| 1. | | The Criminal N.S.A. (nytimes.com) |
| 552 points by guelo on June 28, 2013 | 106 comments |
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| 2. | | An open MySQL bug receives a real Birthday cake (mysql.com) |
| 406 points by ted_turner on June 28, 2013 | 78 comments |
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| 3. | | Sublime Text 3 Public Beta (sublimetext.com) |
| 327 points by robin_reala on June 28, 2013 | 258 comments |
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| 4. | | The NSA Can't Tell the Difference Between an American and a Foreigner (foreignpolicy.com) |
| 309 points by mehmehshoe on June 28, 2013 | 119 comments |
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| 5. | | DevDocs (devdocs.io) |
| 288 points by Anzhelika on June 28, 2013 | 76 comments |
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| 6. | | In the 1970s, Congress investigated intelligence abuses. Time to do it again? (washingtonpost.com) |
| 283 points by Libertatea on June 28, 2013 | 63 comments |
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| 7. | | Refactoring GitHub's Design (ianstormtaylor.com) |
| 282 points by ianstormtaylor on June 28, 2013 | 92 comments |
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| 8. | | Tesla wins in North Carolina, paves the way for direct-to-consumer sales (engadget.com) |
| 254 points by ww520 on June 28, 2013 | 83 comments |
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| 9. | | U.S. Government Surveillance: Bad for Silicon Valley, Bad for World Democracy (theatlantic.com) |
| 228 points by hype7 on June 28, 2013 | 76 comments |
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| 10. | | Facebook Android app sends phone number to Facebook servers without consent (symantec.com) |
| 214 points by daspianist on June 28, 2013 | 86 comments |
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| 11. | | Clojure core.async Channels (clojure.com) |
| 208 points by siavosh on June 28, 2013 | 44 comments |
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| 12. | | CIA Agents Were Embedded With NYPD And Had “No Limits” (firedoglake.com) |
| 201 points by eightyone on June 28, 2013 | 75 comments |
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| 13. | | Productizing A Freelancing / Consulting Business (kalzumeus.com) |
| 199 points by joelhooks on June 28, 2013 | 64 comments |
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| 14. | | Why The NSA's Surveillance Program Is Illegal And Unconstitutional (techdirt.com) |
| 197 points by acqq on June 28, 2013 | 30 comments |
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| 15. | | Packer is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms (packer.io) |
| 189 points by routelastresort on June 28, 2013 | 52 comments |
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| 16. | | Texas teen makes violent joke during video game, is jailed (dailycaller.com) |
| 181 points by jamesbritt on June 28, 2013 | 224 comments |
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| 17. | | Defense Department Blocks Access to Guardian to Prevent Viewing of NSA Leaks (firedoglake.com) |
| 181 points by llamataboot on June 28, 2013 | 43 comments |
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| 18. | | A surprising JavaScript memory leak found at Meteor (davidglasser.net) |
| 179 points by glasser on June 28, 2013 | 104 comments |
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| 19. | | Army restricts access to The Guardian in the wake of NSA leaks (arstechnica.com) |
| 170 points by shawndumas on June 28, 2013 | 91 comments |
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| 20. | | Learn Python in minutes (learnxinyminutes.com) |
| 158 points by jurajpelikan on June 28, 2013 | 55 comments |
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| 21. | | Lawyers said Bush couldn’t spy on Americans. He did it anyway. (washingtonpost.com) |
| 146 points by Libertatea on June 28, 2013 | 61 comments |
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| 22. | | [dupe] Man faces 13 years in jail for scribbling anti-bank messages in chalk (topinfopost.com) |
| 129 points by coldtea on June 28, 2013 | 92 comments |
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| 23. | | A Practical guide to StatsD/Graphite monitoring (aimonetti.net) |
| 136 points by mattetti on June 28, 2013 | 29 comments |
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| 24. | | Django 1.6 beta 1 released (djangoproject.com) |
| 129 points by Lightning on June 28, 2013 | 69 comments |
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| 25. | | Ecuador cancels US trade deal & donates $23MM to US for "human rights education" (thehill.com) |
| 120 points by josephby on June 28, 2013 | 17 comments |
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| 26. | | Cool water vapor effect in HTML5 Canvas (raizin-japan.com) |
| 113 points by w00kie on June 28, 2013 | 34 comments |
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| 27. | | How People Think Facebook Connect Log‑in and Log‑out Work (skinnywhitegirl.com) |
| 115 points by cpeterso on June 28, 2013 | 36 comments |
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| 28. | | How to botch TLS forward secrecy (imperialviolet.org) |
| 111 points by phenylene on June 28, 2013 | 18 comments |
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| 29. | | The State of the Tau (tauday.com) |
| 108 points by mhartl on June 28, 2013 | 52 comments |
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It may have some struggles getting off the ground. After all, if you just want to put something on the internet, there are now many many ways to do that.
But for many people, the first step beyond their Tumblr page is still a total mystery. I learned HTML and Javascript because when I was 14, I wanted a website for my comedy troupe (no longer active). I spent hours researching free web hosting and stumbled upon Geocities. That kicked off a life of programming and a love for the web that has never died.
There are still people out there who would love to learn HTML and have some more control over what they put online. Bravo to Kyle for making it possible. Make a donation - even if you don't think you'll personally use it. It's worth it if it inspires even one kid to start building something.