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1.How the Bitcoin protocol actually works (michaelnielsen.org)
524 points by zootar on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 55 comments [ext]
2.Announcing the Safe, a Replacement for Convertible Notes (blog.ycombinator.com)
517 points by katm on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 111 comments [ext]
3.Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles (bestmedicareprice.com)
488 points by neilsharma on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 222 comments [ext]
4. Code Scarcity Was the Moat; It's Gone Now ()
322 points by oik7062 60 days ago | hide | 65 comments
4.Peter Higgs: I wouldn't be productive enough for today's academic system (theguardian.com)
394 points by sampo on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 194 comments [ext]
5.People Don’t Actually Like Creativity (slate.com)
375 points by wikiburner on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 214 comments [ext]
6.Bank of America's Research Report on Bitcoin [pdf] (amazonaws.com)
265 points by WestCoastJustin on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 226 comments [ext]
7. Asymmetric leverage how Iran holds twenty percent of global oil supply hostage (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 22 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
7.BayesDB - a Bayesian database table (csail.mit.edu)
269 points by sebg on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
8.FuckIt.py - The Python Error Steamroller (github.com/ajalt)
252 points by rbanffy on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 97 comments [ext]
9.The Internet mystery that has the world baffled (montrealgazette.com)
239 points by chriswoodford on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 114 comments [ext]
10. When Inside Information Meets Polymarket: The Venezuela Coup Trade (archive.ph)
298 points by can738 85 days ago | hide | 122 comments
10.Experiments to do with your baby (theatlantic.com)
239 points by jawns on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 73 comments [ext]
11.Personal Fresh Air Desk (julioradesca.com)
237 points by rizumu on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
12.An HTML/CSS/JS code editor in 230+ bytes (xem.github.io)
231 points by xem on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 55 comments [ext]
13. Why Most Marketplace Network Effects Are Surprisingly Easy to Replicate ()
257 points by pen4647 497 days ago | hide | 50 comments
13.Schoolchildren ordered indoors as air pollution cloaks Shanghai (theguardian.com)
210 points by ck2 on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 205 comments [ext]
14.The Day Mandela Was Arrested, With A Little Help From the CIA (newsweek.com)
204 points by salient on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 157 comments [ext]
15.US Supreme Court Will Hear Case Re: Standards for Software Patent Eligibility (scotusblog.com)
156 points by jakewalker on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 57 comments [ext]
16. The Hidden Architecture of How Biology Labs Actually Get Funded (guzey.com)
271 points by prl1591 602 days ago | hide | 193 comments
16.Guy tries to sell chinese watch Z3 as his own work (kickstarter.com)
154 points by guardian5x on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 113 comments [ext]
17.Elixir is for programmers (pluralsight.com)
138 points by rohshall on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 51 comments [ext]
18.X server in 5000 lines of Common Lisp (github.com/pyb)
136 points by luu on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 66 comments [ext]
19. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments
19.Show HN: I've launched my iPhone journal app I've worked on for almost 2 years. (hey.co)
139 points by blader on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 116 comments [ext]
20.After working +1200 hours in oDesk (malditointer.net)
132 points by miquelcamps on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 91 comments [ext]
21.Is Unicode Safe? (jefftk.com)
109 points by nsmalch on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 42 comments [ext]
22. How a Dentist's Chair Revolutionized the World's Most Common Surgery (asimov.press)
117 points by lrx6827 200 days ago | hide | 18 comments
22.Why I hate virtualenv and pip (pythonrants.wordpress.com)
105 points by dissent on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 113 comments [ext]
23.Why we ditched Amazon AWS (testingbot.com)
108 points by defied on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 95 comments [ext]
24.Sad News for the Opscode Community (opscode.com)
103 points by benatkin on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 17 comments [ext]
25. Bots as Antitrust: Letting Code Negotiate on Your Behalf (continuations.com)
215 points by doz2675 594 days ago | hide | 76 comments
25.Someone’s Been Siphoning Data Through a Huge Security Hole in the Internet (wired.com)
103 points by texan on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
26.Popular Flashlight App has been secretly sharing your location (fastcompany.com)
95 points by bobbles on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 79 comments [ext]
27.ArangoDB (arangodb.org)
94 points by majidazimi on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
28. Montreux convention traps Russia's Mediterranean task force (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 490 days ago | hide | 26 comments
28.Safe Financing Documents (ycombinator.com)
91 points by _pius on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
29.Failed HN Launch vs. Reddit Paid Advertising: Which Converts Better (namecast.net)
91 points by namecast on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 58 comments [ext]
30.Telepathwords: A New Password Strength Estimator (schneier.com)
84 points by CapitalistCartr on Dec 6, 2013 [ext] | 64 comments [ext]
31. Beyond Vocabulary: Why Clear Thinking is the Engine of Articulate Speech (youtube.com)
43 points by jan967 252 days ago | hide | 128 comments

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