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1.
Announcing UberPool (uber.com)
430 points by jefftchan on Aug 5, 2014 | 155 comments
2.
Justin.tv has shut down (justin.tv)
396 points by abstractbill on Aug 5, 2014 | 137 comments
3.
3D Object Manipulation in a Single Photograph using Stock 3D Models (cmu.edu)
343 points by nkurz on Aug 5, 2014 | 60 comments
4.
Arrow: Better dates and times for Python (crsmithdev.com)
315 points by amarsahinovic on Aug 5, 2014 | 72 comments
5.
Navdy: HUD for your car (navdy.com)
337 points by adambratt on Aug 5, 2014 | 215 comments
6.
LinkedIn to pay nearly $6M in unpaid overtime wages and damages to 359 employees (dol.gov)
316 points by e15ctr0n on Aug 5, 2014 | 164 comments
7.
Why I am leaving the best job I ever had (maxschireson.com)
257 points by jasondc on Aug 5, 2014 | 53 comments
8.
Harry Potter and the Cryptocurrency of Stars (kalzumeus.com)
236 points by pc on Aug 5, 2014 | 122 comments
9.
Why does Windows think that my wireless keyboard is a toaster? (superuser.com)
227 points by SergeyDruid on Aug 5, 2014 | 46 comments
10.
We Will Fight Until The End (zenmagnets.com)
190 points by nathannecro on Aug 5, 2014 | 102 comments
11.
Russian Gang Said to Amass More Than a Billion Stolen Internet Credentials (nytimes.com)
192 points by GabrielF00 on Aug 5, 2014 | 84 comments
12.
Show HN: Instantly Understand Any Spreadsheet (useslate.com)
192 points by f292 on Aug 5, 2014 | 43 comments
13.
Researcher’s death shocks Japan (nature.com)
163 points by danso on Aug 5, 2014 | 36 comments
14.
Obama's Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, by the Numbers (firstlook.org)
176 points by couchand on Aug 5, 2014 | 35 comments
15.
Aspirin could dramatically cut cancer risk, according to biggest study yet (theguardian.com)
152 points by wslh on Aug 5, 2014 | 105 comments
16.
LowRISC: Open-source RISC-V SoC (lowrisc.org)
135 points by br0ke on Aug 5, 2014 | 43 comments
17.
Academic Urban Legends (sagepub.com)
129 points by dougmccune on Aug 5, 2014 | 57 comments
18.
Watch the Rosetta rendezvous (esa.int)
144 points by ColinWright on Aug 5, 2014 | 23 comments
19.
Recommending music on Spotify with deep learning (benanne.github.io)
140 points by benanne on Aug 5, 2014 | 23 comments
20.
Entitlement issues (2009) (neilgaiman.com)
121 points by drx on Aug 5, 2014 | 151 comments
21.
A spambot became the second most powerful member of an Italian social network (technologyreview.com)
130 points by avyfain on Aug 5, 2014 | 38 comments
22.
A Fast, Minimal Memory, Consistent Hash Algorithm (arxiv.org)
121 points by luu on Aug 5, 2014 | 22 comments
23.
Why Privacy Matters Even If You Have 'Nothing to Hide' (2011) (chronicle.com)
130 points by davidbarker on Aug 5, 2014 | 73 comments
24.
Anthropology: The sad truth about uncontacted tribes (bbc.com)
117 points by Libertatea on Aug 5, 2014 | 28 comments
25.
Experimental Drug Likely Saved Ebola Patients (cnn.com)
123 points by codexjourneys on Aug 5, 2014 | 91 comments
26.
An underrated feature in Python 3 (ionelmc.ro)
112 points by ionelm on Aug 5, 2014 | 41 comments
27.
A Gentle Introduction to Backpropagation (numericinsight.blogspot.com)
112 points by ttandon on Aug 5, 2014 | 17 comments
28.
Irken Language – A Scheme with parametric polymorphism (nightmare.com)
106 points by wirrbel on Aug 5, 2014 | 24 comments
29.
What is type safety? (pl-enthusiast.net)
106 points by tenslisi on Aug 5, 2014 | 70 comments
30.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (ietf.org)
99 points by yoavz on Aug 5, 2014 | 109 comments

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