hackerNews

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Snowden calls Lavabit's stand "inspiring" (www.theguardian.com)

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The president is wrong: The NSA debate wouldn’t have happened without Snowden (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Adam Curtis: Real state secret is that spies aren't good at their jobs (www.bbc.co.uk)

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How I Created the Iconic iPhone Sound (jacklinstudios.com)

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4

Awesome text-based terminal screencasts (http://showterm.io)

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NSA loophole allows warrantless search for US citizens' emails and phone calls (www.theguardian.com)

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Meta (YC S13), The Crazy AR Glasses That Aim To Do What Google Glass Can’t (techcrunch.com)

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Panopticlick — How Unique, and Trackable, Is Your Browser? (panopticlick.eff.org)

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SWAT-Team Nation: The Militarization of the U.S. Police (www.newyorker.com)

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We need an NRA for privacy (news.ycombinator.com)

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Obama to release FISA court opinion that ruled NSA surveillance unconstitutional (www.eff.org)

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Information Dashboard Design, 2nd Edition (chartio.com)

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NSA revelations could hurt collaboration with 'betrayed' hackers (www.reuters.com)

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6

A Mathematician’s Lament (2002) [pdf] (www.maa.org)

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7

Woody Allen: What I've learned (www.esquire.com)

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7

New Sublime Package Control Site (sublime.wbond.net)

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Senic (YC S13) builds a laser distance meter for smartphones (techcrunch.com)

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CloudFlare and Free Speech (blog.cloudflare.com)

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3

Firebase 404 (www.firebase.com)

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Deutsche Telekom, Web.de and GMX launch "E-mail made in Germany" initiative (www.telekom.com)

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13

Let's remove verbs from HTTP 2.0 (www.onebigfluke.com)

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"To come up with something truly original, you have to ignore common sense." (vooza.com)

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12

Open Source Backdoor – Copyrighted Under GNU GPL (blog.sucuri.net)

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7

Top Rift Experiences Right Now (www.oculusriftinfo.com)

89 points first seen 2013081009 last seen 2013081203 31 comments

8

Show HN: An open-source media hosting site that's anonymous and fast (blog.mediacru.sh)

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18

Plan 9 ported to the Raspberry Pi (plan9.bell-labs.com)

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6

Is a Nest worth the money? (developdaly.com)

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8

Getting started with Clojure (aheusingfeld.github.io)

86 points first seen 2013081021 last seen 2013081209 43 comments

9

SSD myths and legends: write endurance (www.storagesearch.com)

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Koding - Free VMs for online development (koding.github.io)

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Ubuntu Phone Will Be A Big Success, Even If It Never Happens (www.forbes.com)

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9

How to write a command line application in Node.js (blog.liangzan.net)

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Tumblr founder to get $81 million to remain at Yahoo (www.cnbc.com)

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7

3D printing tiny human livers (www.newscientist.com)

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Keep Your GitHub Email Address Private (github.com)

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LocalOn (YC S13) Gives Small Businesses a One-Stop Shop for Online Marketing (techcrunch.com)

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Google Latitude retired (support.google.com)

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11

Why functional programming? Why Haskell? (book.realworldhaskell.org)

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9

Why Bitcoins are more expensive in Argentina than in the US (www.coindesk.com)

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“Hand of Thief” Trojan Targets Linux (blogs.rsa.com)

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AOL CEO Fires Somebody for Pulling Out a Camera in a Meeting About Layoffs (www.theatlantic.com)

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8

Android 4.3 Factory images for Nexus 7 (2013) Available (developers.google.com)

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President Obama Proposes Reforms To Surveillance Programs (npr.org)

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Bitcoin Ticker Available On Bloomberg Terminal (techcrunch.com)

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21

How to efficiently operate the Arduino GSM shield with a battery pack (comoyo.github.io)

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38

Godaddy caves to UK Porn hysteria (domainincite.com)

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15

Hack.me: build, host & share vulnerable code for educational & research purpose (hack.me)

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NSA releases documents, says it monitors 1.6% of the world's Internet traffic (www.cnn.com)

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25

Why Should I Care What Color the Bikeshed Is? (1999) (white.bikeshed.com)

