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1.		Today I Briefed Congress on the NSA (schneier.com)
		537 points by edwintorok on Jan 16, 2014 \| 140 comments
2.		UTF-8 Everywhere (utf8everywhere.org)
		275 points by angersock on Jan 16, 2014 \| 149 comments
3.		Tell HN: Server Status
		273 points by kogir on Jan 16, 2014 \| 120 comments
4.		NSA collects millions of text messages daily in 'untargeted' global sweep (theguardian.com)
		272 points by weu on Jan 16, 2014 \| 73 comments
5.		Obama’s Path From Critic to Overseer of Spying (nytimes.com)
		249 points by mjstahl on Jan 16, 2014 \| 186 comments
6.		Value is created by doing (samaltman.com)
		237 points by lpolovets on Jan 16, 2014 \| 106 comments
7.		The iPod of Prison (newyorker.com)
		191 points by trey_swann on Jan 16, 2014 \| 92 comments
8.		World’s most photographed places (sightsmap.com)
		180 points by shawndumas on Jan 16, 2014 \| 50 comments
9.		Rdio is Now Free on the Web (rdio.com)
		168 points by oakaz on Jan 16, 2014 \| 103 comments
10.		WebKit.js: Pure JavaScript Port of WebKit (github.com/trevorlinton)
		157 points by bpierre on Jan 16, 2014 \| 89 comments
11.		Secret State of North Korea [video] (pbs.org)
		151 points by bane on Jan 16, 2014 \| 92 comments
12.		The search for the lost Cray supercomputer OS (gigaom.com)
		144 points by bane on Jan 16, 2014 \| 42 comments
13.		What's expected of us (nature.com)
		129 points by luu on Jan 16, 2014 \| 57 comments
14.		Show HN: An Open-Source Data Science Curriculum (github.com/datasciencemasters)
		135 points by coderjack on Jan 16, 2014 \| 43 comments
15.		Tcl the misunderstood (2006) (antirez.com)
		131 points by throwaway344 on Jan 16, 2014 \| 45 comments
16.		Same word. Different places? Different meanings (sivers.org)
		124 points by sachitgupta on Jan 16, 2014 \| 49 comments
17.		Frere-Jones is suing Hoefler for half of preeminent digital type foundry (qz.com)
		125 points by tptacek on Jan 16, 2014 \| 24 comments
18.		Coding tip: Leave your code in a broken state (plus.google.com)
		120 points by mmahemoff on Jan 16, 2014 \| 61 comments
19.		Why Real Estate Tech Is So Attractive For Founders (ezliu.com)
		117 points by ezl on Jan 16, 2014 \| 112 comments
20.		In London 'Guardians' live in empty office buildings (wsj.com)
		114 points by anigbrowl on Jan 16, 2014 \| 95 comments
21.		Nimrod: A New Approach to Metaprogramming [video] (infoq.com)
		111 points by dom96 on Jan 16, 2014 \| 83 comments
22.		Node.js and the Road Ahead (nodejs.org)
		112 points by fcambus on Jan 16, 2014 \| 45 comments
23.		Happy 25th Tcl (tkdocs.com)
		108 points by draegtun on Jan 16, 2014 \| 45 comments
24.		.NET Fiddle adds F# (dotnetfiddle.net)
		105 points by refactormonkey on Jan 16, 2014 \| 71 comments
25.		Adventures in Wearable Electronics – Making a Light-up Dress (ofbrooklyn.com)
		109 points by conesus on Jan 16, 2014 \| 30 comments
26.		Eero Saarinen's Bell Labs, Now Devoid of Life (metropolismag.com)
		101 points by andyjohnson0 on Jan 16, 2014 \| 48 comments
27.		No more time limits on Spotify (spotify.com)
		95 points by mrhicks on Jan 16, 2014 \| 96 comments
28.		Coming to an office near you (economist.com)
		91 points by Danieru on Jan 16, 2014 \| 30 comments
29.		Obama Is Announcing His NSA Reforms Tomorrow - Use This Scorecard To Judge Them (thedaywefightback.org)
		85 points by thomasfromcdnjs on Jan 16, 2014 \| 92 comments
30.		[dupe] Judge rules TSA no-fly procedures unconstitutional (boingboing.net)
		84 points by not_that_noob on Jan 16, 2014 \| 29 comments
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