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1. Inside the Dark, Lucrative World of Consumer Debt Collection (nytimes.com)
317 points by aet on Aug 15, 2014 | 260 comments
2. An amateur linguist loses control of the language he invented (2012) (newyorker.com)
272 points by godarderik on Aug 15, 2014 | 106 comments
3. I am not planning any nuclear attacks (henrysmith.org)
250 points by technicalfault on Aug 15, 2014 | 146 comments
4. Gavin Andresen, the Most Powerful Person in the World of Bitcoin (technologyreview.com)
208 points by lxm on Aug 15, 2014 | 30 comments
5. The 30-year-old health sector billionaire (bbc.com)
180 points by schrofer on Aug 15, 2014 | 76 comments
6. Tesla's Infinite Mile Warranty (teslamotors.com)
170 points by brbcoding on Aug 15, 2014 | 57 comments
7. The most common errors in undergraduate mathematics (vanderbilt.edu)
160 points by Tomte on Aug 15, 2014 | 110 comments
8. Green Arabia (idlewords.com)
155 points by ingve on Aug 15, 2014 | 68 comments
9. Vindinium: An artificial intelligence programming challenge (vindinium.org)
158 points by gren on Aug 15, 2014 | 42 comments
10. Packing things in your brain in a way that keeps them from leaking out (wired.com)
147 points by Tomte on Aug 15, 2014 | 50 comments
11. Kivy – Open-source Python library for rapid development of applications (kivy.org)
154 points by albertzeyer on Aug 15, 2014 | 47 comments
12. How “Legal” Are Seed Libraries? (postcarbon.org)
144 points by nkurz on Aug 15, 2014 | 74 comments
13. AI, Robotics, and the Future of Jobs [pdf] (pewinternet.org)
141 points by eplanit on Aug 15, 2014 | 149 comments
14. Ask HN: How to learn design as a hacker?
117 points by dkyc on Aug 15, 2014 | 49 comments
15. Show HN: Practical Guide to Mobile Apps Using Phonegap and Famo.us (practicalguidetomobileapps.com)
131 points by nicholasreed on Aug 15, 2014 | 70 comments
16. Open Source Game Clones (osgameclones.com)
121 points by adamnemecek on Aug 15, 2014 | 28 comments
17. Where I Should Live, According to Math (munsonscity.wordpress.com)
121 points by aaronbrethorst on Aug 15, 2014 | 75 comments
18. NSA/GCHQ: The HACIENDA Program for Internet Colonization (heise.de)
116 points by mstolpm on Aug 15, 2014 | 49 comments
19. Tax haven in the heart of Britain (2011) (newstatesman.com)
112 points by ljf on Aug 15, 2014 | 71 comments
20. Starbucks to Revise Policies to End Irregular Schedules for Its 130,000 Baristas (nytimes.com)
108 points by blatherard on Aug 15, 2014 | 53 comments
21. The Law-School Scam (theatlantic.com)
117 points by gautamnarula on Aug 15, 2014 | 78 comments
22. The Zen of Gradient Descent (mrtz.org)
100 points by ot on Aug 15, 2014 | 11 comments
23. Blink won’t implement pointer events (code.google.com)
107 points by robin_reala on Aug 15, 2014 | 63 comments
24. A Blockchain-based DNS and HTTP server (github.com/okturtles)
103 points by timtadh on Aug 15, 2014 | 25 comments
25. Basic Income is Practical Today, Necessary Soon (hawkins.ventures)
99 points by mchusma on Aug 15, 2014 | 129 comments
26. Show HN: Lit – a modern literate programming tool (github.com/cdosborn)
95 points by cdosborn on Aug 15, 2014 | 61 comments
27. Quality Software Costs Money – Heartbleed Was Free (acm.org)
94 points by dblohm7 on Aug 15, 2014 | 70 comments
28. The Future of College? (theatlantic.com)
85 points by mikeleeorg on Aug 15, 2014 | 42 comments
29. Astrophysicists propose new twist on Big Bang (uwaterloo.ca)
84 points by blazar on Aug 15, 2014 | 51 comments
30. How Boston Police Used Facial Recognition Technology to Spy on Thousands (vice.com)
99 points by fizl on Aug 15, 2014 | 24 comments

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