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1.		He got 1%, we can't hire him (codingjohnson.com)
		835 points by gringofyx on Aug 28, 2013 \| 576 comments
2.		Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100 (play.google.com)
		402 points by shuzchen on Aug 28, 2013 \| 318 comments
3.		Let me tell you about a game I made with the sole intention of watching it die (dominikjohann.tumblr.com)
		387 points by janoelze on Aug 28, 2013 \| 72 comments
4.		What happens when you sit at a desk for 13 years and also exercise (deanproxy.com)
		348 points by deanproxy on Aug 28, 2013 \| 206 comments
5.		How one man turns annoying cold calls into cash (bbc.co.uk)
		331 points by schrofer on Aug 28, 2013 \| 184 comments
6.		Docker: Git for deployment (scoutapp.com)
		318 points by itsderek23 on Aug 28, 2013 \| 115 comments
7.		Isaac Asimov's predictions for what the world will be like in 2014 (nytimes.com)
		272 points by bmmayer1 on Aug 28, 2013 \| 172 comments
8.		Shopify POS (shopify.com)
		265 points by remi on Aug 28, 2013 \| 120 comments
9.		Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not claim on my profile? (linkedin.com)
		218 points by processing on Aug 28, 2013 \| 160 comments
10.		Humor: Interview with an Ex-Microsoftie Who Used to Name OS Folders (secretgeek.net)
		183 points by taude on Aug 28, 2013 \| 125 comments
11.		Design, Composition and Performance [video] (infoq.com)
		182 points by skardan on Aug 28, 2013 \| 29 comments
12.		For Sale: Soviet Military Ferrite Core Memory Stack Cube and Manual (ebay.com)
		154 points by joshwa on Aug 28, 2013 \| 101 comments
13.		Show HN: Highlighting Efforts of Creation from Hacker News (medium.com/design-startups)
		149 points by cjbarber on Aug 28, 2013 \| 41 comments
14.		What Programming a Game in 48 Hours Taught Me About Programming Games (jeffwofford.com)
		146 points by pertinhower on Aug 28, 2013 \| 71 comments
15.		Details Behind Today's Internet Hacks (cloudflare.com)
		140 points by dknecht on Aug 28, 2013 \| 45 comments
16.		[dupe] Google Hangouts goes HD (plus.google.com)
		137 points by Kilo-byte on Aug 28, 2013 \| 75 comments
17.		Humble Comedy Bundle (humblebundle.com)
		126 points by CrazedGeek on Aug 28, 2013 \| 59 comments
18.		An attempt to create the highest resolution real-time map of global temperature (forecast.io)
		123 points by rjsamson on Aug 28, 2013 \| 39 comments
19.		The Journey of Launching My First Product, “To Do Cal” (chrisnorstrom.com)
		123 points by ChrisNorstrom on Aug 28, 2013 \| 24 comments
20.		Building a Software Company in Rwanda, 3 Years Later (blog.textit.in)
		123 points by nicpottier on Aug 28, 2013 \| 78 comments
21.		Show HN: UIBox – A Curated HTML, CSS, JS UI Component Library (uibox.in)
		118 points by bgdam on Aug 28, 2013 \| 28 comments
22.		Why I'm saying goodbye to Dropbox and hello to SpiderOak Hive (dougbelshaw.com)
		116 points by dajbelshaw on Aug 28, 2013 \| 117 comments
23.		Periodic Table of the HTML Elements (joshduck.com)
		105 points by cdl on Aug 28, 2013 \| 27 comments
24.		CSS Sprites vs. Data URIs: Which is faster on mobile? (mobify.com)
		101 points by shawnjan8 on Aug 28, 2013 \| 23 comments
25.		Tin Can: WebRTC that uses Persona to authenticate the callers to each other (tincan.im)
		102 points by pwnna on Aug 28, 2013 \| 25 comments
26.		Marissa Mayer Has “Many Enemies” (slate.com)
		98 points by nikunjk on Aug 28, 2013 \| 79 comments
27.		[dupe] Apple attempts to trademark the word 'startup' (zd.net)
		99 points by rukshn on Aug 28, 2013 \| 41 comments
28.		Emacs As Operating System (c2.com)
		91 points by fogus on Aug 28, 2013 \| 86 comments
29.		Boarding Pass Redesign (medium.com/design-ux)
		86 points by taylorbuley on Aug 28, 2013 \| 100 comments
30.		Youtube retires video responses (youtubecreator.blogspot.com)
		89 points by mxfh on Aug 28, 2013 \| 67 comments
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