hackerNews

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Dark Patterns - Is it Ethical? (http://darkpatterns.org)

625 points first seen 2013030918 last seen 2016120900 307 comments

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SimCity Burning: A Warning to Publishers on The Dangers of Always-Online DRM (www.ign.com)

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Some dark corners of C (docs.google.com)

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The Professor, the Bikini Model and the Suitcase Full of Trouble (www.nytimes.com)

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Apartments So Small They Can Only Be Photographed From Above (www.theatlanticcities.com)

312 points first seen 2013030918 last seen 2013031203 204 comments

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Hacking Github with Webkit (homakov.blogspot.com)

285 points first seen 2013030918 last seen 2013031200 76 comments

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Days since last known Java 0-day exploit (http://java-0day.com)

278 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013031109 81 comments

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You now have expectation of privacy at US border, including for encrypted files (www.techdirt.com)

249 points first seen 2013030912 last seen 2013031200 144 comments

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Lord British launches new Ultima sequel on Kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com)

236 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013031106 154 comments

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Physicists Discover a Whopping 13 New Solutions to Three-Body Problem (news.sciencemag.org)

191 points first seen 2013030918 last seen 2013031115 30 comments

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Extreme debugging - a tale of microcode and an oven (alanwinfield.blogspot.com.br)

184 points first seen 2013030918 last seen 2013031112 17 comments

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Show HN: sachet – handcraft your Vim environment online (yoursachet.com)

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Flat UI, mirrored (github.com)

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Coding Cloud Heroku May Face Lawsuit Over Bait-and-Switch Claims (www.wired.com)

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Copyright Trolls Order Wordpress To Hand Over Critics’ IP Addresses (torrentfreak.com)

142 points first seen 2013030900 last seen 2013031100 75 comments

9

Make your code Runnable (http://runnable.com)

132 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013031100 55 comments

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Nanoparticles loaded with bee venom kill HIV (news.wustl.edu)

128 points first seen 2013030906 last seen 2013031100 36 comments

14

Heroku Class Action (http://herokuclassaction.com)

126 points first seen 2013030909 last seen 2013031009 67 comments

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Daemon Showdown: Upstart vs. Runit vs. Systemd vs. Circus vs. God (tech.cueup.com)

123 points first seen 2013030909 last seen 2013031100 62 comments

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VNC Viewer for Google Chrome (chrome.google.com)

108 points first seen 2013030906 last seen 2013031100 55 comments

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Netflix no longer issuing new API keys (developer.netflix.com)

97 points first seen 2013030912 last seen 2013031100 53 comments

12

The Case for a True Mac Pro Successor (hypercritical.co)

95 points first seen 2013030909 last seen 2013031003 113 comments

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PHP 5.5.0 Alpha 6 - Released (php.net)

91 points first seen 2013030900 last seen 2013031015 69 comments

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Don't be mean, it's stupid (news.layervault.com)

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All Chrome OS hack attempts fail at Pwnium 3 (www.geek.com)

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Russian scientists report new DNA under subglacial Lake Vostok (www.cbsnews.com)

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14

Clojure's Reader is Unsafe (www.learningclojure.com)

75 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013031015 36 comments

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Growth and Government (samaltman.posthaven.com)

74 points first seen 2013030906 last seen 2013030912 110 comments

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Chec(kout) - Sell anything, anywhere. A platform for longtail ecommerce. (http://trychec.com)

70 points first seen 2013030906 last seen 2013031006 66 comments

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Mark Shuttleworth: Canonical leads Ubuntu, not 'your whims' (www.theregister.co.uk)

63 points first seen 2013030918 last seen 2013031003 75 comments

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A SimCity Update (www.ea.com)

62 points first seen 2013030915 last seen 2013031009 69 comments

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Seven Steps to Success: Machine Learning in Practice (daoudclarke.github.com)

60 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013031006 8 comments

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Why Your Desktop Won't Be Running Mir/Wayland Anytime Soon (shnatsel.blogspot.ru)

58 points first seen 2013030909 last seen 2013031012 37 comments

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Decompiling C# (async/await) (community.sharpdevelop.net)

55 points first seen 2013030900 last seen 2013031003 28 comments

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RubyMotion Success Story: Jukely (blog.rubymotion.com)

55 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013031009 12 comments

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3 ways to speed up your design process (blog.jogofwar.com)

52 points first seen 2013030900 last seen 2013031003 13 comments

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SSL + CNAME + static files hosting on GAE: almost free (blog.superfeedr.com)

49 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013031003 43 comments

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Lisp: Basically Speaking (1981) [pdf] (mypage.iu.edu)

47 points first seen 2013030915 last seen 2013031018 5 comments

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Firefox Operating System: Finally Launched at Mobile Congress 2013 (www.technogist.com)

47 points first seen 2013030921 last seen 2013031012 50 comments

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Bitcoin: Soft block size limit reached (bitcointalk.org)

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Antigen is to zsh, what Vundle is to vim. (github.com)

