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1.		Ubuntu for phones (ubuntu.com)
		513 points by llambda on Jan 2, 2013 \| 156 comments
2.		Canonical announces Ubuntu for smartphones (engadget.com)
		474 points by blacktulip on Jan 2, 2013 \| 207 comments
3.		Regexper: Beautiful regexp visualizations (regexper.com)
		466 points by trevmex on Jan 2, 2013 \| 127 comments
4.		SQL Injection Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails; affects all versions (groups.google.com)
		402 points by danso on Jan 2, 2013 \| 205 comments
5.		A world without power (jacquesmattheij.com)
		309 points by ColinWright on Jan 2, 2013 \| 140 comments
6.		Avis acquires car sharing company Zipcar for $500 million (thenextweb.com)
		262 points by lxm on Jan 2, 2013 \| 144 comments
7.		The physics of that ‘kickalicious’ kick (empiricalzeal.com)
		247 points by llambda on Jan 2, 2013 \| 33 comments
8.		Patent trolls want $1,000 per employee for using scanners (arstechnica.com)
		235 points by blackhole on Jan 2, 2013 \| 180 comments
9.		Why did a Train Carrying Biofuel Cross the Border 24 Times and Never Unload? (oilprice.com)
		219 points by pebb on Jan 2, 2013 \| 93 comments
10.		How fast could you travel across the U.S. in the 1800s? (mnn.com)
		211 points by MikeCapone on Jan 2, 2013 \| 124 comments
11.		Python: The Dictionary Playbook (rachum.com)
		193 points by Nurdok on Jan 2, 2013 \| 55 comments
12.		Dear Apple, DUNS is a scam, but you already know that (metamorphium.com)
		186 points by guptaneil on Jan 2, 2013 \| 54 comments
13.		Meet Microsoft, the world's best kept R&D secret (pcworld.com)
		180 points by matan_a on Jan 2, 2013 \| 125 comments
14.		Programming is Terrible (programmingisterrible.com)
		170 points by benwerd on Jan 2, 2013 \| 68 comments
15.		Code Interview Reading List (codingforinterviews.com)
		166 points by bcjordan on Jan 2, 2013 \| 45 comments
16.		The Income Rich Take One For The Team. Thanks! (techcrunch.com)
		119 points by ssclafani on Jan 2, 2013 \| 151 comments
17.		The Web Book Boilerplate - Writing books for almost every platform (github.com/pascalprecht)
		118 points by PascalPrecht on Jan 2, 2013 \| 35 comments
18.		From AS3 to Haxe (grantmathews.com)
		111 points by johnfn on Jan 2, 2013 \| 12 comments
19.		There's no avoiding Google+ (wsj.com)
		108 points by anigbrowl on Jan 2, 2013 \| 107 comments
20.		A business meeting (morna.nl)
		107 points by mietek on Jan 2, 2013 \| 27 comments
21.		Show HN: a small weekendish project - JSON Blob (jsonblob.com)
		106 points by tburch on Jan 2, 2013 \| 28 comments
22.		ScriptCraft: Building cool things using Javascript in Minecraft (walterhiggins.net)
		103 points by dpearson on Jan 2, 2013 \| 33 comments
23.		The Quantum Earthworm (nationalgeographic.com)
		107 points by ColinWright on Jan 2, 2013 \| 3 comments
24.		Font Awesome 3.0 Released - sub-setting, pixel perfect at 14px, better license (fortawesome.github.com)
		100 points by fortawesome on Jan 2, 2013 \| 27 comments
25.		Scheme vs Common Lisp: war stories (programmers.stackexchange.com)
		94 points by gnosis on Jan 2, 2013 \| 29 comments
26.		Come to terms with being “only” an engineer (pandodaily.com)
		93 points by protomyth on Jan 2, 2013 \| 33 comments
27.		Go vs. Python for a simple web server (kowalczyk.info)
		93 points by amarsahinovic on Jan 2, 2013 \| 43 comments
28.		Bitcoin in 2012: By the Numbers (thebitcointrader.com)
		93 points by mrb on Jan 2, 2013 \| 33 comments
29.		A love affair with PostgreSQL (remarkablelabs.com)
		88 points by craigkerstiens on Jan 2, 2013 \| 21 comments
30.		Chuck Close on Creativity, Work Ethic, and Problem-Solving vs. Problem-Creating (brainpickings.org)
		89 points by brandoncarl on Jan 2, 2013 \| 41 comments
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