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1.		Lessons learned from my failed startup after 2 years, 300 users and 0 revenue (sergioschuler.com)
		380 points by sergioschuler on Dec 31, 2013 \| 159 comments
2.		What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014 (duke.edu)
		365 points by Tsiolkovsky on Dec 31, 2013 \| 160 comments
3.		The NSA Reportedly Has Total Access To The Apple iPhone (forbes.com/sites/erikkain)
		342 points by larubbio on Dec 31, 2013 \| 201 comments
4.		How to write a great research paper [pdf] (research.microsoft.com)
		251 points by siromoney on Dec 31, 2013 \| 62 comments
5.		Why I no longer contribute to Stack Overflow (richter.name)
		243 points by spatulon on Dec 31, 2013 \| 236 comments
6.		The RIAA forced me to shut down a successful website/apps I built in high school (appgrounds.com)
		204 points by lukezli on Dec 31, 2013 \| 130 comments
7.		Why I'm Interested in Bitcoin (cdixon.org)
		190 points by ckurdziel on Dec 31, 2013 \| 171 comments
8.		Watch pg write an essay in real time (stypi.com)
		179 points by shawndumas on Dec 31, 2013 \| 63 comments
9.		The Mac Pro Review (anandtech.com)
		179 points by wittyphrasehere on Dec 31, 2013 \| 156 comments
10.		Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently (klinger.io)
		159 points by allanberger on Dec 31, 2013 \| 58 comments
11.		Questions I'm asking in technical interviews (jvns.ca)
		144 points by jvns on Dec 31, 2013 \| 40 comments
12.		Mac Pro Late 2013 Teardown (ifixit.com)
		142 points by knocknock on Dec 31, 2013 \| 94 comments
13.		Peter Thiel’s Graph of the Year (washingtonpost.com)
		135 points by marchustvedt on Dec 31, 2013 \| 91 comments
14.		U.S. to China: We Hacked Your Internet Gear We Told You Not to Hack (wired.com)
		131 points by kercker on Dec 31, 2013 \| 63 comments
15.		Best Paper Awards in Computer Science Since 1996 (jeffhuang.com)
		129 points by whathappenedto on Dec 31, 2013 \| 40 comments
16.		Ask HN: Making extra income with books
		129 points by 1986v on Dec 31, 2013 \| 49 comments
17.		Twister: Anonymous, private BtC/DHT/Torrent P2P microblogging (twister.net.co)
		127 points by ianso on Dec 31, 2013 \| 47 comments
18.		On The Information and How We Operate (jessicalessin.com)
		119 points by IBM on Dec 31, 2013 \| 122 comments
19.		SQLAlchemy 0.9.0 Released (sqlalchemy.org)
		109 points by kbambz on Dec 31, 2013 \| 39 comments
20.		Whistleblower Edward Snowden is tech person of year (usatoday.com)
		115 points by ekm2 on Dec 31, 2013 \| 12 comments
21.		Steam Removes Game 'Order Of War: Challenge' From User Libraries (forbes.com/sites/erikkain)
		109 points by mjn on Dec 31, 2013 \| 118 comments
22.		Python 2.x vs 3.x use survey (surveymonkey.com)
		104 points by janzer on Dec 31, 2013 \| 114 comments
23.		I, Health Insurer (charlespetzold.com)
		87 points by cgopalan on Dec 31, 2013 \| 106 comments
24.		I, Glasshole: My Year With Google Glass (wired.com)
		85 points by shawndumas on Dec 31, 2013 \| 83 comments
25.		Silicon Valley Hustle: Former Motionloft CEO Accused Of Defrauding Investors (techcrunch.com)
		91 points by minimaxir on Dec 31, 2013 \| 19 comments
26.		Pinterest Passes Twitter In Popularity, Facebook Stays On Top (techcrunch.com)
		82 points by adidash on Dec 31, 2013 \| 38 comments
27.		2013: A Bad Year for the Tech Industry (theatlantic.com)
		81 points by RyanMcGreal on Dec 31, 2013 \| 53 comments
28.		Redesigned Window Stops Sound But Not Air (technologyreview.com)
		80 points by jalanco on Dec 31, 2013 \| 26 comments
29.		Bsdnt – A BSD-licensed bignum library (github.com/wbhart)
		78 points by wbhart on Dec 31, 2013 \| 49 comments
30.		‘JFK Customs destroyed 11 of my instruments’ (artsjournal.com)
		74 points by mikegirouard on Dec 31, 2013 \| 22 comments
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