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Stories, Ask HN, Show HN

Top stories

1
Hyperloop
2549
2
Lavabit abruptly shuts down
1747
3
John Carmack joins Oculus as CTO
961
4
Kids can't use computers, and why it should worry you
593
5
Why I Changed My Mind On Weed
573
6
CSS Absolute Centering
518
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The algorithm for a perfectly balanced photo gallery
494
8
Email service used by Snowden shuts down, warns against using US-based companies
493
9
Hyperloop Alpha [pdf]
486
10
How to Convince Investors
477

Top Ask HN

1
What do you want to see in Rails 4.1?
56
2
do you trust your "secure email" now?
26
3
Depressed HN
19
4
Where can I find freelance work?
17
5
which jobs are accessible to very introverted devs?
17
6
Themeforest let another author steal my design. Any advice?
16
7
Unlimited vacation policy does your company have it? How is it?
16
8
Key employee probably going to prison. How do we best tell investors?
15
9
What are you working on right now?
14
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How to find problems worth solving?
14

Top Show HN

1
TextBlob, Natural language processing made simple in Python
295
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Run iOS apps in the browser
247
3
Python library to read and manage your Gmail
151
4
Do you read on the toilet? This web app is for you.
114
5
An open-source media hosting site that's anonymous and fast
91
6
My new domain search tool
90
7
Kraken.io image optimization service
87
8
I'm writing an ebook about adventure and giving it away for free
45
9
Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe on Angular and Firebase
42
10
Raw Image Storage for photographers using S3 and Glacier
40

News, Tech Blogs, Scientific Publications and more

Tech news [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • techcrunch.com
  • venturebeat.com
  • gizmodo.com
  • arstechnica.com
  • theverge.com
  • wired.com
  • vice.com
  • zdnet.com
  • engadget.com
  • technologyreview.com
  • cnet.com
  • vox.com
  • fastcompany.com
  • protocol.com
  • wired.co.uk
  • therecord.media
  • qz.com
  • techradar.com
  • techspot.com
  • pcgamer.com
  • thenextweb.com
  • restofworld.org
  • bleepingcomputer.com
1
Edward Snowdens Email Provider Shuts Down Amid Secret Court Battle
277
2
Meta (YC S13), The Crazy AR Glasses That Aim To Do What Google Glass Cant
248
3
DigitalOcean raises $3.2M Seed Round
198
4
Twitters New Two-Factor Solution Kicks SMS to the Curb
185
5
Why founders fail: the product CEO paradox
161
6
Crossbar Resistive RAM stores a terabyte on a chip
160
7
SimpleLegal (YC S13) Reduces Legal Bills With Machine Learning
132
8
Tracking devices hidden in London's recycling bins are stalking your smartphone
123
9
Senic (YC S13) builds a laser distance meter for smartphones
120
10
Encrypted E-Mail Company Hushmail Spills to Feds (2007)
119

News [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • nytimes.com
  • theguardian.com
  • edition.cnn.com
  • bloomberg.com
  • bbc.com
  • wsj.com
  • reuters.com
  • washingtonpost.com
  • cnbc.com
  • theatlantic.com
  • bbc.co.uk
  • theregister.com
  • npr.org
  • economist.com
  • ft.com
  • cnn.com
  • forbes.com
  • newyorker.com
  • apnews.com
  • axios.com
  • businessinsider.com
  • finance.yahoo.com
  • nbcnews.com
  • msn.com
  • thehill.com
  • independent.co.uk
  • nypost.com
  • dw.com
  • lite.cnn.com
  • slate.com
  • scmp.com
  • politico.com
  • latimes.com
  • nbcnews.com
  • fortune.com
  • news.yahoo.com
  • aljazeera.com
  • asia.nikkei.com
  • time.com
  • sfchronicle.com
  • abc.net.au
  • cbsnews.com
  • euronews.com
  • telegraph.co.uk
  • reason.com
  • cbc.ca
  • dailymail.co.uk
  • theintercept.com
  • sfgate.com
  • politico.eu
  • buzzfeednews.com
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Why I Changed My Mind On Weed
573
2
Email service used by Snowden shuts down, warns against using US-based companies
493
3
The president is wrong: The NSA debate wouldnt have happened without Snowden
412
4
Lavabit's founder: 'If You Knew What I Know About Email, You Might Not Use It'
372
5
Bugger
356
6
Slashdot founder Rob Malda on why there wont be another Hacker News
322
7
Snowden's Asylum: 'It's the law, stupid'
319
8
Every important person in BitCoin just got subpoenaed by NY financial regulators
309
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NSA loophole allows warrantless search for US citizens' emails and phone calls
283
10
SWAT-Team Nation: The Militarization of the U.S. Police
227