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Docker and StriderCD: Brilliant Continuous Integration In A Box (blog.frozenridge.co)

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Apple Developer Center is Fully Restored (developer.apple.com)

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Intuit Acquires Techstars Startup GoodApril Before Demo Day (allthingsd.com)

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Why is encryption so hard? (news.ycombinator.com)

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NSA Customer Appreciation Page (watchingover.us)

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22

Show HN: A New Category of Web Forms (ncrafts.net)

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Yahoo's new killer app (medium.com)

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Obama, tech executives met to discuss surveillance (www.reuters.com)

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Breaking Through Limits on Spying (www.nytimes.com)

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Why there hasn’t been a successor to the Concord (www.slate.com)

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The story so far (www.avalon-asics.com)

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“What’s a Browser?” – Remembering the Non-Tech-Savvy User (spin.atomicobject.com)

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MSNBC Contributor: Debate over NSA is a 'Privileged' Discussion (www.mediaite.com)

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Kids can't use computers... and this is why it should worry you (www.coding2learn.org)

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Obama Announces Website For NSA Transparency, 3 More Reforms (techcrunch.com)

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Press Fails To Ask Any NSA Questions At President Obama’s NSA Press Conference (techcrunch.com)

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TestCafé: Web Testing Framework (http://testcafe.devexpress.com)

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Father and son found in Vietnam jungle after fleeing the war 40 years ago (www.news.com.au)

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A Brief History of Apple's iWatch (dashes.com)

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US War On Hackers Backfires: Now Top Hackers Won't Work With US Government (www.techdirt.com)

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[2004] It's Not software (Steve Yegge) (sites.google.com)

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Results of May's HN unix command survey (spoiler: lots of Rails) (jvns.ca)

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Sen. Feinstein: 'Real' Journalists Draw Salaries (www.techdirt.com)

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Obama to Offer Plan Meant to Ease Concerns on Surveillance (www.nytimes.com)

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Edward Snowden, patriot (www.washingtonpost.com)

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NSA Can't Do Arithmetic (rationalconspiracy.com)

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Upworthy Goes Viral by Optimizing Optimism (www.businessweek.com)

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Why Should I Care What Color the Bikeshed Is? (1999) (gray.bikeshed.com)

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Kim Dotcom Will Move Mega Privacy Services to Iceland to Avoid Spying (torrentfreak.com)

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Acer will have a tough time using Chrome OS, Android to offset sliding PC sales (arstechnica.com)

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Do Product Faster: On being a Techstar Hackstar (www.roycehaynes.com)

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A solar-powered Linux laptop is being designed (www.zdnet.com)

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SATA 3.2 standard finalized, promises faster and smaller storage (www.engadget.com)

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Python Generator Hacking (2009) (www.slideshare.net)

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President Obama press conference on NSA reforms (live, starting around 3pm EST) (www.whitehouse.gov)

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High 'Game of Thrones' piracy is 'better than an Emmy,' says Time Warner CEO (www.theverge.com)

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The builders of this Spanish skyscraper forgot the elevator (gizmodo.com)

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New Computer Programming Language Imitates The Human Brain (io9.com)

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Pentagon considers employees unhappy with US policies a security threat (rt.com)

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Obama pledges greater surveillance transparency (www.bbc.co.uk)

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0

Avoid Co-Working Spaces With ‘Brogrammers’ (blogs.wsj.com)

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Open Letter to Jeff Bezos From ex-Washington Post Staffer Kara Swisher (allthingsd.com)

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0

Journalistic Source Protection Defence Fund (wikileaks.org)

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Tell HN: thank you (+ a 50% discount during 3 months on my new SaaS) (news.ycombinator.com)

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PGP key as Facebook profile photo (news.ycombinator.com)

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Obama to announce proposals to reform NSA surveillance (www.washingtonpost.com)

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56.4 TH/s of Avalon Bitcoin Mining ASICs Reportedly Held Up in Customs (thegenesisblock.com)

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Things that can go wrong with Ruby 1.9 string encodings (blog.rayapps.com)

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As rents rise, struggling tenants face uncertain future (mv-voice.com)

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Obama's Challenge: Answer Snowden Without Seeming To (www.npr.org)

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Bitcoin Ticker Arrives on Bloomberg Terminal (But only for Employees for Now) (btcgeek.com)

