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1.		Every NFL play for the past 10 years in CSV format (advancednflstats.com)
		421 points by edw519 on Jan 3, 2013 \| 101 comments
2.		Vigil: A programming language with eternal moral vigilance (github.com/munificent)
		362 points by factorialboy on Jan 3, 2013 \| 118 comments
3.		Google's text-to-speech engine randomly inserts phrase "he now praises the ipad" (code.google.com)
		311 points by moeffju on Jan 3, 2013 \| 64 comments
4.		Rails SQL injection vulnerability: here are the facts (phusion.nl)
		289 points by blacktulip on Jan 3, 2013 \| 112 comments
5.		Black and Whitey: How the feds disable criminal defense (forbes.com/sites/harveysilverglate)
		244 points by eplanit on Jan 3, 2013 \| 149 comments
6.		Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images (phrase.it)
		225 points by chezmo on Jan 3, 2013 \| 95 comments
7.		Write Gambling Software, Go to Prison (wired.com)
		216 points by cyphersanctus on Jan 3, 2013 \| 148 comments
8.		Fitbit, why can’t I have my data? (simplystatistics.org)
		211 points by KC8ZKF on Jan 3, 2013 \| 101 comments
9.		Warren Buffett Buys World's Largest Solar Project from SunPower for $2.5 Billion (treehugger.com)
		208 points by MikeCapone on Jan 3, 2013 \| 85 comments
10.		Are Designers Crazy? (shkspr.mobi)
		198 points by edent on Jan 3, 2013 \| 152 comments
11.		Behind enemy lines: 3 months as an iOS developer at Google (splinter.com.au)
		200 points by chubs on Jan 3, 2013 \| 154 comments
12.		The TSA wants to be everywhere in 2013 - here's why we shouldn't let it (linkedin.com)
		185 points by mtgx on Jan 3, 2013 \| 97 comments
13.		Enhancing digital certificate security (Fake *.Google.com cert issued) (googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com)
		181 points by cleverjake on Jan 3, 2013 \| 108 comments
14.		Quantum gas goes below absolute zero (nature.com)
		175 points by evgen on Jan 3, 2013 \| 64 comments
15.		The future according to Google's Larry Page (cnn.com)
		157 points by Libertatea on Jan 3, 2013 \| 49 comments
16.		Make Me (github.com/blog)
		153 points by Pr0 on Jan 3, 2013 \| 32 comments
17.		A Tor proxy that runs in your browser (stanford.edu)
		152 points by mmastrac on Jan 3, 2013 \| 30 comments
18.		LLVM.js: LLVM Itself Compiled to JavaScript via Emscripten (badassjs.com)
		140 points by cleverjake on Jan 3, 2013 \| 12 comments
19.		All you need to know about CSS Transitions (alexmaccaw.com)
		116 points by uptown on Jan 3, 2013 \| 11 comments
20.		One Way to Write A Powerful Cold Email (life-longlearner.com)
		107 points by scottbrit on Jan 3, 2013 \| 46 comments
21.		Open source Linux driver supports 3D acceleration with all GeForce GPUs (h-online.com)
		104 points by w1ntermute on Jan 3, 2013 \| 27 comments
22.		Web Scraping with Node.js and Chimera (deanmao.com)
		98 points by dandrewsen on Jan 3, 2013 \| 32 comments
23.		Heroku now supporting Python version switching, and Python 3 (heroku.com)
		95 points by whalesalad on Jan 3, 2013 \| 25 comments
24.		Ray Kurzweil Says He’ll Get ‘Unlimited Resources’ to Work on AI at Google (betabeat.com)
		92 points by iProject on Jan 3, 2013 \| 113 comments
25.		Pen and Paper (plc.vc)
		90 points by zds on Jan 3, 2013 \| 76 comments
26.		Effective JavaScript Reviewed (github.com/raganwald)
		87 points by raganwald on Jan 3, 2013 \| 20 comments
27.		How to Gain or Lose 30 Minutes of Life Every Day (scientificamerican.com)
		85 points by danso on Jan 3, 2013 \| 64 comments
28.		Gerrymandering and a cure - shortest splitline algorithm (rangevoting.org)
		83 points by mmastrac on Jan 3, 2013 \| 82 comments
29.		Algorithm improvement for Coca-Cola can shape recognition (stackoverflow.com)
		76 points by sun123 on Jan 3, 2013 \| 12 comments
30.		Winning is the worst thing that can happen in Vegas (37signals.com)
		74 points by mh_ on Jan 3, 2013 \| 58 comments
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