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1.		Inside the Dark, Lucrative World of Consumer Debt Collection (nytimes.com)
		317 points by aet on Aug 15, 2014 \| 260 comments
2.		An amateur linguist loses control of the language he invented (2012) (newyorker.com)
		272 points by godarderik on Aug 15, 2014 \| 106 comments
3.		I am not planning any nuclear attacks (henrysmith.org)
		250 points by technicalfault on Aug 15, 2014 \| 146 comments
4.		Gavin Andresen, the Most Powerful Person in the World of Bitcoin (technologyreview.com)
		208 points by lxm on Aug 15, 2014 \| 30 comments
5.		The 30-year-old health sector billionaire (bbc.com)
		180 points by schrofer on Aug 15, 2014 \| 76 comments
6.		Tesla's Infinite Mile Warranty (teslamotors.com)
		170 points by brbcoding on Aug 15, 2014 \| 57 comments
7.		The most common errors in undergraduate mathematics (vanderbilt.edu)
		160 points by Tomte on Aug 15, 2014 \| 110 comments
8.		Green Arabia (idlewords.com)
		155 points by ingve on Aug 15, 2014 \| 68 comments
9.		Vindinium: An artificial intelligence programming challenge (vindinium.org)
		158 points by gren on Aug 15, 2014 \| 42 comments
10.		Packing things in your brain in a way that keeps them from leaking out (wired.com)
		147 points by Tomte on Aug 15, 2014 \| 50 comments
11.		Kivy – Open-source Python library for rapid development of applications (kivy.org)
		154 points by albertzeyer on Aug 15, 2014 \| 47 comments
12.		How “Legal” Are Seed Libraries? (postcarbon.org)
		144 points by nkurz on Aug 15, 2014 \| 74 comments
13.		AI, Robotics, and the Future of Jobs [pdf] (pewinternet.org)
		141 points by eplanit on Aug 15, 2014 \| 149 comments
14.		Ask HN: How to learn design as a hacker?
		117 points by dkyc on Aug 15, 2014 \| 49 comments
15.		Show HN: Practical Guide to Mobile Apps Using Phonegap and Famo.us (practicalguidetomobileapps.com)
		131 points by nicholasreed on Aug 15, 2014 \| 70 comments
16.		Open Source Game Clones (osgameclones.com)
		121 points by adamnemecek on Aug 15, 2014 \| 28 comments
17.		Where I Should Live, According to Math (munsonscity.wordpress.com)
		121 points by aaronbrethorst on Aug 15, 2014 \| 75 comments
18.		NSA/GCHQ: The HACIENDA Program for Internet Colonization (heise.de)
		116 points by mstolpm on Aug 15, 2014 \| 49 comments
19.		Tax haven in the heart of Britain (2011) (newstatesman.com)
		112 points by ljf on Aug 15, 2014 \| 71 comments
20.		Starbucks to Revise Policies to End Irregular Schedules for Its 130,000 Baristas (nytimes.com)
		108 points by blatherard on Aug 15, 2014 \| 53 comments
21.		The Law-School Scam (theatlantic.com)
		117 points by gautamnarula on Aug 15, 2014 \| 78 comments
22.		The Zen of Gradient Descent (mrtz.org)
		100 points by ot on Aug 15, 2014 \| 11 comments
23.		Blink won’t implement pointer events (code.google.com)
		107 points by robin_reala on Aug 15, 2014 \| 63 comments
24.		A Blockchain-based DNS and HTTP server (github.com/okturtles)
		103 points by timtadh on Aug 15, 2014 \| 25 comments
25.		Basic Income is Practical Today, Necessary Soon (hawkins.ventures)
		99 points by mchusma on Aug 15, 2014 \| 129 comments
26.		Show HN: Lit – a modern literate programming tool (github.com/cdosborn)
		95 points by cdosborn on Aug 15, 2014 \| 61 comments
27.		Quality Software Costs Money – Heartbleed Was Free (acm.org)
		94 points by dblohm7 on Aug 15, 2014 \| 70 comments
28.		The Future of College? (theatlantic.com)
		85 points by mikeleeorg on Aug 15, 2014 \| 42 comments
29.		Astrophysicists propose new twist on Big Bang (uwaterloo.ca)
		84 points by blazar on Aug 15, 2014 \| 51 comments
30.		How Boston Police Used Facial Recognition Technology to Spy on Thousands (vice.com)
		99 points by fizl on Aug 15, 2014 \| 24 comments
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