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1.		Go 1.2 is released (golang.org)
		317 points by enneff on Dec 1, 2013 \| 44 comments
2.		Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2013)
		286 points by whoishiring on Dec 1, 2013 \| 321 comments
3.		Bitcoins: The Second Biggest Ponzi Scheme in History (garynorth.com)
		267 points by pearjuice on Dec 1, 2013 \| 297 comments
4.		Government Chemist Tampered With 40,000 Cases (filmingcops.com)
		253 points by scotty79 on Dec 1, 2013 \| 164 comments
5.		Satoshi Nakamoto is probably Nick Szabo? (likeinamirror.wordpress.com)
		255 points by _ntka on Dec 1, 2013 \| 180 comments
6.		Thoughts on Bitcoin (samaltman.com)
		239 points by patrickod on Dec 1, 2013 \| 197 comments
7.		How to Make a Computer Operating System in C/C++ (github.com/samypesse)
		235 points by SamyPesse on Dec 1, 2013 \| 85 comments
8.		Ask HN: Best current model routers for OpenWRT, DD-WRT, Tomato, etc.?
		195 points by malandrew on Dec 1, 2013 \| 119 comments
9.		GTFO of my menu bar (zacbowling.com)
		180 points by zbowling on Dec 1, 2013 \| 90 comments
10.		Toast Sandwich (wikipedia.org)
		178 points by oulipian on Dec 1, 2013 \| 144 comments
11.		Crime Lab Scandal Leaves Massachusetts Legal System In Turmoil (npr.org)
		174 points by darkmethod on Dec 1, 2013 \| 100 comments
12.		Why Vagrant? (vagrantup.com)
		174 points by shawndumas on Dec 1, 2013 \| 98 comments
13.		Project Oberon - The Design of an Operating System, a Compiler, and a Computer (ethz.ch)
		166 points by __mp on Dec 1, 2013 \| 26 comments
14.		A Warning: Do not turn in illegal files you found to the police. (4chan.org)
		163 points by ferongr on Dec 1, 2013 \| 125 comments
15.		How do you get a job in North Korea? (nknews.org)
		134 points by CrazedGeek on Dec 1, 2013 \| 71 comments
16.		Machine Learning Video Library (caltech.edu)
		132 points by ColinWright on Dec 1, 2013 \| 6 comments
17.		Signholder Receives Over $24,000 In Bitcoin After QR Code Appears On ESPN (cryptojunky.com)
		123 points by CryptoJunky on Dec 1, 2013 \| 39 comments
18.		Britain targets Guardian paper over intelligence leaks related to Edward Snowden (washingtonpost.com)
		122 points by RougeFemme on Dec 1, 2013 \| 53 comments
19.		Show HN: GuessHub, our Github Game off entry. Guess a commit's repository (guesshub.io)
		122 points by amasad on Dec 1, 2013 \| 17 comments
20.		Why are there so many tunnels under London? (economist.com)
		115 points by kevbin on Dec 1, 2013 \| 70 comments
21.		Replacing most of D3.js with pure SVG and AngularJS (resin.io)
		115 points by alexandros on Dec 1, 2013 \| 22 comments
22.		Patent trolls have a surprising ally: universities (washingtonpost.com)
		110 points by RougeFemme on Dec 1, 2013 \| 54 comments
23.		The humble USB cable is part of an electrical revolution (economist.com)
		104 points by dmmalam on Dec 1, 2013 \| 61 comments
24.		Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2013)
		115 points by whoishiring on Dec 1, 2013 \| 168 comments
25.		How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang (alexandreafonso.wordpress.com)
		101 points by kens on Dec 1, 2013 \| 88 comments
26.		Software Engineering Code of Ethics (acm.org)
		88 points by jervisfm on Dec 1, 2013 \| 35 comments
27.		Bitcoin Crashing (markmaunder.com)
		88 points by mmaunder on Dec 1, 2013 \| 66 comments
28.		Linux-ng (github.com/torvalds)
		86 points by namarkiv on Dec 1, 2013 \| 57 comments
29.		Why are Internet standards called “Request for Comments”? (jasoncrawford.org)
		85 points by jasoncrawford on Dec 1, 2013 \| 33 comments
30.		Computer-driven cars will convulse the automotive industry (detroitnews.com)
		81 points by evo_9 on Dec 1, 2013 \| 167 comments
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