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1. Duktape: an embeddable JavaScript engine (duktape.org)
445 points by bpierre on Dec 4, 2014 | 129 comments
2. Show HN: Front-end framework optimized for internal apps (getflakes.com)
438 points by khet on Dec 4, 2014 | 93 comments
3. Announcing Docker Machine, Swarm, and Compose for Orchestrating Distributed Apps (docker.com)
370 points by KenCochrane on Dec 4, 2014 | 189 comments
4. Write the Docs (writethedocs.org)
277 points by sumnulu on Dec 4, 2014 | 22 comments
5. Wyden Introduces Bill To Ban Government Backdoors Into Cellphones and Computers (senate.gov)
417 points by sethbannon on Dec 4, 2014 | 62 comments
6. Pg_shard – PostgreSQL extension to scale out real-time reads and writes (github.com/citusdata)
216 points by besquared on Dec 4, 2014 | 27 comments
7. Steve Wozniak remembers the early days [video] (bloomberg.com)
267 points by tilt on Dec 4, 2014 | 136 comments
8. Apple Deleted Rivals’ Songs from Users’ iPods (wsj.com)
296 points by kenjackson on Dec 4, 2014 | 216 comments
9. Show HN: Piste.io (piste.io)
164 points by pheelicks on Dec 4, 2014 | 66 comments
10. Ask HN: How or where to begin learning mathematics from first principles?
345 points by smtucker on Dec 4, 2014 | 123 comments
11. The SSD Endurance Experiment: Two petabytes (techreport.com)
167 points by geoffgasior on Dec 4, 2014 | 27 comments
12. Julian Assange on Living in a Surveillance Society (nytimes.com)
259 points by tysone on Dec 4, 2014 | 111 comments
13. Orion flight test rescheduled for tomorrow (nasa.gov)
169 points by tempestn on Dec 4, 2014 | 72 comments
14. Sony Got Hacked Hard: What We Know and Don't Know So Far (wired.com)
237 points by SoftwareMaven on Dec 4, 2014 | 173 comments
15. Single-shot compressed photography at one hundred billion frames per second (nature.com)
115 points by mlrtime on Dec 4, 2014 | 32 comments
16. Fossil – Simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management (fossil-scm.org)
128 points by typedweb on Dec 3, 2014 | 84 comments
17. Royalty, Espionage, and Erotica: Secrets of the World's Tiniest Photographs (collectorsweekly.com)
97 points by Petiver on Dec 4, 2014 | 3 comments
18. My Great-Great-Aunt Discovered Francium, and It Killed Her (nytimes.com)
145 points by siyer on Dec 4, 2014 | 19 comments
19. An opinionated guide to Scheme implementations (2013) (wingolog.org)
99 points by felipebueno on Dec 4, 2014 | 41 comments
20. The Byzantine Generals Problem (1982) [pdf] (microsoft.com)
110 points by typedweb on Dec 3, 2014 | 27 comments
21. US Has More Solar Workers Than Coal Miners (businessinsider.com)
125 points by lxm on Dec 3, 2014 | 106 comments
22. Distributed systems readings (cmu.edu)
141 points by nitishmd on Dec 4, 2014 | 16 comments
23. Why Lisp macros are cool, a Perl perspective (2005) (warhead.org.uk)
141 points by pmoriarty on Dec 4, 2014 | 47 comments
24. The long tail of MD5 (tedunangst.com)
80 points by zdw on Dec 4, 2014 | 56 comments
25. How to Get a Quant Job in Finance (financejobs.co)
179 points by saraha on Dec 4, 2014 | 140 comments
26. Carmageddon 1 debugging symbols dumped (1amstudios.com)
91 points by jeff_harris on Dec 4, 2014 | 31 comments
27. Uber vs. Lyft: From The Driver’s Seat (medium.com/life-learning)
116 points by gregmuender on Dec 4, 2014 | 84 comments
28. The No CAPTCHA problem (homakov.blogspot.com)
215 points by homakov on Dec 4, 2014 | 96 comments
29. The Hacker News of Cryptocurrency (bit.ink)
72 points by trendspotter on Dec 4, 2014 | 38 comments
30. LambdaLite: A functional, relational Lisp database in 250 lines of Common Lisp (github.com/wukix)
126 points by juliangamble on Dec 4, 2014 | 20 comments

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