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1.
Proving that Android’s, Java’s and Python’s sorting algorithm is broken (envisage-project.eu)
608 points by amund on Feb 24, 2015 | 140 comments
2.
Introducing Pebble Time (kickstarter.com)
658 points by kenny_r on Feb 24, 2015 | 386 comments
3.
GPG and Me (thoughtcrime.org)
588 points by jashkenas on Feb 24, 2015 | 249 comments
4.
How crazy am I to think I actually know where that Malaysia Airlines plane is? (nymag.com)
548 points by danso on Feb 24, 2015 | 210 comments
5.
Firefox 36.0 released (mozilla.org)
368 points by Smibu on Feb 24, 2015 | 247 comments
6.
Privacy is at a crossroads. Choose wisely (medium.com/yegg)
299 points by edward on Feb 24, 2015 | 164 comments
7.
Cities with High Salary to Cost of Living Ratios for Software Developers (tgeonetta.com)
337 points by tgeo on Feb 24, 2015 | 262 comments
8.
A Story About ‘Magic' (1994) (catb.org)
232 points by ColinWright on Feb 24, 2015 | 60 comments
9.
Origami – Design Prototyping (facebook.github.io)
198 points by geekrax on Feb 24, 2015 | 24 comments
10.
Authy is joining Twilio (authy.com)
226 points by troydavis on Feb 24, 2015 | 66 comments
11.
EFF Outlines Plan to Fix the Broken Patent System (eff.org)
208 points by DiabloD3 on Feb 23, 2015 | 56 comments
12.
The freelancer's guide to good jobs and great pay (thecreativeclass.io)
191 points by 3stripe on Feb 24, 2015 | 96 comments
13.
Intel forges ahead to 10nm, will move away from silicon at 7nm (arstechnica.com)
197 points by 0xb0 on Feb 23, 2015 | 68 comments
14.
CrowdMed: We've solved hundreds of the world's most difficult medical cases (crowdmed.com)
161 points by luu on Feb 24, 2015 | 60 comments
15.
Silicon Valley Could Learn a Lot From Skater Culture, Just Not Meritocracy (wired.com)
165 points by wallflower on Feb 24, 2015 | 111 comments
16.
Pyston 0.3: Self-hosting Sufficiency (pyston.org)
127 points by kmod on Feb 24, 2015 | 54 comments
17.
Early exposure 'cuts peanut allergy' by over 80% (bbc.co.uk)
128 points by basisword on Feb 23, 2015 | 68 comments
18.
Is Blockchain Really the Killer App? (joecoin.com)
139 points by dlrush on Feb 24, 2015 | 97 comments
19.
Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011) (nytimes.com)
133 points by _zhqs on Feb 24, 2015 | 31 comments
20.
How to Build Your Distributed Database (citusdata.com)
113 points by wwhchung on Feb 24, 2015 | 23 comments
21.
10Gbit/s full TX wirespeed smallest packet size on a single CPU core (netoptimizer.blogspot.com)
107 points by eloycoto on Feb 24, 2015 | 13 comments
22.
Unreal Engine 4.7 Released (unrealengine.com)
188 points by Red_Tarsius on Feb 24, 2015 | 88 comments
23.
I’ve Just Seen a (DNA-Generated) Face (nytimes.com)
130 points by pepys on Feb 23, 2015 | 32 comments
24.
Are we really running out of helium? (quora.com)
216 points by caffeinewriter on Feb 24, 2015 | 121 comments
25.
Photographing people on the edge of a skyscraper in San Francisco (vonwong.com)
187 points by karenxcheng on Feb 24, 2015 | 75 comments
26.
Mathematicians who died under unfortunate or unfitting circumstances (kellenmyers.org)
92 points by GuiA on Feb 24, 2015 | 40 comments
27.
What Happened with Lego: The price of a brick (therealityprose.wordpress.com)
100 points by bmease on Feb 23, 2015 | 49 comments
28.
Apache HBase 1.0 released (apache.org)
78 points by fs111 on Feb 24, 2015 | 17 comments
29.
Alaska on Tuesday Will Become Third State with Legal Marijuana (nbcnews.com)
160 points by adamnemecek on Feb 24, 2015 | 83 comments
30.
Game Theory Calls Cooperation into Question (scientificamerican.com)
64 points by etr71115 on Feb 24, 2015 | 28 comments

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