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1.Nokia faked the still photos too (sefsar.com)
295 points by peritpatrio on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 116 comments [ext]
2.The Linux Graphics Stack (mecheye.net)
284 points by Adrock on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
3.How Google Builds Its Maps (theatlantic.com)
281 points by bcrawl on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 109 comments [ext]
4. When Inside Information Meets Polymarket: The Venezuela Coup Trade (archive.ph)
298 points by can738 84 days ago | hide | 122 comments
4.Amazon Officially Announces The New Kindle Paperwhite (techcrunch.com)
231 points by aaronbrethorst on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 175 comments [ext]
5.Why You Should Start Using a VPN (lifehacker.com)
216 points by iProject on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 126 comments [ext]
6.No app store? No problem: Grooveshark rolls out full HTML5 site for all devices (venturebeat.com)
212 points by zoowar on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 129 comments [ext]
7. Why isn't anyone panicking? (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 12 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
7.Raspberry Pi moves manufacturing to the UK (raspberrypi.org)
202 points by iamdann on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
8.Y Combinator Founder Paul Graham Issues New Warning to Start-ups (inc.com)
188 points by azazo on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 56 comments [ext]
9.Ask PG: If Viaweb hadn't worked out, what would you have likely done next? [ext]
187 points by Snail_Commando on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
10. The three fuels that turned farming villages into doomed empires (theguardian.com)
436 points by iik2616 251 days ago | hide | 170 comments
10.Stop validating email addresses with your complex regex (davidcelis.com)
184 points by davidcelis on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 148 comments [ext]
11.Faced with a Five-Page Limit, Lawyer Files Cartoon Amicus Brief (abajournal.com)
172 points by bootload on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 59 comments [ext]
12.After 35 years, Voyager nears edge of solar system (npr.org)
161 points by dirktheman on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
13. Why Google only needs to threaten to outspend its AI rivals (martinvol.pe)
229 points by bsm1209 2 days ago | hide | 57 comments
13.DeveloperAuction gets developers paid what they're worth (techcrunch.com)
155 points by allangrant on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 138 comments [ext]
14.Why Don’t Americans Elect Scientists? (nytimes.com)
128 points by charbonnelb on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 143 comments [ext]
15.TSA Moves On From Your Underwear to Your Starbucks (wired.com)
114 points by spathak on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 109 comments [ext]
16. Blind Spots in the West: Why Every Chinese VC Studies Our Podcasts (youtube.com)
325 points by hol5935 218 days ago | hide | 175 comments
16.Best Practices for c# async/await (jonwagner.com)
106 points by jonwagner on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
17.Jimmy Wales threatens to encrypt Wikipedia if UK passes snooping bill (arstechnica.com)
100 points by throwaway1979 on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
18.Bing vs. Google (bingiton.com)
100 points by pykello on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 162 comments [ext]
19. How a PVC rig in a Dallas garage became a $500M chemicals company (centuryofbio.com)
297 points by pun2167 600 days ago | hide | 170 comments
19.Ubuntu announces 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Beta 1 (ubuntu.com)
97 points by cobychapple on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 64 comments [ext]
20.What Raising Money Means To Me (quirky.com)
91 points by jamesgolick on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
21.Why Postgres (craigkerstiens.com)
91 points by jashmenn on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 83 comments [ext]
22. The communication technique that subverts taking turns on purpose (togetherlondon.com)
195 points by dem3275 169 days ago | hide | 48 comments
22.Tools to get started in machine learning (k2company.com)
89 points by nwenzel on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
23.Ebay Acquires Svpply (ebayinkblog.com)
90 points by coupdegrace on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 42 comments [ext]
24.</CaptureTheFlag> (stripe.com)
84 points by janzer on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
25. Why fully automated AI cedes a more valuable design space (readwise.io)
73 points by nan9853 265 days ago | hide | 77 comments
25.Amazon’s new Kindle Paperwhite e-reader comes with frontlit screen (arstechnica.com)
84 points by taylorbuley on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
26.The Introvert's Networking Survival Guide: Large Events (samuelmullen.com)
82 points by samullen on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
27.Being honest with myself: my journey to learning how to code (zackshapiro.com)
84 points by kine on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
28. Discord's Real Lesson: The Meta-Layer Enterprise Slack Can't Build (kwokchain.com)
448 points by aok168 431 days ago | hide | 83 comments
28.Steam Linux Beta Build Surfaces In Steam’s Database (thepowerbase.com)
73 points by glazemaster on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
29.Nokia apologises for 'faked' Lumia smartphone advert (bbc.com)
71 points by nsns on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
30.The Truth About Convertible Debt and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand (bothsidesofthetable.com)
70 points by DanielRibeiro on Sept 6, 2012 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
31. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 229 days ago | hide | 180 comments

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