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1. Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699 (forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho)
335 points by pugz on Jan 8, 2014 | 231 comments
2. In memory of Aaron, bulk XML of every federal and state law and court ruling (webpolicy.org)
284 points by friendofaclu on Jan 8, 2014 | 55 comments
3. T-Mobile CEO: “This industry blows,” biggest carriers offer “horseshit” (arstechnica.com)
254 points by coloneltcb on Jan 8, 2014 | 184 comments
4. The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our broadband future was stolen (2007) (pbs.org)
241 points by bane on Jan 8, 2014 | 237 comments
5. To Stop Procrastinating, Look to Science of Mood Repair (wsj.com)
238 points by sushirain on Jan 8, 2014 | 66 comments
6. Stop Writing JavaScript Compilers, Make Macros Instead (jlongster.com)
242 points by jlongster on Jan 8, 2014 | 133 comments
7. How's my SSL? (howsmyssl.com)
231 points by splitbrain on Jan 8, 2014 | 86 comments
8. Dijkstra on Haskell and Java (2001) (chrisdone.com)
233 points by prajjwal on Jan 8, 2014 | 250 comments
9. [dupe] Amusing ourselves to death (onthepathofknowledge.wordpress.com)
226 points by akbarnama on Jan 8, 2014 | 124 comments
10. Another go at Go failed (oneofmanyworlds.blogspot.com)
225 points by scapbi on Jan 8, 2014 | 267 comments
11. London's first pay-per-minute cafe (theguardian.com)
201 points by wr1472 on Jan 8, 2014 | 165 comments
12. French-UAE Intel Satellite Deal in Doubt – US Parts Raise Security Concerns (defensenews.com)
181 points by dexen on Jan 8, 2014 | 83 comments
13. Childhood amnesia kicks in around age 7 (bps-research-digest.blogspot.com)
160 points by fortepianissimo on Jan 8, 2014 | 125 comments
14. Digital Ocean vs. Linode (schneidmaster.com)
166 points by schneidmaster on Jan 8, 2014 | 130 comments
15. Quietnet: Chat client that works over near-ultrasonic sound (github.com/katee)
151 points by luu on Jan 8, 2014 | 64 comments
16. The best Postgres feature you're not using – CTEs aka WITH clauses (craigkerstiens.com)
135 points by craigkerstiens on Jan 8, 2014 | 77 comments
17. Stripe adds multiple account support (stripe.com)
133 points by gdb on Jan 8, 2014 | 87 comments
18. The Open-Office Trap (newyorker.com)
130 points by bqe on Jan 8, 2014 | 121 comments
19. Show HN: Codebox - Open-source cloud and desktop IDE (github.com/friendcode)
136 points by SamyPesse on Jan 8, 2014 | 65 comments
20. Introducing R to a non-programmer in one hour (alyssafrazee.com)
127 points by mcenedella on Jan 8, 2014 | 36 comments
21. Ben Horowitz Explained (fitsnstarts.tumblr.com)
129 points by bhaumik on Jan 8, 2014 | 68 comments
22. Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS (fastcolabs.com)
121 points by mxpxpx on Jan 8, 2014 | 45 comments
23. JPMorgan Pays for Shorting Madoff Without Telling Anyone (bloomberg.com)
118 points by secretasiandan on Jan 8, 2014 | 84 comments
24. Hire by Auditions, Not Resumes (hbr.org)
111 points by _pius on Jan 8, 2014 | 53 comments
25. Security experts boycott prominent security conference over NSA ties (washingtonpost.com)
99 points by JayDoza on Jan 8, 2014 | 17 comments
26. First light images emerge from Gemini Planet Imager (llnl.gov)
97 points by nkvl on Jan 8, 2014 | 9 comments
27. Consciousness as a State of Matter (arxiv.org)
94 points by evanb on Jan 8, 2014 | 134 comments
28. A Short Talk about Richard Feynman (2005) (stephenwolfram.com)
97 points by danso on Jan 8, 2014 | 31 comments
29. The New York Times Redesign is Live (nytimes.com)
99 points by uptown on Jan 8, 2014 | 105 comments
30. Zappos says goodbye to bosses (washingtonpost.com)
98 points by webdisrupt on Jan 8, 2014 | 84 comments

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