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1.		Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encrypt the Entire Web (eff.org)
		2019 points by mariusz79 on Nov 18, 2014 \| 461 comments
2.		Facebook Launches Flow, Static Type Checker for JavaScript (facebook.com)
		818 points by davemo on Nov 18, 2014 \| 276 comments
3.		Open Whisper Systems partners with WhatsApp to provide end-to-end encryption (whispersystems.org)
		506 points by charlieok on Nov 18, 2014 \| 147 comments
4.		Rosetta Probe Discovers Organic Molecules on Comet (dlr.de)
		359 points by ohaal on Nov 18, 2014 \| 117 comments
5.		WatchKit (developer.apple.com)
		396 points by uptown on Nov 18, 2014 \| 85 comments
6.		Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon (lav.io)
		424 points by saaaam on Nov 18, 2014 \| 96 comments
7.		Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists (buzzfeed.com)
		588 points by uptown on Nov 18, 2014 \| 342 comments
8.		Judge threatens contempt for declining to reveal cellphone tracking methods (baltimoresun.com)
		296 points by driverdan on Nov 18, 2014 \| 73 comments
9.		Researchers Announce Advance in Image-Recognition Software (nytimes.com)
		240 points by mxfh on Nov 18, 2014 \| 76 comments
10.		Did The Harappan Civilization Avoid War for 2,000 Years? (io9.com)
		259 points by fillskills on Nov 18, 2014 \| 117 comments
11.		68 Katy – 68000 Linux on a Solderless Breadboard (bigmessowires.com)
		254 points by dpw on Nov 18, 2014 \| 36 comments
12.		Intel has screwed up their DC S3500 SSDs (utcc.utoronto.ca)
		178 points by luu on Nov 18, 2014 \| 38 comments
13.		Why Python Is Slow: Looking Under the Hood (jakevdp.github.io)
		220 points by karlheinz_py on Nov 18, 2014 \| 148 comments
14.		The USA Freedom Act: What's to Come and What You Need to Know (eff.org)
		180 points by sinak on Nov 17, 2014 \| 45 comments
15.		Pay Phones in NYC Will Become Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots (nytimes.com)
		182 points by anigbrowl on Nov 18, 2014 \| 57 comments
16.		Teespring Says It's Minting New Millionaires Selling Its T-Shirts, Raises $35M (forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad)
		162 points by sethbannon on Nov 18, 2014 \| 62 comments
17.		China Just Blocked Thousands of Websites (greatfire.org)
		173 points by wyclif on Nov 18, 2014 \| 133 comments
18.		Show HN: Program Microcontrollers from Your Headphone jack (espruino.com)
		107 points by gfwilliams on Nov 18, 2014 \| 19 comments
19.		The Generalist – On Alexander Grothendieck (thebigquestions.com)
		107 points by benbreen on Nov 18, 2014 \| 18 comments
20.		Building a complete Tweet index (blog.twitter.com)
		117 points by ChrisArchitect on Nov 18, 2014 \| 13 comments
21.		How Not to Measure Computer System Performance (washington.edu)
		97 points by sidereal on Nov 18, 2014 \| 13 comments
22.		Show HN: We built an open source tool for journalists to inspect Wikipedia edits (twg.ca)
		131 points by psobot on Nov 18, 2014 \| 18 comments
23.		Book design inspired by Edward Tufte (writelatex.com)
		94 points by JohnHammersley on Nov 18, 2014 \| 31 comments
24.		Z Launcher (zlauncher.com)
		187 points by redox_ on Nov 18, 2014 \| 95 comments
25.		Building a natural description of images (googleresearch.blogspot.com)
		146 points by bpierre on Nov 18, 2014 \| 15 comments
26.		Bittorrent Sync: Security Is Our Highest Priority (bittorrent.com)
		80 points by mseri on Nov 18, 2014 \| 40 comments
27.		[dupe] Let’s Encrypt: Delivering SSL/TLS Everywhere (letsencrypt.org)
		314 points by hepha1979 on Nov 18, 2014 \| 3 comments
28.		Tell HN: Wear a Helmet
		272 points by stevesearer on Nov 18, 2014 \| 183 comments
29.		Personalized Recommendations at Etsy (codeascraft.com)
		73 points by kellegous on Nov 18, 2014 \| 5 comments
30.		Project Oberon, 2013 Edition (ethz.ch)
		83 points by jcr on Nov 17, 2014 \| 17 comments
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