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1. Keynote by John Carmack at Oculus Connect 2014 [video] (youtube.com)
291 points by ivank on Sept 20, 2014 | 49 comments
2. FBI and Secret Service Files: Aaron Swartz (theblackvault.com)
268 points by signa11 on Sept 20, 2014 | 127 comments
3. Tim Berners Lee slams Internet fast lanes: ‘It’s bribery.’ (washingtonpost.com)
237 points by esolyt on Sept 20, 2014 | 86 comments
4. sshrc – make your ssh sessions feel like home (github.com/russell91)
235 points by Russell91 on Sept 20, 2014 | 44 comments
5. Rust lifetimes: Getting away with things that would be reckless in C++ (randomhacks.net)
231 points by dbaupp on Sept 20, 2014 | 90 comments
6. Entrepreneurs anonymous (economist.com)
183 points by elmyraduff on Sept 20, 2014 | 103 comments
7. JavaScript is a trademark owned by Oracle (uspto.gov)
157 points by yiransheng on Sept 20, 2014 | 82 comments
8. The Log: An Epic Software Engineering Article (bryanpendleton.blogspot.com)
152 points by tosh on Sept 20, 2014 | 12 comments
9. Ads work by cultural imprinting, not emotional inception (meltingasphalt.com)
142 points by philh on Sept 20, 2014 | 98 comments
10. OhLife is shutting down (ohlife.com)
131 points by billzhuang on Sept 20, 2014 | 150 comments
11. Oculus Rift Development Kit 1 (github.com/oculusvr)
124 points by wildpeaks on Sept 20, 2014 | 26 comments
12. Implementing XKCD #688 (github.com/scottsievert)
122 points by yiransheng on Sept 20, 2014 | 7 comments
13. Oculus Connect 2014 (oculus.com)
115 points by ABS on Sept 20, 2014 | 60 comments
14. Sonic Pi – A Music Live Coding Environment for Schools (sonic-pi.net)
117 points by samaaron on Sept 20, 2014 | 28 comments
15. Google Stops Forcing You to Join Google+ When Opening a New Account (seb.st)
107 points by sebst on Sept 20, 2014 | 45 comments
16. The Larch Environment (larchenvironment.com)
91 points by coherentpony on Sept 20, 2014 | 62 comments
17. Racket mode for GNU Emacs (github.com/greghendershott)
99 points by kogir on Sept 20, 2014 | 11 comments
18. RuJIT – Trace-based JIT Compiler for Ruby (github.com/imasahiro)
88 points by ksec on Sept 20, 2014 | 14 comments
19. Ask HN: What's the best company to buy an SSL certificate from?
95 points by petecooper on Sept 20, 2014 | 86 comments
20. BashBooster – simple provisioning, bash only, requires nothing (bashbooster.net)
86 points by kmmbvnr_ on Sept 20, 2014 | 32 comments
21. Drowning in Light (nautil.us)
80 points by dnetesn on Sept 20, 2014 | 30 comments
22. A Raytracer Implemented in LOLCODE (github.com/logankelly)
83 points by davvid on Sept 20, 2014 | 18 comments
23. New York City's Most Accessible Ruins (atlasobscura.com)
80 points by Mz on Sept 20, 2014 | 16 comments
24. Biggest Mistakes in Web Design 1995-2015 (webpagesthatsuck.com)
78 points by user_235711 on Sept 20, 2014 | 55 comments
25. Need Postgresql HTTP API Extension (postgresql.org)
80 points by xmulti on Sept 20, 2014 | 63 comments
26. Thank you Apple for rejecting my app (nbodyphysics.com)
62 points by musgravepeter on Sept 20, 2014 | 56 comments
27. Ex-Employees Say Home Depot Left Data Vulnerable (nytimes.com)
72 points by jrochkind1 on Sept 20, 2014 | 46 comments
28. The Case for Delayed Adulthood (nytimes.com)
61 points by danso on Sept 20, 2014 | 21 comments
29. Why Is Our Sci-Fi So Glum About A.I.? (nytimes.com)
67 points by todayiamme on Sept 20, 2014 | 83 comments
30. Andrew Ng predicts half of web searches will soon be speech and images (venturebeat.com)
60 points by thousandx on Sept 20, 2014 | 46 comments

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