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1.
Try R — A new online course, for free (oreilly.com)
391 points by allennoren on Dec 5, 2012 | 125 comments
2.
'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance' - NSA whistleblower (rt.com)
378 points by nhebb on Dec 5, 2012 | 202 comments
3.
Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says (bloomberg.com)
353 points by apaprocki on Dec 5, 2012 | 234 comments
4.
You can now create files on GitHub (github.com/blog)
335 points by geetarista on Dec 5, 2012 | 86 comments
5.
Dave Brubeck, Who Helped Put Jazz Back in Vogue, Dies at 91 (nytimes.com)
291 points by tokenadult on Dec 5, 2012 | 81 comments
6.
On Heroku and 2012 (kennethreitz.org)
225 points by rdegges on Dec 5, 2012 | 49 comments
7.
How To Accept Bitcoin On Your Website (coinbase.com)
229 points by barmstrong on Dec 5, 2012 | 73 comments
8.
Portal’s physics engine rebuilt in 25KB—on a graphing calculator (arstechnica.com)
220 points by username3 on Dec 5, 2012 | 49 comments
9.
A new era begins for Haskell (haskell.org)
222 points by dons on Dec 5, 2012 | 23 comments
10.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Academia (acm.org)
209 points by tim_sw on Dec 5, 2012 | 88 comments
11.
So what's wrong with 1975 programming? (2008) (varnish-cache.org)
207 points by nwjsmith on Dec 5, 2012 | 128 comments
12.
One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks (iamnotaprogrammer.com)
185 points by sudonim on Dec 5, 2012 | 81 comments
13.
Show HN: Survey Builder with Drag/Drop Logic Branching (visimojo.com)
165 points by martinaglv on Dec 5, 2012 | 64 comments
14.
Flatstrap - Bootstrap with no rounded corners, gradients or drop shadows (littlesparkvt.com)
149 points by binarydreams on Dec 5, 2012 | 79 comments
15.
Git Tips And Workflows (durdn.com)
148 points by durdn on Dec 5, 2012 | 38 comments
16.
Foreign Language Learning Hacks (thangudu.com)
137 points by kumarski on Dec 5, 2012 | 69 comments
17.
IntelliJ IDEA 12 Released (jetbrains.com)
136 points by ConstantineXVI on Dec 5, 2012 | 121 comments
18.
Half of all app store revenue goes to just 25 developers (theregister.co.uk)
121 points by bitcartel on Dec 5, 2012 | 74 comments
19.
AWS SDK for Node.js (Preview) (aws.typepad.com)
118 points by jeffbarr on Dec 5, 2012 | 22 comments
20.
Exploit Information Leaks in Random Numbers from Python, Ruby and PHP (spideroak.com)
117 points by SODaniel on Dec 5, 2012 | 39 comments
21.
City birds use cigarette butts to smoke out parasites (nature.com)
112 points by iamwil on Dec 5, 2012 | 26 comments
22.
New 25 GPU Monster Devours Passwords In Seconds (securityledger.com)
111 points by _ikke_ on Dec 5, 2012 | 90 comments
23.
New GitHub Status Site (github.com/blog)
115 points by remi on Dec 5, 2012 | 18 comments
24.
The PLT Games - monthly programming language competition (pltgames.com)
108 points by p4bl0 on Dec 5, 2012 | 11 comments
25.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee flags UN net conference concerns (bbc.co.uk)
103 points by eplanit on Dec 5, 2012 | 14 comments
26.
NASA releases stunning photos of Earth at night (nasa.gov)
101 points by amima on Dec 5, 2012 | 34 comments
27.
Foldify - print foldable 3D figures from iOS (foldifyapp.com)
97 points by zdw on Dec 5, 2012 | 27 comments
28.
Google Analytics for developers (arkency.com)
95 points by yashke on Dec 5, 2012 | 43 comments
29.
Are You Doing Research? (extravagaria.com)
92 points by lispython on Dec 5, 2012 | 44 comments
30.
Tweeting on behalf of users is bad (gist.github.com)
88 points by julien on Dec 5, 2012 | 36 comments

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