Scientific publications [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • arxiv.org
  • phys.org
  • spectrum.ieee.org
  • space.com
  • ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  • pnas.org
  • nasa.gov
1
Perseid Meteor Shower is Peaking Now
4
2
Theorist helps sharpen tests of fundamental theory in high energy experiments
2
3
The Making of Facebooks Graph Search
2
4
Pulling off the most audacious cell-network break-in ever
2
5
White House to Host Robotics Hangout on Friday
2
6
Be happy, be healthy: A functional genomic perspective on human well-being
2
7
The Making of Facebooks Graph Search
2
8
An infallible quantum measurement
1
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The world's most powerful computers lack the common sense of a toddler
1
10
How China Is Blocking Tor (Winter & Lindskog 2012)
1

Dev Blogs [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • phoronix.com
  • lwn.net
  • thenewstack.io
  • hackernoon.com
  • blog.twitter.com
  • blog.mozilla.org
  • openai.com
  • engineering.fb.com
  • stripe.com
  • krebsonsecurity.com
  • coindesk.com
  • blog.google
  • brendangregg.com
  • threatpost.com
  • stackoverflow.blog
  • github.blog
  • infoq.com
  • portswigger.net
  • betterprogramming.pub
  • ai.googleblog.com
  • blog.cloudflare.com
  • devblogs.microsoft.com
  • cloud.google.com
  • schneier.com
  • nextplatform.com
  • developer.apple.com
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Restoring Trust in Government and the Internet
237
2
Staring at the Sun: Dalvik vs. Asm.js vs. Native
155
3
CloudFlare and Free Speech
113
4
Why Bitcoins are more expensive in Argentina than in the US
57
5
ZTE Will Soon Start Sales of Firefox OS Phones on eBay
49
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Apple Developer Center is Fully Restored
43
7
What's the story behind the names of CloudFlare's name servers?
39
8
Stripe's list of prohibited businesses
30
9
NSA Surveillance and Mission Creep
15
10
Login verification on Twitter for iPhone and Android
10

Tech blogs [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • macrumors.com
  • 9to5mac.com
  • tomshardware.com
  • hackaday.com
  • anandtech.com
  • newatlas.com
  • appleinsider.com
  • eff.org
1
EFF: "Parallel construction" is really intelligence laundering
372
2
Google Fiber Continues Awful ISP Tradition of Banning Servers
221
3
Obama to release FISA court opinion that ruled NSA surveillance unconstitutional
207
4
Full auto Gauss gun
5
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What It Means to Be An NSA "Target"
4
6
IPhone 5S Announcement on September 10 Confirmed
2
7
A look at what an iOS 7-inspired OS X could look like [Gallery]
2
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Obama Promises Reform of NSA Spying, But
2
9
Lodsys Agrees to Dismiss Case Against Small Developer for Charitable Donation
2
10
IPhone Patent Wars: Xerox PARC & the Apple, Inc.
1

FAANG+ [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • aws.amazon.com
  • amazon.com
  • microsoft.com
  • apple.com
1
Amazon launches Amazon Art marketplace
148
2
USB Power Adapter Takeback Program
3
3
Multiple Apple Systems offline
3
4
Apple starts 3rd party USB power adapter takeback program
2
5
Stay healthy & Keep coding
1
6
The best sleeping pillow in the world?
1
7
Modern Operating Systems (3rd Edition): Andrew S. Tanenbaum
1
8
Amazon Now Selling Fine Art
1
9
Become a Trillionaire for $0.45 (+$3.56 S&H)
1

Misc and Hobbies [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • thedrive.com
  • atlasobscura.com
  • electrek.co
  • aeon.co
  • lesswrong.com
  • hbr.org
  • torrentfreak.com
  • nationalgeographic.com
  • docs.google.com
  • web.archive.org
  • stratechery.com
  • archive.org
1
Pirate Bay Releases Pirate Browser to Thwart Censorship
113
2
Kim Dotcom Will Move Mega Privacy Services to Iceland to Avoid Spying
11
3
Rebuilding the world technology destroyed
5
4
Hollywood Keeps Censoring Pirate Bay Documentary, Director Outraged
5
5
Sky's Court Ordered Piracy Filter Blocks TorrentFreak
4
6
The Pirate Bay Turns 10 Years Old: The History
4
7
Comcast Wants to Monitor and Convert Pirating Subscribers
3
8
Amazon's Dominant Strategy
2
9
Pirate Party Reports IT Minister to the Police for Copyright Infringement
2
10
CBS Blackout Triggers Surge in TV-Show Piracy
2