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Ask HN: Advice for Canadian looking to move to US for IT work (news.ycombinator.com)

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U.S. Panel Orders Import Ban on Some Samsung Devices (online.wsj.com)

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Ask HN: Are we complicit in the NSA dragnet? (news.ycombinator.com)

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0

Is the Fourth Amendment Now Illegal? (marginalrevolution.com)

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Snowden revelations force Obama's hand on surveillance program (firstread.nbcnews.com)

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0

Ask HN: can I visit your Berlin office? (news.ycombinator.com)

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0

Why JavaScript Will Become The Dominant Programming Language Of The Enterprise (readwrite.com)

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63

W3Fools – A W3Schools Intervention (www.w3fools.com)

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0

Ask HN: What do you do with your dead projects? (news.ycombinator.com)

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The Right Tool for the Job: Django, Drupal and PE (www.projectevolution.com)

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0

Ask HN: How do you deal with clients who keep second guessing your decisions? (news.ycombinator.com)

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0

Jake Davis: Why I am banned from associating with Anonymous (pastebin.com)

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The war on curly braces and angle brackets (techblog.stickyworld.com)

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0

Walmart’s Worst Nightmare: A small chain based in Idaho (business.time.com)

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Registration open for 20th Annual Tcl Conference in New Orleans (www.tcl.tk)

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ITC bans older Samsung phones for infringing Apple patents (www.theverge.com)

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0

NAND to MIPS: A Crash Course in CPU Architecture (slid.es)

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86

The Pirate Bay Turns 10 Years Old: The History (torrentfreak.com)

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NY judge denies Apple Inc. request in e-books case (news.yahoo.com)

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0

FunnyOrDie: NSA Wiretapping Public Service Announcement (www.youtube.com)

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A Weak Agenda on Spying Reform (www.nytimes.com)

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Study shows how Burning Man’s unique culture alters your emotional regulation (www.psypost.org)

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Why glasses are so expensive - 60 Minutes (www.youtube.com)

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0

Ask HN: Good VPS offerings from companies outside the US? (news.ycombinator.com)

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Scala mocking with Mockito (workwithplay.com)

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Fastmail uses perfect forward secrecy with https/TLS connections (blog.fastmail.fm)

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The Innovation of Loneliness (www.youtube.com)

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Linux desktop Trojan 'Hand of Thief' steals in (www.zdnet.com)

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0

How XEROX Invented (and Killed) Printing (www.ezeep.com)

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0

Ask HN: Given the Lavabit case should we trust LastPass? (news.ycombinator.com)

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SEO for Ruby on Rails (Complete Guide) (www.inboundio.com)

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Blink is back (github.com)

3 points first seen 2013081006 last seen 2013081006 0 comments

0

What is Koding? - Koding in 2 Minutes (www.youtube.com)

3 points first seen 2013081006 last seen 2013081006 0 comments

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The Most Important 45 Minutes of My Day (blog.byankit.com)

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Note to Self: Never Do This (sciencecareers.sciencemag.org)

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John Carmack's Quakecon 2013 Keynote (www.youtube.com)

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Obama Proposes Surveillance Policy Overhaul (online.wsj.com)

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C++ explained (soundcloud.com)

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Coursera: Universities are Dead (johnlawrenceaspden.blogspot.co.uk)

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Encryption App Silent Circle Shuts Down E-Mail Service 'To Prevent Spying' (www.forbes.com)

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Help end texting while driving (www.change.org)

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Hierarchies of mediocrity in JavaScript (medium.com)

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0

Really, Expression Engine? (reallyexpressionengine.tumblr.com)

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[Apple] All Developer Program Services Are Now Back Online (news.ycombinator.com)

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0

For those of you looking to break into programming (www.rdegges.com)

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An Open Letter to David Cameron and the IOC (www.stephenfry.com)

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0

Open source management tool for Mercurial and GIT (github.com)

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0

Reply to Paul Graham: How to Flunk Philosophy | Partially Examined Life (www.partiallyexaminedlife.com)

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Grouper (YC W12) seeks Senior Engineer (news.ycombinator.com)

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Teespring is looking for Ruby developers (news.ycombinator.com)

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