13 years ago

68 upvotes – 23 comments

What’s Wrong with Git? A Conceptual Design Analysis

http://people.csail.mit.edu/sperezde/onward13.pdf

13 years ago

68 upvotes – 74 comments

Scientists Petition U.S. Congress for Return to the Moon

http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-petition-u-congress-return-moon-191838421.html

13 years ago

66 upvotes – 54 comments

Life’s Work: Salman Khan

http://hbr.org/2014/01/salman-khan/ar/pr

13 years ago

64 upvotes – 5 comments

Why Microsoft's "Scroogled" Campaign Is Childish

http://itechtriad.com/articles/2013/12/30/why-microsofts-scroogled-campaign-is-childish

13 years ago

64 upvotes – 72 comments

The TSP Isn't NP Complete

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/jfp/entry/no_the_tsp_isn_t_np_complete?lang=en

13 years ago

61 upvotes – 30 comments

France’s Hollande Gets Court Approval for 75% Millionaire Tax

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-29/france-s-hollande-gets-court-approval-for-75-millionaire-tax.html

13 years ago

58 upvotes – 87 comments

Whether to delegate

http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/12/30/whether-to-delegate/

13 years ago

57 upvotes – 14 comments

30C3 Keynote with Glenn Greenwald

http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2013/30C3_-_5622_-_en_-_saal_1_-_201312271930_-_30c3_keynote_-_glenn_greenwald_-_frank.html

13 years ago

57 upvotes – 11 comments
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