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1. Why was this secret? (sivers.org)
411 points by mkuhn on Dec 11, 2013 | 209 comments
2. H5N1 (samaltman.com)
394 points by olivercameron on Dec 11, 2013 | 184 comments
3. NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking (washingtonpost.com)
337 points by mikecane on Dec 11, 2013 | 173 comments
4. New Google Sheets: faster, more powerful, and works offline (googledrive.blogspot.com)
295 points by patrickaljord on Dec 11, 2013 | 221 comments
5. Vim3D – A new 3D vi clone [video] (vim3d.com)
235 points by bkudria on Dec 11, 2013 | 66 comments
6. How AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are working together to screw you (timmins.net)
231 points by c0nsumer on Dec 11, 2013 | 75 comments
7. US Fails To Close TPP Deal As Wikileaks Exposes Discord (forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott)
211 points by shill on Dec 11, 2013 | 86 comments
8. U.S. FDA to phase out some antibiotic use in animal production (reuters.com)
195 points by brianmartinek on Dec 11, 2013 | 64 comments
9. Show HN: tyto (jh3y.github.io)
179 points by codez on Dec 11, 2013 | 122 comments
10. Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery (cbc.ca)
169 points by WestCoastJustin on Dec 11, 2013 | 130 comments
11. What are Linux containers and how did they come about? (bitmason.blogspot.ca)
153 points by WestCoastJustin on Dec 11, 2013 | 63 comments
12. Call me maybe: Redis redux (aphyr.com)
161 points by llambda on Dec 11, 2013 | 23 comments
13. A Guide to Python's Magic Methods (rafekettler.com)
152 points by yingxu on Dec 11, 2013 | 18 comments
14. IntelliJ IDEA 13 Brings a Full Bag of Goodies to Android Developers (jetbrains.com)
147 points by rdemmer on Dec 11, 2013 | 101 comments
15. Sharking: High-Rollers in the Crosshairs (f-secure.com)
142 points by sdoering on Dec 11, 2013 | 41 comments
16. Ancient Indian Texts (sites.google.com)
139 points by amazedsaint on Dec 11, 2013 | 94 comments
17. Fidelity now allows clients to put bitcoins in IRAs (marketwatch.com)
142 points by a3voices on Dec 11, 2013 | 94 comments
18. California Arrests the Owner of a Revenge Porn Site (slate.com)
135 points by wrongc0ntinent on Dec 11, 2013 | 154 comments
19. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta (redhat.com)
130 points by palebluedot on Dec 11, 2013 | 103 comments
20. Reform corporate surveillance (fsf.org)
128 points by Tsiolkovsky on Dec 11, 2013 | 18 comments
21. Why we removed bosses at Treehouse (ryancarson.com)
123 points by samscully on Dec 11, 2013 | 112 comments
22. Obscure C++ Features (madebyevan.com)
112 points by DmitryNovikov on Dec 11, 2013 | 129 comments
23. Total relay bandwidth in the Tor network (torproject.org)
114 points by Ihmahr on Dec 11, 2013 | 38 comments
24. Digia releases Qt 5.2 with Android and iOS support (thenextweb.com)
109 points by hackhackhack on Dec 11, 2013 | 51 comments
25. Steam Machines and Steam Controller shipping to beta participants December 13th (steamcommunity.com)
95 points by CrazedGeek on Dec 11, 2013 | 57 comments
26. Project Marilyn Part I: Non-Patented Cancer Pharmaceutical (crowdtilt.com)
95 points by ajaymehta on Dec 11, 2013 | 29 comments
27. How to intern in Silicon Valley with a J1 visa (sendtoinc.com)
96 points by jorde on Dec 11, 2013 | 46 comments
28. America is separating into peasants and scholar-gentry (noahpinionblog.blogspot.ch)
86 points by npalli on Dec 11, 2013 | 101 comments
29. GNU Guix 0.5 released (lists.gnu.org)
84 points by Tsiolkovsky on Dec 11, 2013 | 30 comments
30. Briefly profitable alt-coin mining on Amazon through better code (da-data.blogspot.com)
84 points by jterrace on Dec 11, 2013 | 53 comments

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