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1.
The algorithm for a perfectly balanced photo gallery (crispymtn.com)
512 points by jtreitz on Aug 12, 2013 | 99 comments
2.
Hyperloop Alpha [pdf] (spacex.com)
513 points by soupboy on Aug 12, 2013 | 193 comments
3.
Every important person in BitCoin just got subpoenaed by NY financial regulators (forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill)
324 points by martin_ on Aug 12, 2013 | 189 comments
4.
You Might Have an Invisible Facebook Account Even if You Never Signed Up (groovypost.com)
269 points by pessimizer on Aug 12, 2013 | 178 comments
5.
Papers, Please - A Dystopian Document Thriller (papersplea.se)
264 points by flyt on Aug 12, 2013 | 73 comments
6.
Do things, write about it (mdswanson.com)
232 points by swanson on Aug 12, 2013 | 88 comments
7.
Google Fiber Continues Awful ISP Tradition of Banning “Servers” (eff.org)
241 points by sinak on Aug 12, 2013 | 240 comments
8.
The NSA is turning the Internet into a total surveillance system (theguardian.com)
233 points by northwest on Aug 12, 2013 | 114 comments
9.
Mio: A High-Performance Multicore IO Manager for GHC [pdf] (yale.edu)
226 points by dons on Aug 12, 2013 | 78 comments
10.
Investor Herd Dynamics (paulgraham.com)
224 points by tlammens on Aug 12, 2013 | 52 comments
11.
Yesterday I Wrote My First Firefox OS App (kvz.io)
204 points by kvz on Aug 12, 2013 | 122 comments
12.
The NSA Is Commandeering the Internet (theatlantic.com)
199 points by mxfh on Aug 12, 2013 | 202 comments
13.
Kickstart the GNUstep Project (kickstarter.com)
175 points by 0x09 on Aug 12, 2013 | 84 comments
14.
Go for System Administrators (lusis.org)
174 points by polvi on Aug 12, 2013 | 61 comments
15.
Things in Haskell which don't exist elsewhere at all (reddit.com)
170 points by mietek on Aug 12, 2013 | 87 comments
16.
PS1 generator (xta.github.io)
168 points by jerogarcia on Aug 12, 2013 | 28 comments
17.
Turning the Apple //e into a lisp machine, part 1 (nullspace.io)
169 points by antics on Aug 12, 2013 | 62 comments
18.
Git commit allegedly from Satoshi embedded inside a Bitcoin transaction (blockchain.info)
162 points by jbaudanza on Aug 12, 2013 | 68 comments
19.
Listen to AOL’s CEO Fire Employee in Conference Call With 1,000 people (slate.com)
157 points by wikiburner on Aug 12, 2013 | 125 comments
20.
Public speaking for introverts (danshipper.com)
158 points by vanwilder77 on Aug 12, 2013 | 51 comments
21.
Ruby hacking guide (ruby-hacking-guide.github.io)
155 points by steveklabnik on Aug 12, 2013 | 22 comments
22.
Git blame has never been so much fun (mroth.github.io)
148 points by napolux on Aug 12, 2013 | 32 comments
23.
Babylon.js: JS framework for building 3D games with HTML5 and WebGL (msdn.com)
147 points by dirkk0 on Aug 12, 2013 | 69 comments
24.
How to get meetings with people too busy to see you (steveblank.com)
145 points by ibrahimcesar on Aug 12, 2013 | 31 comments
25.
Elixir Design Goals (elixir-lang.org)
145 points by duggieawesome on Aug 12, 2013 | 30 comments
26.
When Einstein Met Tagore (brainpickings.org)
140 points by dboles99 on Aug 12, 2013 | 27 comments
27.
DIY Cellphone (media.mit.edu)
139 points by eksith on Aug 12, 2013 | 35 comments
28.
LavaBit's Architecture (2009) (possibility.com)
140 points by yankcrime on Aug 12, 2013 | 57 comments
29.
How Athletes Get Great (outsideonline.com)
127 points by j-g-faustus on Aug 12, 2013 | 29 comments
30.
CIA Director Brennan Confirmed as Reporter Michael Hastings' Next Target (sandiego6.com)
131 points by San_Diegian on Aug 12, 2013 | 35 comments

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