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1.
What "viable search engine competition" really looks like (nullspace.io)
120 points by antics on Jan 5, 2014 | 99 comments
2.
Fukushima Emergency (snopes.com)
109 points by mxfh on Jan 5, 2014 | 45 comments
3.
Want Perfect Pitch? You Might Be Able To Pop A Pill For That (npr.org)
80 points by bane on Jan 5, 2014 | 46 comments
4.
Paths to being a kernel hacker (jvns.ca)
84 points by jvns on Jan 5, 2014 | 17 comments
5.
An open letter to hobbyists by Bill Gates (1976) (cryptnet.net)
59 points by janogonzalez on Jan 5, 2014 | 41 comments
6.
Ask HN: Is "Gödel, Escher, Bach" still worth reading?
54 points by vezzy-fnord on Jan 5, 2014 | 46 comments
7.
A Public Statement Regarding Ubiquitous Encryption on the XMPP Network (github.com/stpeter)
34 points by fenollp on Jan 5, 2014 | 11 comments
8.
Lolmythesis Tumblr: College students summarize their thesis in one sentence (slate.com)
31 points by triplesec on Jan 5, 2014 | 6 comments
9.
Arabic Natural Language Processing (stanford.edu)
21 points by linux_devil on Jan 5, 2014
10.
First Stanford code poetry slam reveals the literary side of computer code (stanford.edu)
14 points by bra-ket on Jan 5, 2014 | 1 comment
11.
Ask HN: Where to begin when learning hardware hacking?
10 points by anujkk on Jan 5, 2014 | 4 comments
12.
Show HN: Feeling-based movie search
10 points by _august on Jan 5, 2014 | 6 comments
13.
Iranian Scientist Claims to Have Built "Time Machine" (nationalgeographic.com)
10 points by chenster on Jan 5, 2014 | 2 comments
14.
Ask HN: What is the best language/framework for rapid prototyping of web apps
9 points by solomatov on Jan 5, 2014 | 17 comments
15.
Ask HN: Anyone else have symptoms similar to Aspergers?
8 points by dyscrete on Jan 5, 2014 | 9 comments
16.
Ask HN: Find new job while winding down startup.
8 points by throwaway1982 on Jan 5, 2014 | 6 comments
17.
This is your brain on religion: Uncovering the science of belief (salon.com)
7 points by bitcuration on Jan 5, 2014
18.
Zappos says goodbye to bosses (washingtonpost.com)
7 points by _qbbe on Jan 5, 2014 | 2 comments
19.
Thousands of visitors to yahoo.com hit with malware attack (washingtonpost.com)
7 points by adidash on Jan 5, 2014
20.
Colors - A nicer color palette for the web (clrs.cc)
7 points by joeyespo on Jan 5, 2014
21.
On Software Quality and Building a Better Evernote in 2014 (evernote.com)
7 points by hanru on Jan 5, 2014
22.
EReader Typography: Why it's Broken & How to Fix It (jeffarchibald.ca)
6 points by thearchvolta on Jan 5, 2014
23.
Recruiters only know bad developers (medium.com/p)
6 points by liamgooding on Jan 5, 2014 | 13 comments
24.
Visualizing the iOS App Store via D3.js (sensortower.com)
9 points by makeshifthoop on Jan 5, 2014
25.
My resolution: A new programming language each week (cdawson.net)
6 points by britknight on Jan 5, 2014 | 1 comment
26.
Ask HN: How to Make Collection of Cell Data via Wifi Useless?
6 points by thezach on Jan 5, 2014 | 2 comments
27.
The ear underground (economist.com)
6 points by rosser on Jan 5, 2014
28.
Amazon Best Sellers: Best External Zip Drives (amazon.com)
5 points by Moto7451 on Jan 5, 2014 | 1 comment
29.
How to use two different profile picture in Facebook (khalil-shreateh.com)
5 points by techaddict009 on Jan 5, 2014 | 1 comment
30.
You Can’t Take It With You, but You Still Want More (nytimes.com)
5 points by dylandrop on Jan 5, 2014

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