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1.		µBlock for Firefox (github.com/gorhill)
		707 points by aerique on Jan 20, 2015 \| 264 comments
2.		Eigenvectors and eigenvalues explained visually (setosa.io)
		523 points by vicapow on Jan 20, 2015 \| 52 comments
3.		Google Nears $1 Billion Investment in SpaceX (wsj.com)
		474 points by Kopion on Jan 20, 2015 \| 227 comments
4.		Coinbase Raises $75M from DFJ Growth, USAA, NYSE, and More (coinbase.com)
		297 points by arnauddri on Jan 20, 2015 \| 190 comments
5.		Why Explore Space? A 1970 Letter to a Nun in Africa (launiusr.wordpress.com)
		277 points by happyscrappy on Jan 20, 2015 \| 165 comments
6.		The Ronco Principle (paulgraham.com)
		311 points by _pius on Jan 20, 2015 \| 243 comments
7.		Working at Netflix (brendangregg.com)
		337 points by hepha1979 on Jan 20, 2015 \| 284 comments
8.		India's tiger population sees 30% increase (bbc.com)
		238 points by SimplyUseless on Jan 20, 2015 \| 63 comments
9.		LLDB debugger is coming to Windows (llvm.org)
		153 points by DannyBee on Jan 20, 2015 \| 34 comments
10.		New police radars can 'see' inside homes (usatoday.com)
		245 points by mattee on Jan 20, 2015 \| 110 comments
11.		HealthCare.gov Sends Personal Data to Dozens of Tracking Websites (eff.org)
		346 points by markolschesky on Jan 20, 2015 \| 94 comments
12.		Stack Exchange Raises $40M Led by A16Z to Boost Its Programmer Forums (techcrunch.com)
		268 points by couchand on Jan 20, 2015 \| 224 comments
13.		SpaceX Sells 10% Stake to Google, Fidelity for $1B (bloomberg.com)
		339 points by _kcn8 on Jan 20, 2015 \| 154 comments
14.		Chiptune (chiptune.com)
		165 points by karlzt on Jan 19, 2015 \| 29 comments
15.		So I need to be sad, bored and happy to be creative (imgur.com)
		475 points by in3xes on Jan 20, 2015 \| 82 comments
16.		Gnome Wayland porting – the endgame (gnome.org)
		145 points by bkor on Jan 19, 2015 \| 70 comments
17.		Explore the ownership system in Rust (nercury.github.io)
		130 points by adamnemecek on Jan 19, 2015 \| 43 comments
18.		The button that isn’t (nuclearsecrecy.com)
		120 points by danso on Jan 20, 2015 \| 62 comments
19.		To Be More Creative, Cheer Up (nautil.us)
		122 points by dnetesn on Jan 19, 2015 \| 45 comments
20.		Show HN: A ReactJS Grid Component with infinite scroll, customization, and more (dynamictyped.github.io)
		122 points by joelroxor on Jan 20, 2015 \| 39 comments
21.		Suspended jaccuzzi (jaccuzzi.ch)
		225 points by henridf on Jan 20, 2015 \| 100 comments
22.		WebGL Path Tracing (madebyevan.com)
		95 points by wgx on Jan 19, 2015 \| 24 comments
23.		The Simulated Annealing Algorithm (katrinaeg.com)
		105 points by luu on Jan 20, 2015 \| 45 comments
24.		130,000 pages of declassified US Air Force files related to UFO sightings (theblackvault.com)
		169 points by ForFreedom on Jan 20, 2015 \| 118 comments
25.		How J.K. Rowling Plotted Harry Potter with a Hand-Drawn Spreadsheet (openculture.com)
		202 points by yarapavan on Jan 20, 2015 \| 48 comments
26.		Darpa Unveils Upgraded Atlas Robot, Now Completely Unplugged (ieee.org)
		105 points by spectruman on Jan 20, 2015 \| 50 comments
27.		Native Socket.IO and Android (socket.io)
		111 points by Rauchg on Jan 20, 2015 \| 12 comments
28.		Front End Developer – Interview Questions (github.com/h5bp)
		172 points by shridhad on Jan 20, 2015 \| 139 comments
29.		Co-Working on Vacation: A Desk in Paradise (nytimes.com)
		93 points by kanamekun on Jan 20, 2015 \| 69 comments
30.		Mockups: How Apple can catch up to Yelp reviews and Google ratings overnight (jonsadka.com)
		97 points by jonsadka on Jan 20, 2015 \| 56 comments
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