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1.		Callbacks as our Generation's Goto Statement (tirania.org)
		621 points by matthewn on Aug 15, 2013 \| 274 comments
2.		Introducing Stripe UK (stripe.com)
		371 points by woodrow on Aug 15, 2013 \| 164 comments
3.		Campaign for a new HTTP Error code: 451 - Blocked for legal reasons (451unavailable.org)
		362 points by JayEnn on Aug 15, 2013 \| 88 comments
4.		The limits of Google’s openness (technet.com)
		302 points by pablosanchez on Aug 15, 2013 \| 293 comments
5.		Show HN: Virtual Machines in the Browser (grunseid.com)
		281 points by grun on Aug 15, 2013 \| 148 comments
6.		[dupe] The NSA is Commandeering the Internet (schneier.com)
		255 points by dllthomas on Aug 15, 2013 \| 126 comments
7.		Google confirms Java and OpenSSL crypto PRNG on Android are broken (android-developers.blogspot.com.au)
		237 points by quadhome on Aug 15, 2013 \| 149 comments
8.		Firebase Leaves Beta Today (firebase.com)
		239 points by lyime on Aug 15, 2013 \| 44 comments
9.		The anatomy of the perfect technical interview from a former Amazon VP (firstround.com)
		220 points by jnazario on Aug 15, 2013 \| 113 comments
10.		Facebook use 'makes people feel worse about themselves' (bbc.co.uk)
		165 points by tareqak on Aug 15, 2013 \| 71 comments
11.		Introducing choir.io (corte.si)
		154 points by tomazmuraus on Aug 15, 2013 \| 40 comments
12.		Smalltalk runtime in the browser (amber-lang.net)
		138 points by andreiursan on Aug 15, 2013 \| 33 comments
13.		Programmer's Dilemma (medium.com/i-m-h-o)
		134 points by CoryG89 on Aug 15, 2013 \| 106 comments
14.		Google confirms critical Android crypto flaw used in Bitcoin heist (arstechnica.com)
		131 points by shawndumas on Aug 15, 2013 \| 43 comments
15.		RethinkDB 1.8: date support, querying nested objects, 8x disk usage improvements (rethinkdb.com)
		128 points by mglukhovsky on Aug 15, 2013 \| 50 comments
16.		Destructuring Assignment in ECMAScript 6 (fitzgeraldnick.com)
		123 points by mnemonik on Aug 15, 2013 \| 56 comments
17.		Why does this Java program terminate despite appearing that it shouldn't? (stackoverflow.com)
		124 points by patmcguire on Aug 15, 2013 \| 121 comments
18.		The Story of Japan's 'Lost Decades' was a Hoax (forbes.com/sites/eamonnfingleton)
		116 points by mattm on Aug 15, 2013 \| 92 comments
19.		Why I should have written ZeroMQ in C, not C++ (2012) (250bpm.com)
		108 points by babawere on Aug 15, 2013 \| 119 comments
20.		Hackers backdoor the human brain, successfully extract sensitive data (extremetech.com)
		110 points by adamwintle on Aug 15, 2013 \| 68 comments
21.		It's the real thing (lettersofnote.com)
		108 points by ezl on Aug 15, 2013 \| 78 comments
22.		UK courts have not been forthcoming with access to website blocking orders (openrightsgroup.org)
		108 points by JayEnn on Aug 15, 2013 \| 24 comments
23.		The unbundling of Craigslist and Reddit (alexshye.wordpress.com)
		101 points by alexshye on Aug 15, 2013 \| 63 comments
24.		GitHub realtime activity as soundscape (choir.io)
		102 points by jsvine on Aug 15, 2013 \| 35 comments
25.		Datomic in the browser (ragnard.github.io)
		94 points by brucehauman on Aug 15, 2013 \| 12 comments
26.		word2vec – Tool for computing continuous distributed representations of words (code.google.com)
		92 points by linux_devil on Aug 15, 2013 \| 25 comments
27.		Breakthrough: Scientists have built a fully-functional mouse heart (io9.com)
		90 points by jonbaer on Aug 15, 2013 \| 11 comments
28.		QEMU 1.6.0 is now available (gmane.org)
		92 points by palebluedot on Aug 15, 2013 \| 18 comments
29.		Sheryl Sandberg earns $100M, but won't pay interns (news.com.au)
		87 points by dolphenstein on Aug 15, 2013 \| 79 comments
30.		Meet the Hackers Who Want to Jailbreak the Internet (wired.com)
		90 points by SonicSoul on Aug 15, 2013 \| 36 comments
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