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1.
Spanner: Google's Globally-Distributed Database (research.google.com)
258 points by SriniK on Sept 15, 2012 | 55 comments
2.
Facebook explains what's wrong with the mobile web (w3.org)
243 points by patrickaljord on Sept 15, 2012 | 109 comments
3.
The Pirate Bay - 9 years and still bloody runnin (thepiratebay.se)
232 points by m_for_monkey on Sept 15, 2012 | 139 comments
4.
U.S. Taxpayers Are Gouged on Mass Transit Costs (bloomberg.com)
227 points by tokenadult on Sept 15, 2012 | 216 comments
5.
Fast Inverse Square Root (quenta.org)
190 points by bertzzie on Sept 15, 2012 | 29 comments
6.
The iPhone 5's A6 SoC: Not A15 or A9, a Custom Apple Core Instead (anandtech.com)
178 points by sciwiz on Sept 15, 2012 | 94 comments
7.
Bollywood vs. Bin Laden (reason.com)
142 points by tokenadult on Sept 15, 2012 | 59 comments
8.
The Minimum Viable Rails Stack, Now Reddit Frontpage Approved (goodfil.ms)
136 points by johnb on Sept 15, 2012 | 41 comments
9.
Little-Known Awesome Algorithms: Fenwick Range Trees (swageroo.com)
135 points by randartie on Sept 15, 2012 | 14 comments
10.
Programmers Must Take Vitamin D (e2open.org)
123 points by tomse on Sept 15, 2012 | 113 comments
11.
The power of ignoring mainstream news (joel.is)
111 points by endtwist on Sept 15, 2012 | 105 comments
12.
The Data Journalism Handbook (datajournalismhandbook.org)
90 points by kreutz on Sept 15, 2012 | 19 comments
13.
Apple builds massive 20 Megawatt solar farm in North Carolina (gigaom.com)
87 points by ck2 on Sept 15, 2012 | 53 comments
14.
Google offers tool to bridge Android and iOS app dev (theregister.co.uk)
85 points by iProject on Sept 15, 2012 | 50 comments
15.
Ask HN: Can I visit your tech business in NY City?
84 points by Nickste on Sept 15, 2012 | 32 comments
16.
Prime Number Visualization Simulation Spiral (numbersimulation.com)
82 points by gulbrandr on Sept 15, 2012 | 21 comments
17.
Intro to Genetic Algorithms in Javascript Part 2 (burakkanber.com)
85 points by bkanber on Sept 15, 2012 | 11 comments
18.
See your site like the rest of the world does. On the Nokia X2-01 (generatedcontent.org)
80 points by gulbrandr on Sept 15, 2012 | 32 comments
19.
White Paper: Haskell vs. F# vs. Scala [pdf] (hw.ac.uk)
80 points by Toshio on Sept 15, 2012 | 8 comments
20.
X11 Window System Turns 25 Years Old (slashdot.org)
78 points by Xyzodiac on Sept 15, 2012 | 36 comments
21.
The White House's Draft Cybersecurity Executive Order (techdirt.com)
68 points by 001sky on Sept 15, 2012 | 34 comments
22.
So long, Retina (rinik.net)
64 points by Void_ on Sept 15, 2012 | 73 comments
23.
Notch on Steam, Windows 8, what's next (rockpapershotgun.com)
57 points by bookwormAT on Sept 15, 2012 | 49 comments
24.
Space Suit: 1949 (wired.com)
51 points by bootload on Sept 15, 2012 | 18 comments
25.
UCSD finds possible treatment for paralysis (utsandiego.com)
44 points by kposehn on Sept 15, 2012 | 1 comment
26.
My startup story (co-der.com)
43 points by dirtyaura on Sept 15, 2012 | 20 comments
27.
Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is (arstechnica.com)
43 points by thepacketrat on Sept 15, 2012 | 20 comments
28.
Does infinity exist? (maths.org)
40 points by ColinWright on Sept 15, 2012 | 121 comments
29.
Samsung to run a national media campaign against Apple beginning Sunday (sfgate.com)
39 points by headShrinker on Sept 15, 2012 | 49 comments
30.
Labor Rules Snarl U.S. Commuter Trains (bloomberg.com)
37 points by JumpCrisscross on Sept 15, 2012 | 12 comments

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