Best of 2014

The blog posts Hacker News loved most in 2014. 281 posts.

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Why Does A Good Kettle Cost $90+?

Yesterday morning I woke up to a house without electricity - that meant I woke up in a puddle of sweat because the fan was no longer turned on. It turned out that my housemate, while making coffee, had tripped the mains of the house. The kettle had caused the trip. It was no longer safe to use the kettle and so I had…