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1.		Craigslist Suing Padmapper (gigaom.com)
		317 points by staunch on July 24, 2012 \| 449 comments
2.		Congress Must Act After US Government Admits To Warrantless Wiretapping (eff.org)
		297 points by mtgx on July 24, 2012 \| 51 comments
3.		If You Don’t Think You Need It, You Haven’t Seen Greatness (techcrunch.com)
		251 points by comatose_kid on July 24, 2012 \| 60 comments
4.		Iranian nuclear program hacked, made to play AC/DC (f-secure.com)
		237 points by munin on July 24, 2012 \| 65 comments
5.		Command line tools every web dev needs to know (coderholic.com)
		232 points by countessa on July 24, 2012 \| 68 comments
6.		Ask PG: Any chance of an update on "What I've learned from Hacker News"? (paulgraham.com)
		229 points by tablatom on July 24, 2012 \| 98 comments
7.		Even experts get it wrong (notch.tumblr.com)
		201 points by vasco on July 24, 2012 \| 141 comments
8.		The Mystery of 355/113 (davidbau.com)
		192 points by ColinWright on July 24, 2012 \| 65 comments
9.		Show HN: Hacker News Comments (nathancahill.com)
		189 points by nathancahill on July 24, 2012 \| 69 comments
10.		Show HN: Brandseen - A logo coloring game built in 24h (brandseenapp.com)
		181 points by imkevinxu on July 24, 2012 \| 102 comments
11.		Go at SoundCloud (soundcloud.com)
		188 points by cypriend on July 24, 2012 \| 109 comments
12.		Google Compute Engine vs. Amazon EC2: Video Transcoding (zencoder.com)
		169 points by Heff on July 24, 2012 \| 30 comments
13.		Just pay me. (samuellevy.com)
		168 points by samuellevy on July 24, 2012 \| 145 comments
14.		Young Gorillas Observed Dismantling Poacher Snares (redorbit.com)
		162 points by evo_9 on July 24, 2012 \| 48 comments
15.		Satellites see Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Melt (nasa.gov)
		159 points by anigbrowl on July 24, 2012 \| 117 comments
16.		Amazon Career Choice Program (amazon.com)
		158 points by jergason on July 24, 2012 \| 91 comments
17.		On Leaving Academia (unm.edu)
		154 points by Liu on July 24, 2012 \| 84 comments
18.		Show HN: A RottenTomatoes for Books (idreambooks.com)
		146 points by rahooligan on July 24, 2012 \| 89 comments
19.		Edx Announced 7 Free Courses (edx.org)
		133 points by md8 on July 24, 2012 \| 36 comments
20.		Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work (igda.org)
		130 points by kamaal on July 24, 2012 \| 91 comments
21.		Datomic Free Edition (datomic.com)
		132 points by zachallaun on July 24, 2012 \| 78 comments
22.		Effective Go (golang.org)
		108 points by flexterra on July 24, 2012 \| 19 comments
23.		"therefore, starting now, waffles are now $450.00 each" (backalleywaffles.com)
		101 points by danso on July 24, 2012 \| 53 comments
24.		The first open company (gittip.com)
		101 points by zende on July 24, 2012 \| 74 comments
25.		Low Tech Magazine: The Chinese Wheelbarrow (lowtechmagazine.com)
		96 points by anthonyb on July 24, 2012 \| 18 comments
26.		Yahoo returns acquired startup to founders (e27.sg)
		93 points by joashwee on July 24, 2012 \| 27 comments
27.		SmartAsset (YC S12) Helps With Tough Financial Decisions Like Homebuying (techcrunch.com)
		90 points by philipcamilleri on July 24, 2012 \| 61 comments
28.		The Prisoner's Dilemma: a summary, and new advances (bosker.wordpress.com)
		88 points by ColinWright on July 24, 2012 \| 39 comments
29.		WP Engine launches git deployment for WordPress (pandodaily.com)
		91 points by dotBen on July 24, 2012 \| 39 comments
30.		Closed for Business (mattgemmell.com)
		85 points by johns on July 24, 2012 \| 53 comments
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