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1.
Download a copy of your Gmail and Google Calendar data (gmailblog.blogspot.com)
628 points by uptown on Dec 5, 2013 | 169 comments
2.
Multiprocess Firefox (billmccloskey.wordpress.com)
415 points by evilpie on Dec 5, 2013 | 124 comments
3.
Why you should use OpenGL and not DirectX (wolfire.com)
408 points by intull on Dec 5, 2013 | 175 comments
4.
After 5 days, my OS doesn't crash when I press a key (jvns.ca)
259 points by jvns on Dec 5, 2013 | 88 comments
5.
How can C Programs be so Reliable? (2008) (tratt.net)
251 points by adamnemecek on Dec 5, 2013 | 221 comments
6.
Real Men Go to Sleep (hbr.org)
247 points by r0h1n on Dec 5, 2013 | 180 comments
7.
Functional programming books review (alexott.net)
237 points by platz on Dec 5, 2013 | 57 comments
8.
As engineers, we must consider the ethical implications of our work (theguardian.com)
202 points by jvoorhis on Dec 5, 2013 | 196 comments
9.
Stop Saying Bitcoin Transactions Aren’t Reversible (elidourado.com)
178 points by tlo on Dec 5, 2013 | 80 comments
10.
China Bans Financial Companies From Bitcoin Transactions (bloomberg.com)
175 points by kunle on Dec 5, 2013 | 138 comments
11.
North Korea 2013 – A travel journal (dominik-schwarz.net)
162 points by personlurking on Dec 5, 2013 | 82 comments
12.
How to win as a first time founder - a Drew Houston Manifesto (firstround.com)
167 points by gatsby on Dec 5, 2013 | 50 comments
13.
Clever Gets $10 Million To Provide A Standardized API For School Data (techcrunch.com)
167 points by sethbannon on Dec 5, 2013 | 79 comments
14.
Anti-Patent Troll Bill Passes The House (techcrunch.com)
160 points by oniTony on Dec 5, 2013 | 40 comments
15.
Letters to my copyright infringers (scientificamerican.com)
151 points by RougeFemme on Dec 5, 2013 | 69 comments
16.
GPU-Accelerated Deep Learning Library in Python (github.com/hannes-brt)
148 points by rbanffy on Dec 5, 2013 | 50 comments
17.
Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever (skysurvey.org)
141 points by Rumudiez on Dec 5, 2013 | 57 comments
18.
Taboo Your Words (2008) (lesswrong.com)
128 points by simonbrown on Dec 5, 2013 | 49 comments
19.
The cost of dynamic vs. static dispatch in C++ (thegreenplace.net)
125 points by mekishizufu on Dec 5, 2013 | 70 comments
20.
Android Support vs iOS Support (fidlee.com)
101 points by tlo on Dec 5, 2013 | 108 comments
21.
The Art of Computer Programming - eBook (informit.com)
94 points by tjr on Dec 5, 2013 | 65 comments
22.
New theory may revolutionize superconductors (cornell.edu)
93 points by jonbaer on Dec 5, 2013 | 26 comments
23.
Stolen cobalt-60 found in Mexico; curious thieves likely doomed (washingtonpost.com)
89 points by bane on Dec 5, 2013 | 104 comments
24.
Bootstrap 3.0.3 released (getbootstrap.com)
86 points by uptown on Dec 5, 2013 | 20 comments
25.
37signals Job Board is closing down (37signals.com)
83 points by neokya on Dec 5, 2013 | 52 comments
26.
Simple Git-backed Microsites (petekeen.net)
81 points by zrail on Dec 5, 2013 | 14 comments
27.
Testimony of Ms. Soon Ok Lee (2002) (senate.gov)
79 points by mckee1 on Dec 5, 2013 | 83 comments
28.
Homejoy (YC S10) Raises $38M as It Looks to Expand Beyond Home Cleaning (techcrunch.com)
82 points by mlinsey on Dec 5, 2013 | 42 comments
29.
How to make a game in 6 weeks (piasagames.tumblr.com)
73 points by abijlani on Dec 5, 2013 | 10 comments
30.
Dizzying but invisible depth (2011) (plus.google.com)
71 points by ColinWright on Dec 5, 2013 | 11 comments

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