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1.		Tell HN: Add ?share=1 to Quora URLs to display content without login
		341 points by pearjuice on Aug 30, 2013 \| 128 comments
2.		In emergency cases a passenger was selected and thrown out of the plane (2004) (lwn.net)
		329 points by nkurz on Aug 30, 2013 \| 115 comments
3.		Reversing Sinclair's amazing 1974 calculator hack - half the ROM of the HP-35 (righto.com)
		303 points by kens on Aug 30, 2013 \| 96 comments
4.		Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)
		298 points by aforarnold on Aug 30, 2013 \| 210 comments
5.		Dark Patterns - User Interfaces Designed to Trick People (darkpatterns.org)
		265 points by kjhughes on Aug 30, 2013 \| 94 comments
6.		No-fly list ruling in Portland comes close to declaring it unconstitutional (oregonlive.com)
		267 points by rubyrescue on Aug 30, 2013 \| 76 comments
7.		How Poverty Taxes the Brain (theatlanticcities.com)
		234 points by jonbaer on Aug 30, 2013 \| 171 comments
8.		Basics of Neural Networks with example codes and illustrations (natureofcode.com)
		231 points by coderjack on Aug 30, 2013 \| 29 comments
9.		More on the NSA Commandeering the Internet (schneier.com)
		222 points by qubitsam on Aug 30, 2013 \| 64 comments
10.		Ignored by big companies, Mexican village creates its own mobile service (indiatimes.com)
		192 points by Suraj-Sun on Aug 30, 2013 \| 32 comments
11.		Magic: The Gathering API (mtgapi.com)
		186 points by kressaty on Aug 30, 2013 \| 120 comments
12.		It's a Dumbphone, But It's the Nicest Dumbphone You Can Buy (wired.com)
		172 points by cpeterso on Aug 30, 2013 \| 189 comments
13.		Learning how to think (dcurt.is)
		176 points by nedwin on Aug 30, 2013 \| 124 comments
14.		Go Ahead, Mess With Texas Instruments (theatlantic.com)
		165 points by awwstn on Aug 30, 2013 \| 122 comments
15.		Mac OS X Sudo Password Bypass (packetstormsecurity.com)
		159 points by llambda on Aug 30, 2013 \| 51 comments
16.		CIA is largest US spy agency, according to black budget leaked by Edward Snowden (washingtonpost.com)
		152 points by wj on Aug 30, 2013 \| 74 comments
17.		Founder with an accent? Free offer from SayAfter.me (sayafter.me)
		151 points by znt on Aug 30, 2013 \| 101 comments
18.		The SCUMM Diary: Stories behind one of the greatest game engines ever made (gamasutra.com)
		141 points by pmarin on Aug 30, 2013 \| 14 comments
19.		Show HN: Gingko, a tree-document editor (gingkoapp.com)
		140 points by adriano_f on Aug 30, 2013 \| 132 comments
20.		Visualizations that make no sense (wtfviz.net)
		137 points by tchalla on Aug 30, 2013 \| 38 comments
21.		Show HN: Spotify for Independent Music (musicfellas.com)
		114 points by sakbhatn on Aug 30, 2013 \| 82 comments
22.		Pisces III: A dramatic underwater rescue (bbc.co.uk)
		98 points by groundCode on Aug 30, 2013 \| 10 comments
23.		A flexible E Ink screen that could be in the 2014 Kindle (cnet.com)
		96 points by davidw on Aug 30, 2013 \| 81 comments
24.		Tech Companies and Government May Soon Go to War Over Surveillance (wired.com)
		98 points by cachehit on Aug 30, 2013 \| 86 comments
25.		Attack-driven defense (slideshare.net)
		96 points by austengary on Aug 30, 2013 \| 12 comments
26.		Syria’s largest city just dropped off the Internet (washingtonpost.com)
		89 points by hawkharris on Aug 30, 2013 \| 93 comments
27.		NSA finds Snowden hijacked officials’ logins (arstechnica.com)
		87 points by moonlighter on Aug 30, 2013 \| 67 comments
28.		Why I'm not going to sign an NDA (medium.com/startups-and-things)
		84 points by tmcpro on Aug 30, 2013 \| 48 comments
29.		Dissent: accountable anonymous group communication (yale.edu)
		80 points by turing on Aug 30, 2013 \| 25 comments
30.		A guide to analyzing Python performance (huyng.com)
		79 points by rbanffy on Aug 30, 2013 \| 7 comments
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