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1.		LinkedIn ‘Intro’duces Insecurity (bishopfox.com)
		565 points by shenoybr on Oct 24, 2013 \| 155 comments
2.		NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders (theguardian.com)
		501 points by qubitsam on Oct 24, 2013 \| 223 comments
3.		Finally, A Bill To End Patent Trolling (arstechnica.com)
		448 points by drob on Oct 24, 2013 \| 62 comments
4.		How I compiled TrueCrypt 7.1a for Win32 and matched the official binaries (concordia.ca)
		346 points by maqr on Oct 24, 2013 \| 105 comments
5.		Off (marco.org)
		300 points by mh_ on Oct 24, 2013 \| 216 comments
6.		New banner ads push actual Google results to bottom 12% of the screen (arstechnica.com)
		271 points by llambda on Oct 24, 2013 \| 135 comments
7.		So You'd Like to Make a Map using Python (sensitivecities.com)
		265 points by urschrei on Oct 24, 2013 \| 40 comments
8.		The best patent troll-killing bill yet (eff.org)
		258 points by beauzero on Oct 24, 2013 \| 31 comments
9.		Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 billion (microsoft.com)
		244 points by coloneltcb on Oct 24, 2013 \| 237 comments
10.		Google breaks 2005 promise never to show banner ads on search results (theguardian.com)
		245 points by saurabh on Oct 24, 2013 \| 205 comments
11.		The Man Who Would Teach Machines to Think (theatlantic.com)
		228 points by jonbaer on Oct 24, 2013 \| 85 comments
12.		Primer on elliptic curve cryptography (arstechnica.com)
		205 points by andrewfong on Oct 24, 2013 \| 47 comments
13.		Introducing Cover (coverscreen.tumblr.com)
		196 points by timdorr on Oct 24, 2013 \| 96 comments
14.		The short, tormented life of computer genius Phil Katz (2000) (bbsdocumentary.com)
		187 points by nbaksalyar on Oct 24, 2013 \| 64 comments
15.		Fedora Linux will switch to Python 3 by default (fedoraproject.org)
		188 points by Tsiolkovsky on Oct 24, 2013 \| 71 comments
16.		Php.net detected as a malware host by Google Safe Browsing (google.com)
		176 points by nivla on Oct 24, 2013 \| 168 comments
17.		Exact numeric nth derivatives (jliszka.github.io)
		164 points by jliszka on Oct 24, 2013 \| 47 comments
18.		How to Build Willpower for the Weak (time.com)
		140 points by mofeeta on Oct 24, 2013 \| 54 comments
19.		Norwegian Town's Bright Idea Is A Shining Example Of Ingenuity (npr.org)
		136 points by ColinWright on Oct 24, 2013 \| 46 comments
20.		The Pricing Model That Increased Our Free Trial Signups by 358% (groovehq.com)
		141 points by nathas on Oct 24, 2013 \| 36 comments
21.		Towards an inexpensive open-source desktop CT scanner (tricorderproject.org)
		128 points by matthewbadeau on Oct 24, 2013 \| 41 comments
22.		How to write a 48-hour game in just 2 years (postagon.com)
		119 points by joeyspacerocks on Oct 24, 2013 \| 33 comments
23.		The making of Elite (theguardian.com)
		106 points by callum85 on Oct 24, 2013 \| 56 comments
24.		Driverless cars are further away than you think (technologyreview.com)
		91 points by kungfooey on Oct 24, 2013 \| 103 comments
25.		Level Up Your Shell Game (viget.com)
		91 points by dce on Oct 24, 2013 \| 46 comments
26.		New Relic now supports Node.js (newrelic.com)
		93 points by ColinWright on Oct 24, 2013 \| 27 comments
27.		CandyBox2 ASCII web game (candybox2.net)
		85 points by acemtp on Oct 24, 2013 \| 40 comments
28.		Apps, made better by everyone (assemblymade.tumblr.com)
		83 points by chrislloyd on Oct 24, 2013 \| 29 comments
29.		List of Open Source Licences in Mercedes Cars [pdf] (mercedes-benz.com)
		82 points by Xylakant on Oct 24, 2013 \| 59 comments
30.		How the Internet hurts your sleep schedule, productivity and personal life (washingtonpost.com)
		77 points by Libertatea on Oct 24, 2013 \| 38 comments
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