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1.		My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work done
		395 points by itsboring on Oct 26, 2013 \| 349 comments
2.		Why Putting SSH On Another Port is a Good Idea (danielmiessler.com)
		293 points by danielrm26 on Oct 26, 2013 \| 187 comments
3.		Federal Prosecutors, in a Policy Shift, Cite Warrantless Wiretaps as Evidence (nytimes.com)
		293 points by panarky on Oct 26, 2013 \| 105 comments
4.		Cheaper to rent in Barcelona and commute to London (bestburgerinnorthwestlondon.wordpress.co...)
		257 points by mrud on Oct 26, 2013 \| 270 comments
5.		Clojure from the ground up (aphyr.com)
		248 points by Adrock on Oct 26, 2013 \| 84 comments
6.		US bugged Merkel's phone from 2002 until 2013, report claims (bbc.co.uk)
		197 points by Suraj-Sun on Oct 26, 2013 \| 88 comments
7.		Show HN: A Github for writers? (penflip.com)
		181 points by petervandijck on Oct 26, 2013 \| 81 comments
8.		Mac OS 10.9 – Infinity times your spam (fastmail.fm)
		177 points by brongondwana on Oct 26, 2013 \| 161 comments
9.		Startup School 2013 Videos Now Online (thenextweb.com)
		178 points by talhof8 on Oct 26, 2013 \| 37 comments
10.		Ask HN: Why can't I see downvote or upvote arrows anywhere?
		164 points by aviraldg on Oct 26, 2013 \| 57 comments
11.		Mod_python - the long story (grisha.org)
		147 points by gtrubetskoy on Oct 26, 2013 \| 33 comments
12.		Confessions of a Drone Warrior (gq.com)
		152 points by JanLaussmann on Oct 26, 2013 \| 167 comments
13.		On the Typography of Flight-Deck Documentation (1992) [pdf] (nasa.gov)
		138 points by danso on Oct 26, 2013 \| 27 comments
14.		The kilo is losing weight, changing all of science (extremetech.com)
		129 points by eaxitect on Oct 26, 2013 \| 115 comments
15.		Extensionizr: Chrome extension boilerplate generator (extensionizr.com)
		129 points by tilt on Oct 26, 2013 \| 25 comments
16.		Steps You Can Take Right Now Against Internet Surveillance (eff.org)
		124 points by erkose on Oct 26, 2013 \| 38 comments
17.		Ask HN: Buffer got hacked - does anyone know details?
		116 points by andreasklinger on Oct 26, 2013 \| 80 comments
18.		The Slash Programming Language (slash-lang.org)
		111 points by svoroval on Oct 26, 2013 \| 135 comments
19.		CCAN - Comprehensive C Archive Network (ccodearchive.net)
		106 points by conductor on Oct 26, 2013 \| 20 comments
20.		Can you break my home rolled encryption? (quelsolaar.com)
		103 points by quelsolaar on Oct 26, 2013 \| 64 comments
21.		Write yourself a Scheme in 48 hours: A Haskell Tutorial (tang.name)
		103 points by juliangamble on Oct 26, 2013 \| 20 comments
22.		A School With No Teachers, Where Students Teach Themselves (kqed.org)
		101 points by mattm on Oct 26, 2013 \| 57 comments
23.		App Review rejection 10.6 (stefankendall.com)
		91 points by stefan_kendall on Oct 26, 2013 \| 63 comments
24.		This Guy’s Wife Got Cancer, So He Did Something Unforgettable. (viralnova.com)
		91 points by tchalla on Oct 26, 2013 \| 25 comments
25.		The Anti-Addiction Pill That's Big Business For Drug Dealers (npr.org)
		88 points by 0xbadcafebee on Oct 26, 2013 \| 45 comments
26.		Xenopsychology (rfreitas.com)
		90 points by gwern on Oct 26, 2013 \| 12 comments
27.		Rally Against Mass Surveillance Livestream [video] (stopwatching.us)
		89 points by thomasfromcdnjs on Oct 26, 2013 \| 29 comments
28.		I challenged hackers to investigate me and what they found out is chilling (pandodaily.com)
		86 points by cdvonstinkpot on Oct 26, 2013 \| 15 comments
29.		Hadi Esmaeilzadeh on Dark Silicon (intelligence.org)
		75 points by seventeenorbust on Oct 26, 2013 \| 50 comments
30.		Entangled toy universe shows time may be an illusion (newscientist.com)
		73 points by jonbaer on Oct 26, 2013 \| 51 comments
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