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1. Dear Open Source Project Leader: Quit Being A Jerk (lostechies.com)
418 points by derickbailey on Dec 14, 2012 | 180 comments
2. Ole Roemer and the Speed of Light (amnh.org)
322 points by tmoretti on Dec 14, 2012 | 68 comments
3. Want to learn to code? Don't copy and paste, type out other people's code (shockoe.com)
322 points by tomasien on Dec 14, 2012 | 178 comments
4. Ray Kurzweil joins Google (kurzweilai.net)
312 points by dumitrue on Dec 14, 2012 | 163 comments
5. Brython - Python to Javascript translator (brython.info)
270 points by toni on Dec 14, 2012 | 68 comments
6. EFF: Stop Congress from Reauthorizing the Warrantless Spying Bill (eff.org)
225 points by mtgx on Dec 14, 2012 | 42 comments
7. Google Disabling Exchange Sync for Free Accounts (support.google.com)
188 points by HaloZero on Dec 14, 2012 | 150 comments
8. Moravec's paradox (wikipedia.org)
188 points by kristiandupont on Dec 14, 2012 | 43 comments
9. Tcl the misunderstood (2006) (antirez.com)
181 points by zeitg3ist on Dec 14, 2012 | 108 comments
10. Thank HN: You helped the FreeBSD Foundation raise over $43K in three days (freebsdfoundation.blogspot.com)
169 points by profquail on Dec 14, 2012 | 24 comments
11. Why we still love board games (timharford.com)
160 points by ColinWright on Dec 14, 2012 | 135 comments
12. Working alone sucks (fleetadmiral.tumblr.com)
153 points by labaraka on Dec 14, 2012 | 112 comments
13. Programmer creates 800,000 books algorithmically, starts selling them on Amazon (extremetech.com)
151 points by Libertatea on Dec 14, 2012 | 138 comments
14. A vim interface for gmail: Vmail (danielchoi.com)
145 points by ezl on Dec 14, 2012 | 75 comments
15. Why We’re Building Collections (collections.me)
144 points by jordanlee on Dec 14, 2012 | 85 comments
16. Alfred V2 Sneak Peek: Workflows (alfredapp.com)
129 points by neilmiddleton on Dec 14, 2012 | 18 comments
17. Guardian kills its Facebook social reader, regains control over its content (gigaom.com)
126 points by mtgx on Dec 14, 2012 | 36 comments
18. A Bad UI Pattern (kapilkale.com)
123 points by kapilkale on Dec 14, 2012 | 55 comments
19. Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut (cnn.com)
117 points by KenCochrane on Dec 14, 2012 | 322 comments
20. Web Discussions: Flat by Design (codinghorror.com)
111 points by stalled on Dec 14, 2012 | 84 comments
21. Patented Book Writing System Creates, Sells Hundreds Of Thousands Of Books (singularityhub.com)
79 points by jamesbritt on Dec 14, 2012 | 32 comments
22. Stripe adds two-factor auth (stripe.com)
78 points by pc on Dec 14, 2012 | 45 comments
23. Tech Trends I’ve Noticed As A 16 Year Old (launchside.com)
72 points by colbyaley on Dec 14, 2012 | 67 comments
24. Google launches 18 new Google+ features (gplusproject.appspot.com)
69 points by HugoDias on Dec 14, 2012 | 19 comments
25. How 5 years of reading HN enabled me to build the website for my business (czstrong.com)
64 points by czstrong on Dec 14, 2012 | 27 comments
26. Have Scientists Found Two Different Higgs Bosons? (scientificamerican.com)
63 points by ColinWright on Dec 14, 2012 | 47 comments
27. US, Canada, Australia and UK refuse to sign UN's communications treaty (bbc.co.uk)
64 points by yuxt on Dec 14, 2012 | 27 comments
28. Gary McKinnon will not face UK charges (bbc.co.uk)
63 points by neilmiddleton on Dec 14, 2012 | 11 comments
29. Show HN: Introducing KA Lite, an offline version of Khan Academy (jamiealexandre.com)
61 points by jamalex on Dec 14, 2012 | 3 comments
30. The open-source "svblte like" blogging platform (simvla.net)
60 points by simvla on Dec 14, 2012 | 54 comments

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