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1.		Higher antioxidant, lower cadmium, and lower pesticide residues in organic crops [pdf] (wsu.edu)
		306 points by mikevm on July 12, 2014 \| 203 comments
2.		Show HN: Linux tool to show progress for cp, rm, dd, etc. (github.com/xfennec)
		252 points by powerbook5300CS on July 12, 2014 \| 53 comments
3.		Who smeared Richard Feynman? (nuclearsecrecy.com)
		224 points by beefman on July 12, 2014 \| 54 comments
4.		Kryptoradio – A Bitcoin data transmission system (koodilehto.fi)
		204 points by mappum on July 12, 2014 \| 60 comments
5.		Patoline: A modern digital typesetting system (patoline.org)
		192 points by ulrikrasmussen on July 12, 2014 \| 80 comments
6.		A “nationwide gentrification effect” is segregating us by education (washingtonpost.com)
		169 points by dctoedt on July 12, 2014 \| 134 comments
7.		How Coffee Fueled the Civil War (nytimes.com)
		144 points by lsh123 on July 12, 2014 \| 63 comments
8.		Quoc Le’s Lectures on Deep Learning (pitt.edu)
		149 points by oversc0re on July 12, 2014 \| 8 comments
9.		Busy NYC Restaurant Solves Major Mystery by Reviewing Old Surveillance (dineability.com)
		133 points by profquail on July 12, 2014 \| 70 comments
10.		What I mean when I say "I think VR is bad news" (gist.github.com)
		119 points by jonbaer on July 12, 2014 \| 34 comments
11.		Mutable Algorithms in Immutable Languages, Part 1 (tel.github.io)
		119 points by zik on July 12, 2014 \| 41 comments
12.		Bill Gates’s Favorite Business Tales, in The New Yorker (newyorker.com)
		114 points by lxm on July 12, 2014 \| 24 comments
13.		An introduction to parallel programming using Python's multiprocessing module (sebastianraschka.com)
		104 points by rasbt on July 12, 2014 \| 24 comments
14.		Differences between Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x, with examples (sebastianraschka.com)
		108 points by rasbt on July 12, 2014 \| 16 comments
15.		Miami is drowning while the powers that be look away (theguardian.com)
		98 points by smacktoward on July 12, 2014 \| 59 comments
16.		How Sega Planned To Crush Nintendo, 24 Years Ago (kotaku.com)
		93 points by sheltgor on July 12, 2014 \| 17 comments
17.		Making sure software stays insecure [pdf] (cr.yp.to)
		94 points by thristian on July 12, 2014 \| 39 comments
18.		LibreSSL on Gentoo (hboeck.de)
		99 points by stefantalpalaru on July 12, 2014 \| 17 comments
19.		Multiline strings in JavaScript (github.com/sindresorhus)
		98 points by mofle on July 12, 2014 \| 68 comments
20.		Offer HN: We'll translate your iOS application to Japanese for free
		89 points by dturnbull on July 12, 2014 \| 22 comments
21.		Anonymous Wikipedia edits from the Norwegian parliament and government offices (jaribakken.no)
		96 points by jensen2k on July 12, 2014 \| 35 comments
22.		Unikernels: Rise of the Virtual Library Operating System (acm.org)
		83 points by pietrofmaggi on July 12, 2014 \| 5 comments
23.		Amazon snubs French free delivery ban with one-cent charge (france24.com)
		86 points by SchizoDuckie on July 12, 2014 \| 87 comments
24.		OCaml: The Bugs So Far (roscidus.com)
		76 points by ctoth on July 12, 2014 \| 15 comments
25.		Food Delivery Startup Caviar In Talks To Be Acquired By Square (techcrunch.com)
		73 points by peterkchen on July 12, 2014 \| 32 comments
26.		XDomain: A pure JavaScript CORS alternative (github.com/jpillora)
		67 points by politician on July 12, 2014 \| 19 comments
27.		Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ changes the face of battle (washingtonpost.com)
		65 points by sep on July 12, 2014 \| 69 comments
28.		How compatible is LibreSSL? (devsonacid.wordpress.com)
		63 points by aksx on July 12, 2014 \| 51 comments
29.		Ask HN: What are your favorite examples of clever product hacks by customers?
		58 points by danielhughes on July 12, 2014 \| 34 comments
30.		Cloud At A Cost – Hosting For Suckers (cloudatacost.com)
		63 points by DLion on July 12, 2014 \| 53 comments
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