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Top of Month - Dec 2013

1. Amazon Prime Air
   (2 Dec 2013 | 1412 points | Comments)

2. Explain Shell
   (2 Dec 2013 | 1372 points | Comments)

3. What I Didn't Say
   (30 Dec 2013 | 1289 points | Comments)

4. South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies
   (5 Dec 2013 | 1137 points | Comments)

5. Trevor Perrin requests removal of NSA from IETF Crypto Review
   (20 Dec 2013 | 1056 points | Comments)

6. I worked on the US drone program. The public should know what really goes on
   (29 Dec 2013 | 910 points | Comments)

7. Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer
   (20 Dec 2013 | 899 points | Comments)

8. I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice System
   (17 Dec 2013 | 834 points | Comments)

9. Google Acquires Boston Dynamics
   (14 Dec 2013 | 799 points | Comments)

10. NSA phone surveillance program likely unconstitutional, federal judge rules
    (16 Dec 2013 | 748 points | Comments)

11. Bill Gates takes part in Reddit's Secret Santa
    (19 Dec 2013 | 745 points | Comments)

12. An Engineer’s guide to Stock Options
    (10 Dec 2013 | 738 points | Comments)

13. I found Prezi's source code
    (3 Dec 2013 | 712 points | Comments)

14. My Roommate's a Genius
    (3 Dec 2013 | 697 points | Comments)

15. Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission’s accomplished
    (24 Dec 2013 | 687 points | Comments)

16. What the Fluck
    (6 Dec 2013 | 685 points | Comments)

17. Are Your Programmers Working Hard, Or Are They Lazy?
    (12 Dec 2013 | 663 points | Comments)

18. Sent $35,104.11 USD to CoinBase. Never received Bitcoins
    (18 Dec 2013 | 658 points | Comments)

19. Reform Government Surveillance
    (9 Dec 2013 | 657 points | Comments)

20. Download a copy of your Gmail and Google Calendar data
    (5 Dec 2013 | 628 points | Comments)

21. Gmail blows up e-mail marketing by caching all images on Google servers
    (12 Dec 2013 | 601 points | Comments)

22. Valve joins the Linux Foundation
    (4 Dec 2013 | 593 points | Comments)

23. NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
    (4 Dec 2013 | 588 points | Comments)

24. OK, Milt Olin, I'll start writing again
    (9 Dec 2013 | 578 points | Comments)

25. A Great Old-Timey Game-Programming Hack
    (16 Dec 2013 | 571 points | Comments)

26. Royal pardon for codebreaker Alan Turing
    (24 Dec 2013 | 569 points | Comments)

27. The Future of JavaScript MVCs
    (19 Dec 2013 | 564 points | Comments)

28. About Python 3
    (30 Dec 2013 | 564 points | Comments)

29. The microhydro plant
    (12 Dec 2013 | 557 points | Comments)

30. We’re About to Lose Net Neutrality
    (29 Dec 2013 | 554 points | Comments)

31. Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke
    (23 Dec 2013 | 539 points | Comments)

32. Sorry, RSA, I'm just not buying it
    (23 Dec 2013 | 539 points | Comments)

33. Introducing Open Salaries at Buffer
    (19 Dec 2013 | 527 points | Comments)

34. Backpacker stripped of tech gear at Auckland Airport
    (12 Dec 2013 | 526 points | Comments)

35. How the Bitcoin protocol actually works
    (6 Dec 2013 | 524 points | Comments)

36. Announcing the Safe, a Replacement for Convertible Notes
    (6 Dec 2013 | 517 points | Comments)

37. Data Structure Visualizations
    (18 Dec 2013 | 514 points | Comments)

38. Google Has Officially Penalized Rap Genius For Link Schemes
    (25 Dec 2013 | 502 points | Comments)

39. How Expedia Buys Its Way To The Top Of Google
    (28 Dec 2013 | 494 points | Comments)

40. Have I been pwned? Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach
    (4 Dec 2013 | 491 points | Comments)

41. Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles
    (6 Dec 2013 | 488 points | Comments)

42. News is bad for you
    (12 Dec 2013 | 486 points | Comments)

43. A Crypto Challenge For The Telegram Developers
    (19 Dec 2013 | 486 points | Comments)

44. The Criminalization of Everyday Life
    (10 Dec 2013 | 482 points | Comments)

45. Geneva drive
    (17 Dec 2013 | 481 points | Comments)

46. Uruguay legalises production and sale of cannabis
    (11 Dec 2013 | 480 points | Comments)

47. If a Drone Strike Hit an American Wedding We'd Ground Our Fleet
    (16 Dec 2013 | 480 points | Comments)

48. The 7 Habits of Highly Overrated People
    (26 Dec 2013 | 466 points | Comments)

49. Tell HN: How we bootstrapped to the #1 rated mattress on Amazon.com
    (13 Dec 2013 | 462 points | Comments)

50. Governments admit to faking terrorism: a list
    (9 Dec 2013 | 447 points | Comments)

51. Small things add up: 4chan's migration to a cookieless domain
    (2 Dec 2013 | 444 points | Comments)

52. Why I want Bitcoin to die in a fire
    (18 Dec 2013 | 436 points | Comments)

53. Edward Snowden voted Guardian person of the year 2013
    (9 Dec 2013 | 427 points | Comments)

54. Anti-ageing compound set for human trials after turning clock back for mice
    (22 Dec 2013 | 427 points | Comments)