46 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013031006 15 comments

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IOS 6.1.2 is the Most Popular Version of iOS Less than One Week Following Launch (chitika.com)

45 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013030918 46 comments

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Fixing Database Connections in Django (craigkerstiens.com)

45 points first seen 2013030909 last seen 2013031009 35 comments

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Why (or why not) to move your company to Amsterdam (startupjuncture.com)

43 points first seen 2013030900 last seen 2013030903 66 comments

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The Making of the Ultimate Fake UFO Video (www.wired.com)

41 points first seen 2013030900 last seen 2013031003 5 comments

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Rethinking Backbone.js View Rendering (elving.me)

41 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013031003 30 comments

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Did PayPal Just Clone Stripe’s API Documentation? (techcrunch.com)

41 points first seen 2013030915 last seen 2013031003 31 comments

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Computer science enrollments soared 30% last year (www.computerworld.com)

41 points first seen 2013030915 last seen 2013030921 53 comments

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CodeMirror's creator's Tern.js reaches its funding goal (www.indiegogo.com)

39 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013031003 19 comments

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Start testing your app with Casper.js (blog.codeship.io)

39 points first seen 2013030906 last seen 2013031006 20 comments

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If A Driverless Car Crashes, Who's Liable? (www.npr.org)

38 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013030903 59 comments

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You Might Be A Data Radical (hackingdistributed.com)

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ShowHN: UBER for DryClean and Laundry Delivery Service in LA (launching today) (http://wash.io)

37 points first seen 2013030906 last seen 2013030915 44 comments

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Ruby Demystified: and vs. && (blog.tinfoilsecurity.com)

37 points first seen 2013030909 last seen 2013030909 54 comments

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All the GoogleIO easter eggs (and how did I get them). (zakelfassi.com)

36 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013031003 9 comments

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Let your ideas grow (codetunes.com)

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Ranger - Slick Finder clone for the terminal (nongnu.org)

33 points first seen 2013030900 last seen 2013031000 19 comments

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MakerBot unveils 3-D scanner (www.cnn.com)

33 points first seen 2013030915 last seen 2013031015 6 comments

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A really well-designed combination lock (scottbarstow.com)

33 points first seen 2013030915 last seen 2013031006 18 comments

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Big-O and related notation (www.johndcook.com)

32 points first seen 2013030906 last seen 2013030921 2 comments

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FreeType Development and Maintainance (pledgie.com)

31 points first seen 2013030915 last seen 2013031012 4 comments

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The road that can heal itself (www.humansinvent.com)

30 points first seen 2013030900 last seen 2013031000 18 comments

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ACLU: Military Weapons Used By Local Police (stlouis.cbslocal.com)

29 points first seen 2013030921 last seen 2013031012 16 comments

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Stack Overflow Moderator Election (stackoverflow.com)

27 points first seen 2013030909 last seen 2013030915 39 comments

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Beware Discount Steam Keys (unknownworlds.com)

27 points first seen 2013030912 last seen 2013030912 31 comments

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Interviewing for Intelligence (refer.ly)

27 points first seen 2013030912 last seen 2013031003 27 comments

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Gwapo's Professional DDOS Service (www.ddossite.com)

26 points first seen 2013030915 last seen 2013031000 20 comments

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Beware of fake VC scams (news.ycombinator.com)

25 points first seen 2013030912 last seen 2013030918 0 comments

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Google swinging axe, cutting its Motorola workforce by 10 percent (arstechnica.com)

22 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013030921 10 comments

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Skype's Been Hijacked in China, and Microsoft Is O.K. With It (www.businessweek.com)

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European Parliament blocks citizen e-mails protesting EU 'porn ban' (news.cnet.com)

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An iPhone Lover’s Take On The Nexus 4 (techcrunch.com)

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Farmers in India use Pepsi/Coke instead of pesticides (news.bbc.co.uk)

19 points first seen 2013030921 last seen 2013030921 12 comments

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Crafting the Perfect Intro Tutorial (blog.siasto.com)

18 points first seen 2013030906 last seen 2013031000 10 comments

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Show HN: Techendo - A Tech Show (news.ycombinator.com)

18 points first seen 2013030909 last seen 2013030915 5 comments

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Creepier By The Minute: Google Glass Will Identify People By Clothing Choices (www.macgasm.net)

16 points first seen 2013030903 last seen 2013030903 32 comments

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Apple finally turns HTTPS on for the App Store, fixing a lot of vulnerabilities (elie.im)

16 points first seen 2013030921 last seen 2013031009 0 comments

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Maxis explains what went wrong with SimCity & how they're fixing it (www.polygon.com)

15 points first seen 2013030918 last seen 2013030921 12 comments

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MIT's charm school for geeks turns 20 (news.msn.com)

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Ask HN: What Are Your RubyMotion Gotchas? (news.ycombinator.com)

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Ask HN: What kind of small programs can I develop for small income? (news.ycombinator.com)

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Starting a Company? It’s Okay to Work Part-time. (technori.com)

