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1.
So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? (ironicsans.com)
289 points by AlexMuir on Jan 20, 2013 | 177 comments
2.
Microsoft hires designer behind "The Next Microsoft", Andrew Kim (minimallyminimal.com)
233 points by dbcooper on Jan 20, 2013 | 83 comments
3.
Leiningen version 2.0.0 released (github.com/technomancy)
242 points by llambda on Jan 20, 2013 | 44 comments
4.
Parsley.js: never write a single JavaScript line to validate your forms (parsleyjs.org)
235 points by guillaumepotier on Jan 20, 2013 | 78 comments
5.
Edward Tufte’s defense of Aaron Swartz and the “marvelously different” (danwin.com)
202 points by danso on Jan 20, 2013 | 63 comments
6.
Securing Ubuntu (joshrendek.com)
177 points by namidark on Jan 20, 2013 | 93 comments
7.
The forbidden railway: Vienna - Pyongyang (2008) (vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.de)
170 points by tobiasbischoff on Jan 20, 2013 | 34 comments
8.
Vint Cerf appointed to National Science Board by President Obama (cccblog.org)
169 points by ohjeez on Jan 20, 2013 | 19 comments
9.
How to cut megabanks down to size (nytimes.com)
150 points by sshumaker on Jan 20, 2013 | 97 comments
10.
Meetup, you've been bad, bad hosts (gist.github.com)
146 points by yoavfr on Jan 20, 2013 | 78 comments
11.
Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game (itunes.apple.com)
142 points by nshen on Jan 20, 2013 | 100 comments
12.
Facebook is impersonating users without their consent (bureauofminds.com)
138 points by crcn on Jan 20, 2013 | 73 comments
13.
Write code, fix the space station, win $10,000 (hackaday.com)
130 points by zalzane on Jan 20, 2013 | 63 comments
14.
Self-examination is the Secret Ingredient for Success (nytimes.com)
128 points by fleaflicker on Jan 20, 2013 | 36 comments
15.
A clean point-of-interest icon set for web cartography (mapbox.com)
130 points by tortilla on Jan 20, 2013 | 18 comments
16.
C and C++ Aren't Future Proof (regehr.org)
117 points by malloc47 on Jan 20, 2013 | 105 comments
17.
Ask HN: Which developer laptop should I buy?
114 points by tapan_pandita on Jan 20, 2013 | 112 comments
18.
How do I cite a tweet? (mla.org)
115 points by mxfh on Jan 20, 2013 | 60 comments
19.
Does having a high IQ make you less creative? (reglia.com)
104 points by pmf on Jan 20, 2013 | 53 comments
20.
Flat UI is not the only way forward (maxrudberg.com)
103 points by co_pl_te on Jan 20, 2013 | 67 comments
21.
Stay focused - New research on how to close the achievement gap (economist.com)
96 points by tchalla on Jan 20, 2013 | 20 comments
22.
Mystery Cable Activated in Cuba (renesys.com)
93 points by hazov on Jan 20, 2013 | 25 comments
23.
Who Can Name the Biggest Number? (scottaaronson.com)
92 points by pizza on Jan 20, 2013 | 40 comments
24.
Improve your REPLs with rlwrap (arpinum.org)
91 points by telemachos on Jan 20, 2013 | 27 comments
25.
The Blink Protocol (blinkprotocol.org)
91 points by robdjc on Jan 20, 2013 | 58 comments
26.
InstallMonetizer quietly starts editing website, privacy policy (withinwindows.com)
79 points by edandersen on Jan 20, 2013 | 37 comments
27.
School district builds own software to handle student data, defies doubters (timescolonist.com)
76 points by japhyr on Jan 20, 2013 | 58 comments
28.
PennApps Hackathon Final Demos Livestream (livestream.com)
74 points by kandalf on Jan 20, 2013 | 25 comments
29.
Corporate Hackathons: The Fine Line Between Engaging and Exploiting (jamiemsmyth.blogspot.com)
77 points by jf on Jan 20, 2013 | 24 comments
30.
Raw Thought: The Weblog of Aaron Swartz in Markdown, PDF, and ePub (github.com/joshleitzel)
76 points by joshleitzel on Jan 20, 2013 | 15 comments

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