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1. The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones (idiallo.com)
566 points by firefoxd on Oct 24, 2013 | 396 comments
2. LinkedIn ‘Intro’duces Insecurity (bishopfox.com)
565 points by shenoybr on Oct 24, 2013 | 155 comments
3. NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders (theguardian.com)
501 points by qubitsam on Oct 24, 2013 | 223 comments
4. Finally, A Bill To End Patent Trolling (arstechnica.com)
448 points by drob on Oct 24, 2013 | 62 comments
5. How I compiled TrueCrypt 7.1a for Win32 and matched the official binaries (concordia.ca)
346 points by maqr on Oct 24, 2013 | 105 comments
6. Off (marco.org)
300 points by mh_ on Oct 24, 2013 | 216 comments
7. New banner ads push actual Google results to bottom 12% of the screen (arstechnica.com)
271 points by llambda on Oct 24, 2013 | 135 comments
8. So You'd Like to Make a Map using Python (sensitivecities.com)
265 points by urschrei on Oct 24, 2013 | 40 comments
9. The best patent troll-killing bill yet (eff.org)
258 points by beauzero on Oct 24, 2013 | 31 comments
10. Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 billion (microsoft.com)
244 points by coloneltcb on Oct 24, 2013 | 237 comments
11. Google breaks 2005 promise never to show banner ads on search results (theguardian.com)
245 points by saurabh on Oct 24, 2013 | 205 comments
12. The Man Who Would Teach Machines to Think (theatlantic.com)
228 points by jonbaer on Oct 24, 2013 | 85 comments
13. Primer on elliptic curve cryptography (arstechnica.com)
205 points by andrewfong on Oct 24, 2013 | 47 comments
14. Introducing Cover (coverscreen.tumblr.com)
196 points by timdorr on Oct 24, 2013 | 96 comments
15. The short, tormented life of computer genius Phil Katz (2000) (bbsdocumentary.com)
187 points by nbaksalyar on Oct 24, 2013 | 64 comments
16. Fedora Linux will switch to Python 3 by default (fedoraproject.org)
188 points by Tsiolkovsky on Oct 24, 2013 | 71 comments
17. Php.net detected as a malware host by Google Safe Browsing (google.com)
176 points by nivla on Oct 24, 2013 | 168 comments
18. Exact numeric nth derivatives (jliszka.github.io)
164 points by jliszka on Oct 24, 2013 | 47 comments
19. How to Build Willpower for the Weak (time.com)
140 points by mofeeta on Oct 24, 2013 | 54 comments
20. Norwegian Town's Bright Idea Is A Shining Example Of Ingenuity (npr.org)
136 points by ColinWright on Oct 24, 2013 | 46 comments
21. The Pricing Model That Increased Our Free Trial Signups by 358% (groovehq.com)
141 points by nathas on Oct 24, 2013 | 36 comments
22. Towards an inexpensive open-source desktop CT scanner (tricorderproject.org)
128 points by matthewbadeau on Oct 24, 2013 | 41 comments
23. How to write a 48-hour game in just 2 years (postagon.com)
119 points by joeyspacerocks on Oct 24, 2013 | 33 comments
24. The making of Elite (theguardian.com)
106 points by callum85 on Oct 24, 2013 | 56 comments
25. Driverless cars are further away than you think (technologyreview.com)
91 points by kungfooey on Oct 24, 2013 | 103 comments
26. Level Up Your Shell Game (viget.com)
91 points by dce on Oct 24, 2013 | 46 comments
27. New Relic now supports Node.js (newrelic.com)
93 points by ColinWright on Oct 24, 2013 | 27 comments
28. CandyBox2 ASCII web game (candybox2.net)
85 points by acemtp on Oct 24, 2013 | 40 comments
29. Apps, made better by everyone (assemblymade.tumblr.com)
83 points by chrislloyd on Oct 24, 2013 | 29 comments
30. List of Open Source Licences in Mercedes Cars [pdf] (mercedes-benz.com)
82 points by Xylakant on Oct 24, 2013 | 59 comments

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