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1. An open source engine clone of Age of Empires II (github.com/sfttech)
348 points by andygmb on Oct 26, 2014 | 71 comments
2. Plover: Thought to Text at 240 WPM (2013) [video] (youtube.com)
288 points by zaroth on Oct 26, 2014 | 119 comments
3. iCloud Uploads Local Data Outside of iCloud Drive (datavibe.net)
199 points by sneak on Oct 26, 2014 | 116 comments
4. Bill Gates answers questions about Java during a deposition (1998) [video] (youtube.com)
188 points by BukhariH on Oct 26, 2014 | 170 comments
5. Ask HN: Is the semantic web still a thing?
178 points by sysk on Oct 26, 2014 | 113 comments
6. Firefox OS Is Coming to Raspberry Pi (wiki.mozilla.org)
149 points by lfpa2 on Oct 26, 2014 | 26 comments
7. YC Alum Hacks Jason Calacanis' Voicemail Message to Ask for Investment (twitter.com/jason)
134 points by seanmccann on Oct 26, 2014 | 87 comments
8. Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage (2010) (backblaze.com)
142 points by Oculus on Oct 26, 2014 | 124 comments
9. RC fighter model UAV build in Jet engine 360+mph [video] (youtube.com)
131 points by MichaelAO on Oct 26, 2014 | 95 comments
10. Entrepreneurs think they’re badass (ryancarson.com)
130 points by ryancarson on Oct 26, 2014 | 86 comments
11. The LaTeX cargo cult (joshparsons.net)
111 points by reledi on Oct 26, 2014 | 129 comments
12. PPA Impounds UberX Vehicles in Undercover Sting Operation (phillymag.com)
115 points by themartorana on Oct 26, 2014 | 127 comments
13. The Dangers of Eating Late at Night (nytimes.com)
106 points by ezhil on Oct 26, 2014 | 88 comments
14. Planjure: A* and Dijkstra's in Om (elbenshira.com)
106 points by nickik on Oct 26, 2014 | 5 comments
15. I � Unicode [pdf] (seriot.ch)
98 points by beefburger on Oct 26, 2014 | 43 comments
16. Ask HN: What to do when your once potential competitor becomes a real competitor
94 points by xoail on Oct 26, 2014 | 39 comments
17. On becoming an expert C programmer (isthe.com)
105 points by atdt on Oct 26, 2014 | 76 comments
18. A startup CEO drives for Uber (venturebeat.com)
102 points by elmyraduff on Oct 26, 2014 | 55 comments
19. FPV Mini Quadcopter Racing Videos (fpvracing.tv)
91 points by fpvracing on Oct 26, 2014 | 32 comments
20. Engelbart's Violin (2012) (loper-os.org)
87 points by pmoriarty on Oct 26, 2014 | 27 comments
21. Even Tetris is hard to test (jwhitham.org)
87 points by shalmanese on Oct 26, 2014 | 41 comments
22. Ask HN: How I can get out of a job that has me burned out and exhausted?
62 points by ModernMan on Oct 26, 2014 | 65 comments
23. In response to a blog post on Samsung Knox (samsungknox.com)
58 points by robin_reala on Oct 26, 2014 | 25 comments
24. The cost of loyalty (avc.com)
53 points by hkmurakami on Oct 26, 2014 | 15 comments
25. Fast Enough VMs in Fast Enough Time (2013) (tratt.net)
54 points by epsylon on Oct 26, 2014 | 14 comments
26. Veteran fraud expert sets his sights on Bitcoin (fortune.com)
49 points by DanielBMarkham on Oct 26, 2014 | 40 comments
27. The Tools of Technomadics (2004) (microship.com)
45 points by jacquesm on Oct 26, 2014 | 5 comments
28. How Standing Desks Can Help Students Focus in the Classroom (kqed.org)
56 points by shill on Oct 26, 2014 | 38 comments
29. The Great Bitcasa Purge (cryto.net)
50 points by joepie91_ on Oct 26, 2014 | 11 comments
30. Genetic Relations Among Procrastination, Impulsivity, and Goal-Management Ability (pdf.yt)
55 points by gwern on Oct 26, 2014 | 37 comments

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