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1.Move your feet (swanson.github.com)
350 points by swanson on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 79 comments [ext]
2.Look at yourself objectively (aaronsw.com)
294 points by myle on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 77 comments [ext]
3.Show HN: Business.txt - Standard Proposal (github.com/fesja)
264 points by fesja on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 109 comments [ext]
4. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 84 days ago | hide | 14 comments
4.The Hidden Truths about Calories (scientificamerican.com)
239 points by jamesbritt on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 182 comments [ext]
5.Who inherits your iTunes library when you die? (marketwatch.com)
181 points by awwstn2 on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 124 comments [ext]
6.Twitter Removes 'Via' Stamp From Web Client (thenextweb.com)
171 points by twapi on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 73 comments [ext]
7. Why isn't anyone panicking? (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 15 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
7.NASA to use consumer Android smartphones in new satellites (nasa.gov)
168 points by anigbrowl on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 100 comments [ext]
8.Can'tada - Tracking the stuff you can't use in Canada (cantada.ca)
143 points by teamonkey on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 98 comments [ext]
9.Public Lab DIY Spectrometry Kit (kickstarter.com)
135 points by stevewilhelm on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
10. Stealth Lock-In Is Actually Locking Your Customers Out (joelonsoftware.com)
292 points by ksk4362 203 days ago | hide | 110 comments
10.Where did the Tweetbot for Mac Alpha go? (tapbots.com)
133 points by mattkirman on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 47 comments [ext]
11.Securing Stripe's Capture the Flag (gregbrockman.com)
135 points by gdb on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
12.Lisp-like html as a replacement to bbcode/markup/textile (94.249.190.129)
133 points by JimmyRuska on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 79 comments [ext]
13. The power-strip life: picking work that plugs into everything (shaanpuri.com)
249 points by bom7529 398 days ago | hide | 12 comments
13.Dark matter scaffolding of universe detected for the first time (umich.edu)
131 points by fiaz on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
14.Diaspora Will Now Be A Community Project (diasporafoundation.org)
119 points by arrrg on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 124 comments [ext]
15.Tesla model S eliminates range anxiety (motortrend.com)
115 points by is74 on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 127 comments [ext]
16. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 229 days ago | hide | 180 comments
16.How to Sell Your Company (jacquesmattheij.com)
114 points by DanielRibeiro on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
17.Pascal's Apology, or why computer science is complicated (bueno.org)
112 points by aristus on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
18.Go's unique approach to OO (drdobbs.com)
108 points by luriel on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
19. A German philologist explains how dictatorship hides inside daily busyness (press.uchicago.edu)
129 points by bsk2489 210 days ago | hide | 32 comments
19.How RESTful is Your API? (bitnative.com)
97 points by housecor on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 56 comments [ext]
20.Apple v. Samsung Verdict: Could Bill Gates Have Patented The iPhone in 1995? (litigationandtrial.com)
93 points by MaxwellKennerly on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 99 comments [ext]
21.Genes Now Tell Doctors Secrets They Can’t Utter (nytimes.com)
90 points by danso on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
22. Beyond Vocabulary: Why Clear Thinking is the Engine of Articulate Speech (youtube.com)
43 points by jan967 251 days ago | hide | 128 comments
22.BigScreen β€” Javascript library for HTML5 Fullscreen API (brad.is)
82 points by josephschmitt on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
23.Ask.com buys About.com for $300M (zdnet.com)
81 points by boopsie on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 40 comments [ext]
24.Best of "Ask HN" (hnsearch.com)
80 points by olalonde on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
25. The crypto scheme where auditors told on the promoters (archive.ph)
222 points by orz6622 333 days ago | hide | 88 comments
25.JFK's Application to Harvard (scribd.com)
73 points by valgaze on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 84 comments [ext]
26.Gittip: Open Source Financing (pocoo.org)
72 points by kracekumar on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 46 comments [ext]
27.Steve Blank: Vision versus Hallucination - Founders and Pivots (steveblank.com)
71 points by gghootch on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
28. Montreux convention traps Russia's Mediterranean task force (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 489 days ago | hide | 26 comments
28.The Exodus of Tech from Portugal (taoofmac.com)
68 points by iProject on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 134 comments [ext]
29.Mathematical Challenges (darpa.mil)
68 points by kevinalexbrown on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 30 comments [ext]
30.DMCA takedowns GitHub has received (github.com/github)
67 points by franze on Aug 27, 2012 [ext] | 28 comments [ext]
31. 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

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