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31.		TextSecure: Forward secrecy for asynchronous messages (whispersystems.org)
		96 points by neilk on Aug 22, 2013 \| 53 comments
32.		How privacy advocates shined light on the NSA’s unconstitutional surveillance (washingtonpost.com)
		101 points by Libertatea on Aug 22, 2013 \| 8 comments
33.		My Dinner With NSA Director Keith Alexander (forbes.com/sites/jennifergranick)
		97 points by sinak on Aug 22, 2013 \| 53 comments
34.		Tengine: a web server based on Nginx, offering advanced features (taobao.org)
		93 points by fcambus on Aug 22, 2013 \| 16 comments
35.		At Apple, Tim Cook leads a quiet cultural revolution (reuters.com)
		81 points by samspenc on Aug 22, 2013 \| 76 comments
36.		I am writing an Elon Musk biography (leanpub.com)
		77 points by SuperChihuahua on Aug 22, 2013 \| 51 comments
37.		San Francisco Real Estate Exuberance (priceonomics.com)
		76 points by 727374 on Aug 22, 2013 \| 152 comments
38.		Tesla Gets Carried Away Hyping Crash Test Results, Has Hand Slapped By Feds (forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard)
		75 points by w1ntermute on Aug 22, 2013 \| 70 comments
39.		EdgeBSD (edgebsd.org)
		73 points by justincormack on Aug 22, 2013 \| 42 comments
40.		"Let's ban tiny phones" - UK Government (shkspr.mobi)
		66 points by edent on Aug 22, 2013 \| 75 comments
41.		8bit.js: Write music using 8bit oscillation sounds (github.com/meenie)
		64 points by bulkan on Aug 22, 2013 \| 19 comments
42.		Ubuntu Edge: founder says failure isn't the end of the dream (theguardian.com)
		63 points by chrismjelde on Aug 22, 2013 \| 14 comments
43.		Long live the callbacks (trevnorris.com)
		60 points by austengary on Aug 22, 2013 \| 42 comments
44.		Can Japan reboot its startup culture? (bbc.com)
		62 points by rglovejoy on Aug 22, 2013 \| 57 comments
45.		Putting retargeting to work for your startup (planscope.io)
		63 points by brandnewlow on Aug 22, 2013 \| 23 comments
46.		I'm 23, An Entrepreneur, and Fucking Terrified. (medium.com/p)
		57 points by zhamilton89 on Aug 22, 2013 \| 81 comments
47.		Ubuntu Edge fails to raise goal (indiegogo.com)
		51 points by mariusz331 on Aug 22, 2013 \| 73 comments
48.		David Miranda: High Court restricts inspection of data (bbc.co.uk)
		49 points by UVB-76 on Aug 22, 2013 \| 17 comments
49.		Crowdtilt launches Crowdhoster, a WordPress for crowdfunding (techcrunch.com)
		59 points by justin on Aug 22, 2013 \| 17 comments
50.		Specter – A minimal, elegant and free Markdown-enabled blogging platform (brislink.github.io)
		48 points by aminbandali on Aug 22, 2013 \| 48 comments
51.		14 Years of SQL Injection and still the most dangerous vulnerability (mavitunasecurity.com)
		46 points by robert681 on Aug 22, 2013 \| 53 comments
52.		Dear Miss Disruption (medium.com/p)
		43 points by McKittrick on Aug 22, 2013 \| 5 comments
53.		After reviewing 300 startup applications, this is what I learned (techfounder.net)
		50 points by adambenayoun on Aug 22, 2013 \| 12 comments
54.		Makerbot Digitizer: Desktop 3D scanner goes on sale (bbc.co.uk)
		40 points by martin_ on Aug 22, 2013 \| 13 comments
55.		Top Sites Built with Ruby on Rails (netguru.co)
		42 points by danso on Aug 22, 2013 \| 49 comments
56.		Adding an audio play indicator to your page's tab with JavaScript (asp.net)
		42 points by jongalloway2 on Aug 22, 2013 \| 13 comments
57.		One App Developer Responsible for 47,000 Apps in BlackBerry World? (berryreview.com)
		41 points by zainny on Aug 22, 2013 \| 24 comments
58.		Soviet Scientists Made This Two-Headed Dog \| Motherboard (vice.com)
		38 points by deusclovis on Aug 22, 2013 \| 52 comments
59.		Lavabit founder: 'My own tax dollars are being used to spy on me' (theguardian.com)
		37 points by swombat on Aug 22, 2013 \| 6 comments
60.		JFDI (justinjackson.ca)
		40 points by rrhoover on Aug 22, 2013 \| 12 comments
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