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1.Learn a Programming Language Faster by Copying Unix (rodrigoalvesvieira.com)
267 points by rodrigoavie on Nov 3, 2012 | 107 comments
2.US Government: You Don't Own Your Cloud Data So We Can Access It At Any Time (slashdot.org)
245 points by Sander_Marechal on Nov 3, 2012 | 122 comments
3.Show HN: I built a thing (boxcarsurgery.com)
242 points by zacharydanger on Nov 3, 2012 | 102 comments
4.Apple script resizes iPad banner and pushes Samsung verdict out of view (ssl.apple.com)
240 points by josteink on Nov 3, 2012 | 135 comments
5.Why political journalists can’t stand Nate Silver (markcoddington.com)
206 points by plinkplonk on Nov 3, 2012 | 176 comments
6.The Background Noise Was Louder than I Realized (dadgum.com)
147 points by prajjwal on Nov 3, 2012 | 56 comments
7.Google Address Sanitizer ("compile-time valgrind") to be part of GCC 4.8 (gcc.gnu.org)
123 points by willvarfar on Nov 3, 2012 | 27 comments
8.Stop Procrastinating by “Clearing to Neutral” (lifehacker.com)
104 points by mattraibert on Nov 3, 2012 | 51 comments
9.New Jersey To Allow Voting By Email (nj.us)
96 points by sethbannon on Nov 3, 2012 | 67 comments
10.How Do You Raise a Prodigy? (nytimes.com)
92 points by llambda on Nov 3, 2012 | 17 comments
11.How a Norco case killed 13TB of our data (wsyntax.com)
84 points by cyanoacry on Nov 3, 2012 | 47 comments
12.Now 0-for-3, SpaceX's Elon Musk Vows to Make Orbit (2008) (wired.com)
75 points by 6ren on Nov 3, 2012 | 40 comments
13.Self-Portrait by Curiosity Rover Arm Camera (nasa.gov)
74 points by lelf on Nov 3, 2012 | 36 comments
14.Ideas have a 2 week shelf life (stevecorona.com)
71 points by azazo on Nov 3, 2012 | 15 comments
15.Apple posts revised Samsung statement (apple.co.uk)
66 points by pdknsk on Nov 3, 2012 | 65 comments
16.29C3 presale has started (ccc.de)
65 points by revelation on Nov 3, 2012 | 21 comments
17.Sharing secrets and distributing passwords (datagenetics.com)
64 points by dwwoelfel on Nov 3, 2012 | 10 comments
18.What makes a great API? (programmableweb.com)
61 points by Revisor on Nov 3, 2012 | 6 comments
19.Meet the Most Indebted Man in the World (theatlantic.com)
59 points by dsr12 on Nov 3, 2012 | 30 comments
20.Nonsense Accusations of Spaghetti Code Considered Harmful (rtfeldman.com)
59 points by rtfeldman on Nov 3, 2012 | 25 comments
21.HDMI – Hacking Displays Made Interesting (blackhat.com)
57 points by experiment0 on Nov 3, 2012 | 2 comments
22.Massive Open Online Courses Are Multiplying at a Rapid Pace (nytimes.com)
56 points by 001sky on Nov 3, 2012 | 17 comments
23.A painful Apple recall process (dropbox.com)
54 points by sklivvz1971 on Nov 3, 2012 | 45 comments
24.LinkedIn sitemap.xml (linkedin.com)
46 points by wslh on Nov 3, 2012 | 28 comments
25.BitcoinStore Launch - Cheaper In Bitcoin (codinginmysleep.com)
44 points by enmaku on Nov 3, 2012 | 47 comments
26.Do we have a moral obligation to society? (burakkanber.com)
43 points by bkanber on Nov 3, 2012 | 55 comments
27.The steady gain of humanity (csmonitor.com)
43 points by gruseom on Nov 3, 2012 | 26 comments
28.Show HN: Using Facebook Statuses as a CDN (dyndns-ip.com)
42 points by CarterP on Nov 3, 2012 | 22 comments
29.DragonFlyBSD 3.2 Release (dragonflybsd.org)
43 points by conductor on Nov 3, 2012 | 11 comments
30.Amazon and Google are undermining mobile pricing, and that may hurt everyone (engt.co)
42 points by blacktulip on Nov 3, 2012 | 48 comments

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