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1.		Move your feet (swanson.github.com)
		350 points by swanson on Aug 27, 2012 \| 79 comments
2.		Look at yourself objectively (aaronsw.com)
		294 points by myle on Aug 27, 2012 \| 77 comments
3.		Show HN: Business.txt - Standard Proposal (github.com/fesja)
		264 points by fesja on Aug 27, 2012 \| 109 comments
4.		The Hidden Truths about Calories (scientificamerican.com)
		239 points by jamesbritt on Aug 27, 2012 \| 182 comments
5.		Who inherits your iTunes library when you die? (marketwatch.com)
		181 points by awwstn2 on Aug 27, 2012 \| 124 comments
6.		Twitter Removes 'Via' Stamp From Web Client (thenextweb.com)
		171 points by twapi on Aug 27, 2012 \| 73 comments
7.		NASA to use consumer Android smartphones in new satellites (nasa.gov)
		168 points by anigbrowl on Aug 27, 2012 \| 100 comments
8.		Can'tada - Tracking the stuff you can't use in Canada (cantada.ca)
		143 points by teamonkey on Aug 27, 2012 \| 98 comments
9.		Public Lab DIY Spectrometry Kit (kickstarter.com)
		135 points by stevewilhelm on Aug 27, 2012 \| 33 comments
10.		Where did the Tweetbot for Mac Alpha go? (tapbots.com)
		133 points by mattkirman on Aug 27, 2012 \| 47 comments
11.		Securing Stripe's Capture the Flag (gregbrockman.com)
		135 points by gdb on Aug 27, 2012 \| 36 comments
12.		Lisp-like html as a replacement to bbcode/markup/textile (94.249.190.129)
		133 points by JimmyRuska on Aug 27, 2012 \| 79 comments
13.		Dark matter scaffolding of universe detected for the first time (umich.edu)
		131 points by fiaz on Aug 27, 2012 \| 48 comments
14.		Diaspora Will Now Be A Community Project (diasporafoundation.org)
		119 points by arrrg on Aug 27, 2012 \| 124 comments
15.		Tesla model S eliminates range anxiety (motortrend.com)
		115 points by is74 on Aug 27, 2012 \| 127 comments
16.		How to Sell Your Company (jacquesmattheij.com)
		114 points by DanielRibeiro on Aug 27, 2012 \| 19 comments
17.		Pascal's Apology, or why computer science is complicated (bueno.org)
		112 points by aristus on Aug 27, 2012 \| 29 comments
18.		Go's unique approach to OO (drdobbs.com)
		108 points by luriel on Aug 27, 2012 \| 18 comments
19.		How RESTful is Your API? (bitnative.com)
		97 points by housecor on Aug 27, 2012 \| 56 comments
20.		Apple v. Samsung Verdict: Could Bill Gates Have Patented The iPhone in 1995? (litigationandtrial.com)
		93 points by MaxwellKennerly on Aug 27, 2012 \| 99 comments
21.		Genes Now Tell Doctors Secrets They Can’t Utter (nytimes.com)
		90 points by danso on Aug 27, 2012 \| 34 comments
22.		BigScreen — Javascript library for HTML5 Fullscreen API (brad.is)
		82 points by josephschmitt on Aug 27, 2012 \| 21 comments
23.		Ask.com buys About.com for $300M (zdnet.com)
		81 points by boopsie on Aug 27, 2012 \| 40 comments
24.		Best of "Ask HN" (hnsearch.com)
		80 points by olalonde on Aug 27, 2012 \| 7 comments
25.		JFK's Application to Harvard (scribd.com)
		73 points by valgaze on Aug 27, 2012 \| 84 comments
26.		Gittip: Open Source Financing (pocoo.org)
		72 points by kracekumar on Aug 27, 2012 \| 46 comments
27.		Steve Blank: Vision versus Hallucination - Founders and Pivots (steveblank.com)
		71 points by gghootch on Aug 27, 2012 \| 23 comments
28.		The Exodus of Tech from Portugal (taoofmac.com)
		68 points by iProject on Aug 27, 2012 \| 134 comments
29.		Mathematical Challenges (darpa.mil)
		68 points by kevinalexbrown on Aug 27, 2012 \| 30 comments
30.		DMCA takedowns GitHub has received (github.com/github)
		67 points by franze on Aug 27, 2012 \| 28 comments
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