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1. You broke the Internet. We're making ourselves a GNU one [video] (gnunet.org)
231 points by Tsiolkovsky on Aug 11, 2013 | 75 comments
2. Pixel Shaders: Proposal for an Interactive Introduction to Graphics Programming (pixelshaders.com)
206 points by msvan on Aug 11, 2013 | 21 comments
3. The Massachusetts Software Tax (fastcolabs.com)
205 points by neilkelty on Aug 11, 2013 | 194 comments
4. Hacking Transcend WiFi SD Cards (haxit.blogspot.com)
199 points by vsrev on Aug 11, 2013 | 54 comments
5. Injectable oxygen keeps people alive without breathing (techandfacts.com)
200 points by TeMPOraL on Aug 11, 2013 | 63 comments
6. mpv - a free and open-source general-purpose video player (mpv.io)
195 points by przemoc on Aug 11, 2013 | 83 comments
7. PEP 450: Adding A Statistics Module To The Standard Library (python.org)
185 points by petsos on Aug 11, 2013 | 83 comments
8. Android RNG Weakness Renders Bitcoin Wallets Insecure (bitcoin.org)
166 points by VMG on Aug 11, 2013 | 102 comments
9. No, really—consciousness is worth thinking about (duncancarroll.tumblr.com)
155 points by duncancarroll on Aug 11, 2013 | 151 comments
10. Julia and Python: a dynamic duo for scientific computing [video] (lanyrd.com)
136 points by luu on Aug 11, 2013 | 18 comments
11. Tracking devices hidden in London's recycling bins are stalking your smartphone (qz.com)
131 points by Leander_B on Aug 11, 2013 | 73 comments
12. Show HN: Do you read on the toilet? This web app is for you. (backlabel.gr)
121 points by fotism on Aug 11, 2013 | 68 comments
13. The Evolution of a Haskell Programmer (willamette.edu)
117 points by hamidr on Aug 11, 2013 | 40 comments
14. Flat Surface Shader (wagerfield.github.io)
120 points by msvan on Aug 11, 2013 | 36 comments
15. This Is What Happens When Publishers Invest In Long Stories (fastcolabs.com)
110 points by crisnoble on Aug 11, 2013 | 37 comments
16. Bike blog: Experiments in Speed [video] (theguardian.com)
105 points by wyclif on Aug 11, 2013 | 58 comments
17. Wikipedia Co-Founder Refuses to Comply With China's Censorship (wsj.com)
105 points by Libertatea on Aug 11, 2013 | 41 comments
18. Show HN: Kraken.io – image optimization service (kraken.io)
93 points by kraken-io on Aug 11, 2013 | 59 comments
19. I'm 13 and None of My Friends Use Facebook (mashable.com)
95 points by danhodgins on Aug 11, 2013 | 87 comments
20. Rails 4 startup template (github.com/dennybritz)
88 points by dennybritz on Aug 11, 2013 | 42 comments
21. Billionaire Revealed: The Biggest Company You’ve Never Heard Of (yahoo.com)
92 points by RudySF on Aug 11, 2013 | 55 comments
22. Introduction to making HTML5/JavaScript games with Coquette.js (superbigtree.tumblr.com)
84 points by sethvincent on Aug 11, 2013 | 26 comments
23. Carmack talks practical use of Haskell, Lisp in game prog at Quakecon keynote (youtube.com)
90 points by macmac on Aug 11, 2013 | 39 comments
24. How and why writing crypto is hard (2012) (acooke.org)
71 points by ColinWright on Aug 11, 2013 | 27 comments
25. Agda by Example: λ-calculus (mazzo.li)
71 points by ColinWright on Aug 11, 2013 | 7 comments
26. [dupe] Guess whose emails the NSA can't read (loweringthebar.net)
69 points by chris_wot on Aug 11, 2013 | 18 comments
27. Dmesg: An old, new, cool tool (inconsolation.wordpress.com)
70 points by aw3c2 on Aug 11, 2013 | 9 comments
28. Mega to run ‘cutting-edge’ encrypted email (rt.com)
69 points by tchalla on Aug 11, 2013 | 34 comments
29. A self-published riff on Hamlet broke every Kickstarter record. (slate.com)
63 points by curtis on Aug 11, 2013 | 15 comments
30. Secure Share – decentralized encrypted social network (secushare.org)
62 points by Sami_Lehtinen on Aug 11, 2013 | 16 comments

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