Science News [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • nature.com
  • livescience.com
  • techxplore.com
  • interestingengineering.com
  • science.org
  • medicalxpress.com
  • quantamagazine.org
  • scientificamerican.com
  • theconversation.com
  • nautil.us
  • sciencealert.com
  • smithsonianmag.com
  • news.mit.edu
  • sciencedaily.com
  • sciencedirect.com
  • scitechdaily.com
  • newscientist.com
  • sciencemag.org
  • eurekalert.org
  • bmj.com
1
3D printing tiny human livers
64
2
Lasers boost space communications
48
3
Meshnet activists rebuilding the Internet from scratch
38
4
Meshnet activists rebuilding the Internet from scratch
8
5
Giant viruses open Pandora's box
6
6
No, youre not entitled to your opinion
6
7
Chain reaction shattered huge Antarctica ice shelf
5
8
Space station poised to launch open-source satellites
5
9
For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact
3
10
Why We Keep Playing the Lottery
3

Social [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • old.reddit.com
  • reddit.com
  • twitter.com
  • facebook.com
  • linkedin.com
  • youtube.com
1
Things in Haskell which don't exist elsewhere at all
164
2
Carmack talks practical use of Haskell, Lisp in game prog at Quakecon keynote
81
3
In Tough Times, Abandon Your Employees
47
4
Elon Musk will unveil Hyperloop alpha design at 1:30 PDT
17
5
3 million pc botnet owner AMA on reddit
16
6
Stop the Presses: A New Press Lord Appears
12
7
NSA comment on Reddit
12
8
Richard Stallman: Snowden & Assange besieged by empire
9
9
John Carmack's Quakecon 2013 Keynote
6
10
Edward Snowden's Dad, Lon Fires Back At Obama
6

Github repos and gists [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • github.com
  • gist.github.com
1
JS-Git
111
2
Typo: A programming language that runs in Haskell's type system
110
3
Rails 4 startup template
85
4
Dulwich, pure Python Git implementation
82
5
Code documentation written as code
72
6
Keep Your GitHub Email Address Private
67
7
IJulia: iPython Notebook for Julia
63
8
Rediscala: Non-blocking Redis driver for Scala
59
9
On Hiring Developers
46
10
fs - the data-free filesystem
42

Wikipedia [?]

Posts matching the following domain: wikipedia.org

1
Senate IP linked to edits in Snowden's wikipedia page
109
2
Digital physics
58
3
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
35
4
Ted Nelson
23
5
Goinia radiation accident
14
6
IBM and the Holocaust
5
7
Someone from the Senate edited Snowdens's wikipedia entry
3
8
Suggested relationship of infrasound to ghost sightings
2
9
Tumbler (Project Xanadu)
2
10
Glasgow ice cream wars
2

Blogs [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • medium.com
  • world.hey.com
  • danluu.com
  • jvns.ca
  • paulgraham.com
1
How to Convince Investors
477
2
I cannot afford to go back to engineering school
248
3
Investor Herd Dynamics
210
4
Keep Your Identity Small (2009)
203
5
Happy third birthday, Horse_ebooks
66
6
The Powerball Jackpot is $425M. Should you play?
60
7
Bridging Economics and Data Science
49
8
Hyper Social is Dying
42
9
Yahoo's new killer app
37
10
Results of May's HN unix command survey (spoiler: lots of Rails)
22

Stackoverflow [?]

Posts from the following websites:

  • stackoverflow.com
1
Stackoverflow is down. All programming has stopped.
14
2
Daylight saving time and Timezone best practices
3
3
Python having trouble w/ USB mic via Gst + Pocketsphinx on RaspberryPi
2
4
ASP.NET Response.Redirect to open a new browser window?
2
5
HTTP 1.0 vs HTTP 2.0
2
6
Why does the month argument range from 0 to 11 in JavaScript's Date constructor?
2
7
Computing California Sales Tax
2
8
Splitting a Clojure namespace over multiple files
2
9
Emma instrumenting classes incorrectly
1
10
Using a piano keyboard as a computer keyboard
1

Substack [?]

Posts matching the following domain: substack.com