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1.		The Fourier Transform, explained in one sentence (revolutionanalytics.com)
		364 points by ggonweb on Oct 24, 2014 \| 82 comments
2.		Autumn (moxiecode.com)
		338 points by robin_reala on Oct 24, 2014 \| 89 comments
3.		Porsche: The Hedge Fund That Also Made Cars (priceonomics.com)
		296 points by ryan_j_naughton on Oct 24, 2014 \| 66 comments
4.		Laura Poitras: ‘Facebook is a gift to intelligence agencies’ (washingtonpost.com)
		224 points by Libertatea on Oct 24, 2014 \| 84 comments
5.		The Scientific 7-Minute Workout (nytimes.com)
		216 points by danso on Oct 24, 2014 \| 144 comments
6.		The Case of the Modified Binaries (leviathansecurity.com)
		193 points by pcwalton on Oct 24, 2014 \| 72 comments
7.		Calories in, calories out (possiblywrong.wordpress.com)
		189 points by spudlyo on Oct 24, 2014 \| 210 comments
8.		Why Samsung Knox Isn't Really a Fort Knox (mobilesecurityares.blogspot.com)
		192 points by robin_reala on Oct 24, 2014 \| 43 comments
9.		How to become a programmer, or the art of Googling well (okepi.wordpress.com)
		201 points by okepi on Oct 24, 2014 \| 152 comments
10.		[dupe] Uselessd (darknedgy.net)
		169 points by muyuu on Oct 24, 2014 \| 59 comments
11.		Larry Page Reorgs Staff, Anoints Sundar Pichai as New Product Czar (recode.net)
		162 points by foobarqux on Oct 24, 2014 \| 72 comments
12.		HTML5 Fluid Simulation in WebGL (haxiomic.github.io)
		172 points by junto on Oct 24, 2014 \| 49 comments
13.		MIT computer scientists can predict the price of Bitcoin (newsoffice.mit.edu)
		162 points by dpmehta02 on Oct 24, 2014 \| 81 comments
14.		How Verizon's Advertising Header Works (webpolicy.org)
		146 points by jonathanmayer on Oct 24, 2014 \| 65 comments
15.		FTDI removes counterfeit-bricking driver from Windows Update (eevblog.com)
		137 points by joezydeco on Oct 24, 2014 \| 128 comments
16.		Amazon.com redesign (amazon.com)
		144 points by gorkemyurt on Oct 24, 2014 \| 104 comments
17.		Show HN: A midterm test on basic SQL for my journalism class (padjo.org)
		120 points by danso on Oct 24, 2014 \| 24 comments
18.		Hey Paypal, why do you need access to my microphone, camera and photos? (thepcspy.com)
		124 points by oliwarner on Oct 24, 2014 \| 58 comments
19.		Google j2objc, a Java to iOS Objective-C translation tool and runtime (j2objc.org)
		116 points by tilt on Oct 24, 2014 \| 53 comments
20.		X86 boot sector written in C (2010) (crimsonglow.ca)
		111 points by doubcoid on Oct 24, 2014 \| 23 comments
21.		AT&T Locks Apple SIM on Activation (support.apple.com)
		108 points by calvin_c on Oct 24, 2014 \| 54 comments
22.		The Police Are Still Out of Control (politico.com)
		105 points by hotgoldminer on Oct 24, 2014 \| 43 comments
23.		Parsing: The Solved Problem That Isn't (2011) (tratt.net)
		97 points by wslh on Oct 24, 2014 \| 70 comments
24.		Kissing Your Socks Goodbye (nytimes.com)
		86 points by aaronbrethorst on Oct 24, 2014 \| 69 comments
25.		The Misfortunes of a Trio of Mathematicians Using Computer Algebra Systems [pdf] (ams.org)
		90 points by GFK_of_xmaspast on Oct 24, 2014 \| 81 comments
26.		Stealth Tank Unveiled by Poland (funker530.com)
		99 points by tomashertus on Oct 24, 2014 \| 74 comments
27.		You broke the internet. We'll make ourselves a GNU one (youbroketheinternet.org)
		90 points by felipebueno on Oct 24, 2014 \| 29 comments
28.		Doctor in New York City Is Sick with Ebola (nytimes.com)
		82 points by jbarrec on Oct 24, 2014 \| 84 comments
29.		Why I left my PM role at Microsoft (medium.com/adamjh)
		88 points by PaulMest on Oct 24, 2014 \| 45 comments
30.		PSA: Don’t Open Random PowerPoint Presentations from Strangers (techcrunch.com)
		82 points by elon_musk on Oct 24, 2014 \| 54 comments
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