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Top of Month - Aug 2013

1. Don't Fly During Ramadan
   (22 Aug 2013 | 2744 points | Comments)

2. Hyperloop
   (12 Aug 2013 | 2666 points | Comments)

3. Lavabit abruptly shuts down
   (8 Aug 2013 | 1831 points | Comments)

4. Detaining my partner: a failed attempt at intimidation
   (18 Aug 2013 | 1459 points | Comments)

5. Forced Exposure
   (20 Aug 2013 | 1391 points | Comments)

6. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months
   (23 Aug 2013 | 1227 points | Comments)

7. Skeuocard
   (1 Aug 2013 | 1066 points | Comments)

8. I will not do a tech interview
   (21 Aug 2013 | 1032 points | Comments)

9. John Carmack joins Oculus as CTO
   (7 Aug 2013 | 993 points | Comments)

10. Hi I’m Hank, and I bought a bus
    (23 Aug 2013 | 944 points | Comments)

11. New Zealand bans some software patents
    (28 Aug 2013 | 902 points | Comments)

12. He got 1%, we can't hire him
    (28 Aug 2013 | 835 points | Comments)

13. Tesla Model S achieves best safety rating of any car ever tested
    (20 Aug 2013 | 814 points | Comments)

14. Defeated
    (26 Aug 2013 | 759 points | Comments)

15. “People simply empty out”
    (15 Aug 2013 | 723 points | Comments)

16. Groklaw legal site shuts over fears of NSA email snooping
    (20 Aug 2013 | 706 points | Comments)

17. David Miranda, schedule 7 and the danger that all reporters now face
    (19 Aug 2013 | 681 points | Comments)

18. Grasshopper 100m Lateral Divert Test
    (14 Aug 2013 | 663 points | Comments)

19. We have an employee whose last name is Null. He kills our employee lookup (2012)
    (1 Aug 2013 | 661 points | Comments)

20. Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years
    (21 Aug 2013 | 640 points | Comments)

21. Creator of xkcd Reveals Secret Backstory of His Epic 3,990-Panel Comic
    (2 Aug 2013 | 634 points | Comments)

22. Kids can't use computers, and why it should worry you
    (9 Aug 2013 | 625 points | Comments)

23. Callbacks as our Generation's Goto Statement
    (15 Aug 2013 | 621 points | Comments)

24. Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos
    (5 Aug 2013 | 606 points | Comments)

25. NProgress: slim, site-wide progress bars
    (20 Aug 2013 | 597 points | Comments)

26. Why I Changed My Mind On Weed
    (8 Aug 2013 | 591 points | Comments)

27. Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense, is now as good as dead
    (16 Aug 2013 | 581 points | Comments)

28. Xerox scanners and photocopiers randomly alter numbers in scanned documents
    (4 Aug 2013 | 570 points | Comments)

29. U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans
    (5 Aug 2013 | 565 points | Comments)

30. Startup lessons
    (14 Aug 2013 | 551 points | Comments)

31. The First Few Milliseconds of an HTTPS Connection (2009)
    (29 Aug 2013 | 549 points | Comments)

32. On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs
    (19 Aug 2013 | 546 points | Comments)

33. Stack
    (17 Aug 2013 | 529 points | Comments)

34. Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport
    (1 Aug 2013 | 527 points | Comments)

35. CSS Absolute Centering
    (10 Aug 2013 | 526 points | Comments)

36. Mailpile: Let’s take email back
    (3 Aug 2013 | 520 points | Comments)

37. Happy 20th birthday Debian
    (16 Aug 2013 | 520 points | Comments)

38. Pressure cookers, backpacks, and quinoa, oh my
    (1 Aug 2013 | 514 points | Comments)

39. Hyperloop Alpha [pdf]
    (12 Aug 2013 | 513 points | Comments)

40. The algorithm for a perfectly balanced photo gallery
    (12 Aug 2013 | 512 points | Comments)

41. Email service used by Snowden shuts down, warns against using US-based companies
    (9 Aug 2013 | 509 points | Comments)

42. Founders' Accents
    (30 Aug 2013 | 508 points | Comments)

43. Why You’ve Never Read “I Have A Dream”
    (29 Aug 2013 | 505 points | Comments)

44. How to Convince Investors
    (7 Aug 2013 | 489 points | Comments)

45. Hard drive hack provides root access, even after reinstall
    (2 Aug 2013 | 472 points | Comments)

46. We Need To Talk, Google
    (21 Aug 2013 | 470 points | Comments)

47. Bootstrap 3 released
    (19 Aug 2013 | 469 points | Comments)

48. Taken
    (5 Aug 2013 | 468 points | Comments)

49. What happens when you use a standing desk for two years
    (27 Aug 2013 | 467 points | Comments)

50. Scientific Breakthrough Lets SnappyCam App Take 20 Full-Res Photos Per Second
    (1 Aug 2013 | 460 points | Comments)

