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1.
A farewell to bioinformatics (2012) (madhadron.com)
337 points by emcl on Jan 27, 2013 | 170 comments
2.
We don't know why lithium batteries work (shkrobius.livejournal.com)
269 points by mike_esspe on Jan 27, 2013 | 105 comments
3.
Github SSL replaced by self-signed certificate in China
189 points by teawithcarl on Jan 27, 2013 | 75 comments
4.
Python Shortcuts for the Python Beginner (maxburstein.com)
187 points by mburst on Jan 27, 2013 | 53 comments
5.
Why do game developers prefer Windows? (programmers.stackexchange.com)
177 points by siamore on Jan 27, 2013 | 129 comments
6.
Building Firefox OS (buildingfirefoxos.com)
168 points by bpierre on Jan 27, 2013 | 71 comments
7.
There's More to Life Than Being Happy (theatlantic.com)
160 points by dmor on Jan 27, 2013 | 48 comments
8.
Machine Learning Cheat Sheet (for scikit-learn) (peekaboo-vision.blogspot.de)
158 points by stadeschuldt on Jan 27, 2013 | 8 comments
9.
The 50 million dollar lie (teachforus.org)
149 points by ColinWright on Jan 27, 2013 | 152 comments
10.
"I Will Ruin Him" – How it feels to be stalked (chronicle.com)
147 points by azakai on Jan 27, 2013 | 112 comments
11.
It is ridiculously easy to refactor Go (onebigfluke.com)
149 points by bslatkin on Jan 27, 2013 | 88 comments
12.
PIN number analysis (datagenetics.com)
134 points by Anon84 on Jan 27, 2013 | 82 comments
13.
Systemd: The Biggest Myths (0pointer.de)
131 points by janerik on Jan 27, 2013 | 114 comments
14.
A few thoughts about Open Source Software (antirez.com)
131 points by justincormack on Jan 27, 2013 | 136 comments
15.
MindMup is now open source (mindmup.com)
130 points by samuraijs on Jan 27, 2013 | 29 comments
16.
The Python yield keyword explained (stackoverflow.com)
127 points by interro on Jan 27, 2013 | 49 comments
17.
Hubble - a terminal dashboard (github.com/jaymedavis)
124 points by jaymedavis on Jan 27, 2013 | 10 comments
18.
Hugh Laurie: Wodehouse Saved my Life (1999) (pgwodehousebooks.com)
124 points by pclark on Jan 27, 2013 | 56 comments
19.
We're hiring - but we probably won't pay you. (channelsource.org)
116 points by celticbadboy on Jan 27, 2013 | 52 comments
20.
IDIV DoS (INT_MIN / -1) (kqueue.org)
111 points by alter8 on Jan 27, 2013 | 23 comments
21.
In Love with LÖVE (ton.io)
110 points by replicatorblog on Jan 27, 2013 | 72 comments
22.
Inside the ALU of the 8085 microprocessor (arcfn.com)
101 points by mariuz on Jan 27, 2013 | 17 comments
23.
The Story Behind Banksy (smithsonianmag.com)
99 points by rsobers on Jan 27, 2013 | 25 comments
24.
Javascript Cryptography Considered Harmful (matasano.com)
95 points by LVB on Jan 27, 2013 | 103 comments
25.
Bpython is a fancy interface to Python (bpython-interpreter.org)
88 points by interro on Jan 27, 2013 | 40 comments
26.
Language Learning is Broken (thangudu.com)
82 points by kumarski on Jan 27, 2013 | 56 comments
27.
LibreOffice 4.0: The big changes will be under the hood (zdnet.com)
82 points by CrankyBear on Jan 27, 2013 | 47 comments
28.
New MySpace done with Node + Express (expressjs.com)
82 points by tferris on Jan 27, 2013 | 46 comments
29.
Show HN: My Weekend Project: One-Click Developer Portfolio Website (prtflio.eu)
78 points by tjosten on Jan 27, 2013 | 52 comments
30.
Islam and science: The road to renewal (economist.com)
71 points by rosser on Jan 27, 2013 | 97 comments

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