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1. Callbacks as our Generation's Goto Statement (tirania.org)
621 points by matthewn on Aug 15, 2013 | 274 comments
2. Introducing Stripe UK (stripe.com)
371 points by woodrow on Aug 15, 2013 | 164 comments
3. Campaign for a new HTTP Error code: 451 - Blocked for legal reasons (451unavailable.org)
362 points by JayEnn on Aug 15, 2013 | 88 comments
4. The limits of Google’s openness (technet.com)
302 points by pablosanchez on Aug 15, 2013 | 293 comments
5. Show HN: Virtual Machines in the Browser (grunseid.com)
281 points by grun on Aug 15, 2013 | 148 comments
6. [dupe] The NSA is Commandeering the Internet (schneier.com)
255 points by dllthomas on Aug 15, 2013 | 126 comments
7. Google confirms Java and OpenSSL crypto PRNG on Android are broken (android-developers.blogspot.com.au)
237 points by quadhome on Aug 15, 2013 | 149 comments
8. Firebase Leaves Beta Today (firebase.com)
239 points by lyime on Aug 15, 2013 | 44 comments
9. The anatomy of the perfect technical interview from a former Amazon VP (firstround.com)
220 points by jnazario on Aug 15, 2013 | 113 comments
10. Facebook use 'makes people feel worse about themselves' (bbc.co.uk)
165 points by tareqak on Aug 15, 2013 | 71 comments
11. Introducing choir.io (corte.si)
154 points by tomazmuraus on Aug 15, 2013 | 40 comments
12. Smalltalk runtime in the browser (amber-lang.net)
138 points by andreiursan on Aug 15, 2013 | 33 comments
13. Programmer's Dilemma (medium.com/i-m-h-o)
134 points by CoryG89 on Aug 15, 2013 | 106 comments
14. Google confirms critical Android crypto flaw used in Bitcoin heist (arstechnica.com)
131 points by shawndumas on Aug 15, 2013 | 43 comments
15. RethinkDB 1.8: date support, querying nested objects, 8x disk usage improvements (rethinkdb.com)
128 points by mglukhovsky on Aug 15, 2013 | 50 comments
16. Destructuring Assignment in ECMAScript 6 (fitzgeraldnick.com)
123 points by mnemonik on Aug 15, 2013 | 56 comments
17. Why does this Java program terminate despite appearing that it shouldn't? (stackoverflow.com)
124 points by patmcguire on Aug 15, 2013 | 121 comments
18. The Story of Japan's 'Lost Decades' was a Hoax (forbes.com/sites/eamonnfingleton)
116 points by mattm on Aug 15, 2013 | 92 comments
19. Why I should have written ZeroMQ in C, not C++ (2012) (250bpm.com)
108 points by babawere on Aug 15, 2013 | 119 comments
20. Hackers backdoor the human brain, successfully extract sensitive data (extremetech.com)
110 points by adamwintle on Aug 15, 2013 | 68 comments
21. It's the real thing (lettersofnote.com)
108 points by ezl on Aug 15, 2013 | 78 comments
22. UK courts have not been forthcoming with access to website blocking orders (openrightsgroup.org)
108 points by JayEnn on Aug 15, 2013 | 24 comments
23. The unbundling of Craigslist and Reddit (alexshye.wordpress.com)
101 points by alexshye on Aug 15, 2013 | 63 comments
24. GitHub realtime activity as soundscape (choir.io)
102 points by jsvine on Aug 15, 2013 | 35 comments
25. Datomic in the browser (ragnard.github.io)
94 points by brucehauman on Aug 15, 2013 | 12 comments
26. word2vec – Tool for computing continuous distributed representations of words (code.google.com)
92 points by linux_devil on Aug 15, 2013 | 25 comments
27. Breakthrough: Scientists have built a fully-functional mouse heart (io9.com)
90 points by jonbaer on Aug 15, 2013 | 11 comments
28. QEMU 1.6.0 is now available (gmane.org)
92 points by palebluedot on Aug 15, 2013 | 18 comments
29. Sheryl Sandberg earns $100M, but won't pay interns (news.com.au)
87 points by dolphenstein on Aug 15, 2013 | 79 comments
30. Meet the Hackers Who Want to Jailbreak the Internet (wired.com)
90 points by SonicSoul on Aug 15, 2013 | 36 comments

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