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1.		Kickstarter is Not a Store (kickstarter.com)
		428 points by benackles on Sept 20, 2012 \| 170 comments
2.		AskPatents.com: A Stack Exchange To Prevent Bad Patents (stackoverflow.com)
		397 points by alexlmiller on Sept 20, 2012 \| 78 comments
3.		New Apple maps app under fire from users (bbc.com)
		305 points by option_greek on Sept 20, 2012 \| 276 comments
4.		IFTTT forced to remove Twitter triggers to comply with new API policies (thenextweb.com)
		277 points by hornokplease on Sept 20, 2012 \| 85 comments
5.		Abusing Emoji in iOS and Your Mac (zachholman.com)
		271 points by lysol on Sept 20, 2012 \| 58 comments
6.		iOS 6 Breaks the App Store (pixiteapps.com)
		272 points by Mazer23 on Sept 20, 2012 \| 123 comments
7.		Google has an iOS 6 Maps app awaiting approval (9to5mac.com)
		221 points by uptown on Sept 20, 2012 \| 160 comments
8.		Pandora doesn't hash their passwords (plus.google.com)
		209 points by aiiane on Sept 20, 2012 \| 150 comments
9.		Everything that's wrong with Java in a single class (plus.google.com)
		180 points by fpp on Sept 20, 2012 \| 155 comments
10.		Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use a Linux Laptop Now (hypergeometric.com)
		170 points by gpapilion on Sept 20, 2012 \| 165 comments
11.		Github redesigns Profiles (github.com/defunkt)
		169 points by obilgic on Sept 20, 2012 \| 83 comments
12.		Apple Botches China and Japan Maps in iOS 6 (techinasia.com)
		158 points by allenwlee on Sept 20, 2012 \| 73 comments
13.		Kickstarter suspends project 10 hours from successful funding (vintedgoods.com)
		150 points by prbuckley on Sept 20, 2012 \| 79 comments
14.		Don't like iOS6's (lack of) transit directions? You need this. (github.com/simonmaddox)
		136 points by simonmaddox on Sept 20, 2012 \| 88 comments
15.		GoldieBlox: The Engineering Toy for Girls (kickstarter.com)
		135 points by tlrobinson on Sept 20, 2012 \| 107 comments
16.		VirtualBox broken on Ivy Bridge Macbooks after 10.8.2 and Firmware Update (discussions.apple.com)
		122 points by roachsocal on Sept 20, 2012 \| 50 comments
17.		A growing respect for the Samwer brothers (richoakley.com)
		117 points by richoakley on Sept 20, 2012 \| 57 comments
18.		iPhone 5 Teardown (ifixit.com)
		113 points by michael_miller on Sept 20, 2012 \| 41 comments
19.		IFTTT.com forced to pull Twitter triggers
		110 points by robgough on Sept 20, 2012 \| 28 comments
20.		Want to Block Common Passwords? Sorry, That is Patented (xato.net)
		110 points by m8urn on Sept 20, 2012 \| 65 comments
21.		NFL opens Pandora's Box by offering All-22 tape to public (nfl.com)
		107 points by evo_9 on Sept 20, 2012 \| 105 comments
22.		Free Online MongoDB Training by 10gen (10gen.com)
		108 points by bithavoc on Sept 20, 2012 \| 28 comments
23.		Making Progress on Star Trek Physics (kickstarter.com)
		100 points by waterlesscloud on Sept 20, 2012 \| 23 comments
24.		Google's Go Programming Language Grows Up: Now What? (readwriteweb.com)
		102 points by rohshall on Sept 20, 2012 \| 134 comments
25.		Minimum Viable Movie: How I Made a Feature-Length Film for $0 (kadavy.net)
		98 points by kadavy on Sept 20, 2012 \| 57 comments
26.		Forget self improvement (deliberatism.com)
		96 points by dxvic on Sept 20, 2012 \| 59 comments
27.		How to confuse a moral compass: Survey 'magic trick' causes attitude reversal (nature.com)
		94 points by tokenadult on Sept 20, 2012 \| 66 comments
28.		A Return to Linux on the Workstation (cuddletech.com)
		93 points by Danieru on Sept 20, 2012 \| 37 comments
29.		Is Facebook dying? (itworld.com)
		90 points by catastrophe on Sept 20, 2012 \| 73 comments
30.		Group dating site Grouper (YC W12) launches to 10 cities (techcrunch.com)
		75 points by lincolnq on Sept 20, 2012 \| 41 comments
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