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1. On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs (strikemag.org)
546 points by gu on Aug 19, 2013 | 349 comments
2. Bootstrap 3 released (getbootstrap.com)
469 points by trumbitta2 on Aug 19, 2013 | 124 comments
3. Loyalty and Layoffs (heartmindcode.com)
359 points by hartleybrody on Aug 19, 2013 | 138 comments
4. My Final Post (reduser.net)
308 points by cwilson on Aug 19, 2013 | 119 comments
5. Sayonara, V8 (groups.google.com)
302 points by fridek on Aug 19, 2013 | 87 comments
6. "Journey to Justinia" – how I got my 5-year-old son to sit still for 5 hours (justy.me)
271 points by Bockit on Aug 19, 2013 | 70 comments
7. India: the Story You Never Wanted to Hear (cnn.com)
253 points by Brajeshwar on Aug 19, 2013 | 191 comments
8. Chesscademy, a free chess learning site (chesscademy.com)
228 points by Matetricks on Aug 19, 2013 | 66 comments
9. Guido van Rossum Deconstructing Twisted's Deferreds (groups.google.com)
225 points by thezilch on Aug 19, 2013 | 62 comments
10. So that’s what I’m going to do (notch.tumblr.com)
205 points by davidgomes on Aug 19, 2013 | 42 comments
11. White House Had Advance Notice on Heathrow Detention (wsj.com)
208 points by throwaway_yy2Di on Aug 19, 2013 | 119 comments
12. Ask HN: What happened to Proposition HN? ("$8000 for your side project")
197 points by technel on Aug 19, 2013 | 42 comments
13. Notch puts 0x10c on ice (usgamer.net)
194 points by kayoone on Aug 19, 2013 | 109 comments
14. Goread - Open Source Google Reader clone in Go (goread.io)
196 points by obilgic on Aug 19, 2013 | 69 comments
15. New UI Pattern: Website Loading Bars (usabilitypost.com)
190 points by anon1385 on Aug 19, 2013 | 124 comments
16. Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page was hacked by an unemployed web developer (washingtonpost.com)
189 points by chrisdinn on Aug 19, 2013 | 161 comments
17. Cameron Proves Greenwald Right (andrewsullivan.com)
178 points by mpweiher on Aug 19, 2013 | 34 comments
18. Meet the NASA scientist devising a starship warp drive (newscientist.com)
172 points by ohjeez on Aug 19, 2013 | 90 comments
19. Scala School (twitter.github.io)
164 points by Baustin on Aug 19, 2013 | 73 comments
20. Node.js incorrectly parses HTTP methods (chmod777self.com)
165 points by willlll on Aug 19, 2013 | 67 comments
21. On Hyperloop (leancrew.com)
167 points by minikites on Aug 19, 2013 | 203 comments
22. What Exactly Did The US Government Ask Lavabit to Do? (xato.net)
161 points by m8urn on Aug 19, 2013 | 44 comments
23. Court Holds That Circumventing IP Address Ban Is “Access Without Authorization” (volokh.com)
149 points by maalyex on Aug 19, 2013 | 134 comments
24. [dupe] U.K. Government Thought Destroying Guardian Hard Drives Would Stop Stories (washingtonpost.com)
138 points by tippytop on Aug 19, 2013 | 36 comments
25. Why I Was Fired From a Tech Startup and What My Boss Had to Say About It (fdpod.com)
129 points by jfarmer on Aug 19, 2013 | 146 comments
26. David Miranda: 'They said I would be put in jail if I didn't cooperate' (theguardian.com)
125 points by m1 on Aug 19, 2013 | 25 comments
27. Beautiful Native Libraries (pocoo.org)
122 points by obilgic on Aug 19, 2013 | 30 comments
28. Why Silicon Valley funds Instagrams, not Hyperloops (jerzygangi.com)
123 points by thejerz on Aug 19, 2013 | 95 comments
29. Git Tips (adit.io)
119 points by egonschiele on Aug 19, 2013 | 22 comments
30. IronPigeon - Decentralized communication protocol for sending secure messages (github.com/aarnott)
121 points by obilgic on Aug 19, 2013 | 41 comments

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