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1.		Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987 (nwsource.com)
		320 points by cleverjake on Aug 23, 2012 \| 231 comments
2.		The White House just open sourced their first Github repo (github.com/whitehouse)
		314 points by maxogden on Aug 23, 2012 \| 121 comments
3.		How Hacker News Completely Changed My Life (stoicjesterstudios.com)
		290 points by thestoicjester on Aug 23, 2012 \| 91 comments
4.		John Carmack discusses the art and science of software engineering (uw.edu)
		271 points by gb on Aug 23, 2012 \| 71 comments
5.		A Faster Facebook for iOS (fb.com)
		273 points by adamjernst on Aug 23, 2012 \| 177 comments
6.		Black Widow (dcurt.is)
		216 points by bradgessler on Aug 23, 2012 \| 51 comments
7.		Why you should not be displaying relative dates. (aaronparecki.com)
		213 points by caseorganic on Aug 23, 2012 \| 155 comments
8.		Twitter cuts off “find friends” access to Tumblr (marco.org)
		182 points by rsobers on Aug 23, 2012 \| 73 comments
9.		The innovations of Internet Explorer (nczonline.net)
		174 points by kalyanganjam on Aug 23, 2012 \| 74 comments
10.		JSON+UDP+DHT=Freedom (telehash.org)
		174 points by nmcfarl on Aug 23, 2012 \| 39 comments
11.		Under the hood: Rebuilding Facebook for iOS (facebook.com)
		158 points by relation on Aug 23, 2012 \| 65 comments
12.		Fleksy - Awesome new predictive text input method (fleksy.com)
		150 points by nreece on Aug 23, 2012 \| 101 comments
13.		The Hidden Subversive Message in Gangnam Style (theatlantic.com)
		148 points by lionhearted on Aug 23, 2012 \| 44 comments
14.		Hacker News is 44% 18-24 year olds, 77% male (pingdom.com)
		134 points by luigi on Aug 23, 2012 \| 88 comments
15.		Parrondo's Paradox: How two ugly parents can make a beautiful baby (datagenetics.com)
		130 points by pavanlimo on Aug 23, 2012 \| 62 comments
16.		IKEA's New Catalogs: Less Pine, More Pixels (wsj.com)
		117 points by petethomas on Aug 23, 2012 \| 49 comments
17.		An Interview with DuckDuckGo's founder, Gabriel Weinberg (techspot.com)
		108 points by marioestrada on Aug 23, 2012 \| 38 comments
18.		The Cheapest Generation (theatlantic.com)
		109 points by JumpCrisscross on Aug 23, 2012 \| 202 comments
19.		What Jamie Wong did at Khan Academy (jamie-wong.com)
		108 points by cbhl on Aug 23, 2012 \| 35 comments
20.		My Paleo Media Diet (oreilly.com)
		103 points by michael_fine on Aug 23, 2012 \| 72 comments
21.		Silicon Valley Techies Fight to Save a Popular but Illegal Haven (nytimes.com)
		92 points by bluehat on Aug 23, 2012 \| 104 comments
22.		The Software Engineering of Mathematica (wolfram.com)
		90 points by lf6648 on Aug 23, 2012 \| 21 comments
23.		Prismatic for iPhone is now live in the App Store (getprismatic.com)
		84 points by w01fe on Aug 23, 2012 \| 48 comments
24.		What HN Users Use (45% Mac, 63% Chrome) (dangrossman.info)
		83 points by johnx123-up on Aug 23, 2012 \| 43 comments
25.		Selling $2,000+ Worth Of My Unfinished Book (planscope.io)
		77 points by bdunn on Aug 23, 2012 \| 92 comments
26.		Free Living Arrangements Offered to Startup Founders in Kansas City (homesforhackers.com)
		74 points by nordicnomad82 on Aug 23, 2012 \| 54 comments
27.		Mac OS X 10.8.1 is out. (support.apple.com)
		72 points by mvip on Aug 23, 2012 \| 103 comments
28.		US appeals court rules in favor of patenting genes (reuters.com)
		71 points by doktrin on Aug 23, 2012 \| 71 comments
29.		Pew Study: The Economy is lagging because the middle class is broke (yahoo.com)
		67 points by PaulHoule on Aug 23, 2012 \| 78 comments
30.		A Software Entrepreneur On The Madness Of Software Patents and Trolls (feld.com)
		65 points by azakai on Aug 23, 2012 \| 32 comments
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