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1.		You broke the Internet. We're making ourselves a GNU one [video] (gnunet.org)
		231 points by Tsiolkovsky on Aug 11, 2013 \| 75 comments
2.		Pixel Shaders: Proposal for an Interactive Introduction to Graphics Programming (pixelshaders.com)
		206 points by msvan on Aug 11, 2013 \| 21 comments
3.		The Massachusetts Software Tax (fastcolabs.com)
		205 points by neilkelty on Aug 11, 2013 \| 194 comments
4.		Hacking Transcend WiFi SD Cards (haxit.blogspot.com)
		199 points by vsrev on Aug 11, 2013 \| 54 comments
5.		Injectable oxygen keeps people alive without breathing (techandfacts.com)
		200 points by TeMPOraL on Aug 11, 2013 \| 63 comments
6.		mpv - a free and open-source general-purpose video player (mpv.io)
		195 points by przemoc on Aug 11, 2013 \| 83 comments
7.		PEP 450: Adding A Statistics Module To The Standard Library (python.org)
		185 points by petsos on Aug 11, 2013 \| 83 comments
8.		Android RNG Weakness Renders Bitcoin Wallets Insecure (bitcoin.org)
		166 points by VMG on Aug 11, 2013 \| 102 comments
9.		No, really—consciousness is worth thinking about (duncancarroll.tumblr.com)
		155 points by duncancarroll on Aug 11, 2013 \| 151 comments
10.		Julia and Python: a dynamic duo for scientific computing [video] (lanyrd.com)
		136 points by luu on Aug 11, 2013 \| 18 comments
11.		Tracking devices hidden in London's recycling bins are stalking your smartphone (qz.com)
		131 points by Leander_B on Aug 11, 2013 \| 73 comments
12.		Show HN: Do you read on the toilet? This web app is for you. (backlabel.gr)
		121 points by fotism on Aug 11, 2013 \| 68 comments
13.		The Evolution of a Haskell Programmer (willamette.edu)
		117 points by hamidr on Aug 11, 2013 \| 40 comments
14.		Flat Surface Shader (wagerfield.github.io)
		120 points by msvan on Aug 11, 2013 \| 36 comments
15.		This Is What Happens When Publishers Invest In Long Stories (fastcolabs.com)
		110 points by crisnoble on Aug 11, 2013 \| 37 comments
16.		Bike blog: Experiments in Speed [video] (theguardian.com)
		105 points by wyclif on Aug 11, 2013 \| 58 comments
17.		Wikipedia Co-Founder Refuses to Comply With China's Censorship (wsj.com)
		105 points by Libertatea on Aug 11, 2013 \| 41 comments
18.		Show HN: Kraken.io – image optimization service (kraken.io)
		93 points by kraken-io on Aug 11, 2013 \| 59 comments
19.		I'm 13 and None of My Friends Use Facebook (mashable.com)
		95 points by danhodgins on Aug 11, 2013 \| 87 comments
20.		Rails 4 startup template (github.com/dennybritz)
		88 points by dennybritz on Aug 11, 2013 \| 42 comments
21.		Billionaire Revealed: The Biggest Company You’ve Never Heard Of (yahoo.com)
		92 points by RudySF on Aug 11, 2013 \| 55 comments
22.		Introduction to making HTML5/JavaScript games with Coquette.js (superbigtree.tumblr.com)
		84 points by sethvincent on Aug 11, 2013 \| 26 comments
23.		Carmack talks practical use of Haskell, Lisp in game prog at Quakecon keynote (youtube.com)
		90 points by macmac on Aug 11, 2013 \| 39 comments
24.		How and why writing crypto is hard (2012) (acooke.org)
		71 points by ColinWright on Aug 11, 2013 \| 27 comments
25.		Agda by Example: λ-calculus (mazzo.li)
		71 points by ColinWright on Aug 11, 2013 \| 7 comments
26.		[dupe] Guess whose emails the NSA can't read (loweringthebar.net)
		69 points by chris_wot on Aug 11, 2013 \| 18 comments
27.		Dmesg: An old, new, cool tool (inconsolation.wordpress.com)
		70 points by aw3c2 on Aug 11, 2013 \| 9 comments
28.		Mega to run ‘cutting-edge’ encrypted email (rt.com)
		69 points by tchalla on Aug 11, 2013 \| 34 comments
29.		A self-published riff on Hamlet broke every Kickstarter record. (slate.com)
		63 points by curtis on Aug 11, 2013 \| 15 comments
30.		Secure Share – decentralized encrypted social network (secushare.org)
		62 points by Sami_Lehtinen on Aug 11, 2013 \| 16 comments
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