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1. Page Weight Matters (chriszacharias.com)
717 points by zacman85 on Dec 23, 2012 | 164 comments
2. Google Flights (google.com)
251 points by usaphp on Dec 23, 2012 | 125 comments
3. The best interface is no interface (cooper.com)
215 points by potomak on Dec 23, 2012 | 91 comments
4. Ed McMillen: Ubuntu Store Sold Super Meat Boy Without Permission, Has Yet To Pay (kotaku.com.au)
207 points by kotakufanb on Dec 23, 2012 | 98 comments
5. The Sex Tape Litmus Test (laverick.org)
183 points by dustin on Dec 23, 2012 | 135 comments
6. Github experiencing major service outages across all services. (status.github.com)
181 points by experiment0 on Dec 23, 2012 | 143 comments
7. Investors (chriszacharias.com)
153 points by niyazpk on Dec 23, 2012 | 46 comments
8. Whatever happened to the Hurd? – The story of the GNU OS (linuxuser.co.uk)
137 points by vorbote on Dec 23, 2012 | 87 comments
9. First Sale Under Siege: If You Bought It, You Should Own It (eff.org)
134 points by zoowar on Dec 23, 2012 | 70 comments
10. Dangling by a Trivial Feature (dadgum.com)
130 points by nickmain on Dec 23, 2012 | 62 comments
11. GitLab 4.0 Released (gitlabhq.com)
120 points by andrewmunsell on Dec 23, 2012 | 52 comments
12. FBI Documents Reveal Secret Nationwide Occupy Monitoring (justiceonline.org)
98 points by mtgx on Dec 23, 2012 | 74 comments
13. The state of low-level system programming (erik-poupaert.blogspot.com)
98 points by bluehex on Dec 23, 2012 | 59 comments
14. Ten-year-old invents light-up crosswalks, IBM makes them real (grist.org)
95 points by DanLivesHere on Dec 23, 2012 | 47 comments
15. Why Workers Are Losing the War Against Machines (theatlantic.com)
93 points by ph0rque on Dec 23, 2012 | 98 comments
16. Monads in Python (with nice syntax) (valuedlessons.com)
92 points by llambda on Dec 23, 2012 | 48 comments
17. Paul Graham may be right, but Chris Zacharias is righter (danshapiro.com)
91 points by danshapiro on Dec 23, 2012 | 31 comments
18. If you have a file called todo.txt on your computer, you're in the right place (todotxt.com)
88 points by morphics on Dec 23, 2012 | 80 comments
19. American Dream Fades for Generation Y Professionals (bloomberg.com)
81 points by spking on Dec 23, 2012 | 133 comments
20. VPN access being disabled in China (nytimes.com)
75 points by ajitk on Dec 23, 2012 | 59 comments
21. Where the logic hides in rails apps (gammons.github.com)
66 points by dogas on Dec 23, 2012 | 55 comments
22. Dr Richard Crandall has passed away (reed.edu)
65 points by salgernon on Dec 23, 2012 | 5 comments
23. What Turned Jaron Lanier Against the Web? (smithsonianmag.com)
61 points by cwan on Dec 23, 2012 | 39 comments
24. Windows 8 Sales Disappoint in Shaky PC Market (nytimes.com)
62 points by ssclafani on Dec 23, 2012 | 66 comments
25. Eligible (YC S12) Wants To Be The Stripe For Healthcare Transactions (techcrunch.com)
59 points by acremades on Dec 23, 2012 | 6 comments
26. Non-Technical Questions To Ask When Hiring A Development Firm (mojotech.com)
56 points by kishfy on Dec 23, 2012 | 29 comments
27. Ozone Widget Framework developed by the NSA (github.com/ozoneplatform)
54 points by lee337 on Dec 23, 2012 | 12 comments
28. Tata Introduces Flatpack Nano House: 215 Square Feet For $720 (caradvice.com.au)
51 points by ph0rque on Dec 23, 2012 | 18 comments
29. Making graphene with a DVD burner (hackaday.com)
50 points by anigbrowl on Dec 23, 2012 | 10 comments
30. The Simple Truth (2008) (yudkowsky.net)
48 points by 001sky on Dec 23, 2012 | 37 comments

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