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1. Lessons learned from my failed startup after 2 years, 300 users and 0 revenue (sergioschuler.com)
380 points by sergioschuler on Dec 31, 2013 | 159 comments
2. What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014 (duke.edu)
365 points by Tsiolkovsky on Dec 31, 2013 | 160 comments
3. The NSA Reportedly Has Total Access To The Apple iPhone (forbes.com/sites/erikkain)
342 points by larubbio on Dec 31, 2013 | 201 comments
4. How to write a great research paper [pdf] (microsoft.com)
251 points by siromoney on Dec 31, 2013 | 62 comments
5. Why I no longer contribute to Stack Overflow (richter.name)
243 points by spatulon on Dec 31, 2013 | 236 comments
6. The RIAA forced me to shut down a successful website/apps I built in high school (appgrounds.com)
204 points by lukezli on Dec 31, 2013 | 130 comments
7. Why I'm Interested in Bitcoin (cdixon.org)
190 points by ckurdziel on Dec 31, 2013 | 171 comments
8. The Mac Pro Review (anandtech.com)
179 points by wittyphrasehere on Dec 31, 2013 | 156 comments
9. Watch pg write an essay in real time (stypi.com)
179 points by shawndumas on Dec 31, 2013 | 63 comments
10. Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently (klinger.io)
159 points by allanberger on Dec 31, 2013 | 58 comments
11. Questions I'm asking in technical interviews (jvns.ca)
144 points by jvns on Dec 31, 2013 | 40 comments
12. Mac Pro Late 2013 Teardown (ifixit.com)
142 points by knocknock on Dec 31, 2013 | 94 comments
13. Peter Thiel’s Graph of the Year (washingtonpost.com)
135 points by marchustvedt on Dec 31, 2013 | 91 comments
14. U.S. to China: We Hacked Your Internet Gear We Told You Not to Hack (wired.com)
131 points by kercker on Dec 31, 2013 | 63 comments
15. Best Paper Awards in Computer Science Since 1996 (jeffhuang.com)
129 points by whathappenedto on Dec 31, 2013 | 40 comments
16. Ask HN: Making extra income with books
129 points by 1986v on Dec 31, 2013 | 49 comments
17. Twister: Anonymous, private BtC/DHT/Torrent P2P microblogging (twister.net.co)
127 points by ianso on Dec 31, 2013 | 47 comments
18. On The Information and How We Operate (jessicalessin.com)
119 points by IBM on Dec 31, 2013 | 122 comments
19. SQLAlchemy 0.9.0 Released (sqlalchemy.org)
109 points by kbambz on Dec 31, 2013 | 39 comments
20. Whistleblower Edward Snowden is tech person of year (usatoday.com)
115 points by ekm2 on Dec 31, 2013 | 12 comments
21. Steam Removes Game 'Order Of War: Challenge' From User Libraries (forbes.com/sites/erikkain)
109 points by mjn on Dec 31, 2013 | 118 comments
22. Python 2.x vs 3.x use survey (surveymonkey.com)
104 points by janzer on Dec 31, 2013 | 114 comments
23. I, Health Insurer (charlespetzold.com)
87 points by cgopalan on Dec 31, 2013 | 106 comments
24. I, Glasshole: My Year With Google Glass (wired.com)
85 points by shawndumas on Dec 31, 2013 | 83 comments
25. Silicon Valley Hustle: Former Motionloft CEO Accused Of Defrauding Investors (techcrunch.com)
91 points by minimaxir on Dec 31, 2013 | 19 comments
26. Pinterest Passes Twitter In Popularity, Facebook Stays On Top (techcrunch.com)
82 points by adidash on Dec 31, 2013 | 38 comments
27. 2013: A Bad Year for the Tech Industry (theatlantic.com)
81 points by RyanMcGreal on Dec 31, 2013 | 53 comments
28. Redesigned Window Stops Sound But Not Air (technologyreview.com)
80 points by jalanco on Dec 31, 2013 | 26 comments
29. Bsdnt – A BSD-licensed bignum library (github.com/wbhart)
78 points by wbhart on Dec 31, 2013 | 49 comments
30. ‘JFK Customs destroyed 11 of my instruments’ (artsjournal.com)
74 points by mikegirouard on Dec 31, 2013 | 22 comments

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