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1. Mailpile: Let’s take email back (mailpile.is)
520 points by threedaymonk on Aug 3, 2013 | 232 comments
2. NSA Collects 'Word for Word' Every Domestic Communication, Says Former Analyst (pbs.org)
289 points by chakalakasp on Aug 3, 2013 | 106 comments
3. Why does Angular.js rock? (angular-tips.com)
281 points by Foxandxss on Aug 3, 2013 | 125 comments
4. What a 600,000-megapixel-wide picture looks like (oddly-even.com)
204 points by lukedeering on Aug 3, 2013 | 88 comments
5. How does Trello access the user's clipboard? (stackoverflow.com)
183 points by gedrap on Aug 3, 2013 | 48 comments
6. Web Tracing Framework by Google (google.github.io)
180 points by justplay on Aug 3, 2013 | 32 comments
7. YouTube adds Play icon to page titles so you can see which tabs are making noise (thenextweb.com)
178 points by Lightning on Aug 3, 2013 | 67 comments
8. Nightcode: An IDE for Clojure and Java (nightcode.info)
167 points by anon1i40292 on Aug 3, 2013 | 52 comments
9. Obama administration vetos Apple iPhone 4, 3G iPad 2 product ban [pdf] (ustr.gov)
152 points by ssclafani on Aug 3, 2013 | 118 comments
10. Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer (wikipedia.org)
145 points by detcader on Aug 3, 2013 | 55 comments
11. Inside Caracas' Tower of David, the World's Tallest Slum (vice.com)
139 points by damian2000 on Aug 3, 2013 | 57 comments
12. How to Design Programs, Second Edition (neu.edu)
134 points by senekisa on Aug 3, 2013 | 26 comments
13. 100,000 DOM Updates (swannodette.github.io)
133 points by llambda on Aug 3, 2013 | 56 comments
14. The $4 Million Teacher (wsj.com)
124 points by muzz on Aug 3, 2013 | 130 comments
15. For Medical Tourists, Simple Math (nytimes.com)
121 points by scottkduncan on Aug 3, 2013 | 60 comments
16. A Cheap Spying Tool With a High Creepy Factor (nytimes.com)
119 points by jzwinck on Aug 3, 2013 | 83 comments
17. Finn – A mount for every smartphone and bicycle (getfinn.com)
117 points by anonymouz on Aug 3, 2013 | 80 comments
18. Gigablast Search Engine, Now Open Source (C/C++) (gigablast.com)
112 points by conductor on Aug 3, 2013 | 25 comments
19. Your Python Regular Expression's Best Buddy (pyregex.com)
107 points by igorsobreira on Aug 3, 2013 | 14 comments
20. DIY Drones: Home for everything about amateur Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (diydrones.com)
109 points by WestCoastJustin on Aug 3, 2013 | 19 comments
21. Functional Programming with Python (kachayev.github.io)
107 points by llambda on Aug 3, 2013 | 91 comments
22. Ubuntu Edge will miss $32M crowdfunding target (theguardian.com)
106 points by kshatrea on Aug 3, 2013 | 94 comments
23. Running Rails? Defend yourself against BREACH (meldium.com)
102 points by bradleybuda on Aug 3, 2013 | 34 comments
24. 2,919 Movie Pirates Walk Free as BitTorrent Trolling Scheme Falls Apart (torrentfreak.com)
100 points by jaytaylor on Aug 3, 2013 | 39 comments
25. The Pedal-to-the-Metal, Totally Illegal, Cross-Country Sprint for Glory (2007) (wired.com)
96 points by nsp on Aug 3, 2013 | 72 comments
26. How serious is Google about Dart? (yakovfain.com)
95 points by pauljonas on Aug 3, 2013 | 178 comments
27. Hacking Team Caught Taking Over Decoy Water Plant (technologyreview.com)
90 points by WestCoastJustin on Aug 3, 2013 | 39 comments
28. Wikipedia founder brands PM's porn filters plan 'ridiculous' (bbc.co.uk)
83 points by Libertatea on Aug 3, 2013 | 20 comments
29. Node.js Deployments with Docker, Dokku, and Digital Ocean (medium.com/code-adventures)
84 points by dscape on Aug 3, 2013 | 11 comments
30. Comonads (clojure.net)
77 points by llambda on Aug 3, 2013 | 28 comments

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