HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

5791.

Is It Better to Bike or Run? (well.blogs.nytimes.com)

3 points by gjenkin on Aug 30, 2013 | 2 comments

5792.

Your Facebook profile picture may be going into a facial-recognition database (thestar.com)

3 points by kareemm on Aug 30, 2013 | 2 comments

5793.

Al-Qaeda Backers Found With U.S. Contracts in Afghanistan (bloomberg.com)

3 points by cinquemb on Aug 1, 2013 | 1 comments

5794.

Anderson Cooper on the NSA, Black Hat Heckling, Amash and Snowden (youtube.com)

3 points by bendoernberg on Aug 1, 2013 | 1 comments

5795.

Any cellphone can be traced by its digital fingerprint (newscientist.com)

3 points by scholia on Aug 1, 2013 | 1 comments

5796.

Google ignores periods in email addresses (slate.com)

3 points by markcmyers on Aug 1, 2013 | 1 comments

5797.

Netflix debuts multiple user profiles (theverge.com)

3 points by michaelrbock on Aug 1, 2013 | 1 comments

5798.

We've developed an iOS app to natively test APIs. Should we open source it? (intridea.com)

3 points by robertdempsey on Aug 1, 2013 | 1 comments

5799.

Watch 32 discordant metronomes achieve synchrony in a matter of minutes [video] (io9.com)

3 points by japaget on Aug 1, 2013 | 1 comments

5800.

Is Stanford's network traffic being routed through japan? ()

3 points by _lex on Aug 1, 2013 | 1 comments

5801.

One bloody hole in the market (medium.com)

3 points by jenntoda on Aug 1, 2013 | 1 comments

5802.

It's time to finally kill CAPTCHA (change.org)

3 points by acidaus on Aug 2, 2013 | 1 comments

5803.

Calligra 2.7 Released (calligra.org)

3 points by Tsiolkovsky on Aug 2, 2013 | 1 comments

5804.

Robotic helicopter team sets sights on impossible mission (phys.org)

3 points by GFuller on Aug 2, 2013 | 1 comments

5805.

Show HN: Euclid for Mac (euclidapp.com)

3 points by nrj on Aug 2, 2013 | 1 comments

5806.

Creating your wercker boxes with Puppet (blog.wercker.com)

3 points by miesie on Aug 2, 2013 | 1 comments

5807.

Oregon has built a football Death Star (bloguin.com)

3 points by jmduke on Aug 2, 2013 | 1 comments

5808.

Why Would You Ever Pass a Container By Value? (drdobbs.com)

3 points by Tatyanazaxarova on Aug 2, 2013 | 1 comments

5809.

The Moto X proves Google still needs the Nexus program (theverge.com)

3 points by lchski on Aug 2, 2013 | 1 comments

5810.

Ask HN: Other than cash, how do you compensate employees in your startup? ()

3 points by bsbechtel on Aug 2, 2013 | 1 comments

5811.

Fuck given (fucksgiven.net)

3 points by jvehent on Aug 2, 2013 | 1 comments

5812.

Postal Service Confirms Photographing All U.S. Mail (nytimes.com)

3 points by 001sky on Aug 3, 2013 | 1 comments

5813.

Show HN: IsItDownFor.Us, a simple notification when your site is down (isitdownfor.us)

3 points by nahcub on Aug 3, 2013 | 1 comments

5814.

Learn to Program with Python in 1.5 Hours (youtube.com)

3 points by captaincid on Aug 3, 2013 | 1 comments

5815.

Ok You Luddites, Time To Chill Out On Facebook Over Privacy (2010) (techcrunch.com)

3 points by jordn on Aug 3, 2013 | 1 comments

5816.

Show HN: Crowdfunding Stupidity (crowddare.com)

3 points by khamoud on Aug 3, 2013 | 1 comments

5817.

Japanese Toilet Users Vulnerable to Bluetooth Bidet Assaults (theverge.com)

3 points by tater on Aug 4, 2013 | 1 comments

5818.

Show HN: Quick Donation Site For A Friends Newborn (zainesfund.com)

3 points by tlongren on Aug 4, 2013 | 1 comments

5819.

Facebook CIA project (youtube.com)

3 points by mooreds on Aug 4, 2013 | 1 comments

5820.

The first real linear virtual desktop soon becomes Open Source (desktop-panorama.com)

3 points by triberian on Aug 4, 2013 | 1 comments