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1. How to terminate your worst enemy's Dropbox account for only $795 (docs.google.com)
542 points by Yoni1 on Dec 24, 2012 | 285 comments
2. Why learning Haskell makes you a better programmer (dubhrosa.blogspot.co.uk)
205 points by dons on Dec 24, 2012 | 98 comments
3. Kenyan Women Create Their Own 'Geek Culture' (npr.org)
174 points by JasonFruit on Dec 24, 2012 | 45 comments
4. What is the enlightenment I'm supposed to attain after studying finite automata? (cstheory.stackexchange.com)
172 points by johndcook on Dec 24, 2012 | 64 comments
5. The Parley Letter (heinemeierhansson.com)
132 points by thisduck on Dec 24, 2012 | 49 comments
6. Zed Shaw's Template for "Learn X The Hard Way" Books (gitorious.org)
123 points by nbashaw on Dec 24, 2012 | 48 comments
7. DARPA challange: Can you program a radio to dominate the spectrum? (darpa.mil)
120 points by cr4zy on Dec 24, 2012 | 37 comments
8. Astrology For Businesses (shkspr.mobi)
112 points by edent on Dec 24, 2012 | 69 comments
9. Riemann, a distributed systems monitor (built in Clojure) (aphyr.github.com)
111 points by whalesalad on Dec 24, 2012 | 21 comments
10. Webshell.io (webshell.io)
114 points by airnomad on Dec 24, 2012 | 36 comments
11. Incremental Regular Expressions (jkff.info)
108 points by necrodome on Dec 24, 2012 | 6 comments
12. On user program breakage from Linux kernel changes (gmane.org)
103 points by intel_ on Dec 24, 2012 | 44 comments
13. Sikuli: Write scripts using GUI buttons and screenshots (sikuli.org)
99 points by ninetax on Dec 24, 2012 | 10 comments
14. VLC for Windows 8 reaches $65,000 funding goal with five days to spare (thenextweb.com)
95 points by Garbage on Dec 24, 2012 | 44 comments
15. The x86 Power Myth Busted: In-Depth Clover Trail Power Analysis (anandtech.com)
95 points by sciwiz on Dec 24, 2012 | 47 comments
16. On logic in a Rails app (alisnic.github.com)
91 points by alisnic on Dec 24, 2012 | 74 comments
17. How to Write your own Minesweeper AI (luckytoilet.wordpress.com)
82 points by nostromo on Dec 24, 2012 | 14 comments
18. Facebook? Twitter? Instagram? We Did That 40 Years Ago (wired.com)
80 points by cyphersanctus on Dec 24, 2012 | 27 comments
19. Understanding map, filter, and fold (dev.gd)
72 points by biesnecker on Dec 24, 2012 | 38 comments
20. Using Github issues to track house repairs (github.com/frabcus)
75 points by aaronpk on Dec 24, 2012 | 43 comments
21. Diabetes - time for open data and disruptive technology (alexblandford.tumblr.com)
69 points by edent on Dec 24, 2012 | 31 comments
22. The concept of antifragility: Shockingly Happy (williampeng.com)
68 points by grosen on Dec 24, 2012 | 36 comments
23. Collection of Intel 8080 microprocessors (demin.ws)
60 points by begoon on Dec 24, 2012 | 20 comments
24. Show HN: I made a CLI to retrieve info from the IMDB (github.com/zacoppotamus)
61 points by izac on Dec 24, 2012 | 37 comments
25. C Books and C++ Books You Don't Want (technion.ac.il)
59 points by ekm2 on Dec 24, 2012 | 39 comments
26. NSA targeting domestic computer systems in secret test (cnet.com)
55 points by intel_ on Dec 24, 2012 | 18 comments
27. Tech Startup Trends of 2013 (wsj.com)
54 points by jjb123 on Dec 24, 2012 | 28 comments
28. CSS3 animated Christmas card (marynaaleksandrova.info)
54 points by m_aleksandrova on Dec 24, 2012 | 9 comments
29. Cherry Is Shutting Down Its On-Demand Car Wash Service (techcrunch.com)
53 points by lxm on Dec 24, 2012 | 51 comments
30. US Birth Rate Hits New Low – A Nation of Singles (ritholtz.com)
50 points by moocow01 on Dec 24, 2012 | 72 comments

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