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1.
OK, Milt Olin, I'll start writing again (sivers.org)
578 points by revorad on Dec 9, 2013 | 63 comments
2.
Governments admit to faking terrorism: a list (ritholtz.com)
447 points by marojejian on Dec 9, 2013 | 134 comments
3.
Edward Snowden voted Guardian person of the year 2013 (theguardian.com)
427 points by r0h1n on Dec 9, 2013 | 89 comments
4.
President Obama calls on every American to learn code (youtube.com)
356 points by bbayer on Dec 9, 2013 | 426 comments
5.
Archive.org donations matched 3:1 until 2014 (archive.org)
286 points by blhack on Dec 9, 2013 | 27 comments
6.
Your location history (maps.google.com)
284 points by znowi on Dec 9, 2013 | 157 comments
7.
The Mozilla Developer Network has a New Face (hacks.mozilla.org)
250 points by rnyman on Dec 9, 2013 | 90 comments
8.
Guardian Frontend – Source for the Guardian's responsive site (github.com/guardian)
237 points by danso on Dec 9, 2013 | 49 comments
9.
Facebook's AI lab (facebook.com)
238 points by vkhuc on Dec 9, 2013 | 91 comments
10.
I Spent A Month Living In A Romanian Sexcam Studio (vice.com)
203 points by tchalla on Dec 9, 2013 | 185 comments
11.
Spy agencies in covert push to infiltrate virtual world of online gaming (theguardian.com)
202 points by r0h1n on Dec 9, 2013 | 123 comments
12.
'The Mother of All Demos' Is 45 Years Old, Doesn't Look a Day Over 25 (theatlantic.com)
199 points by steveklabnik on Dec 9, 2013 | 59 comments
13.
NSA surveillance: tech companies demand sweeping changes to US laws (theguardian.com)
196 points by Cbasedlifeform on Dec 9, 2013 | 62 comments
14.
Invisible Child: Dasani’s Homeless Life (nytimes.com)
195 points by brie22 on Dec 9, 2013 | 159 comments
15.
The main trick in machine learning (edinburghhacklab.com)
183 points by tlarkworthy on Dec 9, 2013 | 71 comments
16.
Vagrant 1.4 (vagrantup.com)
169 points by bpierre on Dec 9, 2013 | 61 comments
17.
Today's Google Doodle: Grace Hopper (google.com)
156 points by sheetjs on Dec 9, 2013 | 72 comments
18.
Lightpack – Ambient backlight for your displays (lightpack.tv)
152 points by Skovy on Dec 9, 2013 | 43 comments
19.
TextSecure, Now With 10 Million More Users (whispersystems.org)
146 points by makepanic on Dec 9, 2013 | 66 comments
20.
Learn to code like it's 1996 (defmacro.org)
140 points by coffeemug on Dec 9, 2013 | 57 comments
21.
Absurdly High Valuations (42floors.com)
135 points by jaf12duke on Dec 9, 2013 | 81 comments
22.
Protesters block Google bus in S.F. Mission (sfgate.com)
136 points by slapshot on Dec 9, 2013 | 172 comments
23.
Apache Kafka 0.8.0 released (apache.org)
131 points by mumrah on Dec 9, 2013 | 51 comments
24.
Apple Tells Gliph to Remove App's Bitcoin Transfer Function (coindesk.com)
129 points by dcawrey on Dec 9, 2013 | 96 comments
25.
Employee Retention (samaltman.com)
125 points by mlinsey on Dec 9, 2013 | 90 comments
26.
The Hack That Brought Foursquare Back From The Dead (wired.com)
129 points by JoshTv on Dec 9, 2013 | 50 comments
27.
CheapAir accepts Bitcoin (cheapair.com)
122 points by mrb on Dec 9, 2013 | 98 comments
28.
Free Mathematics Books (e-booksdirectory.com)
122 points by georgecmu on Dec 9, 2013 | 34 comments
29.
What Gives Gold that Mellow Glow? (2006) (fourmilab.ch)
119 points by ColinWright on Dec 9, 2013 | 23 comments
30.
BBC-News/Imager.js (github.com/bbc-news)
109 points by anu_gupta on Dec 9, 2013 | 19 comments

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