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1.A tiling window manager written in Rust (github.com/kintaro)
325 points by TheHydroImpulse on Dec 17, 2014 | 170 comments
2.Linus Torvalds on semaphores (1999) (yarchive.net)
349 points by rainbowgarden on Dec 17, 2014 | 104 comments
3.Dissent – Accountable anonymous group communication (yale.edu)
244 points by geographomics on Dec 17, 2014 | 25 comments
4.NASA Rover Finds Active and Ancient Organic Chemistry on Mars (nasa.gov)
264 points by dylnclrk on Dec 16, 2014 | 101 comments
5.Linux kernel: multiple x86_64 vulnerabilities (seclists.org)
256 points by jgeralnik on Dec 17, 2014 | 64 comments
6.Final Root Cause Analysis of Nov 18 Azure Service Interruption (microsoft.com)
198 points by asyncwords on Dec 17, 2014 | 70 comments
7.Steve Jobs Introduces WebObjects [video] (1996) (msdn.com)
186 points by lpsz on Dec 17, 2014 | 98 comments
8.Evan Spiegel's Email Memo (businessinsider.com)
178 points by tomashertus on Dec 17, 2014 | 106 comments
9.Falcon 9 attempts ocean platform landing (spacex.com)
268 points by butwhy on Dec 17, 2014 | 100 comments
10.An Update to End-To-End (googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com)
142 points by aarkay on Dec 16, 2014 | 38 comments
11.Freebase is closing down; data going to WikiData (groups.google.com)
173 points by chatman on Dec 16, 2014 | 36 comments
12.The largest vessel the world has ever seen (bbc.co.uk)
160 points by sjcsjc on Dec 17, 2014 | 96 comments
13.Cuba and the U.S. will begin to normalize relations (bloomberg.com)
324 points by coreymgilmore on Dec 17, 2014 | 264 comments
14.Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Citing Threats (nytimes.com)
250 points by greenburger on Dec 17, 2014 | 256 comments
15.A look inside Facebook's source code (sintheticlabs.com)
207 points by evandrix on Dec 17, 2014 | 50 comments
16.Reverse-engineering Playstation 1 (translate.google.com)
124 points by rasz_pl on Dec 17, 2014 | 9 comments
17.AnandTech Acquired by Purch (anandtech.com)
107 points by uptown on Dec 17, 2014 | 26 comments
18.NASA Study Proposes Airships, Cloud Cities for Venus Exploration (ieee.org)
127 points by sohkamyung on Dec 17, 2014 | 97 comments
19.CSRF in Doorkeeper OAuth2 gem (homakov.blogspot.com)
249 points by homakov on Dec 17, 2014 | 79 comments
20.Handwriting vs. typing: is the pen still mightier than the keyboard? (theguardian.com)
94 points by benbreen on Dec 17, 2014 | 99 comments
21.What Happened When Marissa Mayer Tried to Be Steve Jobs (nytimes.com)
329 points by r0h1n on Dec 17, 2014 | 276 comments
22.Securing the future of GnuPG (gnupg.org)
202 points by edwintorok on Dec 17, 2014 | 52 comments
23.Computers are People, Too: Disney documentary about computer art in 1982 (vice.com)
86 points by samclemens on Dec 17, 2014 | 7 comments
24.Bioluminescent trees as an alternative to electric lighting (suny.edu)
116 points by brahadeesh on Dec 17, 2014 | 61 comments
25.The Real Story of the Write-Only-Memory (sigwom.com)
48 points by joe_bleau on Dec 17, 2014 | 15 comments
26.The Email I Received from Google in 2007 When They Wanted to Buy Zilo (2012) (berrebi.org)
205 points by zakelfassi on Dec 17, 2014 | 56 comments
27.Why college students who do historical research become analytical thinkers (theamericanscholar.org)
92 points by diodorus on Dec 17, 2014 | 28 comments
28.US Links North Korea to Sony Hacking (nytimes.com)
200 points by mcfunley on Dec 17, 2014 | 104 comments
29.Fake2db – Generate fake but valid data-filled databases (github.com/emirozer)
120 points by emirozer on Dec 17, 2014 | 15 comments
30.The Elf on the Shelf is preparing your child to live in a future police state (washingtonpost.com)
126 points by woah on Dec 17, 2014 | 67 comments

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