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31.		A Lost Boy Grows Up (nytimes.com)
		67 points by wallflower on Dec 5, 2013 \| 12 comments
32.		China is not banning Bitcoin (bitcointalk.org)
		68 points by thbounzer on Dec 5, 2013 \| 37 comments
33.		The Libertarian Case for a Basic Income (libertarianism.org)
		66 points by bhauer on Dec 5, 2013 \| 145 comments
34.		WAIT: synchronous replication for Redis (antirez.com)
		63 points by dctrwatson on Dec 5, 2013 \| 5 comments
35.		Why he is there and I am here (thestartuptoolkit.com)
		64 points by robfitz on Dec 5, 2013 \| 25 comments
36.		Benchmarking D vs Go vs Erlang vs C for MQTT broker (atilanevesoncode.wordpress.com)
		62 points by andralex on Dec 5, 2013 \| 49 comments
37.		The simple fix that could heal the patent system (slate.com)
		61 points by lisper on Dec 5, 2013 \| 59 comments
38.		FSF responds to Microsoft's privacy and encryption announcement (fsf.org)
		54 points by eltondegeneres on Dec 5, 2013 \| 64 comments
39.		Build an algorithm to predict friendships, then actually use it to meet people (joingrouper.com)
		60 points by waxman on Dec 5, 2013 \| 37 comments
40.		Google Cloud Compute Engine goes live (computerworld.com)
		56 points by jgemedina on Dec 5, 2013 \| 28 comments
41.		Show HN: People Food - $7 Office Lunches for Hungry Startups (pplfood.com)
		55 points by jmhamel on Dec 5, 2013 \| 75 comments
42.		Bop.fm (YC S13) Links Together Music Silos Like Spotify, Rdio To Share Tracks (techcrunch.com)
		58 points by daredia on Dec 5, 2013 \| 30 comments
43.		Big Data, Big Bucks: Palantir Valued at $9 Billion (wsj.com)
		54 points by Kopion on Dec 5, 2013 \| 52 comments
44.		Animate in Xcode without code (canvaspod.io)
		51 points by jamztang on Dec 5, 2013 \| 19 comments
45.		How The Post covered the ‘grand social experiment’ of the Internet in 1988 (washingtonpost.com)
		50 points by 0cool on Dec 5, 2013 \| 24 comments
46.		Diet Drugs Work: Why Won’t Doctors Prescribe Them? (newyorker.com)
		42 points by dsr12 on Dec 5, 2013 \| 98 comments
47.		Microsoft Makes Moves To Protect Customers From Government Eyes (securityweek.com)
		41 points by techinsidr on Dec 5, 2013 \| 44 comments
48.		Bitcoin’s roller-coaster ride gets wilder as Wall Street, China climb on (arstechnica.com)
		38 points by hkimura on Dec 5, 2013 \| 63 comments
49.		Odds of Alien Life "Very High," House Panel Hears (upi.com)
		39 points by wikiburner on Dec 5, 2013 \| 49 comments
50.		Introducing Amazon Fresh (amazon.com)
		36 points by anfedorov on Dec 5, 2013 \| 46 comments
51.		Chinese government says Bitcoin cannot be used as currency (techinasia.com)
		37 points by MKais on Dec 5, 2013 \| 30 comments
52.		We Do Not Negotiate with Terrorists (ignitiondeck.com)
		36 points by nhangen on Dec 5, 2013 \| 55 comments
53.		Portugal's prescribed open standards - full list (computerweekly.com)
		34 points by Tsiolkovsky on Dec 5, 2013 \| 24 comments
54.		Show HN: Houston – Zero-config Admin for Meteor (github.com/gterrono)
		37 points by AlexeyMK on Dec 5, 2013 \| 14 comments
55.		Anne Wojcicki Speaks Out About the F.D.A. Crackdown on 23andMe (nytimes.com)
		36 points by specialp on Dec 5, 2013 \| 36 comments
56.		[dupe] P = NP (feedly.com)
		34 points by gzanitti on Dec 5, 2013 \| 8 comments
57.		Swapbox Lands $800K To Take On Google’s BufferBox And Amazon’s Lockers (techcrunch.com)
		32 points by drakaal on Dec 5, 2013 \| 38 comments
58.		Introducing Ramen, a Whole New Way to Start Up Your Startup (ramen.is)
		34 points by angilly on Dec 5, 2013 \| 4 comments
59.		Why Microsoft needs three or more operating systems (arstechnica.com)
		30 points by shawndumas on Dec 5, 2013 \| 40 comments
60.		Why I Don’t Stress Over Competition Anymore (groovehq.com)
		31 points by grinnick on Dec 5, 2013 \| 3 comments
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