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1. Every NFL play for the past 10 years in CSV format (advancednflstats.com)
421 points by edw519 on Jan 3, 2013 | 101 comments
2. Vigil: A programming language with eternal moral vigilance (github.com/munificent)
362 points by factorialboy on Jan 3, 2013 | 118 comments
3. Google's text-to-speech engine randomly inserts phrase "he now praises the ipad" (code.google.com)
311 points by moeffju on Jan 3, 2013 | 64 comments
4. Rails SQL injection vulnerability: here are the facts (phusion.nl)
289 points by blacktulip on Jan 3, 2013 | 112 comments
5. Black and Whitey: How the feds disable criminal defense (forbes.com/sites/harveysilverglate)
244 points by eplanit on Jan 3, 2013 | 149 comments
6. Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images (phrase.it)
225 points by chezmo on Jan 3, 2013 | 95 comments
7. Write Gambling Software, Go to Prison (wired.com)
216 points by cyphersanctus on Jan 3, 2013 | 148 comments
8. Fitbit, why can’t I have my data? (simplystatistics.org)
211 points by KC8ZKF on Jan 3, 2013 | 101 comments
9. Warren Buffett Buys World's Largest Solar Project from SunPower for $2.5 Billion (treehugger.com)
208 points by MikeCapone on Jan 3, 2013 | 85 comments
10. Are Designers Crazy? (shkspr.mobi)
198 points by edent on Jan 3, 2013 | 152 comments
11. Behind enemy lines: 3 months as an iOS developer at Google (splinter.com.au)
200 points by chubs on Jan 3, 2013 | 154 comments
12. The TSA wants to be everywhere in 2013 - here's why we shouldn't let it (linkedin.com)
185 points by mtgx on Jan 3, 2013 | 97 comments
13. Enhancing digital certificate security (Fake *.Google.com cert issued) (googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com)
181 points by cleverjake on Jan 3, 2013 | 108 comments
14. Quantum gas goes below absolute zero (nature.com)
175 points by evgen on Jan 3, 2013 | 64 comments
15. The future according to Google's Larry Page (cnn.com)
157 points by Libertatea on Jan 3, 2013 | 49 comments
16. Make Me (github.com/blog)
153 points by Pr0 on Jan 3, 2013 | 32 comments
17. A Tor proxy that runs in your browser (stanford.edu)
152 points by mmastrac on Jan 3, 2013 | 30 comments
18. LLVM.js: LLVM Itself Compiled to JavaScript via Emscripten (badassjs.com)
140 points by cleverjake on Jan 3, 2013 | 12 comments
19. All you need to know about CSS Transitions (alexmaccaw.com)
116 points by uptown on Jan 3, 2013 | 11 comments
20. One Way to Write A Powerful Cold Email (life-longlearner.com)
107 points by scottbrit on Jan 3, 2013 | 46 comments
21. Open source Linux driver supports 3D acceleration with all GeForce GPUs (h-online.com)
104 points by w1ntermute on Jan 3, 2013 | 27 comments
22. Web Scraping with Node.js and Chimera (deanmao.com)
98 points by dandrewsen on Jan 3, 2013 | 32 comments
23. Heroku now supporting Python version switching, and Python 3 (heroku.com)
95 points by whalesalad on Jan 3, 2013 | 25 comments
24. Ray Kurzweil Says He’ll Get ‘Unlimited Resources’ to Work on AI at Google (betabeat.com)
92 points by iProject on Jan 3, 2013 | 113 comments
25. Pen and Paper (plc.vc)
90 points by zds on Jan 3, 2013 | 76 comments
26. Effective JavaScript Reviewed (github.com/raganwald)
87 points by raganwald on Jan 3, 2013 | 20 comments
27. How to Gain or Lose 30 Minutes of Life Every Day (scientificamerican.com)
85 points by danso on Jan 3, 2013 | 64 comments
28. Gerrymandering and a cure - shortest splitline algorithm (rangevoting.org)
83 points by mmastrac on Jan 3, 2013 | 82 comments
29. Algorithm improvement for Coca-Cola can shape recognition (stackoverflow.com)
76 points by sun123 on Jan 3, 2013 | 12 comments
30. Winning is the worst thing that can happen in Vegas (37signals.com)
74 points by mh_ on Jan 3, 2013 | 58 comments

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