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1.
Google Flights (google.com)
251 points by usaphp on Dec 23, 2012 | 125 comments
2.
The best interface is no interface (cooper.com)
215 points by potomak on Dec 23, 2012 | 91 comments
3.
Ed McMillen: Ubuntu Store Sold Super Meat Boy Without Permission, Has Yet To Pay (kotaku.com.au)
207 points by kotakufanb on Dec 23, 2012 | 98 comments
4.
The Sex Tape Litmus Test (laverick.org)
183 points by dustin on Dec 23, 2012 | 135 comments
5.
Github experiencing major service outages across all services. (status.github.com)
181 points by experiment0 on Dec 23, 2012 | 143 comments
6.
Investors (chriszacharias.com)
153 points by niyazpk on Dec 23, 2012 | 46 comments
7.
Whatever happened to the Hurd? – The story of the GNU OS (linuxuser.co.uk)
137 points by vorbote on Dec 23, 2012 | 87 comments
8.
First Sale Under Siege: If You Bought It, You Should Own It (eff.org)
134 points by zoowar on Dec 23, 2012 | 70 comments
9.
Dangling by a Trivial Feature (dadgum.com)
130 points by nickmain on Dec 23, 2012 | 62 comments
10.
GitLab 4.0 Released (gitlabhq.com)
120 points by andrewmunsell on Dec 23, 2012 | 52 comments
11.
FBI Documents Reveal Secret Nationwide Occupy Monitoring (justiceonline.org)
98 points by mtgx on Dec 23, 2012 | 74 comments
12.
The state of low-level system programming (erik-poupaert.blogspot.com)
98 points by bluehex on Dec 23, 2012 | 59 comments
13.
Ten-year-old invents light-up crosswalks, IBM makes them real (grist.org)
95 points by DanLivesHere on Dec 23, 2012 | 47 comments
14.
Why Workers Are Losing the War Against Machines (theatlantic.com)
93 points by ph0rque on Dec 23, 2012 | 98 comments
15.
Monads in Python (with nice syntax) (valuedlessons.com)
92 points by llambda on Dec 23, 2012 | 48 comments
16.
Paul Graham may be right, but Chris Zacharias is righter (danshapiro.com)
91 points by danshapiro on Dec 23, 2012 | 31 comments
17.
If you have a file called todo.txt on your computer, you're in the right place (todotxt.com)
88 points by morphics on Dec 23, 2012 | 80 comments
18.
American Dream Fades for Generation Y Professionals (bloomberg.com)
81 points by spking on Dec 23, 2012 | 133 comments
19.
VPN access being disabled in China (nytimes.com)
75 points by ajitk on Dec 23, 2012 | 59 comments
20.
Where the logic hides in rails apps (gammons.github.com)
66 points by dogas on Dec 23, 2012 | 55 comments
21.
Dr Richard Crandall has passed away (reed.edu)
65 points by salgernon on Dec 23, 2012 | 5 comments
22.
What Turned Jaron Lanier Against the Web? (smithsonianmag.com)
61 points by cwan on Dec 23, 2012 | 39 comments
23.
Windows 8 Sales Disappoint in Shaky PC Market (nytimes.com)
62 points by ssclafani on Dec 23, 2012 | 66 comments
24.
Eligible (YC S12) Wants To Be The Stripe For Healthcare Transactions (techcrunch.com)
59 points by acremades on Dec 23, 2012 | 6 comments
25.
Non-Technical Questions To Ask When Hiring A Development Firm (mojotech.com)
56 points by kishfy on Dec 23, 2012 | 29 comments
26.
Ozone Widget Framework developed by the NSA (github.com/ozoneplatform)
54 points by lee337 on Dec 23, 2012 | 12 comments
27.
Tata Introduces Flatpack Nano House: 215 Square Feet For $720 (caradvice.com.au)
51 points by ph0rque on Dec 23, 2012 | 18 comments
28.
Making graphene with a DVD burner (hackaday.com)
50 points by anigbrowl on Dec 23, 2012 | 10 comments
29.
The Simple Truth (2008) (yudkowsky.net)
48 points by 001sky on Dec 23, 2012 | 37 comments
30.
How to escape a sinking helicopter (popularmechanics.com)
47 points by genystartup on Dec 23, 2012 | 12 comments

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