51. Quickly navigate your filesystem from the command line
    (17 Aug 2013 | 457 points | Comments)

52. Samsung agency is buying off StackOverflow users
    (1 Aug 2013 | 447 points | Comments)

53. “Please let me know if I should stop developing apps for Google Products”
    (5 Aug 2013 | 437 points | Comments)

54. This coupon code is a slap in the face
    (13 Aug 2013 | 431 points | Comments)

55. UK Authorities Destroy Guardian's Hard Drives
    (20 Aug 2013 | 429 points | Comments)

56. Google Pressure Cookers and Backpacks, Get a Visit from the Feds
    (1 Aug 2013 | 428 points | Comments)

57. The president is wrong: The NSA debate wouldn’t have happened without Snowden
    (10 Aug 2013 | 427 points | Comments)

58. NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds
    (16 Aug 2013 | 416 points | Comments)

59. Russian Man Changes Small Print in Credit Card Agreement, Then Sues
    (7 Aug 2013 | 413 points | Comments)

60. Bradley Manning's Post-Sentencing Statement
    (21 Aug 2013 | 412 points | Comments)

61. 'Sending a message': what the US and UK are attempting to do
    (21 Aug 2013 | 405 points | Comments)

62. HN is Becoming 2005 Slashdot
    (4 Aug 2013 | 404 points | Comments)

63. Using Voice to Code Faster than Keyboard
    (13 Aug 2013 | 403 points | Comments)

64. Volvo Gave Away the Most Important Design They Ever Patented
    (1 Aug 2013 | 402 points | Comments)

65. Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
    (28 Aug 2013 | 402 points | Comments)

66. Facebook vulnerability 2013
    (17 Aug 2013 | 400 points | Comments)

67. What would you like to see most in minix? (1991)
    (26 Aug 2013 | 398 points | Comments)

68. Schema migrations merged into Django master
    (23 Aug 2013 | 394 points | Comments)

69. Let me tell you about a game I made with the sole intention of watching it die
    (28 Aug 2013 | 387 points | Comments)

70. Lavabit's founder: 'If You Knew What I Know About Email, You Might Not Use It'
    (10 Aug 2013 | 386 points | Comments)

71. EFF: "Parallel construction" is really intelligence laundering
    (7 Aug 2013 | 384 points | Comments)

72. Groupon sales rep threatens restaurant with negative Yelp reviews
    (17 Aug 2013 | 383 points | Comments)

73. Tesla Model X
    (20 Aug 2013 | 379 points | Comments)

74. ElementaryOs Luna released
    (11 Aug 2013 | 377 points | Comments)

75. Fukushima leak is 'much worse than we were led to believe'
    (22 Aug 2013 | 374 points | Comments)

76. Bugger
    (9 Aug 2013 | 373 points | Comments)

77. 0 to 60 in One Second: Fusing WebGL, CSS 3D and HTML
    (24 Aug 2013 | 373 points | Comments)

78. iPhone, meet Haskell
    (29 Aug 2013 | 373 points | Comments)

79. Introducing Stripe UK
    (15 Aug 2013 | 371 points | Comments)

80. Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements
    (17 Aug 2013 | 370 points | Comments)

81. How far the once-mighty SourceForge has fallen
    (23 Aug 2013 | 364 points | Comments)

82. Flutter: $20 Wireless Arduino with 1 km range
    (27 Aug 2013 | 363 points | Comments)

83. Campaign for a new HTTP Error code: 451 - Blocked for legal reasons
    (15 Aug 2013 | 362 points | Comments)

84. Loyalty and Layoffs
    (19 Aug 2013 | 359 points | Comments)

85. Steps To $5,000 In Monthly Recurring Revenue
    (7 Aug 2013 | 357 points | Comments)

86. The CODE Keyboard
    (27 Aug 2013 | 356 points | Comments)

87. Rotating Images
    (17 Aug 2013 | 355 points | Comments)

88. Cookieless cookies
    (18 Aug 2013 | 353 points | Comments)

89. We're only being dishonest to get your attention. Join us!
    (24 Aug 2013 | 350 points | Comments)

90. Two Stories of Passive Income Excess
    (2 Aug 2013 | 348 points | Comments)

91. Don't reinvent the scrollbar
    (20 Aug 2013 | 348 points | Comments)

92. What happens when you sit at a desk for 13 years and also exercise
    (28 Aug 2013 | 348 points | Comments)

93. Persona makes signing in easy for Gmail users
    (8 Aug 2013 | 346 points | Comments)

94. JavaScript right on the hardware
    (14 Aug 2013 | 346 points | Comments)

95. Google Treks
    (14 Aug 2013 | 345 points | Comments)

96. Members of Congress denied access to basic information about NSA
    (4 Aug 2013 | 344 points | Comments)

97. Wireless devices go battery-free with new communication technique
    (13 Aug 2013 | 341 points | Comments)

98. Soylent: What Happened When I Stopped Eating For 2 Weeks
    (21 Aug 2013 | 341 points | Comments)

99. Just Delete Me
    (23 Aug 2013 | 341 points | Comments)

100. Tell HN: Add ?share=1 to Quora URLs to display content without login
     (30 Aug 2013 | 341 points | Comments)