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1. Move your feet (swanson.github.com)
350 points by swanson on Aug 27, 2012 | 79 comments
2. Look at yourself objectively (aaronsw.com)
294 points by myle on Aug 27, 2012 | 77 comments
3. Show HN: Business.txt - Standard Proposal (github.com/fesja)
264 points by fesja on Aug 27, 2012 | 109 comments
4. The Hidden Truths about Calories (scientificamerican.com)
239 points by jamesbritt on Aug 27, 2012 | 182 comments
5. Who inherits your iTunes library when you die? (marketwatch.com)
181 points by awwstn2 on Aug 27, 2012 | 124 comments
6. Twitter Removes 'Via' Stamp From Web Client (thenextweb.com)
171 points by twapi on Aug 27, 2012 | 73 comments
7. NASA to use consumer Android smartphones in new satellites (nasa.gov)
168 points by anigbrowl on Aug 27, 2012 | 100 comments
8. Can'tada - Tracking the stuff you can't use in Canada (cantada.ca)
143 points by teamonkey on Aug 27, 2012 | 98 comments
9. Public Lab DIY Spectrometry Kit (kickstarter.com)
135 points by stevewilhelm on Aug 27, 2012 | 33 comments
10. Where did the Tweetbot for Mac Alpha go? (tapbots.com)
133 points by mattkirman on Aug 27, 2012 | 47 comments
11. Securing Stripe's Capture the Flag (gregbrockman.com)
135 points by gdb on Aug 27, 2012 | 36 comments
12. Lisp-like html as a replacement to bbcode/markup/textile (94.249.190.129)
133 points by JimmyRuska on Aug 27, 2012 | 79 comments
13. Dark matter scaffolding of universe detected for the first time (umich.edu)
131 points by fiaz on Aug 27, 2012 | 48 comments
14. Diaspora Will Now Be A Community Project (diasporafoundation.org)
119 points by arrrg on Aug 27, 2012 | 124 comments
15. Tesla model S eliminates range anxiety (motortrend.com)
115 points by is74 on Aug 27, 2012 | 127 comments
16. How to Sell Your Company (jacquesmattheij.com)
114 points by DanielRibeiro on Aug 27, 2012 | 19 comments
17. Pascal's Apology, or why computer science is complicated (bueno.org)
112 points by aristus on Aug 27, 2012 | 29 comments
18. Go's unique approach to OO (drdobbs.com)
108 points by luriel on Aug 27, 2012 | 18 comments
19. How RESTful is Your API? (bitnative.com)
97 points by housecor on Aug 27, 2012 | 56 comments
20. Apple v. Samsung Verdict: Could Bill Gates Have Patented The iPhone in 1995? (litigationandtrial.com)
93 points by MaxwellKennerly on Aug 27, 2012 | 99 comments
21. Genes Now Tell Doctors Secrets They Can’t Utter (nytimes.com)
90 points by danso on Aug 27, 2012 | 34 comments
22. BigScreen — Javascript library for HTML5 Fullscreen API (brad.is)
82 points by josephschmitt on Aug 27, 2012 | 21 comments
23. Ask.com buys About.com for $300M (zdnet.com)
81 points by boopsie on Aug 27, 2012 | 40 comments
24. Best of "Ask HN" (hnsearch.com)
80 points by olalonde on Aug 27, 2012 | 7 comments
25. JFK's Application to Harvard (scribd.com)
73 points by valgaze on Aug 27, 2012 | 84 comments
26. Gittip: Open Source Financing (pocoo.org)
72 points by kracekumar on Aug 27, 2012 | 46 comments
27. Steve Blank: Vision versus Hallucination - Founders and Pivots (steveblank.com)
71 points by gghootch on Aug 27, 2012 | 23 comments
28. Mathematical Challenges (darpa.mil)
68 points by kevinalexbrown on Aug 27, 2012 | 30 comments
29. The Exodus of Tech from Portugal (taoofmac.com)
68 points by iProject on Aug 27, 2012 | 134 comments
30. DMCA takedowns GitHub has received (github.com/github)
67 points by franze on Aug 27, 2012 | 28 comments

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