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1.		Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet (theatlantic.com)
		435 points by plg on Aug 14, 2014 \| 198 comments
2.		Y Combinator And Mithril Invest In Helion, A Nuclear Fusion Startup (techcrunch.com)
		380 points by gwintrob on Aug 14, 2014 \| 192 comments
3.		An Unreal Decision (martiancraft.com)
		316 points by cledet on Aug 14, 2014 \| 100 comments
4.		I'm 25 years old and I am lost
		309 points by mlost on Aug 14, 2014 \| 264 comments
5.		How I built an audio book reader for my nearly blind grandfather (gist.github.com)
		287 points by wkjagt on Aug 14, 2014 \| 43 comments
6.		Show HN: I'm building a game for the Nintendo GameBoy (bonsaiden.github.io)
		260 points by BonsaiDen on Aug 14, 2014 \| 102 comments
7.		Print this file, your printer will jam (2008) (nedbatchelder.com)
		248 points by JoshTriplett on Aug 14, 2014 \| 66 comments
8.		How to Be Polite (medium.com/message)
		219 points by cjr on Aug 14, 2014 \| 65 comments
9.		In Ferguson, Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery gives account of his arrest (washingtonpost.com)
		217 points by ForHackernews on Aug 14, 2014 \| 101 comments
10.		It's not too late to ditch the ad-based business model and build a better web (theatlantic.com)
		215 points by plg on Aug 14, 2014 \| 118 comments
11.		Show HN: Detect articles with corporate sponsors (ianww.com)
		204 points by typpo on Aug 14, 2014 \| 78 comments
12.		Why We Procrastinate (nautil.us)
		191 points by canguler on Aug 14, 2014 \| 70 comments
13.		Poll: What is your #1 productivity killer?
		166 points by elwell on Aug 14, 2014 \| 101 comments
14.		Show HN: Way.js – Simple, persistent, framework-agnostic two-way databinding (gwendall.github.io)
		162 points by ges on Aug 14, 2014 \| 60 comments
15.		Hello, this is an extortion email (dejanseo.com.au)
		154 points by adamcarson on Aug 14, 2014 \| 42 comments
16.		Haskell on Android (keera.co.uk)
		153 points by psibi on Aug 14, 2014 \| 11 comments
17.		Let's build a browser engine Part 3: CSS (limpet.net)
		147 points by TheHydroImpulse on Aug 14, 2014 \| 17 comments
18.		What I Saw in Ferguson (newyorker.com)
		130 points by aaronbrethorst on Aug 14, 2014 \| 26 comments
19.		Scheduling Technology Leaves Low-Income Parents With Hours of Chaos (nytimes.com)
		126 points by ahmadss on Aug 14, 2014 \| 145 comments
20.		Formula 1: The super-fast net driving teams to the podium (bbc.co.uk)
		112 points by jjp on Aug 14, 2014 \| 59 comments
21.		Thousand-robot swarm self-assembles into arbitrary shapes (robohub.org)
		108 points by hallieatrobohub on Aug 14, 2014 \| 47 comments
22.		Introducing Yahoo Stores (yahoosmallbusiness.tumblr.com)
		105 points by AhtiK on Aug 14, 2014 \| 48 comments
23.		Bitcoin August 14 Flash Crash (coinprices.io)
		106 points by murtali on Aug 14, 2014 \| 63 comments
24.		Where We Came From, State by State (nytimes.com)
		108 points by acdanger on Aug 14, 2014 \| 27 comments
25.		Netflix Open Connect Content Delivery Network (netflix.com)
		99 points by nkurz on Aug 14, 2014 \| 82 comments
26.		The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing (dspguide.com)
		92 points by adamnemecek on Aug 14, 2014 \| 3 comments
27.		Show HN: Emulator-Backed Remakes, a new way to make classic game remakes (gabrielgambetta.com)
		87 points by ggambetta on Aug 14, 2014 \| 51 comments
28.		Ferguson or Iraq? Photos Unmask the Militarization of America's Police (mashable.com)
		85 points by ethana on Aug 14, 2014 \| 94 comments
29.		The Gyroscopes in Your Phone Could Let Apps Eavesdrop on Conversations (wired.com)
		77 points by digitalcreate on Aug 14, 2014 \| 17 comments
30.		[dupe] MicroPython – Python for microcontroller (micropython.org)
		76 points by kiechu on Aug 14, 2014 \| 17 comments
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