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1.		On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs (strikemag.org)
		546 points by gu on Aug 19, 2013 \| 349 comments
2.		Bootstrap 3 released (getbootstrap.com)
		469 points by trumbitta2 on Aug 19, 2013 \| 124 comments
3.		Loyalty and Layoffs (heartmindcode.com)
		359 points by hartleybrody on Aug 19, 2013 \| 138 comments
4.		My Final Post (reduser.net)
		308 points by cwilson on Aug 19, 2013 \| 119 comments
5.		Sayonara, V8 (groups.google.com)
		302 points by fridek on Aug 19, 2013 \| 87 comments
6.		"Journey to Justinia" – how I got my 5-year-old son to sit still for 5 hours (justy.me)
		271 points by Bockit on Aug 19, 2013 \| 70 comments
7.		India: the Story You Never Wanted to Hear (cnn.com)
		253 points by Brajeshwar on Aug 19, 2013 \| 191 comments
8.		Chesscademy, a free chess learning site (chesscademy.com)
		228 points by Matetricks on Aug 19, 2013 \| 66 comments
9.		Guido van Rossum Deconstructing Twisted's Deferreds (groups.google.com)
		225 points by thezilch on Aug 19, 2013 \| 62 comments
10.		So that’s what I’m going to do (notch.tumblr.com)
		205 points by davidgomes on Aug 19, 2013 \| 42 comments
11.		White House Had Advance Notice on Heathrow Detention (wsj.com)
		208 points by throwaway_yy2Di on Aug 19, 2013 \| 119 comments
12.		Ask HN: What happened to Proposition HN? ("$8000 for your side project")
		197 points by technel on Aug 19, 2013 \| 42 comments
13.		Notch puts 0x10c on ice (usgamer.net)
		194 points by kayoone on Aug 19, 2013 \| 109 comments
14.		Goread - Open Source Google Reader clone in Go (goread.io)
		196 points by obilgic on Aug 19, 2013 \| 69 comments
15.		New UI Pattern: Website Loading Bars (usabilitypost.com)
		190 points by anon1385 on Aug 19, 2013 \| 124 comments
16.		Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page was hacked by an unemployed web developer (washingtonpost.com)
		189 points by chrisdinn on Aug 19, 2013 \| 161 comments
17.		Cameron Proves Greenwald Right (andrewsullivan.com)
		178 points by mpweiher on Aug 19, 2013 \| 34 comments
18.		Meet the NASA scientist devising a starship warp drive (newscientist.com)
		172 points by ohjeez on Aug 19, 2013 \| 90 comments
19.		Scala School (twitter.github.io)
		164 points by Baustin on Aug 19, 2013 \| 73 comments
20.		Node.js incorrectly parses HTTP methods (chmod777self.com)
		165 points by willlll on Aug 19, 2013 \| 67 comments
21.		On Hyperloop (leancrew.com)
		167 points by minikites on Aug 19, 2013 \| 203 comments
22.		What Exactly Did The US Government Ask Lavabit to Do? (xato.net)
		161 points by m8urn on Aug 19, 2013 \| 44 comments
23.		Court Holds That Circumventing IP Address Ban Is “Access Without Authorization” (volokh.com)
		149 points by maalyex on Aug 19, 2013 \| 134 comments
24.		[dupe] U.K. Government Thought Destroying Guardian Hard Drives Would Stop Stories (washingtonpost.com)
		138 points by tippytop on Aug 19, 2013 \| 36 comments
25.		Why I Was Fired From a Tech Startup and What My Boss Had to Say About It (fdpod.com)
		129 points by jfarmer on Aug 19, 2013 \| 146 comments
26.		David Miranda: 'They said I would be put in jail if I didn't cooperate' (theguardian.com)
		125 points by m1 on Aug 19, 2013 \| 25 comments
27.		Beautiful Native Libraries (pocoo.org)
		122 points by obilgic on Aug 19, 2013 \| 30 comments
28.		Why Silicon Valley funds Instagrams, not Hyperloops (jerzygangi.com)
		123 points by thejerz on Aug 19, 2013 \| 95 comments
29.		Git Tips (adit.io)
		119 points by egonschiele on Aug 19, 2013 \| 22 comments
30.		IronPigeon - Decentralized communication protocol for sending secure messages (github.com/aarnott)
		121 points by obilgic on Aug 19, 2013 \| 41 comments
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