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1. Better bash in 15 minutes (robertmuth.blogspot.com)
475 points by wsxiaoys on April 16, 2014 | 151 comments
2. TurboTax Maker Intuit Funnels Millions to Lobby Against Easier Tax Returns (techcrunch.com)
473 points by acjohnson55 on April 16, 2014 | 182 comments
3. They say “nothing will change” (medium.com/p)
423 points by jonsuh on April 16, 2014 | 116 comments
4. The Worst Part of YC (samaltman.com)
354 points by dmnd on April 16, 2014 | 107 comments
5. Google's Street View computer vision can beat reCAPTCHA with 99% accuracy (googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com)
347 points by apawloski on April 16, 2014 | 148 comments
6. GoDaddy Released My Personal Information to a Spammer Troll (skepchick.org)
342 points by kmfrk on April 16, 2014 | 141 comments
7. Dear Web Developers: EFF Needs Your Help (eff.org)
334 points by frostmatthew on April 16, 2014 | 54 comments
8. Tptacek's Review of "Practical Cryptography With Go" (githubusercontent.com)
284 points by babawere on April 16, 2014 | 250 comments
9. Those Who Say Code Does Not Matter (acm.org)
266 points by swannodette on April 16, 2014 | 265 comments
10. First Atomic Clock Wristwatch (leapsecond.com)
219 points by Tomte on April 16, 2014 | 60 comments
11. Canadian bill to crack down on illegal downloads has privacy experts worried (nationalpost.com)
188 points by coffeecodecouch on April 16, 2014 | 23 comments
12. Successful private key extraction from OpenVPN using Heartbleed
181 points by kfreds on April 16, 2014 | 21 comments
13. Create JavaScript, CSS Interactions With Zero Lines of Code (webflow.com)
167 points by callmevlad on April 16, 2014 | 59 comments
14. Project Ara – Google's modular phone project (wired.com)
164 points by JS1984 on April 16, 2014 | 152 comments
15. Improve developer habits by showing time cost of DB queries (danbirken.com)
156 points by birken on April 16, 2014 | 69 comments
16. Creating a Bare Bones Bootloader (reinterpretcast.com)
133 points by joesavage on April 16, 2014 | 11 comments
17. SigmaVPN: Stateless OpenVPN Replacement Using NaCl Encryption Library (frozenriver.net)
128 points by zx2c4 on April 16, 2014 | 66 comments
18. Coding the Angular Tutorial App in Backbone (42floors.com)
125 points by bernardjhuang on April 16, 2014 | 70 comments
19. Chrome Remote Desktop goes mobile (chrome.blogspot.com)
118 points by deanmoriarty on April 16, 2014 | 54 comments
20. Windows Phone 8.1 review (anandtech.com)
114 points by yread on April 16, 2014 | 106 comments
21. Confessions of a Full Stack DevOp (ansible.com)
115 points by brianshumate on April 16, 2014 | 49 comments
22. The Gut Microbes of African Hunter-Gatherers (wired.com)
103 points by rosser on April 16, 2014 | 38 comments
23. Warning Signs in Experimental Design and Interpretation (2007) (norvig.com)
93 points by SatvikBeri on April 16, 2014 | 21 comments
24. How to Avoid Sleep Debt (med.harvard.edu)
95 points by ramchip on April 16, 2014 | 53 comments
25. Streem (YC S12) Offers Unlimited Cloud Storage and Streaming for $20/Month (lifehacker.com)
102 points by tluthra on April 16, 2014 | 74 comments
26. Lavabit appeal confirms original ruling [pdf] (amlaw.com)
95 points by poulson on April 16, 2014 | 53 comments
27. For $45 Per Month, All the Coffee You Can Drink (businessweek.com)
93 points by sschwartz on April 16, 2014 | 115 comments
28. Qt Creator 3.1.0 released (digia.com)
87 points by conductor on April 16, 2014 | 34 comments
29. Why We Do All-Hands Support at Olark (olark.com)
92 points by bcx on April 16, 2014 | 49 comments
30. Ask HN: If you worked with a grad from a code bootcamp, how effective were they?
91 points by glaugh on April 16, 2014 | 82 comments

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