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1. Tell HN: Add ?share=1 to Quora URLs to display content without login
341 points by pearjuice on Aug 30, 2013 | 128 comments
2. In emergency cases a passenger was selected and thrown out of the plane (2004) (lwn.net)
329 points by nkurz on Aug 30, 2013 | 115 comments
3. Reversing Sinclair's amazing 1974 calculator hack - half the ROM of the HP-35 (righto.com)
303 points by kens on Aug 30, 2013 | 96 comments
4. Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)
298 points by aforarnold on Aug 30, 2013 | 210 comments
5. Dark Patterns - User Interfaces Designed to Trick People (darkpatterns.org)
265 points by kjhughes on Aug 30, 2013 | 94 comments
6. No-fly list ruling in Portland comes close to declaring it unconstitutional (oregonlive.com)
267 points by rubyrescue on Aug 30, 2013 | 76 comments
7. How Poverty Taxes the Brain (theatlanticcities.com)
234 points by jonbaer on Aug 30, 2013 | 171 comments
8. Basics of Neural Networks with example codes and illustrations (natureofcode.com)
231 points by coderjack on Aug 30, 2013 | 29 comments
9. More on the NSA Commandeering the Internet (schneier.com)
222 points by qubitsam on Aug 30, 2013 | 64 comments
10. Ignored by big companies, Mexican village creates its own mobile service (indiatimes.com)
192 points by Suraj-Sun on Aug 30, 2013 | 32 comments
11. Magic: The Gathering API (mtgapi.com)
186 points by kressaty on Aug 30, 2013 | 120 comments
12. It's a Dumbphone, But It's the Nicest Dumbphone You Can Buy (wired.com)
172 points by cpeterso on Aug 30, 2013 | 189 comments
13. Learning how to think (dcurt.is)
176 points by nedwin on Aug 30, 2013 | 124 comments
14. Go Ahead, Mess With Texas Instruments (theatlantic.com)
165 points by awwstn on Aug 30, 2013 | 122 comments
15. Mac OS X Sudo Password Bypass (packetstormsecurity.com)
159 points by llambda on Aug 30, 2013 | 51 comments
16. CIA is largest US spy agency, according to black budget leaked by Edward Snowden (washingtonpost.com)
152 points by wj on Aug 30, 2013 | 74 comments
17. Founder with an accent? Free offer from SayAfter.me (sayafter.me)
151 points by znt on Aug 30, 2013 | 101 comments
18. The SCUMM Diary: Stories behind one of the greatest game engines ever made (gamasutra.com)
141 points by pmarin on Aug 30, 2013 | 14 comments
19. Show HN: Gingko, a tree-document editor (gingkoapp.com)
140 points by adriano_f on Aug 30, 2013 | 132 comments
20. Visualizations that make no sense (wtfviz.net)
137 points by tchalla on Aug 30, 2013 | 38 comments
21. Show HN: Spotify for Independent Music (musicfellas.com)
114 points by sakbhatn on Aug 30, 2013 | 82 comments
22. Pisces III: A dramatic underwater rescue (bbc.co.uk)
98 points by groundCode on Aug 30, 2013 | 10 comments
23. A flexible E Ink screen that could be in the 2014 Kindle (cnet.com)
96 points by davidw on Aug 30, 2013 | 81 comments
24. Tech Companies and Government May Soon Go to War Over Surveillance (wired.com)
98 points by kristiandupont on Aug 30, 2013 | 86 comments
25. Attack-driven defense (slideshare.net)
96 points by austengary on Aug 30, 2013 | 12 comments
26. Syria’s largest city just dropped off the Internet (washingtonpost.com)
89 points by hawkharris on Aug 30, 2013 | 93 comments
27. NSA finds Snowden hijacked officials’ logins (arstechnica.com)
87 points by moonlighter on Aug 30, 2013 | 67 comments
28. Why I'm not going to sign an NDA (medium.com/startups-and-things)
84 points by tmcpro on Aug 30, 2013 | 48 comments
29. Dissent: accountable anonymous group communication (yale.edu)
80 points by turing on Aug 30, 2013 | 25 comments
30. A guide to analyzing Python performance (huyng.com)
79 points by rbanffy on Aug 30, 2013 | 7 comments

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