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Stories from September 20, 2012
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1.Kickstarter is Not a Store (kickstarter.com)
428 points by benackles on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 170 comments [ext]
2.AskPatents.com: A Stack Exchange To Prevent Bad Patents (stackoverflow.com)
397 points by alexlmiller on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 78 comments [ext]
3.New Apple maps app under fire from users (bbc.com)
305 points by option_greek on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 276 comments [ext]
4. Why you care for your dog better than yourself — and the fix (web.archive.org)
420 points by guz3550 602 days ago | hide | 25 comments
4.IFTTT forced to remove Twitter triggers to comply with new API policies (thenextweb.com)
277 points by hornokplease on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 85 comments [ext]
5.Abusing Emoji in iOS and Your Mac (zachholman.com)
271 points by lysol on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 58 comments [ext]
6.iOS 6 Breaks the App Store (pixiteapps.com)
272 points by Mazer23 on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 123 comments [ext]
7. Four Macro Forces Quietly Manufacturing the Global Populist Wave (kwokchain.com)
327 points by lrm6947 432 days ago | hide | 93 comments
7.Google has an iOS 6 Maps app awaiting approval (9to5mac.com)
221 points by uptown on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 160 comments [ext]
8.Pandora doesn't hash their passwords (plus.google.com)
209 points by aiiane on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 150 comments [ext]
9.Everything that's wrong with Java in a single class (plus.google.com)
180 points by fpp on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 155 comments [ext]
10. The Venture Drug: How $20M Seeds Kill Founder Optionality ()
491 points by nrx2341 119 days ago | hide | 105 comments
10.Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use a Linux Laptop Now (hypergeometric.com)
170 points by gpapilion on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 165 comments [ext]
11.Github redesigns Profiles (github.com/defunkt)
169 points by obilgic on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 83 comments [ext]
12.Apple Botches China and Japan Maps in iOS 6 (techinasia.com)
158 points by allenwlee on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 73 comments [ext]
13. Why Whoever Reaches AGI First Won't Actually Own Intelligence ()
215 points by fik8005 56 days ago | hide | 155 comments
13.Kickstarter suspends project 10 hours from successful funding (vintedgoods.com)
150 points by prbuckley on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 79 comments [ext]
14.Don't like iOS6's (lack of) transit directions? You need this. (github.com/simonmaddox)
136 points by simonmaddox on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 88 comments [ext]
15.GoldieBlox: The Engineering Toy for Girls (kickstarter.com)
135 points by tlrobinson on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 107 comments [ext]
16. Montreux convention traps Russia's Mediterranean task force (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 490 days ago | hide | 26 comments
16.VirtualBox broken on Ivy Bridge Macbooks after 10.8.2 and Firmware Update (discussions.apple.com)
122 points by roachsocal on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 50 comments [ext]
17.A growing respect for the Samwer brothers (richoakley.com)
117 points by richoakley on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 57 comments [ext]
18.iPhone 5 Teardown (ifixit.com)
113 points by michael_miller on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 41 comments [ext]
19. Stealth Lock-In Is Actually Locking Your Customers Out (joelonsoftware.com)
292 points by ksk4362 203 days ago | hide | 110 comments
19.IFTTT.com forced to pull Twitter triggers [ext]
110 points by robgough on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 28 comments [ext]
20.Want to Block Common Passwords? Sorry, That is Patented (xato.net)
110 points by m8urn on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 65 comments [ext]
21.NFL opens Pandora's Box by offering All-22 tape to public (nfl.com)
107 points by evo_9 on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 105 comments [ext]
22. The carriage maker's dilemma: Why imminent disruption requires drastic current effort (marginalrevolution.com)
376 points by kol5306 2 days ago | hide | 127 comments
22.Free Online MongoDB Training by 10gen (10gen.com)
108 points by bithavoc on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 28 comments [ext]
23.Making Progress on Star Trek Physics (kickstarter.com)
100 points by waterlesscloud on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
24.Google's Go Programming Language Grows Up: Now What? (readwriteweb.com)
102 points by rohshall on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 134 comments [ext]
25. Safety as a slow-motion serial killer of ambition (shaanpuri.com)
370 points by ien6880 398 days ago | hide | 146 comments
25.Minimum Viable Movie: How I Made a Feature-Length Film for $0 (kadavy.net)
98 points by kadavy on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 57 comments [ext]
26.Forget self improvement (deliberatism.com)
96 points by dxvic on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 59 comments [ext]
27.How to confuse a moral compass: Survey 'magic trick' causes attitude reversal (nature.com)
94 points by tokenadult on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 66 comments [ext]
28. The Anti-Dropout Playbook From a Waterloo Near-Defector (ansonyu.me)
478 points by iuz6368 115 days ago | hide | 193 comments
28.A Return to Linux on the Workstation (cuddletech.com)
93 points by Danieru on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 37 comments [ext]
29.Is Facebook dying? (itworld.com)
90 points by catastrophe on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 73 comments [ext]
30.Group dating site Grouper (YC W12) launches to 10 cities (techcrunch.com)
75 points by lincolnq on Sept 20, 2012 [ext] | 41 comments [ext]
31. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments

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