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1.		Google Maps for iOS (itunes.apple.com)
		827 points by zacharytamas on Dec 13, 2012 \| 447 comments
2.		The Web We Lost (dashes.com)
		636 points by kzasada on Dec 13, 2012 \| 153 comments
3.		Google Maps becomes the App Store’s most popular free app in 7 hours (thenextweb.com)
		434 points by petrel on Dec 13, 2012 \| 297 comments
4.		The Mathematical Hacker (evanmiller.org)
		293 points by ColinWright on Dec 13, 2012 \| 132 comments
5.		UChicago receives package for Indiana Jones (uchicagoadmissions.tumblr.com)
		230 points by CesareBorgia on Dec 13, 2012 \| 69 comments
6.		Backbone.js 0.9.9 Released (backbonejs.org)
		211 points by jashkenas on Dec 13, 2012 \| 56 comments
7.		Seattle to deploy Gigabit fiber network (seattle.gov)
		201 points by aaronbrethorst on Dec 13, 2012 \| 155 comments
8.		What are the Hidden Communities of Reddit? (utexas.edu)
		194 points by eli_awry on Dec 13, 2012 \| 45 comments
9.		Show HN: roots - a toolkit for advanced front-end dev (roots.cx)
		195 points by jenius on Dec 13, 2012 \| 114 comments
10.		Google Set to Release iOS Maps App Tonight (allthingsd.com)
		186 points by azazo on Dec 13, 2012 \| 74 comments
11.		Inside NASA’s Mysterious Rubber Room (scriptunasimages.wordpress.com)
		177 points by kghose on Dec 13, 2012 \| 48 comments
12.		Milton Friedman's Thermostat (worthwhile.typepad.com)
		123 points by cousin_it on Dec 13, 2012 \| 118 comments
13.		Show HN: I send out a weekly CS topic overview and code interview question (codingforinterviews.com)
		117 points by bcjordan on Dec 13, 2012 \| 46 comments
14.		2012 has been the greatest year in the history of the world (spectator.co.uk)
		118 points by andrevoget on Dec 13, 2012 \| 67 comments
15.		New Homepage (github.com/blog)
		114 points by janerik on Dec 13, 2012 \| 72 comments
16.		Moving Away From Noir (raynes.me)
		91 points by oskarth on Dec 13, 2012 \| 13 comments
17.		Open Sauce: Free unlimited testing for open source projects (sauceio.com)
		92 points by jlipps on Dec 13, 2012 \| 11 comments
18.		Design Details of Google Maps for iOS (sachagreif.com)
		91 points by sgdesign on Dec 13, 2012 \| 17 comments
19.		4chan helps Kim Jong Un win Time's Person of the Year poll (betabeat.com)
		91 points by pjclark on Dec 13, 2012 \| 64 comments
20.		Goldman Sachs: Windows' true market share is just 20% (theregister.co.uk)
		88 points by Cbasedlifeform on Dec 13, 2012 \| 72 comments
21.		Ads may come to Instagram (slate.com)
		74 points by jalanco on Dec 13, 2012 \| 53 comments
22.		4Chan Accepts Bitcoin (4chan.org)
		73 points by doublextremevil on Dec 13, 2012 \| 42 comments
23.		Audiogalaxy acquired by Dropbox (audiogalaxy.com)
		71 points by revorad on Dec 13, 2012 \| 33 comments
24.		UX Idea: Real Turn-by-Turn Navigation (kyrobeshay.com)
		68 points by ziyadb on Dec 13, 2012 \| 41 comments
25.		Rebuilding Facebook for Android (facebook.com)
		67 points by nileshd on Dec 13, 2012 \| 34 comments
26.		The Real Toll of Patent Trolls (inc.com)
		63 points by bgossage on Dec 13, 2012 \| 52 comments
27.		Reset a Windows 8 Password without using any third party software (reboot.pro)
		61 points by umago on Dec 13, 2012 \| 31 comments
28.		We can make most web apps work on the iPad. Even Google Docs. (gkosev.blogspot.com)
		65 points by spion on Dec 13, 2012 \| 34 comments
29.		Researchers uncover Tor-powered Skynet botnet (net-security.org)
		63 points by pjonesdotca on Dec 13, 2012 \| 8 comments
30.		What Marc Andreessen said to Quartz that made us sit up and listen (qz.com)
		63 points by mshafrir on Dec 13, 2012 \| 73 comments
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