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1.		Algorithms [pdf] (cs.berkeley.edu)
		429 points by sonabinu on Nov 14, 2012 \| 92 comments
2.		Why aren't we all using Japanese toilets? (priceonomics.com)
		402 points by rohin on Nov 14, 2012 \| 371 comments
3.		CyanogenMod.com hijacked. Transition to CyanogenMod.org (cyanogenmod.org)
		381 points by saket123 on Nov 14, 2012 \| 102 comments
4.		Skype vulnerability allowing hijacking of an account if you know just the email (pixus-ru.blogspot.ru)
		362 points by jtraub on Nov 14, 2012 \| 119 comments
5.		Raymond Chen patches MS Money executable to fix bug (msdn.com)
		347 points by joe_bleau on Nov 14, 2012 \| 30 comments
6.		Google Fiber is live in Kansas City, real-world speeds at 700 Mbps (arstechnica.com)
		282 points by zoowar on Nov 14, 2012 \| 146 comments
7.		Rob Pike on Object Oriented programming (plus.google.com)
		243 points by crawshaw on Nov 14, 2012 \| 168 comments
8.		Brian Harvey: Why SICP matters (eecs.berkeley.edu)
		222 points by gnosis on Nov 14, 2012 \| 48 comments
9.		OOP Isn't a Fundamental Particle of Computing (dadgum.com)
		197 points by joeyespo on Nov 14, 2012 \| 158 comments
10.		CodernityDB — pure Python, NoSQL, fast database (codernity.com)
		183 points by amarsahinovic on Nov 14, 2012 \| 49 comments
11.		Understanding Like-gate (daltoncaldwell.com)
		167 points by bdb on Nov 14, 2012 \| 50 comments
12.		Detect iPad Mini in HTML5? (stackoverflow.com)
		158 points by mrtnkl on Nov 14, 2012 \| 114 comments
13.		Internet Explorer becomes Korean election issue (theregister.co.uk)
		155 points by Cbasedlifeform on Nov 14, 2012 \| 37 comments
14.		iOS 6.0 Causes CDN Overages (prx.org)
		157 points by woodhull on Nov 14, 2012 \| 92 comments
15.		Dole/Kemp '96 Online Campaign (dolekemp96.org)
		139 points by bdz on Nov 14, 2012 \| 94 comments
16.		CyanogenMod 10.0 Release (cyanogenmod.org)
		135 points by rbanffy on Nov 14, 2012 \| 73 comments
17.		Unity 4 is here (unity3d.com)
		130 points by dysoco on Nov 14, 2012 \| 69 comments
18.		Features of Solr vs. ElasticSearch (solr-vs-elasticsearch.com)
		118 points by friendlytuna on Nov 14, 2012 \| 48 comments
19.		In the Olympics of Algorithms, a Russian Keeps Winning Gold (technologyreview.com)
		120 points by khmel on Nov 14, 2012 \| 53 comments
20.		Interview: Linus Torvalds – I don't read code any more (h-online.com)
		112 points by hiperlink on Nov 14, 2012 \| 69 comments
21.		Proper use cases for Android UserManager.isUserAGoat() (stackoverflow.com)
		113 points by surine on Nov 14, 2012 \| 19 comments
22.		Peter Molyneux’s staff work 36 hours non-stop (ilovecrunch.co.uk)
		108 points by beedogs on Nov 14, 2012 \| 78 comments
23.		Tips for C libraries on GNU/Linux (kernel.org)
		96 points by qznc on Nov 14, 2012 \| 66 comments
24.		Early sketches from web designers (layervault.tumblr.com)
		92 points by kellysutton on Nov 14, 2012 \| 22 comments
25.		CodeWars: the Hacker Society where devs compete (codewa.rs)
		93 points by exolxe on Nov 14, 2012 \| 65 comments
26.		Starbucks acquires Teavana for $620 Million (wsj.com)
		92 points by saadmalik01 on Nov 14, 2012 \| 57 comments
27.		If it Didn’t Happen on Twitter it Didn’t Really Happen (bothsidesofthetable.com)
		85 points by ssclafani on Nov 14, 2012 \| 7 comments
28.		The Ten Year Decline of Sony (notenoughshaders.com)
		83 points by akandiah on Nov 14, 2012 \| 68 comments
29.		Why Mark Cuban is wrong about Facebook (pagelever.com)
		86 points by patrickod on Nov 14, 2012 \| 73 comments
30.		Google still hasn't removed "deleted" private Docs data from 2007 (line-of-reasoning.com)
		86 points by eproxus on Nov 14, 2012 \| 24 comments
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