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1.
Why GNU grep is fast (2010) (freebsd.org)
495 points by kurren on Nov 28, 2013 | 129 comments
2.
A universal income is not such a silly idea (timharford.com)
308 points by giorgiofontana on Nov 28, 2013 | 333 comments
3.
Facebook (stallman.org)
317 points by pearjuice on Nov 28, 2013 | 145 comments
4.
A JavaScript parser and interpreter written in Go (github.com/robertkrimen)
232 points by scapbi on Nov 28, 2013 | 67 comments
5.
Clojure: The JFDI language (docs.google.com)
197 points by michaelochurch on Nov 28, 2013 | 128 comments
6.
Myth: The astronauts didn’t float away because they had heavy boots (sciencegeekgirl.com)
169 points by andrelaszlo on Nov 28, 2013 | 165 comments
7.
The Jolla phone – first impressions (seravo.fi)
167 points by emilsedgh on Nov 28, 2013 | 99 comments
8.
How SQLite is tested (sqlite.org)
163 points by antonios on Nov 28, 2013 | 37 comments
9.
Are you alone in San Francisco on Thanksgiving? Join Us (buttr.co)
153 points by MediaSquirrel on Nov 28, 2013 | 54 comments
10.
Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites private medical details (thestar.com)
143 points by slantyyz on Nov 28, 2013 | 85 comments
11.
I'm the guy who bought 259684 Bitcoins for under $3000 yesterday (2011) (bitcointalk.org)
131 points by baazaar on Nov 28, 2013 | 57 comments
12.
How to Buy Bitcoin (markmaunder.com)
123 points by mmaunder on Nov 28, 2013 | 119 comments
13.
To create a super-intelligent machine, start with an equation (theconversation.com)
120 points by kr4 on Nov 28, 2013 | 84 comments
14.
Monocle.io Open Sourced (github.com/maccman)
115 points by hswolff on Nov 28, 2013 | 11 comments
15.
MtGox launches Bitcoins.com, an information site for all things Bitcoin (bitcoins.com)
112 points by theboywho on Nov 28, 2013 | 113 comments
16.
IBM Research produces staph-killing polymers that leave healthy cells alone (ibm.com)
113 points by suchitpuri on Nov 28, 2013 | 60 comments
17.
It's practically impossible for regular people to buy Bitcoin (levels.io)
110 points by pieterhg on Nov 28, 2013 | 136 comments
18.
String types are fine. How about your code? (eteeselink.wordpress.com)
107 points by skrebbel on Nov 28, 2013 | 62 comments
19.
Falcon 9 GEO Transfer Mission (spacex.com)
109 points by revelation on Nov 28, 2013 | 67 comments
20.
DIY Cellphone (media.mit.edu)
104 points by shawndumas on Nov 28, 2013 | 23 comments
21.
Go 1.3 Linker Overhaul (docs.google.com)
106 points by signa11 on Nov 28, 2013 | 32 comments
22.
Choosing Scala (software-carpentry.org)
102 points by mynegation on Nov 28, 2013 | 63 comments
23.
Bot or Not: Hacker News (nathan.ca)
96 points by NathanWong on Nov 28, 2013 | 30 comments
24.
Tor Appliance (schneier.com)
94 points by dllthomas on Nov 28, 2013 | 24 comments
25.
Legendary Akihabara Radio Store closing its doors after six decades (japantimes.co.jp)
91 points by Sukotto on Nov 28, 2013 | 20 comments
26.
 [dupe] DynoSRC - Eliminate HTTP requests for JavaScript files (dinosrc.it)
92 points by selamis on Nov 28, 2013 | 38 comments
27.
Do We Live in the Matrix? (discovermagazine.com)
85 points by ghosh on Nov 28, 2013 | 160 comments
28.
Build a RESTful API with Martini (0value.com)
82 points by kermatt on Nov 28, 2013 | 8 comments
29.
A Thanksgiving Request from Priceonomics (priceonomics.com)
76 points by pmiller2 on Nov 28, 2013 | 11 comments
30.
List.js – Adds search, sort, and filters to HTML lists, tables (listjs.com)
79 points by arnklint on Nov 28, 2013 | 10 comments

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