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1. µBlock for Firefox (github.com/gorhill)
707 points by aerique on Jan 20, 2015 | 264 comments
2. Eigenvectors and eigenvalues explained visually (setosa.io)
523 points by vicapow on Jan 20, 2015 | 52 comments
3. Google Nears $1 Billion Investment in SpaceX (wsj.com)
474 points by Kopion on Jan 20, 2015 | 227 comments
4. Coinbase Raises $75M from DFJ Growth, USAA, NYSE, and More (coinbase.com)
297 points by arnauddri on Jan 20, 2015 | 190 comments
5. Why Explore Space? A 1970 Letter to a Nun in Africa (launiusr.wordpress.com)
277 points by happyscrappy on Jan 20, 2015 | 165 comments
6. The Ronco Principle (paulgraham.com)
311 points by _pius on Jan 20, 2015 | 243 comments
7. Working at Netflix (brendangregg.com)
337 points by hepha1979 on Jan 20, 2015 | 284 comments
8. India's tiger population sees 30% increase (bbc.com)
238 points by SimplyUseless on Jan 20, 2015 | 63 comments
9. LLDB debugger is coming to Windows (llvm.org)
153 points by DannyBee on Jan 20, 2015 | 34 comments
10. New police radars can 'see' inside homes (usatoday.com)
245 points by mattee on Jan 20, 2015 | 110 comments
11. HealthCare.gov Sends Personal Data to Dozens of Tracking Websites (eff.org)
346 points by markolschesky on Jan 20, 2015 | 94 comments
12. Stack Exchange Raises $40M Led by A16Z to Boost Its Programmer Forums (techcrunch.com)
268 points by couchand on Jan 20, 2015 | 224 comments
13. SpaceX Sells 10% Stake to Google, Fidelity for $1B (bloomberg.com)
339 points by _kcn8 on Jan 20, 2015 | 154 comments
14. Chiptune (chiptune.com)
165 points by karlzt on Jan 19, 2015 | 29 comments
15. So I need to be sad, bored and happy to be creative (imgur.com)
475 points by in3xes on Jan 20, 2015 | 82 comments
16. Gnome Wayland porting – the endgame (gnome.org)
145 points by bkor on Jan 19, 2015 | 70 comments
17. Explore the ownership system in Rust (nercury.github.io)
130 points by adamnemecek on Jan 19, 2015 | 43 comments
18. The button that isn’t (nuclearsecrecy.com)
120 points by danso on Jan 20, 2015 | 62 comments
19. To Be More Creative, Cheer Up (nautil.us)
122 points by dnetesn on Jan 19, 2015 | 45 comments
20. Show HN: A ReactJS Grid Component with infinite scroll, customization, and more (dynamictyped.github.io)
122 points by joelroxor on Jan 20, 2015 | 39 comments
21. Suspended jaccuzzi (jaccuzzi.ch)
225 points by henridf on Jan 20, 2015 | 100 comments
22. WebGL Path Tracing (madebyevan.com)
95 points by wgx on Jan 19, 2015 | 24 comments
23. The Simulated Annealing Algorithm (katrinaeg.com)
105 points by luu on Jan 20, 2015 | 45 comments
24. 130,000 pages of declassified US Air Force files related to UFO sightings (theblackvault.com)
169 points by ForFreedom on Jan 20, 2015 | 118 comments
25. How J.K. Rowling Plotted Harry Potter with a Hand-Drawn Spreadsheet (openculture.com)
202 points by yarapavan on Jan 20, 2015 | 48 comments
26. Darpa Unveils Upgraded Atlas Robot, Now Completely Unplugged (ieee.org)
105 points by spectruman on Jan 20, 2015 | 50 comments
27. Native Socket.IO and Android (socket.io)
111 points by Rauchg on Jan 20, 2015 | 12 comments
28. Front End Developer – Interview Questions (github.com/h5bp)
172 points by shridhad on Jan 20, 2015 | 139 comments
29. Co-Working on Vacation: A Desk in Paradise (nytimes.com)
93 points by kanamekun on Jan 20, 2015 | 69 comments
30. Mockups: How Apple can catch up to Yelp reviews and Google ratings overnight (jonsadka.com)
97 points by jonsadka on Jan 20, 2015 | 56 comments

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