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  1. Ntirokey is shipping (shop.nitrokey.com)
    2 points 4
  2. Ask HN: Why aren't there cheap, available smartcards?

    Smartcards have a huge security advantage - namely, that the key can never be stolen, only used. Additionally, there is a widely interoperable PKCS#11 standard supported by everything from Firefox to OpenSSH to perform…

    7 points 3
  3. The Neo-liberal Arts: How college sold its soul to the market (harpers.org)
    2 points 0
  4. Ask HN: Optimal use of time to build skills for future internships?

    I've built a few toys with Rails, and am pretty comfortable with Python. I've done a bit of Haskell academically (mind-bending, but quite fun), and got a taste of systems programming in C in an intro to systems class.…

    2 points 0
  5. Ask HN: Did something happen to TopCoder?

    What's the deal with TopCoder? In lots of comments from around 2010-2012, TopCoder is fairly revered as what sounds like a competitive Project Euler on steroids. I remember going there (or somewhere similar?) a few…

    13 points 6
  6. Police Use Dog To Find Memory And Hard Drives In Search (npr.org)
    13 points 10
  7. Which open source projects should a young developer work on?

    HNers frequently advise newbies looking for work to develop a portfolio of contributions to open-source projects. Can anyone recommend projects which are particularly clean/well-documented/simple enough for a less…

    4 points 1
  8. Ask HN: How does one write clean database access code without an ORM?

    Many on HN have branded ORMs harmful, suitable only for toy projects where performance doesn't matter and complexity is low. I understand that hand-crafted SELECTs can be more efficient for complex queries, and when…

    15 points 3
  9. Show HN: UChicago admissions asked me to find Waldo. I did. (github.com)
    149 points 60
  10. Ask HN: Computer Science for the mathematically challenged?

    I love programming. I began with AppleScript in elementary school and progressed through PHP to Ruby and eventually Python. I've dabbled in Haskell. When I find the time and energy, I work through Project Euler puzzles…

    9 points 4
  11. Ask HN: Is there any legal way for a young developer to make money?

    I write small, useful web applications, and I'm beginning to dabble in Android development as well. The catch: I'm in high school. I want to use my skills to start generating some revenue - at least enough to cover the…

    11 points 11
  12. Ask HN: Modern web design resources?

    What are some modern web design sites/resources? It appears nettuts has some good stuff, as does themeforest... most of my searching led to crappy, outdated resources, worlds inferior to these. (I'm looking at you,…

    111 points 36