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1. Civet coffee: why it's time to cut the crap (theguardian.com)
575 points by ValentineC on Sept 14, 2013 | 194 comments
2. Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen (fastcocreate.com)
349 points by packetbeats on Sept 14, 2013 | 107 comments
3. Why two spaces after a period isn’t wrong – lies typographers tell about history (heracliteanriver.com)
309 points by eru on Sept 14, 2013 | 224 comments
4. Securing a Linux Server (spenserj.com)
304 points by shawndumas on Sept 14, 2013 | 140 comments
5. How I sent 300k emails through Github's API in a matter of minutes (badlogicgames.com)
196 points by badlogic on Sept 14, 2013 | 47 comments
6. The Boy Genius of Ulan Bator (nytimes.com)
180 points by RockyMcNuts on Sept 14, 2013 | 47 comments
7. SICP translated to JavaScript (nus.edu.sg)
154 points by Splendor on Sept 14, 2013 | 107 comments
8. Why Phonebloks Will Never Happen (genericmaker.com)
147 points by lewisflude on Sept 14, 2013 | 103 comments
9. Realtime pixel tracking with nginx, syslog-ng, and Redis (benwilber.net)
125 points by benwilber0 on Sept 14, 2013 | 27 comments
10. FreeBSD 10.0 Alpha 1 now available (freebsd.org)
111 points by daw___ on Sept 14, 2013 | 70 comments
11. Dropbox-Hosted Websites (brace.io)
105 points by joeblau on Sept 14, 2013 | 63 comments
12. The Supersizing of American Colleges (priceonomics.com)
105 points by kn0thing on Sept 14, 2013 | 73 comments
13. Freeciv 2.4.0 released (wikia.com)
104 points by roschdal on Sept 14, 2013 | 17 comments
14. Nokia was developing an Android phone before the Microsoft purchase (forbes.com/sites/timworstall)
87 points by rukshn on Sept 14, 2013 | 34 comments
15. Teach kids programming – A collection of resources (medium.com/p)
78 points by skybison on Sept 14, 2013 | 23 comments
16. Made for iOS 7 - A directory of app designs and icons updated for iOS 7 (madeforios7.tumblr.com)
76 points by stevestreza on Sept 14, 2013 | 40 comments
17. PRISM-Proof Security Considerations (ietf.org)
75 points by onosendai on Sept 14, 2013 | 20 comments
18. Google unleashes Coder for Raspberry Pi as kid-friendly tool (phys.org)
74 points by evo_9 on Sept 14, 2013 | 19 comments
19. Report Suggests Nearly Half of U.S. Jobs Are Vulnerable to Computerization (technologyreview.com)
66 points by muzz on Sept 14, 2013 | 60 comments
20. Creating The Perfect GPG Keypair (alexcabal.com)
64 points by web007 on Sept 14, 2013 | 27 comments
21. PrioVR: Get your ideas moving (kickstarter.com)
63 points by supermatt on Sept 14, 2013 | 38 comments
22. LuaJIT on Xen (freelists.org)
60 points by justincormack on Sept 14, 2013 | 12 comments
23. Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data API (bls.gov)
59 points by kmfrk on Sept 14, 2013 | 25 comments
24. 13-Year-Old Makes $100K Reinventing the Scooter Wheel (foxbusiness.com)
57 points by lxm on Sept 14, 2013 | 13 comments
25. Disrupting “Disruption” Rhetoric (concurringopinions.com)
58 points by slasaus on Sept 14, 2013 | 17 comments
26. CSS Image Orientation Lands in Firefox 26 (sethfowler.org)
51 points by swift on Sept 14, 2013 | 29 comments
27. Ask HN: Why is Google purging all search results for Syrian Arab News Agency?
51 points by teamgb on Sept 14, 2013 | 19 comments
28. Wikipedia Will Fail in Four Years (2006) (ericgoldman.org)
48 points by tokenadult on Sept 14, 2013 | 50 comments
29. Transfer a secret audio message by poking someone with your finger (wired.co.uk)
47 points by 001sky on Sept 14, 2013 | 14 comments
30. Overpopulation Is Not the Problem (nytimes.com)
46 points by cs702 on Sept 14, 2013 | 150 comments

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