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1. Visualising data structures and algorithms through animation (nus.edu.sg)
317 points by pushedx on Aug 18, 2014 | 23 comments
2. Java 9 features announced (jaxenter.com)
298 points by xngzng on Aug 18, 2014 | 220 comments
3. Mitch Hedberg and GIS (njgeo.org)
265 points by rtpg on Aug 18, 2014 | 55 comments
4. The Anti-Facebook (theverge.com)
258 points by fourstar on Aug 18, 2014 | 164 comments
5. Show HN: Satellizer – Authentication for AngularJS (github.com/sahat)
221 points by sahat on Aug 18, 2014 | 34 comments
6. Why Do We Say “Big Red Barn,” But “Red Big Barn” Sounds Wrong? (slate.com)
188 points by tokenadult on Aug 18, 2014 | 117 comments
7. Introducing Rec Room (hacks.mozilla.org)
200 points by rnyman on Aug 18, 2014 | 62 comments
8. Show HN: Scraperjs – A versatile web scraper (github.com/ruipgil)
192 points by ruipgil on Aug 18, 2014 | 36 comments
9. UPower (YC S14) Is Building Nuclear Batteries (techcrunch.com)
188 points by sama on Aug 18, 2014 | 121 comments
10. TripIt insecurely broadcasts sensitive travel details in calendar feeds (httpshaming.tumblr.com)
184 points by jyujin on Aug 18, 2014 | 68 comments
11. The Great Chinese Exodus (wsj.com)
164 points by lxm on Aug 18, 2014 | 119 comments
12. The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Adam Carolla’s Settlement with Podcasting Troll (eff.org)
150 points by uptown on Aug 18, 2014 | 60 comments
13. The Spy Who Loved Me: An undercover surveillance operation that went too far (newyorker.com)
140 points by danso on Aug 18, 2014 | 68 comments
14. KDE Plasma 5 (arstechnica.com)
144 points by pavlov on Aug 18, 2014 | 74 comments
15. A Unified Mathematical Language for Physics and Engineering (1996) [pdf] (cam.ac.uk)
138 points by signa11 on Aug 18, 2014 | 29 comments
16. For ‘Big Data’ Scientists, Hurdle to Insights Is ‘Janitor Work’ (nytimes.com)
141 points by rgejman on Aug 18, 2014 | 60 comments
17. Lorem Ipsum: Of Good and Evil, Google and China (krebsonsecurity.com)
142 points by panarky on Aug 18, 2014 | 28 comments
18. Deconstructing Finnish (borealexpat.blogspot.com)
129 points by dirtyaura on Aug 18, 2014 | 69 comments
19. A surge of p-values between 0.040 and 0.049 in recent decades [pdf] (peerj.com)
127 points by ggreer on Aug 18, 2014 | 21 comments
20. New Minecraft Mod Teaches You Code as You Play (wired.com)
123 points by coderfish on Aug 18, 2014 | 49 comments
21. Why does Numbers hide a huge PNG file in exported Excel sheets? (apple.stackexchange.com)
118 points by rogual on Aug 18, 2014 | 25 comments
22. AAAS Blocking Access to the Scientific Literature When They Say It Is “Free” (phylogenomics.blogspot.com)
122 points by pavel_lishin on Aug 18, 2014 | 48 comments
23. In Silicon Valley, Mergers Must Meet the Toothbrush Test (nytimes.com)
114 points by jhonovich on Aug 18, 2014 | 11 comments
24. Defcon Badge Walkthrough (potatohatsecurity.tumblr.com)
120 points by aaronsnoswell on Aug 18, 2014 | 23 comments
25. The new land of opportunity for immigrants is Germany (washingtonpost.com)
116 points by felixbraun on Aug 18, 2014 | 87 comments
26. Tomahawk – A meta source music player (tomahawk-player.org)
111 points by bane on Aug 18, 2014 | 45 comments
27. Who Made That Paintball? (nytimes.com)
99 points by fuzzythinker on Aug 18, 2014 | 56 comments
28. Monk: The High Priest of Jazz (1964) (longform.org)
91 points by brie22 on Aug 18, 2014 | 14 comments
29. PDP-11 Booting (trmm.net)
96 points by rmason on Aug 18, 2014 | 20 comments
30. How to Define New Intrinsics in SBCL (pvk.ca)
92 points by chiachun on Aug 18, 2014 | 20 comments

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