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1. Alan Eustace Jumps from Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baumgartner’s World Record (nytimes.com)
816 points by specialp on Oct 24, 2014 | 236 comments
2. The Fourier Transform, explained in one sentence (revolutionanalytics.com)
364 points by ggonweb on Oct 24, 2014 | 82 comments
3. Autumn (moxiecode.com)
338 points by robin_reala on Oct 24, 2014 | 89 comments
4. Porsche: The Hedge Fund That Also Made Cars (priceonomics.com)
296 points by ryan_j_naughton on Oct 24, 2014 | 66 comments
5. Laura Poitras: ‘Facebook is a gift to intelligence agencies’ (washingtonpost.com)
224 points by Libertatea on Oct 24, 2014 | 84 comments
6. The Scientific 7-Minute Workout (nytimes.com)
216 points by danso on Oct 24, 2014 | 144 comments
7. The Case of the Modified Binaries (leviathansecurity.com)
193 points by pcwalton on Oct 24, 2014 | 72 comments
8. Calories in, calories out (possiblywrong.wordpress.com)
189 points by spudlyo on Oct 24, 2014 | 210 comments
9. Why Samsung Knox Isn't Really a Fort Knox (mobilesecurityares.blogspot.com)
192 points by robin_reala on Oct 24, 2014 | 43 comments
10. How to become a programmer, or the art of Googling well (okepi.wordpress.com)
201 points by okepi on Oct 24, 2014 | 152 comments
11. [dupe] Uselessd (darknedgy.net)
169 points by muyuu on Oct 24, 2014 | 59 comments
12. Larry Page Reorgs Staff, Anoints Sundar Pichai as New Product Czar (recode.net)
162 points by foobarqux on Oct 24, 2014 | 72 comments
13. HTML5 Fluid Simulation in WebGL (haxiomic.github.io)
172 points by junto on Oct 24, 2014 | 49 comments
14. MIT computer scientists can predict the price of Bitcoin (newsoffice.mit.edu)
162 points by dpmehta02 on Oct 24, 2014 | 81 comments
15. How Verizon's Advertising Header Works (webpolicy.org)
146 points by jonathanmayer on Oct 24, 2014 | 65 comments
16. FTDI removes counterfeit-bricking driver from Windows Update (eevblog.com)
137 points by joezydeco on Oct 24, 2014 | 128 comments
17. Amazon.com redesign (amazon.com)
144 points by gorkemyurt on Oct 24, 2014 | 104 comments
18. Show HN: A midterm test on basic SQL for my journalism class (padjo.org)
120 points by danso on Oct 24, 2014 | 24 comments
19. Hey Paypal, why do you need access to my microphone, camera and photos? (thepcspy.com)
124 points by oliwarner on Oct 24, 2014 | 58 comments
20. Google j2objc, a Java to iOS Objective-C translation tool and runtime (j2objc.org)
116 points by tilt on Oct 24, 2014 | 53 comments
21. X86 boot sector written in C (2010) (crimsonglow.ca)
111 points by doubcoid on Oct 24, 2014 | 23 comments
22. AT&T Locks Apple SIM on Activation (support.apple.com)
108 points by calvin_c on Oct 24, 2014 | 54 comments
23. The Police Are Still Out of Control (politico.com)
105 points by hotgoldminer on Oct 24, 2014 | 43 comments
24. Parsing: The Solved Problem That Isn't (2011) (tratt.net)
97 points by wslh on Oct 24, 2014 | 70 comments
25. Kissing Your Socks Goodbye (nytimes.com)
86 points by aaronbrethorst on Oct 24, 2014 | 69 comments
26. The Misfortunes of a Trio of Mathematicians Using Computer Algebra Systems [pdf] (ams.org)
90 points by GFK_of_xmaspast on Oct 24, 2014 | 81 comments
27. Stealth Tank Unveiled by Poland (funker530.com)
99 points by tomashertus on Oct 24, 2014 | 74 comments
28. You broke the internet. We'll make ourselves a GNU one (youbroketheinternet.org)
90 points by felipebueno on Oct 24, 2014 | 29 comments
29. Doctor in New York City Is Sick with Ebola (nytimes.com)
82 points by jbarrec on Oct 24, 2014 | 84 comments
30. Why I left my PM role at Microsoft (medium.com/adamjh)
88 points by PaulMest on Oct 24, 2014 | 45 comments

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