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1.
The Egg (2009) (galactanet.com)
450 points by mickgiles on Feb 8, 2014 | 153 comments
2.
Show HN: JS library to make your website instant
426 points by dieulot on Feb 8, 2014 | 174 comments
3.
Bitcoin Ponzi scheme (ponzi.io)
326 points by runn1ng on Feb 8, 2014 | 286 comments
4.
Debian committee members vote for systemd as init system (debian.org)
233 points by waffle_ss on Feb 8, 2014 | 146 comments
5.
Total security in a PostgreSQL database (ibm.com)
218 points by amirmansour on Feb 8, 2014 | 58 comments
6.
Your Progress As A Programmer Is All Up To You (thecodist.com)
206 points by ks on Feb 8, 2014 | 65 comments
7.
Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore" (twitter.com/dongatory)
209 points by adriancooney on Feb 8, 2014 | 180 comments
8.
Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork Android. It’s unforkable. (arstechnica.com)
178 points by AndrewDucker on Feb 8, 2014 | 207 comments
9.
OWASP Cheat Sheet Series (owasp.org)
168 points by aburan28 on Feb 8, 2014 | 27 comments
10.
Introducing Mozilla Firefox Accounts (blog.mozilla.org)
173 points by ibsathish on Feb 8, 2014 | 59 comments
11.
ICE/ISEE-3 to return to an Earth no longer capable of speaking to it (planetary.org)
162 points by rmason on Feb 8, 2014 | 65 comments
12.
Every line of code is always documented (uniqpath.com)
158 points by jessaustin on Feb 8, 2014 | 101 comments
13.
Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle (1986) (nasa.gov)
135 points by umanwizard on Feb 8, 2014 | 79 comments
14.
80s Typography in CSS (codepen.io)
117 points by benoitg on Feb 8, 2014 | 25 comments
15.
Show HN: Automatic VPN Generator – Protect Yourself at Sochi and Starbucks (tinfoilsecurity.com)
125 points by borski on Feb 8, 2014 | 70 comments
16.
JZed.js – The functional JQuery alternative (github.com/zedshaw)
100 points by SEMW on Feb 8, 2014 | 97 comments
17.
Huge chimpanzee population thriving in remote Congo forest (theguardian.com)
99 points by nsns on Feb 8, 2014 | 11 comments
18.
Gitbucket – The easily installable Github clone powered by Scala (github.com/takezoe)
98 points by shawndumas on Feb 8, 2014 | 43 comments
19.
Snowden Used Low-Cost Tool to Best N.S.A (nytimes.com)
95 points by ColinWright on Feb 8, 2014 | 48 comments
20.
German Court Says Domain Registrars Are Responsible for Content on a Website (thedomains.com)
91 points by JungleNavigator on Feb 8, 2014 | 53 comments
21.
How I Optimize Myself (danrodriguez.me)
89 points by operand on Feb 8, 2014 | 31 comments
22.
A Better Firefox Sync (blog.mozilla.org)
87 points by lelf on Feb 8, 2014 | 33 comments
23.
Unsung Hero of the Nuclear Age (slate.com)
79 points by _pius on Feb 8, 2014 | 36 comments
24.
FOSDEM 2014 – First videos are online (fosdem.org)
78 points by babawere on Feb 8, 2014 | 13 comments
25.
Why You Should Open-Source Your Startup (codecombat.com)
80 points by dreeves on Feb 8, 2014 | 34 comments
26.
New clue to Voynich manuscript mystery (theguardian.com)
75 points by semiel on Feb 8, 2014 | 23 comments
27.
Why Mt. Gox, the World’s First Bitcoin Exchange, is Dying (coindesk.com)
69 points by beniaminmincu on Feb 8, 2014 | 40 comments
28.
Ask HN: What is REST exactly?
68 points by RivieraKid on Feb 8, 2014 | 57 comments
29.
Show HN: Speedsums (speedsums.com)
64 points by refrigerator on Feb 8, 2014 | 62 comments
30.
Minecraft, The Sims, And The Future Of Filmmaking (antipope.org)
62 points by thenomad on Feb 8, 2014 | 17 comments

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