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1. iOS holding my phone number hostage = the worst bug I’ve ever experienced (blog.benjaminste.in)
417 points by benstein on Feb 2, 2014 | 223 comments
2. /u/161719 tells us all why surveillance is not OK (reddit.com)
406 points by davidbarker on Feb 2, 2014 | 66 comments
3. The complete guide to centering a div (tipue.com)
390 points by SteveP1961 on Feb 2, 2014 | 165 comments
4. An immutable operating system (augustl.com)
286 points by agumonkey on Feb 2, 2014 | 150 comments
5. Perfectly centered break of a perfectly aligned pool ball rack (mathoverflow.net)
279 points by verandaguy on Feb 2, 2014 | 67 comments
6. Chronicle of a Death Foretold (aljazeera.com)
229 points by kumarski on Feb 2, 2014 | 86 comments
7. Dogecoin decides to allow annual inflation of 5 billion coins each year, forever (github.com/dogecoin)
206 points by ck2 on Feb 2, 2014 | 207 comments
8. Reversing the WRT120N’s Firmware Obfuscation (devttys0.com)
178 points by FiloSottile on Feb 2, 2014 | 27 comments
9. Git tips from the trenches (ochronus.com)
160 points by ochronus on Feb 2, 2014 | 44 comments
10. Examining PostgreSQL 9.4 – A first look (craigkerstiens.com)
162 points by kermatt on Feb 2, 2014 | 31 comments
11. Why I love the Microsoft BizSpark Programme (theblogbowl.in)
146 points by sdaityari on Feb 2, 2014 | 93 comments
12. What If You Combined Co-Working And Daycare? (fastcompany.com)
135 points by dzink on Feb 2, 2014 | 67 comments
13. How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time (nautil.us)
116 points by jerryhuang100 on Feb 2, 2014 | 30 comments
14. NFL claims $600M in Super Bowl economic impact. Economists say it's closer to $0 (sportsonearth.com)
112 points by amitkumar01 on Feb 2, 2014 | 68 comments
15. Super Bowl Wi-Fi password credentials broadcast in pre-game security gaffe (zdnet.com)
103 points by morphics on Feb 2, 2014 | 34 comments
16. Life as a Nonviolent Psychopath (theatlantic.com)
92 points by winstonsmith on Feb 2, 2014 | 44 comments
17. Optimizing Your Industry to the Point of Suicide (2012) (baekdal.com)
89 points by luu on Feb 2, 2014 | 49 comments
18. VPS Disk Performance, Digital Ocean vs. Linode (irj972.co.uk)
89 points by akerl_ on Feb 2, 2014 | 36 comments
19. Start Smaller (jasonshen.com)
80 points by jasonshen on Feb 2, 2014 | 20 comments
20. Mercurial 2.9 released (selenic.com)
78 points by 15DCFA8F on Feb 2, 2014 | 78 comments
21. Jeopardy's controversial new champion is using game theory to win big (businessinsider.com)
74 points by pyduan on Feb 2, 2014 | 14 comments
22. Hitchhiker's Guide to Clojure (gigasquidsoftware.com)
78 points by gigasquid on Feb 2, 2014 | 4 comments
23. “That's a stupid idea” (jeffw.svbtle.com)
70 points by mavfosho on Feb 2, 2014 | 62 comments
24. Yahoo mail hacked (washingtonpost.com)
70 points by eyeareque on Feb 2, 2014 | 29 comments
25. Creator of Facebook Ads is matching P2P microloans at Zidisha (YC W14) (zidisha.org)
68 points by jkurnia on Feb 2, 2014 | 10 comments
26. Programma 101 (wikipedia.org)
66 points by dictum on Feb 2, 2014 | 17 comments
27. Letters of Last Resort (wikipedia.org)
65 points by kqr2 on Feb 2, 2014 | 49 comments
28. Kitestring: An app that checks up on you (kitestring.io)
63 points by stepstep on Feb 2, 2014 | 43 comments
29. How Google Backs Up the Internet [video] (youtube.com)
62 points by wmf on Feb 2, 2014 | 3 comments
30. Is Math a Young Man's Game? (2003) (slate.com)
61 points by danso on Feb 2, 2014 | 82 comments

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