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1.
Royal pardon for codebreaker Alan Turing (bbc.co.uk)
569 points by louthy on Dec 24, 2013 | 154 comments
2.
The real use of money is to buy freedom (paraschopra.com)
357 points by paraschopra on Dec 24, 2013 | 295 comments
3.
Essays from the funniest man in Microsoft Research (msdn.com)
343 points by tujv on Dec 24, 2013 | 58 comments
4.
Unicorn Jobs (pgbovine.net)
260 points by luu on Dec 24, 2013 | 92 comments
5.
Who's Selling Credit Cards From Target (krebsonsecurity.com)
238 points by dkasper on Dec 24, 2013 | 83 comments
6.
Code != computer science (ultrasaurus.com)
198 points by sarahallen on Dec 24, 2013 | 142 comments
7.
So, you want to crypto (existentialize.com)
162 points by bqe on Dec 24, 2013 | 73 comments
8.
Unprofessionalism (allenpike.com)
151 points by shawndumas on Dec 24, 2013 | 87 comments
9.
Open Letter to Google About Rap Genius SEO (rapgenius.com)
148 points by iball on Dec 24, 2013 | 159 comments
10.
Python Practice Projects (pythonpracticeprojects.com)
142 points by watermel0n on Dec 24, 2013 | 24 comments
11.
North Korean Officials Flood to China, Possible Mass Defection (koreabang.com)
135 points by notastartup on Dec 24, 2013 | 83 comments
12.
Why use Clojure? (paradiso.cc)
132 points by iamtechaddict on Dec 24, 2013 | 104 comments
13.
Clojure vs. Scala (programming-puzzler.blogspot.se)
129 points by iamtechaddict on Dec 24, 2013 | 132 comments
14.
How Netflix Reinvented HR (hbr.org)
122 points by throwaway481 on Dec 24, 2013 | 52 comments
15.
GNUnet 0.10.0 released (gnunet.org)
109 points by bratao on Dec 24, 2013 | 28 comments
16.
Indian Scientists developed Insulin Pill for diabetics (jagranjosh.com)
109 points by conductor on Dec 24, 2013 | 25 comments
17.
Writing a full-text search engine using Bloom filters (stavros.io)
102 points by stavros on Dec 24, 2013 | 22 comments
18.
Datacoin (datacoin.info)
101 points by karlzt on Dec 24, 2013 | 50 comments
19.
How to Become a Better Developer (coderwall.com)
101 points by bitsweet on Dec 24, 2013 | 37 comments
20.
Is Ruby Dying? (jmoses.co)
91 points by jonaldomo on Dec 24, 2013 | 152 comments
21.
How Does Facebook Know What's In My Amazon Shopping Cart? (thecodist.com)
90 points by ojilles on Dec 24, 2013 | 48 comments
22.
Former BP geologist: peak oil is here and it will 'break economies' (theguardian.com)
81 points by evolve2k on Dec 24, 2013 | 98 comments
23.
Why Programming Language X Is Unambiguously Better than Programming Language Y (joelgrus.com)
81 points by joelgrus on Dec 24, 2013 | 30 comments
24.
This Is How I Work (semihyagcioglu.com)
72 points by semihyagcioglu on Dec 24, 2013 | 60 comments
25.
Advanced Image Optimization Tricks (sixrevisions.com)
68 points by jggube on Dec 24, 2013 | 20 comments
26.
Top Science Articles of 2013 (nationalgeographic.com)
69 points by srikar on Dec 24, 2013 | 7 comments
27.
Moonpig: a billing system that doesn't suck (plover.com)
66 points by phaer on Dec 24, 2013 | 58 comments
28.
Show HN: Countdown – Twitter bot which tweets answers to the Countdown TV show (github.com/benjojo)
67 points by Bambo on Dec 24, 2013 | 23 comments
29.
How Does This Not Blow Your Mind? (jaredcosulich.wordpress.com)
66 points by irrationaljared on Dec 24, 2013 | 89 comments
30.
Ask HN: What is the best drone for hackers?
62 points by kposehn on Dec 24, 2013 | 33 comments

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