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1.		Your Path to a $16B exit? Build a J2ME App (blog.textit.in)
		489 points by nicpottier on Feb 20, 2014 \| 234 comments
2.		Inside DuckDuckGo, Google's Tiniest, Fiercest Competitor (fastcolabs.com)
		462 points by thm on Feb 20, 2014 \| 236 comments
3.		Questions People Ask When I Tell Them I Own an Airplane (fivezeromike.com)
		393 points by jeiting on Feb 20, 2014 \| 245 comments
4.		So very sad to hear about the passing of Ruby legend Jim Weirich (twitter.com/dhh)
		413 points by davidchua on Feb 20, 2014 \| 62 comments
5.		Jim Weirich's final GitHub commit (github.com/jimweirich)
		400 points by dakull on Feb 20, 2014 \| 53 comments
6.		Banking Startup Simple Acquired for $117M, Will Continue to Operate Separately (techcrunch.com)
		280 points by uptown on Feb 20, 2014 \| 208 comments
7.		Y Not – Adventures in Functional Programming (2012) (confreaks.com)
		254 points by fredwu on Feb 20, 2014 \| 14 comments
8.		I don't know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibility (qntm.org)
		226 points by negativity on Feb 20, 2014 \| 112 comments
9.		Bitcrypt broken (cassidiancybersecurity.com)
		221 points by pedro84 on Feb 20, 2014 \| 87 comments
10.		Leaving Google (tbray.org)
		210 points by blearyeyed on Feb 20, 2014 \| 217 comments
11.		Who helps your Linux distribution run smoothly? Thank a packager today (opensource.com)
		215 points by Tsiolkovsky on Feb 20, 2014 \| 65 comments
12.		WhatsApp issued takedown against alternative clients a week before acquisition (raw.github.com)
		208 points by martinml on Feb 20, 2014 \| 66 comments
13.		The Rent Is Too Damn High: The Enormous Cost of Letting Finance Rule (jacobinmag.com)
		147 points by pje on Feb 20, 2014 \| 190 comments
14.		Scaling to millions of simultaneous connections (2012) [pdf] (erlang-factory.com)
		147 points by pitchups on Feb 20, 2014 \| 81 comments
15.		Building Cordova apps for Firefox OS (hacks.mozilla.org)
		143 points by jweathersby on Feb 20, 2014 \| 30 comments
16.		Results of the SQL Performance Quiz (use-the-index-luke.com)
		133 points by randomdrake on Feb 20, 2014 \| 93 comments
17.		The Game Changed in Venezuela Last Night and the Media Is Asleep At the Switch (caracaschronicles.com)
		131 points by swohns on Feb 20, 2014 \| 44 comments
18.		Fundraising Mistakes Founders Make (samaltman.com)
		132 points by rickharrison on Feb 20, 2014 \| 51 comments
19.		Tesla CEO Musk on Battery Factor, Model X, Apple [video] (bloomberg.com)
		123 points by davidbarker on Feb 20, 2014 \| 45 comments
20.		Japanese Travel Tips for Visiting America (mentalfloss.com)
		120 points by leothekim on Feb 20, 2014 \| 192 comments
21.		Ukraine protests: Before and after photos from Kiev's battle zone (abc.net.au)
		120 points by pserwylo on Feb 20, 2014 \| 114 comments
22.		Venezuela's Internet Crackdown Escalates into Regional Blackout (eff.org)
		119 points by 1zq on Feb 20, 2014 \| 65 comments
23.		Aereo loses copyright fight, gets banned in 6 states (arstechnica.com)
		112 points by r0h1n on Feb 20, 2014 \| 57 comments
24.		Vienna again named world's most liveable city (reuters.com)
		104 points by bookwormAT on Feb 20, 2014 \| 109 comments
25.		Yasp – Web-based emulator, assembler for students learning assembly language (yasp.me)
		104 points by luto on Feb 20, 2014 \| 32 comments
26.		There is now an API to build low-volume hardware products (gigaom.com)
		99 points by seddona on Feb 20, 2014 \| 53 comments
27.		Cable lobby rebuffed in attempt to ban public broadband networks (arstechnica.com)
		91 points by Jtsummers on Feb 20, 2014 \| 9 comments
28.		Former Motionloft CEO Jon Mills Arrested By The FBI (techcrunch.com)
		93 points by dutchbrit on Feb 20, 2014 \| 79 comments
29.		Ask HN: Best Open Source Phonegap and Titanium Apps?
		85 points by candeira on Feb 20, 2014 \| 47 comments
30.		Show HN: ThreesJS – iOS game Threes for the browser (threes.meteor.com)
		81 points by angelaconstance on Feb 20, 2014 \| 37 comments
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