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1.		A tiling window manager written in Rust (github.com/kintaro)
		325 points by TheHydroImpulse on Dec 17, 2014 \| 170 comments
2.		Linus Torvalds on semaphores (1999) (yarchive.net)
		349 points by rainbowgarden on Dec 17, 2014 \| 104 comments
3.		Dissent – Accountable anonymous group communication (yale.edu)
		244 points by geographomics on Dec 17, 2014 \| 25 comments
4.		NASA Rover Finds Active and Ancient Organic Chemistry on Mars (nasa.gov)
		264 points by dylnclrk on Dec 16, 2014 \| 101 comments
5.		Linux kernel: multiple x86_64 vulnerabilities (seclists.org)
		256 points by jgeralnik on Dec 17, 2014 \| 64 comments
6.		Final Root Cause Analysis of Nov 18 Azure Service Interruption (azure.microsoft.com)
		198 points by asyncwords on Dec 17, 2014 \| 70 comments
7.		Steve Jobs Introduces WebObjects [video] (1996) (msdn.com)
		186 points by lpsz on Dec 17, 2014 \| 98 comments
8.		Evan Spiegel's Email Memo (businessinsider.com)
		178 points by tomashertus on Dec 17, 2014 \| 106 comments
9.		Falcon 9 attempts ocean platform landing (spacex.com)
		268 points by butwhy on Dec 17, 2014 \| 100 comments
10.		An Update to End-To-End (googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com)
		142 points by aarkay on Dec 16, 2014 \| 38 comments
11.		Freebase is closing down; data going to WikiData (groups.google.com)
		173 points by chatman on Dec 16, 2014 \| 36 comments
12.		The largest vessel the world has ever seen (bbc.co.uk)
		160 points by sjcsjc on Dec 17, 2014 \| 96 comments
13.		Cuba and the U.S. will begin to normalize relations (bloomberg.com)
		324 points by coreymgilmore on Dec 17, 2014 \| 264 comments
14.		Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Citing Threats (nytimes.com)
		250 points by greenburger on Dec 17, 2014 \| 256 comments
15.		A look inside Facebook's source code (sintheticlabs.com)
		207 points by evandrix on Dec 17, 2014 \| 50 comments
16.		Reverse-engineering Playstation 1 (translate.google.com)
		124 points by rasz_pl on Dec 17, 2014 \| 9 comments
17.		AnandTech Acquired by Purch (anandtech.com)
		107 points by uptown on Dec 17, 2014 \| 26 comments
18.		NASA Study Proposes Airships, Cloud Cities for Venus Exploration (ieee.org)
		127 points by sohkamyung on Dec 17, 2014 \| 97 comments
19.		CSRF in Doorkeeper OAuth2 gem (homakov.blogspot.com)
		249 points by homakov on Dec 17, 2014 \| 79 comments
20.		Handwriting vs. typing: is the pen still mightier than the keyboard? (theguardian.com)
		94 points by benbreen on Dec 17, 2014 \| 99 comments
21.		What Happened When Marissa Mayer Tried to Be Steve Jobs (nytimes.com)
		329 points by r0h1n on Dec 17, 2014 \| 276 comments
22.		Securing the future of GnuPG (gnupg.org)
		202 points by edwintorok on Dec 17, 2014 \| 52 comments
23.		Computers are People, Too: Disney documentary about computer art in 1982 (vice.com)
		86 points by samclemens on Dec 17, 2014 \| 7 comments
24.		Bioluminescent trees as an alternative to electric lighting (suny.edu)
		116 points by brahadeesh on Dec 17, 2014 \| 61 comments
25.		The Real Story of the Write-Only-Memory (sigwom.com)
		48 points by joe_bleau on Dec 17, 2014 \| 15 comments
26.		The Email I Received from Google in 2007 When They Wanted to Buy Zilo (2012) (berrebi.org)
		205 points by zakelfassi on Dec 17, 2014 \| 56 comments
27.		Why college students who do historical research become analytical thinkers (theamericanscholar.org)
		92 points by diodorus on Dec 17, 2014 \| 28 comments
28.		US Links North Korea to Sony Hacking (nytimes.com)
		200 points by mcfunley on Dec 17, 2014 \| 104 comments
29.		Fake2db – Generate fake but valid data-filled databases (github.com/emirozer)
		120 points by emirozer on Dec 17, 2014 \| 15 comments
30.		The Elf on the Shelf is preparing your child to live in a future police state (washingtonpost.com)
		126 points by woah on Dec 17, 2014 \| 67 comments
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