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1. Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encrypt the Entire Web (eff.org)
2019 points by mariusz79 on Nov 18, 2014 | 461 comments
2. Facebook Launches Flow, Static Type Checker for JavaScript (facebook.com)
818 points by davemo on Nov 18, 2014 | 276 comments
3. Open Whisper Systems partners with WhatsApp to provide end-to-end encryption (whispersystems.org)
506 points by charlieok on Nov 18, 2014 | 147 comments
4. Rosetta Probe Discovers Organic Molecules on Comet (dlr.de)
359 points by ohaal on Nov 18, 2014 | 117 comments
5. WatchKit (developer.apple.com)
396 points by uptown on Nov 18, 2014 | 85 comments
6. Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon (lav.io)
424 points by saaaam on Nov 18, 2014 | 96 comments
7. Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists (buzzfeed.com)
588 points by uptown on Nov 18, 2014 | 342 comments
8. Judge threatens contempt for declining to reveal cellphone tracking methods (baltimoresun.com)
296 points by driverdan on Nov 18, 2014 | 73 comments
9. Researchers Announce Advance in Image-Recognition Software (nytimes.com)
240 points by mxfh on Nov 18, 2014 | 76 comments
10. Did The Harappan Civilization Avoid War for 2,000 Years? (io9.com)
259 points by fillskills on Nov 18, 2014 | 117 comments
11. 68 Katy – 68000 Linux on a Solderless Breadboard (bigmessowires.com)
254 points by dpw on Nov 18, 2014 | 36 comments
12. Intel has screwed up their DC S3500 SSDs (utcc.utoronto.ca)
178 points by luu on Nov 18, 2014 | 38 comments
13. Why Python Is Slow: Looking Under the Hood (jakevdp.github.io)
220 points by karlheinz_py on Nov 18, 2014 | 148 comments
14. The USA Freedom Act: What's to Come and What You Need to Know (eff.org)
180 points by sinak on Nov 17, 2014 | 45 comments
15. Pay Phones in NYC Will Become Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots (nytimes.com)
182 points by anigbrowl on Nov 18, 2014 | 57 comments
16. Teespring Says It's Minting New Millionaires Selling Its T-Shirts, Raises $35M (forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad)
162 points by sethbannon on Nov 18, 2014 | 62 comments
17. China Just Blocked Thousands of Websites (greatfire.org)
173 points by wyclif on Nov 18, 2014 | 133 comments
18. Show HN: Program Microcontrollers from Your Headphone jack (espruino.com)
107 points by gfwilliams on Nov 18, 2014 | 19 comments
19. The Generalist – On Alexander Grothendieck (thebigquestions.com)
107 points by benbreen on Nov 18, 2014 | 18 comments
20. Building a complete Tweet index (blog.twitter.com)
117 points by ChrisArchitect on Nov 18, 2014 | 13 comments
21. How Not to Measure Computer System Performance (washington.edu)
97 points by sidereal on Nov 18, 2014 | 13 comments
22. Show HN: We built an open source tool for journalists to inspect Wikipedia edits (twg.ca)
131 points by psobot on Nov 18, 2014 | 18 comments
23. Book design inspired by Edward Tufte (writelatex.com)
94 points by JohnHammersley on Nov 18, 2014 | 31 comments
24. Z Launcher (zlauncher.com)
187 points by redox_ on Nov 18, 2014 | 95 comments
25. Building a natural description of images (googleresearch.blogspot.com)
146 points by bpierre on Nov 18, 2014 | 15 comments
26. Bittorrent Sync: Security Is Our Highest Priority (bittorrent.com)
80 points by mseri on Nov 18, 2014 | 40 comments
27. [dupe] Let’s Encrypt: Delivering SSL/TLS Everywhere (letsencrypt.org)
314 points by hepha1979 on Nov 18, 2014 | 3 comments
28. Tell HN: Wear a Helmet
272 points by stevesearer on Nov 18, 2014 | 183 comments
29. Personalized Recommendations at Etsy (codeascraft.com)
73 points by kellegous on Nov 18, 2014 | 5 comments
30. Project Oberon, 2013 Edition (ethz.ch)
83 points by jcr on Nov 17, 2014 | 17 comments

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