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1.		What would you like to see most in minix? (1991) (groups.google.com)
		398 points by xanth on Aug 26, 2013 \| 186 comments
2.		901614 – Adopt Tor as a feature in Firefox (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
		318 points by arthuredelstein on Aug 26, 2013 \| 120 comments
3.		Mesh Networks (motherjones.com)
		312 points by dil8 on Aug 26, 2013 \| 99 comments
4.		Map of America's Racial Segregation (wired.com)
		299 points by Aqua_Geek on Aug 26, 2013 \| 182 comments
5.		Matt Damon: Edward Snowden did a great thing (cnet.com)
		257 points by vinhnx on Aug 26, 2013 \| 95 comments
6.		Paul Graham on Building Companies for Fast Growth (inc.com)
		250 points by shakes on Aug 26, 2013 \| 172 comments
7.		SQLite 3.8.0 Release with next-generation query planner (sqlite.org)
		245 points by conductor on Aug 26, 2013 \| 91 comments
8.		The one HR benefit every startup should add (42floors.com)
		243 points by jaf12duke on Aug 26, 2013 \| 184 comments
9.		Reddit: Lessons Learned From Scaling To 1 Billion Pageviews A Month (highscalability.com)
		229 points by jpmc on Aug 26, 2013 \| 89 comments
10.		The flawed psychology of government mass surveillance (theguardian.com)
		223 points by Libertatea on Aug 26, 2013 \| 78 comments
11.		John Carmack: Thoughts on Haskell [video] (functionaltalks.org)
		217 points by trevorhartman on Aug 26, 2013 \| 149 comments
12.		The greatest mystery of the Inca Empire was its strange economy (2012) (io9.com)
		219 points by dboles99 on Aug 26, 2013 \| 147 comments
13.		Show HN: Easy to use Wikipedia API for Python (github.com/goldsmith)
		218 points by jgoldsmith on Aug 26, 2013 \| 35 comments
14.		Why do RET instructions have a REPZ prepended on x86? (repzret.org)
		174 points by luu on Aug 26, 2013 \| 34 comments
15.		Chromecast update breaks AllCast (plus.google.com)
		176 points by cygwin98 on Aug 26, 2013 \| 121 comments
16.		1pxdeep v1.0 released: Now a Bootstrap 3 theme (rriepe.github.io)
		160 points by rriepe on Aug 26, 2013 \| 48 comments
17.		Tutor reveals the Ivy-admissions madness of rich penthouse parents (nypost.com)
		159 points by erict15 on Aug 26, 2013 \| 91 comments
18.		Confessions of a failed indie developer (altdevblogaday.com)
		155 points by danso on Aug 26, 2013 \| 79 comments
19.		CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran (foreignpolicy.com)
		153 points by w1ntermute on Aug 26, 2013 \| 90 comments
20.		Recycling memory buffers in Go (cloudflare.com)
		150 points by jgrahamc on Aug 26, 2013 \| 42 comments
21.		Hong Kong’s Massive High-Rise Neighborhoods (wired.com)
		142 points by SparksZilla on Aug 26, 2013 \| 76 comments
22.		A Startup Reading List (simplifilm.com)
		137 points by sweetdee on Aug 26, 2013 \| 48 comments
23.		Detained in the US for “Visiting Thailand Too Much” (richardbarrow.com)
		128 points by dboles99 on Aug 26, 2013 \| 118 comments
24.		[dupe] Tesla outsells Porsche, Jaguar, others in California (usatoday.com)
		128 points by ValG on Aug 26, 2013 \| 81 comments
25.		The realtime magic behind Moot and how we deliver all your instant notifications (moot.it)
		135 points by courtneycouch0 on Aug 26, 2013 \| 44 comments
26.		Google.ps domain was hacked (google.ps)
		130 points by sarjan on Aug 26, 2013 \| 86 comments
27.		How Stripe does engineering interviews (quora.com)
		110 points by christinac on Aug 26, 2013 \| 48 comments
28.		Numbeo - comparison of cost of living around the world (numbeo.com)
		107 points by BerislavLopac on Aug 26, 2013 \| 40 comments
29.		'StarCraft' Gameplay Boosts Mental Flexibility, Says Study (wsj.com)
		108 points by Libertatea on Aug 26, 2013 \| 86 comments
30.		Want to Win a Political Debate? Try Making a Weaker Argument (psmag.com)
		97 points by JoshTv on Aug 26, 2013 \| 61 comments
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