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1. Today I Briefed Congress on the NSA (schneier.com)
537 points by edwintorok on Jan 16, 2014 | 140 comments
2. UTF-8 Everywhere (utf8everywhere.org)
275 points by angersock on Jan 16, 2014 | 149 comments
3. Tell HN: Server Status
273 points by kogir on Jan 16, 2014 | 120 comments
4. NSA collects millions of text messages daily in 'untargeted' global sweep (theguardian.com)
272 points by weu on Jan 16, 2014 | 73 comments
5. Obama’s Path From Critic to Overseer of Spying (nytimes.com)
249 points by mjstahl on Jan 16, 2014 | 186 comments
6. Value is created by doing (samaltman.com)
237 points by lpolovets on Jan 16, 2014 | 106 comments
7. The iPod of Prison (newyorker.com)
191 points by trey_swann on Jan 16, 2014 | 92 comments
8. World’s most photographed places (sightsmap.com)
180 points by shawndumas on Jan 16, 2014 | 50 comments
9. Rdio is Now Free on the Web (rdio.com)
168 points by oakaz on Jan 16, 2014 | 103 comments
10. WebKit.js: Pure JavaScript Port of WebKit (github.com/trevorlinton)
157 points by bpierre on Jan 16, 2014 | 89 comments
11. Secret State of North Korea [video] (pbs.org)
151 points by bane on Jan 16, 2014 | 92 comments
12. The search for the lost Cray supercomputer OS (gigaom.com)
144 points by bane on Jan 16, 2014 | 42 comments
13. What's expected of us (nature.com)
129 points by luu on Jan 16, 2014 | 57 comments
14. Show HN: An Open-Source Data Science Curriculum (github.com/datasciencemasters)
135 points by coderjack on Jan 16, 2014 | 43 comments
15. Tcl the misunderstood (2006) (antirez.com)
131 points by throwaway344 on Jan 16, 2014 | 45 comments
16. Same word. Different places? Different meanings (sivers.org)
124 points by sachitgupta on Jan 16, 2014 | 49 comments
17. Frere-Jones is suing Hoefler for half of preeminent digital type foundry (qz.com)
125 points by tptacek on Jan 16, 2014 | 24 comments
18. Coding tip: Leave your code in a broken state (plus.google.com)
120 points by mmahemoff on Jan 16, 2014 | 61 comments
19. Why Real Estate Tech Is So Attractive For Founders (ezliu.com)
117 points by ezl on Jan 16, 2014 | 112 comments
20. In London 'Guardians' live in empty office buildings (wsj.com)
114 points by anigbrowl on Jan 16, 2014 | 95 comments
21. Nimrod: A New Approach to Metaprogramming [video] (infoq.com)
111 points by dom96 on Jan 16, 2014 | 83 comments
22. Node.js and the Road Ahead (nodejs.org)
112 points by fcambus on Jan 16, 2014 | 45 comments
23. Happy 25th Tcl (tkdocs.com)
108 points by draegtun on Jan 16, 2014 | 45 comments
24. .NET Fiddle adds F# (dotnetfiddle.net)
105 points by refactormonkey on Jan 16, 2014 | 71 comments
25. Adventures in Wearable Electronics – Making a Light-up Dress (ofbrooklyn.com)
109 points by conesus on Jan 16, 2014 | 30 comments
26. Eero Saarinen's Bell Labs, Now Devoid of Life (metropolismag.com)
101 points by andyjohnson0 on Jan 16, 2014 | 48 comments
27. No more time limits on Spotify (spotify.com)
95 points by mrhicks on Jan 16, 2014 | 96 comments
28. Coming to an office near you (economist.com)
91 points by Danieru on Jan 16, 2014 | 30 comments
29. Obama Is Announcing His NSA Reforms Tomorrow - Use This Scorecard To Judge Them (thedaywefightback.org)
85 points by thomasfromcdnjs on Jan 16, 2014 | 92 comments
30. [dupe] Judge rules TSA no-fly procedures unconstitutional (boingboing.net)
84 points by not_that_noob on Jan 16, 2014 | 29 comments

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