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1.Why GNU grep is fast (2010) (freebsd.org)
495 points by kurren on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 129 comments [ext]
2.A universal income is not such a silly idea (timharford.com)
308 points by giorgiofontana on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 333 comments [ext]
3.Facebook (stallman.org)
317 points by pearjuice on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 145 comments [ext]
4. A German philologist explains how dictatorship hides inside daily busyness (press.uchicago.edu)
129 points by bsk2489 211 days ago | hide | 32 comments
4.A JavaScript parser and interpreter written in Go (github.com/robertkrimen)
232 points by scapbi on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
5.Clojure: The JFDI language (docs.google.com)
197 points by michaelochurch on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 128 comments [ext]
6.Myth: The astronauts didn’t float away because they had heavy boots (sciencegeekgirl.com)
169 points by andrelaszlo on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 165 comments [ext]
7. The Venture Drug: How $20M Seeds Kill Founder Optionality ()
491 points by nrx2341 120 days ago | hide | 105 comments
7.The Jolla phone – first impressions (seravo.fi)
167 points by emilsedgh on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 99 comments [ext]
8.How SQLite is tested (sqlite.org)
163 points by antonios on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 37 comments [ext]
9.Are you alone in San Francisco on Thanksgiving? Join Us (buttr.co)
153 points by MediaSquirrel on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 54 comments [ext]
10. Safety as a slow-motion serial killer of ambition (shaanpuri.com)
370 points by ien6880 398 days ago | hide | 146 comments
10.Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites private medical details (thestar.com)
143 points by slantyyz on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 85 comments [ext]
11.I'm the guy who bought 259684 Bitcoins for under $3000 yesterday (2011) (bitcointalk.org)
131 points by baazaar on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 57 comments [ext]
12.How to Buy Bitcoin (markmaunder.com)
123 points by mmaunder on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 119 comments [ext]
13. Four Macro Forces Quietly Manufacturing the Global Populist Wave (kwokchain.com)
327 points by lrm6947 432 days ago | hide | 93 comments
13.To create a super-intelligent machine, start with an equation (theconversation.com)
120 points by kr4 on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 84 comments [ext]
14.Monocle.io Open Sourced (github.com/maccman)
115 points by hswolff on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
15.MtGox launches Bitcoins.com, an information site for all things Bitcoin (bitcoins.com)
112 points by theboywho on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 113 comments [ext]
16. Adoption, Not Product, Is What Kills Vertical Software Bets ()
374 points by ium4024 71 days ago | hide | 174 comments
16.IBM Research produces staph-killing polymers that leave healthy cells alone (ibm.com)
113 points by suchitpuri on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 60 comments [ext]
17.It's practically impossible for regular people to buy Bitcoin (levels.io)
110 points by pieterhg on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 136 comments [ext]
18.String types are fine. How about your code? (eteeselink.wordpress.com)
107 points by skrebbel on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 62 comments [ext]
19. A 27M-Parameter Model That Quietly Undermines Scaling Orthodoxy (dbreunig.com)
54 points by kem2154 261 days ago | hide | 150 comments
19.Falcon 9 GEO Transfer Mission (spacex.com)
109 points by revelation on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
20.DIY Cellphone (media.mit.edu)
104 points by shawndumas on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
21.Go 1.3 Linker Overhaul (docs.google.com)
106 points by signa11 on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
22. Beyond Vocabulary: Why Clear Thinking is the Engine of Articulate Speech (youtube.com)
43 points by jan967 252 days ago | hide | 128 comments
22.Choosing Scala (software-carpentry.org)
102 points by mynegation on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 63 comments [ext]
23.Bot or Not: Hacker News (nathan.ca)
96 points by NathanWong on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 30 comments [ext]
24.Tor Appliance (schneier.com)
94 points by dllthomas on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
25. Inside the Lonely Experiment to Remember Everything You Learn (wired.com)
244 points by auz7944 479 days ago | hide | 22 comments
25.Legendary Akihabara Radio Store closing its doors after six decades (japantimes.co.jp)
91 points by Sukotto on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
26. [dupe] DynoSRC - Eliminate HTTP requests for JavaScript files (dinosrc.it)
92 points by selamis on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
27.Do We Live in the Matrix? (discovermagazine.com)
85 points by ghosh on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 160 comments [ext]
28. Code Scarcity Was the Moat; It's Gone Now ()
322 points by oik7062 60 days ago | hide | 65 comments
28.Build a RESTful API with Martini (0value.com)
82 points by kermatt on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
29.A Thanksgiving Request from Priceonomics (priceonomics.com)
76 points by pmiller2 on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
30.List.js – Adds search, sort, and filters to HTML lists, tables (listjs.com)
79 points by arnklint on Nov 28, 2013 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
31. The communication technique that subverts taking turns on purpose (togetherlondon.com)
195 points by dem3275 170 days ago | hide | 48 comments

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