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Paypal responds to Stripe, by cloning Stripe's website CSS by CSS. (twitter.com)

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First Bitcoin Hedge Fund Launches From Malta (www.forbes.com)

11 points first seen 2013030912 last seen 2013030918 0 comments

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White House Petition to Eliminate Daylight Savings Time (petitions.whitehouse.gov)

11 points first seen 2013030912 last seen 2013030912 5 comments

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Early Re-Payment of Tesla’s ATVM Loan (www.teslamotors.com)

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Can you fit your Life into a Backpack? (www.ramen.io)

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Discovery of a microscopic world shook the foundations of theology (www.aeonmagazine.com)

10 points first seen 2013030912 last seen 2013031000 8 comments

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Facebook Acqhires Storylane Because It’s Time To Fight Tumblr (techcrunch.com)

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FBI entrapping hackers - using FBI self-signed SSL cert (news.ycombinator.com)

9 points first seen 2013030915 last seen 2013030918 6 comments

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Spore: Open source, Open standards encrypted VOIP client and network for Android (myceli.al)

8 points first seen 2013030909 last seen 2013030918 0 comments

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To Make Mice Smarter, Add A Few Human Brain Cells (www.npr.org)

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Scaling Agile at Gilt Groupe (tech.gilt.com)

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Avoid Drowning: Swim your way through a new code base (www.roguelynn.com)

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Meteor Devshop 1: The Shape of Things to Come (meteor.com)

6 points first seen 2013030912 last seen 2013030918 0 comments

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An anonymous EA employee's letter regarding Sim City (www.reddit.com)

6 points first seen 2013030912 last seen 2013030912 0 comments

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Eric Lippert's Monads - Part 5 (ericlippert.com)

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Learning to code, with no Internet access. (news.ycombinator.com)

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A Practical Guide to Using Signed Ruby Gems - Part 2: Heroku (blog.meldium.com)

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Georgia House rejects bill to ban municipal fiber networks (arstechnica.com)

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RFduino: iPhone, Bluetooth 4.0, Arduino Compatible Board (www.kickstarter.com)

5 points first seen 2013030906 last seen 2013030906 3 comments

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Python Little Unix Server Toolkit (github.com)

5 points first seen 2013030906 last seen 2013030906 0 comments

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Google's Motorola Unit to Cut 10% of Workforce (online.wsj.com)

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Show HN: Glancy - Article lengths at a glance (glancyapp.com)

5 points first seen 2013030909 last seen 2013030912 0 comments

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The Design Ego (www.zethussuen.com)

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Ask HN: What are ways to make money on the web? (news.ycombinator.com)

5 points first seen 2013030909 last seen 2013030909 5 comments

0

Acme vs emacs vs vim (i.imgur.com)

4 points first seen 2013030900 last seen 2013030900 0 comments

0

How to Start Reading Less and Doing More (blog.nimblegecko.com)

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Ask HN: What would your dream summer internship in NYC be? (news.ycombinator.com)

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Google and MPEG LA End All Disputes on VP8 (www.infoq.com)

4 points first seen 2013030906 last seen 2013030906 0 comments

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How to go viral every time (spoiler: it's luck) (blog.visual.ly)

4 points first seen 2013030906 last seen 2013030906 0 comments

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Microsoft patent may block Google Maps in Germany (www.zdnet.com)

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Berkeley Councilman Proposes Email Tax To Fund Postal Service (sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com)

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Automating Android app tests with calabash-android (blog.appthwack.com)

4 points first seen 2013030909 last seen 2013030915 0 comments

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Show HN: Mealmatch - end hunger. Check out our mobile web app (http://mealmatch.org)

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How many languages is it possible to know? (www.mentalfloss.com)

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AwesomeBall source code on github (over 2M app store downloads) (github.com)

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What Happened When Humans Met Neanderthals? (www.npr.org)

4 points first seen 2013030912 last seen 2013030915 0 comments

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HyperCard almost shipped as a plugin-based Flash competitor (1996 WWDC) (groups.google.com)

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CIA Director Sworn In Using Constitution Lacking Bill of Rights (www.emptywheel.net)

4 points first seen 2013030921 last seen 2013031000 0 comments

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Merkel Tours Berlin Start-Ups: 'People Pay Money for That?' (www.spiegel.de)

4 points first seen 2013030921 last seen 2013030921 0 comments

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In Man-Rich Silicon Valley, It Seems Like Strikeout.com (2000) (www.nytimes.com)

4 points first seen 2013030921 last seen 2013030921 0 comments

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Ask HN: Where do you buy images for your blog posts? (news.ycombinator.com)

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AVG Technologies CEO stepping down (investors.avg.com)

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PayPal Launches Simpler, Mobile APIs And More (techcrunch.com)

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First C compiler pops up on Github (www.theregister.co.uk)

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Birth of a new particle (www.guardian.co.uk)

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Slideshow: Y Combinator hardware hackathon's prize-winning designs (www.eetimes.com)