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1.
Ask HN: Help, HN'er in trouble, we need a laywer in Delhi immediately
591 points by jacquesm on Nov 4, 2012 | 108 comments
2.
My IQ (tanyakhovanova.com)
392 points by tokenadult on Nov 4, 2012 | 276 comments
3.
Linus Torvalds: Is Engadget really that stupid? Just corrupt? Trolling us all? (plus.google.com)
316 points by cramforce on Nov 4, 2012 | 150 comments
4.
‘Creepy Cameraman’ pushes limits of public surveillance (geekwire.com)
240 points by turoczy on Nov 4, 2012 | 155 comments
5.
The Mathematics Behind xkcd: A Conversation with Randall Munroe (maa.org)
192 points by ColinWright on Nov 4, 2012 | 20 comments
6.
I fixed a bug in Python (nedbatchelder.com)
131 points by llambda on Nov 4, 2012 | 25 comments
7.
How To Be A Successful (African) American in Silicon Valley (techcrunch.com)
115 points by dguido on Nov 4, 2012 | 53 comments
8.
Clojure at a Bank – Clojure Code Immaturity (pitheringabout.com)
111 points by Adrock on Nov 4, 2012 | 23 comments
9.
Skype hands 16-year-old's personal information to IT company (nu.nl)
108 points by 1337biz on Nov 4, 2012 | 8 comments
10.
I almost feel obligated to pirate Office for Mac (sommefeldt.com)
102 points by gliese1337 on Nov 4, 2012 | 77 comments
11.
The Russian underground economy has democratized cybercrime (arstechnica.com)
92 points by iuqiddis on Nov 4, 2012 | 46 comments
12.
Casual users need as good a computer as possible, proficient users can make do (ignco.de)
90 points by redacted on Nov 4, 2012 | 61 comments
13.
Ask HN: What are some good EC2 tutorials for programmers?
89 points by jamalkhan on Nov 4, 2012 | 27 comments
14.
Interactive SQL Tutorial (sqlzoo.net)
89 points by sonabinu on Nov 4, 2012 | 15 comments
15.
Google Casts a Big Shadow on Smaller Web Sites (nytimes.com)
75 points by iProject on Nov 4, 2012 | 74 comments
16.
Commuting? Have you done the math? (jefclaes.be)
76 points by Nemmie on Nov 4, 2012 | 59 comments
17.
Hugepic - a web app for showing massive pictures (peterbe.com)
74 points by dilipray on Nov 4, 2012 | 23 comments
18.
CEO Craig Zucker on the Demise of Buckyballs (wired.com)
71 points by dsr12 on Nov 4, 2012 | 96 comments
19.
A Capitalist’s Dilemma, Whoever Wins the Election (nytimes.com)
70 points by iProject on Nov 4, 2012 | 88 comments
20.
PyPy py3k status update (morepypy.blogspot.com)
68 points by dbaupp on Nov 4, 2012 | 1 comment
21.
Embrace the Static Web with Punch (laktek.com)
66 points by laktek on Nov 4, 2012 | 44 comments
22.
Voting by Email in New Jersey (crypto.com)
61 points by tptacek on Nov 4, 2012 | 19 comments
23.
MoonScript v0.2.2 is released (leafo.net)
59 points by leafo on Nov 4, 2012 | 12 comments
24.
Show HN: A status dashboard for the NYC power grid (nycpowerstatus.com)
54 points by jpettersson on Nov 4, 2012 | 16 comments
25.
Destroying drug cartels, the mathematical way (newscientist.com)
54 points by jaxonrice on Nov 4, 2012 | 68 comments
26.
The decline of PCs and the rise of smartphones and tablets was predicted in 1993 (dodgycoder.net)
53 points by damian2000 on Nov 4, 2012 | 69 comments
27.
The Responsive Designer (simonfosterdesign.com)
52 points by japhyr on Nov 4, 2012 | 16 comments
28.
Building Quality Tablet Apps (android-developers.blogspot.in)
50 points by dilipray on Nov 4, 2012 | 5 comments
29.
On Google, a Political Mystery That's All Numbers (wsj.com)
50 points by cainetighe on Nov 4, 2012 | 24 comments
30.
Show HN: a small jQuery Form Validation library (github.com/jackfranklin)
47 points by jackfranklin on Nov 4, 2012 | 30 comments

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