HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

211.

This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again (vice.com)

656 points by Aco- on Mar 13, 2013 | 502 comments

212.

A living death: Sentenced to die behind bars for what? (aclu.org)

656 points by subsystem on Nov 16, 2013 | 488 comments

213.

Windows NT Kernel Contributor Explains Why Performance is Behind Other OS (blog.zorinaq.com)

656 points by mrb on May 11, 2013 | 295 comments

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New NSA Leak Shows MITM Attacks Against Major Internet Services (schneier.com)

656 points by chopin on Sep 13, 2013 | 139 comments

215.

What happens when you wring out a washcloth in space [video] (boingboing.net)

656 points by morphics on Apr 19, 2013 | 109 comments

216.

Attacking Tor: How the NSA targets users' online anonymity (theguardian.com)

654 points by brkcmd on Oct 4, 2013 | 176 comments

217.

Dear Spike Lee (juanluisgarcia.com)

652 points by sakai on Nov 27, 2013 | 158 comments

218.

If I get hit by a truck... (aaronsw.com)

651 points by artursapek on Jan 12, 2013 | 50 comments

219.

Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (wikileaks.org)

650 points by shill on Nov 13, 2013 | 192 comments

220.

Why we don't hire programmers based on puzzles and tricks (37signals.com)

648 points by mapleoin on Feb 22, 2013 | 442 comments

221.

iOS 7 (mattgemmell.com)

648 points by llambda on Jun 12, 2013 | 278 comments

222.

Andrew Mason's statement about being fired as Groupon CEO (jottit.com)

646 points by robbiet480 on Feb 28, 2013 | 186 comments

223.

Federal Judge Finds National Security Letters Unconstitutional, Bans Them (wired.com)

646 points by TDL on Mar 15, 2013 | 172 comments

224.

A Note from one of Cloudflare's upstream providers (cluepon.net)

644 points by jauer on Mar 28, 2013 | 87 comments

225.

I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to my resume (qz.com)

643 points by Lisa2000 on Jul 12, 2013 | 376 comments

226.

Seriously.js (seriouslyjs.org)

643 points by Aissen on Jun 5, 2013 | 181 comments

227.

The Strange Case of Barrett Brown (thenation.com)

643 points by dlss on Jun 27, 2013 | 177 comments

228.

Letter To A Young Programmer Considering A Startup (al3x.net)

643 points by twampss on May 29, 2013 | 148 comments

229.

German Girl Turned Away at Border Due to Private Facebook Messages (translate.google.com)

642 points by Navarr on Jun 11, 2013 | 246 comments

230.

First Mechanical Gear Found in a Living Creature (popularmechanics.com)

641 points by zdean on Sep 12, 2013 | 183 comments

231.

Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years (washingtonpost.com)

640 points by antr on Aug 21, 2013 | 471 comments

232.

A Great Response to a Cease and Desist Letter (abovethelaw.com)

640 points by shawndumas on Jun 19, 2013 | 167 comments

233.

Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult (reuters.com)

638 points by selmnoo on Oct 5, 2013 | 566 comments

234.

Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer (blockchain.info)

638 points by a3voices on Nov 22, 2013 | 453 comments

235.

How Newegg crushed the “shopping cart” patent and saved online retail (arstechnica.com)

638 points by govind201 on Jan 27, 2013 | 134 comments

236.

Aaron Swartz, Asking For Help, 119 Days Ago (techcrunch.com)

635 points by martinoma on Jan 14, 2013 | 469 comments

237.

An Advanced Guide to HTML and CSS (learn.shayhowe.com)

635 points by shay-howe on Jan 14, 2013 | 99 comments

238.

Announcing Online MS in Computer Science in Collaboration with Georgia Tech (blog.udacity.com)

634 points by rsanders on May 15, 2013 | 189 comments

239.

Creator of xkcd Reveals Secret Backstory of His Epic 3,990-Panel Comic (wired.com)

634 points by ghosh on Aug 2, 2013 | 92 comments

240.

Dear Googles: G+/YouTube Anschluss – you've done outed me (plus.google.com)

630 points by davidgerard on Nov 16, 2013 | 183 comments