55. Robinhood: $0 commission stock brokerage
    (14 Dec 2013 | 426 points | Comments)

56. Show HN: I made an HN for the financial industry
    (4 Dec 2013 | 422 points | Comments)

57. Multiprocess Firefox
    (5 Dec 2013 | 415 points | Comments)

58. We Need to Talk About TED
    (17 Dec 2013 | 415 points | Comments)

59. Why was this secret?
    (11 Dec 2013 | 411 points | Comments)

60. Tydlig – Calculator Reimagined for iPad and iPhone
    (15 Dec 2013 | 411 points | Comments)

61. Why you should use OpenGL and not DirectX
    (5 Dec 2013 | 408 points | Comments)

62. White House Tries to Prevent Judge From Ruling on Surveillance Efforts
    (22 Dec 2013 | 408 points | Comments)

63. How I introduced a 27-year-old computer to the web
    (12 Dec 2013 | 407 points | Comments)

64. Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims Release Was Accidental
    (13 Dec 2013 | 406 points | Comments)

65. DHS stalls no-fly list trial by putting witness on no-fly list
    (4 Dec 2013 | 404 points | Comments)

66. Email Introduction Etiquette
    (13 Dec 2013 | 402 points | Comments)

67. I fought my ISP's bad behavior and won
    (31 Dec 2013 | 400 points | Comments)

68. A Programmer's Guide to Data Mining
    (8 Dec 2013 | 399 points | Comments)

69. On Hacking MicroSD Cards
    (29 Dec 2013 | 399 points | Comments)

70. DigitalOcean leaks customer data between VMs
    (30 Dec 2013 | 395 points | Comments)

71. Peter Higgs: I wouldn't be productive enough for today's academic system
    (6 Dec 2013 | 394 points | Comments)

72. H5N1
    (11 Dec 2013 | 394 points | Comments)

73. Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows
    (21 Dec 2013 | 392 points | Comments)

74. Why I don't trade stocks and (probably) neither should you
    (2 Dec 2013 | 387 points | Comments)

75. Letter From A Psychopath
    (20 Dec 2013 | 383 points | Comments)

76. Saab wins Brazil jets deal after NSA spying sours Boeing bid
    (18 Dec 2013 | 380 points | Comments)

77. Lessons learned from my failed startup after 2 years, 300 users and 0 revenue
    (31 Dec 2013 | 380 points | Comments)

78. People Don’t Actually Like Creativity
    (6 Dec 2013 | 375 points | Comments)

79. NSA Coworker Remembers Edward Snowden: "A Genius Among Geniuses"
    (16 Dec 2013 | 372 points | Comments)

80. What Happens When One of Your Coworkers Dies
    (20 Dec 2013 | 369 points | Comments)

81. Good News You Might Have Missed in 2013
    (26 Dec 2013 | 369 points | Comments)

82. What is it like to be a geek in a prison?
    (26 Dec 2013 | 368 points | Comments)

83. The NSA: An Inside View
    (15 Dec 2013 | 367 points | Comments)

84. Scala – 1 Star – Would Not Program Again
    (1 Dec 2013 | 365 points | Comments)

85. What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014
    (31 Dec 2013 | 365 points | Comments)

86. Telegram protocol defeated. Authors are going to modify crypto-algorithm
    (22 Dec 2013 | 360 points | Comments)

87. Show HN: Myth – CSS the way it was imagined
    (17 Dec 2013 | 357 points | Comments)

88. The real use of money is to buy freedom
    (24 Dec 2013 | 357 points | Comments)

89. President Obama calls on every American to learn code
    (9 Dec 2013 | 356 points | Comments)

90. Google’s $179 Moto G puts every single cheap Android phone to shame
    (7 Dec 2013 | 351 points | Comments)

91. Notch, WebGL, Dart, and ramping up quickly
    (3 Dec 2013 | 348 points | Comments)

92. “We cannot trust” Intel and Via’s chip-based crypto, FreeBSD developers say
    (10 Dec 2013 | 348 points | Comments)

93. RapGenius Growth Hack Exposed
    (23 Dec 2013 | 347 points | Comments)

94. RSA Key Extraction via Low-Bandwidth Acoustic Cryptanalysis
    (18 Dec 2013 | 344 points | Comments)

95. Pirate Bay founder is being held in solitary confinement without a warrant
    (12 Dec 2013 | 343 points | Comments)

96. SteamOS: It's here
    (13 Dec 2013 | 343 points | Comments)

97. Sent $10,701.03 to Coinbase. Still missing bitcoins.
    (19 Dec 2013 | 343 points | Comments)

98. Essays from the funniest man in Microsoft Research
    (24 Dec 2013 | 343 points | Comments)

99. Ask HN: How to increase self-discipline as a self-employed person?
    (29 Dec 2013 | 343 points | Comments)

100. $200,000 to the first person to break Telegram
     (18 Dec 2013 | 342 points | Comments)