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1.
Python code to solve xkcd 1313 by Peter Norvig (ipython.org)
447 points by weslly on Jan 7, 2014 | 72 comments
2.
The new Photosynth (photosynth.net)
445 points by ot on Jan 7, 2014 | 91 comments
3.
Burglars Who Took on F.B.I. Abandon Shadows (nytimes.com)
429 points by philipn on Jan 7, 2014 | 88 comments
4.
Hacker News down, unwisely returning HTTP 200 for outage message (bibwild.wordpress.com)
399 points by pcvarmint on Jan 7, 2014 | 113 comments
5.
CentOS Project joins forces with Red Hat (centos.org)
370 points by socialized on Jan 7, 2014 | 124 comments
6.
Scaling Mercurial at Facebook (facebook.com)
360 points by jordigh on Jan 7, 2014 | 241 comments
7.
Ask PG: Postmortem of the outage?
330 points by lukeqsee on Jan 7, 2014 | 132 comments
8.
Will Work for Food and Lodging (jacquesmattheij.com)
314 points by swombat on Jan 7, 2014 | 124 comments
9.
We've Open-Sourced Everything (codecombat.com)
305 points by nwinter on Jan 7, 2014 | 43 comments
10.
Get Facebook WiFi for your business (facebook.com)
298 points by BigBalli on Jan 7, 2014 | 286 comments
11.
At last, a law to stop almost anyone from doing almost anything (theguardian.com)
266 points by callum85 on Jan 7, 2014 | 188 comments
12.
Why the World Needs OpenStreetMap (emacsen.net)
232 points by eevilspock on Jan 7, 2014 | 38 comments
13.
New algorithm can dramatically streamline solutions to the ‘max flow’ problem (web.mit.edu)
213 points by nkvl on Jan 7, 2014 | 44 comments
14.
160-Year-Old Documents Intentionally Destroyed in Franklin County, N.C. (stumblingintheshadowsofgiants.wordpress....)
197 points by minikites on Jan 7, 2014 | 64 comments
15.
 [dupe] Digital Ocean said it would shut down my blog if I didn’t edit a blog post. (vpsexperience.wordpress.com)
189 points by voidr on Jan 7, 2014 | 155 comments
16.
Faster, More Awesome GitHub Pages (github.com/blog)
183 points by bevacqua on Jan 7, 2014 | 63 comments
17.
Kalzumeus Software Year In Review 2013 (kalzumeus.com)
175 points by kayhi on Jan 7, 2014 | 43 comments
18.
High-end CNC machines can't be moved without manufacturers' permission (boingboing.net)
171 points by aaron695 on Jan 7, 2014 | 107 comments
19.
Introducing Jelly (jelly.co)
169 points by uptown on Jan 7, 2014 | 128 comments
20.
The First Look at the New Oculus VR Prototype (wired.com)
152 points by Impossible on Jan 7, 2014 | 71 comments
21.
Why we should give free money to everyone (decorrespondent.nl)
147 points by epsylon on Jan 7, 2014 | 164 comments
22.
We switched from an icon font to SVG (ianfeather.co.uk)
145 points by kaishiro on Jan 7, 2014 | 88 comments
23.
Demons: A short film about depression and suicide (demonsfilm.net)
139 points by iamben on Jan 7, 2014 | 4 comments
24.
Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition review (jx0.org)
141 points by sheff on Jan 7, 2014 | 165 comments
25.
The Silent Majority of Experts (dadgum.com)
131 points by the_mat on Jan 7, 2014 | 37 comments
26.
This working group has failed (ietf.org)
127 points by mmoya on Jan 7, 2014 | 28 comments
27.
An Old Problem Meets Its Timely Demise (dolphin-emu.org)
127 points by Fzzr on Jan 7, 2014 | 8 comments
28.
Why I am switching to promises (spion.github.io)
124 points by shawndumas on Jan 7, 2014 | 90 comments
29.
Cambridge, MA City Council adopts resolution to commemorate thirty years of GNU (fsf.org)
127 points by eltondegeneres on Jan 7, 2014 | 7 comments
30.
Why Some Civil War Soldiers Glowed in the Dark (mentalfloss.com)
120 points by deeths on Jan 7, 2014 | 6 comments

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