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1.		An open source engine clone of Age of Empires II (github.com/sfttech)
		348 points by andygmb on Oct 26, 2014 \| 71 comments
2.		Plover: Thought to Text at 240 WPM (2013) [video] (youtube.com)
		288 points by zaroth on Oct 26, 2014 \| 119 comments
3.		iCloud Uploads Local Data Outside of iCloud Drive (datavibe.net)
		199 points by sneak on Oct 26, 2014 \| 116 comments
4.		Bill Gates answers questions about Java during a deposition (1998) [video] (youtube.com)
		188 points by BukhariH on Oct 26, 2014 \| 170 comments
5.		Ask HN: Is the semantic web still a thing?
		178 points by sysk on Oct 26, 2014 \| 113 comments
6.		Firefox OS Is Coming to Raspberry Pi (wiki.mozilla.org)
		149 points by lfpa2 on Oct 26, 2014 \| 26 comments
7.		YC Alum Hacks Jason Calacanis' Voicemail Message to Ask for Investment (twitter.com/jason)
		134 points by seanmccann on Oct 26, 2014 \| 87 comments
8.		Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage (2010) (backblaze.com)
		142 points by Oculus on Oct 26, 2014 \| 124 comments
9.		RC fighter model UAV build in Jet engine 360+mph [video] (youtube.com)
		131 points by MichaelAO on Oct 26, 2014 \| 95 comments
10.		Entrepreneurs think they’re badass (ryancarson.com)
		130 points by ryancarson on Oct 26, 2014 \| 86 comments
11.		The LaTeX cargo cult (joshparsons.net)
		111 points by reledi on Oct 26, 2014 \| 129 comments
12.		PPA Impounds UberX Vehicles in Undercover Sting Operation (phillymag.com)
		115 points by themartorana on Oct 26, 2014 \| 127 comments
13.		The Dangers of Eating Late at Night (nytimes.com)
		106 points by ezhil on Oct 26, 2014 \| 88 comments
14.		Planjure: A* and Dijkstra's in Om (elbenshira.com)
		106 points by nickik on Oct 26, 2014 \| 5 comments
15.		I � Unicode [pdf] (seriot.ch)
		98 points by beefburger on Oct 26, 2014 \| 43 comments
16.		Ask HN: What to do when your once potential competitor becomes a real competitor
		94 points by xoail on Oct 26, 2014 \| 39 comments
17.		On becoming an expert C programmer (isthe.com)
		105 points by atdt on Oct 26, 2014 \| 76 comments
18.		A startup CEO drives for Uber (venturebeat.com)
		102 points by elmyraduff on Oct 26, 2014 \| 55 comments
19.		FPV Mini Quadcopter Racing Videos (fpvracing.tv)
		91 points by fpvracing on Oct 26, 2014 \| 32 comments
20.		Engelbart's Violin (2012) (loper-os.org)
		87 points by pmoriarty on Oct 26, 2014 \| 27 comments
21.		Even Tetris is hard to test (jwhitham.org)
		87 points by shalmanese on Oct 26, 2014 \| 41 comments
22.		Ask HN: How I can get out of a job that has me burned out and exhausted?
		62 points by ModernMan on Oct 26, 2014 \| 65 comments
23.		In response to a blog post on Samsung Knox (samsungknox.com)
		58 points by robin_reala on Oct 26, 2014 \| 25 comments
24.		The cost of loyalty (avc.com)
		53 points by hkmurakami on Oct 26, 2014 \| 15 comments
25.		Fast Enough VMs in Fast Enough Time (2013) (tratt.net)
		54 points by epsylon on Oct 26, 2014 \| 14 comments
26.		Veteran fraud expert sets his sights on Bitcoin (fortune.com)
		49 points by DanielBMarkham on Oct 26, 2014 \| 40 comments
27.		The Tools of Technomadics (2004) (microship.com)
		45 points by jacquesm on Oct 26, 2014 \| 5 comments
28.		How Standing Desks Can Help Students Focus in the Classroom (kqed.org)
		56 points by shill on Oct 26, 2014 \| 38 comments
29.		The Great Bitcasa Purge (cryto.net)
		50 points by joepie91_ on Oct 26, 2014 \| 11 comments
30.		Genetic Relations Among Procrastination, Impulsivity, and Goal-Management Ability (pdf.yt)
		55 points by gwern on Oct 26, 2014 \| 37 comments
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