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1.
A living death: Sentenced to die behind bars for what? (aclu.org)
656 points by subsystem on Nov 16, 2013 | 488 comments
2.
Dear Googles: G+/YouTube Anschluss – you've done outed me (plus.google.com)
630 points by davidgerard on Nov 16, 2013 | 183 comments
3.
37signals valuation tops $100 billion after bold VC investment (2009) (37signals.com)
300 points by lukashed on Nov 16, 2013 | 105 comments
4.
Why Do Companies Still Use Microsoft Windows For Displays? (shkspr.mobi)
205 points by edent on Nov 16, 2013 | 157 comments
5.
Empty London (roberttimothy.com)
196 points by TranceMan on Nov 16, 2013 | 94 comments
6.
Many PS4 units dead on arrival (amazon.com)
197 points by manojlds on Nov 16, 2013 | 131 comments
7.
Make-A-Wish Foundation Turns San Francisco Into Gotham for 5-Year-Old Batkid (wired.com)
193 points by nrayamajhee on Nov 16, 2013 | 65 comments
8.
A crossword based on the Adobe password leak (zed0.co.uk)
179 points by mdisraeli on Nov 16, 2013 | 28 comments
9.
New Documents Confirm Police Vehicles’ Real-Time Access To DHS Spy Cameras (storyleak.com)
135 points by stfu on Nov 16, 2013 | 36 comments
10.
Why Valve's SteamOS Could Be Revolutionary (informationweek.com)
118 points by Dotnaught on Nov 16, 2013 | 67 comments
11.
Getting a bit creepy (gingerlime.com)
117 points by gingerlime on Nov 16, 2013 | 76 comments
12.
New GPS game is out of this world: Stratocaching (idnes.cz)
113 points by honzzz on Nov 16, 2013 | 27 comments
13.
An Empirical Evaluation of TCP Performance in Online Games (sinica.edu.tw)
107 points by cpeterso on Nov 16, 2013 | 37 comments
14.
Big Ball of Mud (laputan.org)
97 points by noobSemanticist on Nov 16, 2013 | 21 comments
15.
Reaching for Silicon Valley (nytimes.com)
95 points by wallflower on Nov 16, 2013 | 13 comments
16.
FastR: An implementation of the R language in Java [pdf] (oracle.com)
85 points by susi22 on Nov 16, 2013 | 33 comments
17.
Wireless Attacks With Python: Part One - the "Dnspwn Attack" (jordan-wright.github.io)
81 points by jwcrux on Nov 16, 2013 | 1 comment
18.
Sunset on Mars (sci-universe.tumblr.com)
80 points by felixbraun on Nov 16, 2013 | 10 comments
19.
Bitcoin for the Befuddled – Our fancy new book and website (befuddled.org)
79 points by drcode on Nov 16, 2013 | 36 comments
20.
Introduction to the Python Interpreter, Part 1: Function Objects (akaptur.github.io)
80 points by luu on Nov 16, 2013 | 15 comments
21.
Ask HN: Thoughts on Meteor.js?
77 points by karlcoelho1 on Nov 16, 2013 | 61 comments
22.
CrowdProcess (crowdprocess.com)
70 points by styluss on Nov 16, 2013 | 14 comments
23.
Where to begin when learning C? Start by making lots of errors (morganwilde.svbtle.com)
68 points by morganwilde on Nov 16, 2013 | 89 comments
24.
Easystar.js - Pathfinding for HTML5 games (easystarjs.com)
62 points by bryceneal on Nov 16, 2013 | 13 comments
25.
Apply to the Winter 2014 Batch of Hacker School (hackerschool.com)
68 points by luu on Nov 16, 2013 | 39 comments
26.
Time is ripe for fire detection satellite, say Berkeley scientists (newscenter.berkeley.edu)
58 points by PaulHoule on Nov 16, 2013 | 26 comments
27.
A Look at the Bitcoin Economy (thegenesisblock.com)
55 points by icedicedavid on Nov 16, 2013 | 36 comments
28.
Ask HN: How do you back up your data?
52 points by wbsun on Nov 16, 2013 | 58 comments
29.
Startup Failing? You Might Be Asking The Wrong Questions (fastcolabs.com)
50 points by nate on Nov 16, 2013 | 3 comments
30.
Thank You DHH (and others) (differential.io)
45 points by FooBarWidget on Nov 16, 2013 | 42 comments

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