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31.		Is this the best paper abstract ever? (on light speed neutrinos) (theincidentaleconomist.com)
		68 points by NBERing on Oct 14, 2011 \| 11 comments
32.		The MIT Hacker Ethic (hangger.com)
		70 points by ziadbc on Oct 14, 2011 \| 7 comments
33.		Backify Offers 512 GB Free Online Backup Storage (tomshardware.com)
		67 points by vgcuwnkh on Oct 14, 2011 \| 61 comments
34.		Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings.)
		66 points by mikegreenberg on Oct 14, 2011 \| 171 comments
35.		Microsoft's acquisition of Skype is a done deal (skype.com)
		66 points by latch on Oct 14, 2011 \| 43 comments
36.		Redis 2.4.0 final was just released (raw.github.com)
		59 points by spahl on Oct 14, 2011 \| 27 comments
37.		As more hackers start to die, when do we finally do something about it? (plus.google.com)
		58 points by lsparrish on Oct 14, 2011 \| 121 comments
38.		Andreessen Horowitz Joins SV Angel, Yuri Milner in Y Combinator Start Fund (allthingsd.com)
		58 points by zds on Oct 14, 2011 \| 3 comments
39.		Steve Wozniak is first in line for iPhone 4S (cnn.com)
		57 points by paran on Oct 14, 2011 \| 19 comments
40.		18TB hard drives made possible using table salt (geek.com)
		56 points by ukdm on Oct 14, 2011 \| 19 comments
41.		Android on the HP Touchpad (Alpha Release) (cyanogenmod.com)
		50 points by redfloatplane on Oct 14, 2011 \| 20 comments
42.		Rumor: Google spending $150M to launch 25+ professional YouTube channels (deadline.com)
		49 points by ortusdux on Oct 14, 2011 \| 27 comments
43.		WebGL Dungeon (ambiera.at)
		48 points by DanielRibeiro on Oct 14, 2011 \| 17 comments
44.		If I had more time I would have written less code (activelylazy.co.uk)
		46 points by suprgeek on Oct 14, 2011 \| 13 comments
45.		Why Clojure doesn’t need invokedynamic, but it might be nice (fogus.me)
		45 points by LiveTheDream on Oct 14, 2011 \| 3 comments
46.		Show HN: Backyard.io - We applied to YC (W12) and need some beta users (backyard.io)
		43 points by traviskuhl on Oct 14, 2011 \| 27 comments
47.		Nerd Dating: Y Combinator/WePay's Bill Clerico & Jenny McCarthy (bravotv.com)
		39 points by eknopf on Oct 14, 2011 \| 21 comments
48.		Logging the cloud with SimpleDB (peecho.com)
		32 points by pveugen on Oct 14, 2011 \| 14 comments
49.		Siri is the Next Big Thing (gerger.co)
		30 points by orhanturkoglu on Oct 14, 2011 \| 60 comments
50.		Can Microsoft Salvage Windows Phone? (techcrunch.com)
		28 points by kirpekar on Oct 14, 2011 \| 40 comments
51.		Google Revenue Surge Sets Record (informationweek.com)
		27 points by narad on Oct 14, 2011 \| 3 comments
52.		Deploy to AppHarbor from GitHub (github.com/blog)
		27 points by DanielRibeiro on Oct 14, 2011 \| 1 comment
53.		Show HN: Tag Along (my first iPhone app 37 days later) (itunes.apple.com)
		30 points by tsalfie on Oct 14, 2011 \| 23 comments
54.		Rendering synthetic objects into legacy photographs (vimeo.com)
		25 points by kgutteridge on Oct 14, 2011
55.		Windows 8: Is Microsoft flailing? (extremetech.com)
		29 points by mrsebastian on Oct 14, 2011 \| 36 comments
56.		E-mails show the Government was very involved in "voluntary" 6-strike plan (wired.com)
		24 points by nextparadigms on Oct 14, 2011 \| 2 comments
57.		Ask HN: Where exactly does wikimedia spend $28M+ this year?
		23 points by WilhelmJ on Oct 14, 2011 \| 10 comments
58.		NSA And Google Developing Hardened Android Kernel For Government Communication (gcn.com)
		22 points by supercopter on Oct 14, 2011 \| 8 comments
59.		11-year-old founder, already successful on Kickstarter (kickstarter.com)
		22 points by mattkirkland on Oct 14, 2011 \| 9 comments
60.		SEC issues guidance telling public companies when to disclose cyber attacks (sec.gov)
		20 points by hornokplease on Oct 14, 2011 \| 3 comments
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