top 20 hacker news stories for 2013-12-31

I fought my ISP's bad behavior and won

http://erichelgeson.github.io/blog/2013/12/31/i-fought-my-isps-bad-behavior-and-won/

13 years ago

Lessons learned from my failed startup after 2 years, 300 users and 0 revenue

http://www.sergioschuler.com/startup-lessons-learned-from-my-failed-startup/

13 years ago

What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014

http://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2014/pre-1976

13 years ago

The NSA Reportedly Has Total Access To The Apple iPhone

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/12/30/the-nsa-reportedly-has-total-access-to-your-iphone/

13 years ago

How to write a great research paper [pdf]

https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/giving-a-talk/writing-a-paper-slides.pdf

13 years ago

Why I no longer contribute to Stack Overflow

http://michael.richter.name/blogs/why-i-no-longer-contribute-to-stackoverflow/

13 years ago

The RIAA forced me to shut down a successful website/apps I built in high school

http://blog.appgrounds.com/the-riaa-forced-me-to-shut-down/

13 years ago

Why I'm Interested in Bitcoin

http://cdixon.org/2013/12/31/why-im-interested-in-bitcoin/

13 years ago

Watch pg write an essay in real time

https://code.stypi.com/hacks/13sentences?doomed=true

13 years ago

The Mac Pro Review

http://anandtech.com/show/7603/mac-pro-review-late-2013

13 years ago

Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently

http://klinger.io/post/71640845938/dont-drown-in-email-how-to-use-gmail-more

13 years ago

Questions I'm asking in technical interviews

http://jvns.ca/blog/2013/12/30/questions-im-asking-in-interviews/

13 years ago

Mac Pro Late 2013 Teardown

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Mac+Pro+Late+2013+Teardown/20778

13 years ago

Peter Thiel’s Graph of the Year

http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/12/30/peter-thiels-graph-of-the-year/

13 years ago

U.S. to China: We Hacked Your Internet Gear We Told You Not to Hack

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/12/nsa-cisco-huawei-china/

13 years ago

Best Paper Awards in Computer Science Since 1996

http://jeffhuang.com/best_paper_awards.html##

13 years ago

Ask HN: Making extra income with books

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6990470

13 years ago

Twister: Anonymous, private BtC/DHT/Torrent P2P microblogging

http://twister.net.co/

13 years ago

On The Information and How We Operate

http://jessicalessin.com/2013/12/31/on-the-information-and-how-we-operate/

13 years ago

Whistleblower Edward Snowden is tech person of year

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2013/12/28/edward-snowden-is-tech-figure-of-the-year-new-tech-economy/4213953/

13 years ago