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1.		Cookieless cookies (lucb1e.com)
		353 points by lucb1e on Aug 18, 2013 \| 86 comments
2.		How to trap a whistleblower (salon.com)
		289 points by alsothings on Aug 18, 2013 \| 113 comments
3.		Rewriting a large production system in Go (matt-welsh.blogspot.com)
		238 points by qdie on Aug 18, 2013 \| 187 comments
4.		Amnesty International on the detention of Greenwald's partner (amnesty.org)
		219 points by steveklabnik on Aug 18, 2013 \| 47 comments
5.		PostgreSQL Basics by Example (darthdeus.github.io)
		217 points by darthdeus on Aug 18, 2013 \| 54 comments
6.		OpenDesk – Open Source Furniture (opendesk.cc)
		196 points by mauricesvay on Aug 18, 2013 \| 52 comments
7.		Open Source Google App Engine Clone (github.com/appscale)
		187 points by frankhamlin on Aug 18, 2013 \| 43 comments
8.		Has Carl June Found a Key to Fighting Cancer? (phillymag.com)
		186 points by gmatty on Aug 18, 2013 \| 98 comments
9.		Wozniak Says `Lot of Things Wrong’ With Jobs Movie [video] (bloomberg.com)
		177 points by eroded on Aug 18, 2013 \| 125 comments
10.		I hate the Pumping Lemma (bosker.wordpress.com)
		167 points by robinhouston on Aug 18, 2013 \| 48 comments
11.		One VM to Rule Them All [pdf] (uni-linz.ac.at)
		161 points by charlestuy on Aug 18, 2013 \| 88 comments
12.		The Coming War on General Computation (2011) (github.com/jwise)
		160 points by qb on Aug 18, 2013 \| 59 comments
13.		How To Create Your Own Chrome Extensions (coryg89.github.io)
		160 points by CoryG89 on Aug 18, 2013 \| 32 comments
14.		An Inventor Wants One Less Wire to Worry About (nytimes.com)
		154 points by wallflower on Aug 18, 2013 \| 94 comments
15.		Directed Graph Editor with D3.js (ocks.org)
		140 points by wslh on Aug 18, 2013 \| 21 comments
16.		An open source HTML/CSS framework for prototyping native touch applications (getclank.com)
		137 points by Wolfr_ on Aug 18, 2013 \| 32 comments
17.		Update on STM (morepypy.blogspot.com)
		138 points by wisesage5001 on Aug 18, 2013 \| 5 comments
18.		SF fire chief bans helmet cameras in wake of crash (sfgate.com)
		130 points by jamesjyu on Aug 18, 2013 \| 49 comments
19.		Of Wizards and Magical Machines (2012) (sealedabstract.com)
		116 points by mwcampbell on Aug 18, 2013 \| 16 comments
20.		Rejection, tragedy and billions of dollars – The story of FIFA Video Games (mcvuk.com)
		110 points by muratmutlu on Aug 18, 2013 \| 23 comments
21.		Here’s what you find when you scan the entire Internet in an hour (washingtonpost.com)
		105 points by anxiouser on Aug 18, 2013 \| 40 comments
22.		Is It Nuts to Give to the Poor Without Strings Attached? (nytimes.com)
		94 points by RougeFemme on Aug 18, 2013 \| 86 comments
23.		How Kal Compiles Itself (rzimmerman.me)
		87 points by rzimmerman on Aug 18, 2013 \| 19 comments
24.		Show HN: Xpressive - CSS3 Live Design Tool for Mac OSX (xpressive.org)
		84 points by dilipray on Aug 18, 2013 \| 23 comments
25.		[dupe] Hacker Posts Facebook Bug Report on Mark Zuckerberg’s Wall (arabcrunch.com)
		81 points by ArabGeek on Aug 18, 2013 \| 78 comments
26.		Americans Are as Likely to Be Killed by Their Furniture as by Terrorism (2012) (theatlantic.com)
		80 points by thex86 on Aug 18, 2013 \| 40 comments
27.		Why I'm Learning Morse Code (burakkanber.com)
		77 points by bkanber on Aug 18, 2013 \| 72 comments
28.		What colour are your bits? (2004) (sooke.bc.ca)
		69 points by grey-area on Aug 18, 2013 \| 15 comments
29.		The Road to Luna (elementaryos.org)
		68 points by macco on Aug 18, 2013 \| 68 comments
30.		Knowing When It’s Time to Move On (medium.com/lessons-learned)
		66 points by dohertyjf on Aug 18, 2013 \| 21 comments
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