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Hard drive hack provides root access, even after reinstall (spritesmods.com)
472 points by pd0wm on Aug 2, 2013 | 89 comments
2.
Two Stories of Passive Income Excess (myles.io)
348 points by mkrecny on Aug 2, 2013 | 123 comments
3.
Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it?
340 points by procastatron on Aug 2, 2013 | 292 comments
4.
FBI pressures Internet providers to install surveillance software (cnet.com)
288 points by ojbyrne on Aug 2, 2013 | 97 comments
5.
Did Goldman Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Programmer? (vanityfair.com)
257 points by yummyfajitas on Aug 2, 2013 | 220 comments
6.
TimelineJS: build visually rich interactive timelines (verite.co)
199 points by cnivolle on Aug 2, 2013 | 29 comments
7.
OAuth of Fealty: Resignation beyond sorrow on the Facebook Platform and beyond (bogost.com)
181 points by jlees on Aug 2, 2013 | 45 comments
8.
After NSA's XKeyscore, Wikipedia Switches to HTTPS (fastcompany.com)
183 points by alecco on Aug 2, 2013 | 114 comments
9.
Don't Plug Your Phone into a Charger You Don't Own (pcmag.com)
153 points by vinhnx on Aug 2, 2013 | 93 comments
10.
Here’s what real reform of the NSA looks like (washingtonpost.com)
146 points by Libertatea on Aug 2, 2013 | 38 comments
11.
Khan Academy now accepts Bitcoin via Coinbase (coinbase.com)
146 points by FredEE on Aug 2, 2013 | 18 comments
12.
Bradley Manning and "hacker madness" scare tactic (newscientist.com)
133 points by Libertatea on Aug 2, 2013 | 45 comments
13.
Comments in JSON (fadefade.com)
127 points by p3drosola on Aug 2, 2013 | 176 comments
14.
Carmack: Armadillo Aerospace in “hibernation mode” (newspacejournal.com)
126 points by pvarangot on Aug 2, 2013 | 54 comments
15.
CoreOS Vagrant Images (coreos.com)
125 points by NSMeta on Aug 2, 2013 | 43 comments
16.
Dwarf Fortress in 2013 (gamasutra.com)
117 points by akg on Aug 2, 2013 | 77 comments
17.
Hacker News in the Terminal (andrewvos.com)
112 points by AndrewVos on Aug 2, 2013 | 68 comments
18.
 [dupe] Germany ends spy pact with US and UK after Snowden (bbc.co.uk)
109 points by obtino on Aug 2, 2013 | 17 comments
19.
 [dupe] Scientist banned from revealing codes used to start luxury cars (theguardian.com)
109 points by qwertzlcoatl on Aug 2, 2013 | 35 comments
20.
Facial scrubs polluting Great Lakes with plastic (cbc.ca)
99 points by fraqed on Aug 2, 2013 | 78 comments
21.
Security disclosure about a Bluetooth toilet (trustwave.com)
98 points by tosbourn on Aug 2, 2013 | 28 comments
22.
Mean Stack (mean.io)
103 points by keva161 on Aug 2, 2013 | 93 comments
23.
The Outrage about PRISM spying is wearing off already (pcworld.com)
96 points by Baustin on Aug 2, 2013 | 107 comments
24.
Germany nixes surveillance pact with US, Britain (yahoo.com)
96 points by stfu on Aug 2, 2013 | 26 comments
25.
Full Stack Web Development (act2.me)
92 points by skybison on Aug 2, 2013 | 35 comments
26.
The Startup Legitimizer (thestartuplegitimizer.com)
85 points by smacktoward on Aug 2, 2013 | 18 comments
27.
Why Mark Shuttleworth is important to desktop Linux (fossforce.com)
87 points by Nathandim on Aug 2, 2013 | 80 comments
28.
The State Machines of Core.Async (hueypetersen.com)
84 points by _halgari on Aug 2, 2013 | 2 comments
29.
Show HN: FUSE filesystem for Google Drive written in OCaml (github.com/astrada)
86 points by astrada on Aug 2, 2013 | 29 comments
30.
NYTimes Objective–C Style Guide (github.com/nytimes)
80 points by tater on Aug 2, 2013 | 47 comments

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