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1.		Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen (fastcocreate.com)
		349 points by packetbeats on Sept 14, 2013 \| 107 comments
2.		Why two spaces after a period isn’t wrong – lies typographers tell about history (heracliteanriver.com)
		309 points by eru on Sept 14, 2013 \| 224 comments
3.		Securing a Linux Server (spenserj.com)
		304 points by shawndumas on Sept 14, 2013 \| 140 comments
4.		How I sent 300k emails through Github's API in a matter of minutes (badlogicgames.com)
		196 points by badlogic on Sept 14, 2013 \| 47 comments
5.		The Boy Genius of Ulan Bator (nytimes.com)
		180 points by RockyMcNuts on Sept 14, 2013 \| 47 comments
6.		SICP translated to JavaScript (nus.edu.sg)
		154 points by Splendor on Sept 14, 2013 \| 107 comments
7.		Why Phonebloks Will Never Happen (genericmaker.com)
		147 points by lewisflude on Sept 14, 2013 \| 103 comments
8.		Realtime pixel tracking with nginx, syslog-ng, and Redis (benwilber.net)
		125 points by benwilber0 on Sept 14, 2013 \| 27 comments
9.		FreeBSD 10.0 Alpha 1 now available (freebsd.org)
		111 points by daw___ on Sept 14, 2013 \| 70 comments
10.		Dropbox-Hosted Websites (brace.io)
		105 points by joeblau on Sept 14, 2013 \| 63 comments
11.		The Supersizing of American Colleges (priceonomics.com)
		105 points by kn0thing on Sept 14, 2013 \| 73 comments
12.		Freeciv 2.4.0 released (wikia.com)
		104 points by roschdal on Sept 14, 2013 \| 17 comments
13.		Nokia was developing an Android phone before the Microsoft purchase (forbes.com/sites/timworstall)
		87 points by rukshn on Sept 14, 2013 \| 34 comments
14.		Teach kids programming – A collection of resources (medium.com/p)
		78 points by skybison on Sept 14, 2013 \| 23 comments
15.		Made for iOS 7 - A directory of app designs and icons updated for iOS 7 (madeforios7.tumblr.com)
		76 points by stevestreza on Sept 14, 2013 \| 40 comments
16.		PRISM-Proof Security Considerations (ietf.org)
		75 points by onosendai on Sept 14, 2013 \| 20 comments
17.		Google unleashes Coder for Raspberry Pi as kid-friendly tool (phys.org)
		74 points by evo_9 on Sept 14, 2013 \| 19 comments
18.		Report Suggests Nearly Half of U.S. Jobs Are Vulnerable to Computerization (technologyreview.com)
		66 points by muzz on Sept 14, 2013 \| 60 comments
19.		Creating The Perfect GPG Keypair (alexcabal.com)
		64 points by web007 on Sept 14, 2013 \| 27 comments
20.		PrioVR: Get your ideas moving (kickstarter.com)
		63 points by supermatt on Sept 14, 2013 \| 38 comments
21.		LuaJIT on Xen (freelists.org)
		60 points by justincormack on Sept 14, 2013 \| 12 comments
22.		Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data API (bls.gov)
		59 points by kmfrk on Sept 14, 2013 \| 25 comments
23.		13-Year-Old Makes $100K Reinventing the Scooter Wheel (foxbusiness.com)
		57 points by lxm on Sept 14, 2013 \| 13 comments
24.		Disrupting “Disruption” Rhetoric (concurringopinions.com)
		58 points by slasaus on Sept 14, 2013 \| 17 comments
25.		CSS Image Orientation Lands in Firefox 26 (sethfowler.org)
		51 points by swift on Sept 14, 2013 \| 29 comments
26.		Ask HN: Why is Google purging all search results for Syrian Arab News Agency?
		51 points by teamgb on Sept 14, 2013 \| 19 comments
27.		Wikipedia Will Fail in Four Years (2006) (ericgoldman.org)
		48 points by tokenadult on Sept 14, 2013 \| 50 comments
28.		Transfer a secret audio message by poking someone with your finger (wired.co.uk)
		47 points by 001sky on Sept 14, 2013 \| 14 comments
29.		Overpopulation Is Not the Problem (nytimes.com)
		46 points by cs702 on Sept 14, 2013 \| 150 comments
30.		MIT Startup Bootcamp: Livestream (ustream.tv)
		47 points by ksiegel on Sept 14, 2013 \| 12 comments
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