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1. My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work done
395 points by itsboring on Oct 26, 2013 | 349 comments
2. Why Putting SSH On Another Port is a Good Idea (danielmiessler.com)
293 points by danielrm26 on Oct 26, 2013 | 187 comments
3. Federal Prosecutors, in a Policy Shift, Cite Warrantless Wiretaps as Evidence (nytimes.com)
293 points by panarky on Oct 26, 2013 | 105 comments
4. Cheaper to rent in Barcelona and commute to London (bestburgerinnorthwestlondon.wordpress.co...)
257 points by mrud on Oct 26, 2013 | 270 comments
5. Clojure from the ground up (aphyr.com)
248 points by Adrock on Oct 26, 2013 | 84 comments
6. US bugged Merkel's phone from 2002 until 2013, report claims (bbc.co.uk)
197 points by Suraj-Sun on Oct 26, 2013 | 88 comments
7. Show HN: A Github for writers? (penflip.com)
181 points by petervandijck on Oct 26, 2013 | 81 comments
8. Mac OS 10.9 – Infinity times your spam (fastmail.fm)
177 points by brongondwana on Oct 26, 2013 | 161 comments
9. Startup School 2013 Videos Now Online (thenextweb.com)
178 points by talhof8 on Oct 26, 2013 | 37 comments
10. Ask HN: Why can't I see downvote or upvote arrows anywhere?
164 points by aviraldg on Oct 26, 2013 | 57 comments
11. Mod_python - the long story (grisha.org)
147 points by gtrubetskoy on Oct 26, 2013 | 33 comments
12. Confessions of a Drone Warrior (gq.com)
152 points by JanLaussmann on Oct 26, 2013 | 167 comments
13. On the Typography of Flight-Deck Documentation (1992) [pdf] (nasa.gov)
138 points by danso on Oct 26, 2013 | 27 comments
14. The kilo is losing weight, changing all of science (extremetech.com)
129 points by eaxitect on Oct 26, 2013 | 115 comments
15. Extensionizr: Chrome extension boilerplate generator (extensionizr.com)
129 points by tilt on Oct 26, 2013 | 25 comments
16. Steps You Can Take Right Now Against Internet Surveillance (eff.org)
124 points by erkose on Oct 26, 2013 | 38 comments
17. Ask HN: Buffer got hacked - does anyone know details?
116 points by andreasklinger on Oct 26, 2013 | 80 comments
18. The Slash Programming Language (slash-lang.org)
111 points by svoroval on Oct 26, 2013 | 135 comments
19. CCAN - Comprehensive C Archive Network (ccodearchive.net)
106 points by conductor on Oct 26, 2013 | 20 comments
20. Can you break my home rolled encryption? (quelsolaar.com)
103 points by quelsolaar on Oct 26, 2013 | 64 comments
21. Write yourself a Scheme in 48 hours: A Haskell Tutorial (tang.name)
103 points by juliangamble on Oct 26, 2013 | 20 comments
22. A School With No Teachers, Where Students Teach Themselves (kqed.org)
101 points by mattm on Oct 26, 2013 | 57 comments
23. App Review rejection 10.6 (stefankendall.com)
91 points by stefan_kendall on Oct 26, 2013 | 63 comments
24. This Guy’s Wife Got Cancer, So He Did Something Unforgettable. (viralnova.com)
91 points by tchalla on Oct 26, 2013 | 25 comments
25. The Anti-Addiction Pill That's Big Business For Drug Dealers (npr.org)
88 points by 0xbadcafebee on Oct 26, 2013 | 45 comments
26. Xenopsychology (rfreitas.com)
90 points by gwern on Oct 26, 2013 | 12 comments
27. Rally Against Mass Surveillance Livestream [video] (stopwatching.us)
89 points by thomasfromcdnjs on Oct 26, 2013 | 29 comments
28. I challenged hackers to investigate me and what they found out is chilling (pandodaily.com)
86 points by cdvonstinkpot on Oct 26, 2013 | 15 comments
29. Hadi Esmaeilzadeh on Dark Silicon (intelligence.org)
75 points by seventeenorbust on Oct 26, 2013 | 50 comments
30. Entangled toy universe shows time may be an illusion (newscientist.com)
73 points by jonbaer on Oct 26, 2013 | 51 comments

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