Hacker News on 2 August 2013

• Creator of xkcd Reveals Secret Backstory of His Epic 3,990-Panel Comic
• Hard drive hack provides root access, even after reinstall
• Two Stories of Passive Income Excess
• Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it?
• FBI pressures Internet providers to install surveillance software
• Did Goldman Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Programmer?
• TimelineJS: build visually rich interactive timelines
• After NSA's XKeyscore, Wikipedia Switches to HTTPS
• OAuth of Fealty: Resignation beyond sorrow on the Facebook Platform and beyond
• Don't Plug Your Phone into a Charger You Don't Own