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1. Tell HN: How we bootstrapped to the #1 rated mattress on Amazon.com
462 points by johmas on Dec 13, 2013 | 271 comments
2. Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims Release Was Accidental (eff.org)
406 points by tijs on Dec 13, 2013 | 203 comments
3. Email Introduction Etiquette (42floors.com)
402 points by jaf12duke on Dec 13, 2013 | 116 comments
4. SteamOS: It's here (steamdb.info)
343 points by xPaw on Dec 13, 2013 | 248 comments
5. 300ms tap delay removed on Chrome for Android (html5rocks.com)
309 points by groodt on Dec 13, 2013 | 159 comments
6. Oculus VR raises $75M (venturebeat.com)
288 points by dm8 on Dec 13, 2013 | 97 comments
7. The Best Books I Read in 2013 (thegatesnotes.com)
248 points by kissgyorgy on Dec 13, 2013 | 156 comments
8. Uruguay's president José Mujica: no palace, no motorcade, no frills (theguardian.com)
240 points by wrongc0ntinent on Dec 13, 2013 | 134 comments
9. About PayPal's Node vs Java “fight” (cloudbees.com)
220 points by stephenconnolly on Dec 13, 2013 | 208 comments
10. Vim.js - JavaScript port of Vim (coolwanglu.github.io)
199 points by sebg on Dec 13, 2013 | 100 comments
11. British Library has released over a million images onto Flickr Commons (britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk)
193 points by mds on Dec 13, 2013 | 57 comments
12. Strategic Game of Life (thomashunter.name)
158 points by basicallydan on Dec 13, 2013 | 66 comments
13. How Gmail’s Image Caching Affects Open Tracking (mailchimp.com)
149 points by superchink on Dec 13, 2013 | 57 comments
14. How Class-based Programming Sucks (2011) (loup-vaillant.fr)
140 points by vimes656 on Dec 13, 2013 | 139 comments
15. The American Way of Hiring Is Making Long-Term Unemployment Worse (hbr.org)
145 points by pmiller2 on Dec 13, 2013 | 106 comments
16. Call of Duty's underlying message is becoming more troubling (edge-online.com)
118 points by evo_9 on Dec 13, 2013 | 102 comments
17. Best Firefox Add-ons of 2013 (blog.mozilla.org)
115 points by yeukhon on Dec 13, 2013 | 53 comments
18. Silicon Valley 40 under 40: Garry Tan (bizjournals.com)
114 points by pg on Dec 13, 2013 | 38 comments
19. David Deutsch On Artificial Intelligence (aeon.co)
100 points by thewarrior on Dec 13, 2013 | 59 comments
20. Ludum Dare #28 starts today (ludumdare.com)
99 points by WA on Dec 13, 2013 | 58 comments
21. Facebook self-censorship: What happens to the posts you don’t publish? (slate.com)
99 points by ForHackernews on Dec 13, 2013 | 44 comments
22. NASA Chooses Musk’s SpaceX to Negotiate Launch Pad Lease (bloomberg.com)
94 points by brianmartinek on Dec 13, 2013 | 22 comments
23. SteamOS: What we know so far and what to expect (steamdb.info)
91 points by galapago on Dec 13, 2013 | 68 comments
24. How Much Optimization Is The Right Amount? (kalzumeus.com)
93 points by dennisgorelik on Dec 13, 2013 | 17 comments
25. Former Google corporate attorney becomes Deputy Director of US Patent Office (wired.com)
91 points by jonah on Dec 13, 2013 | 25 comments
26. AWS Management Console - Auto Scaling Support (aws.typepad.com)
90 points by turbo_pax on Dec 13, 2013 | 46 comments
27. Prolog for Programmers (sites.google.com)
82 points by ColinWright on Dec 13, 2013 | 18 comments
28. Where are Docker images stored? (thoward37.me)
82 points by thoward37 on Dec 13, 2013 | 20 comments
29. Google Tips (google.com)
81 points by Ashuu on Dec 13, 2013 | 23 comments
30. 10k+ API directory (publicapis.com)
82 points by bpedro on Dec 13, 2013 | 14 comments

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