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1.Id Software founder John Carmack resigns (polygon.com)
590 points by footpath on Nov 22, 2013 | 99 comments
2.Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion (fide.com)
430 points by jordanmessina on Nov 22, 2013 | 253 comments
3.HTML5 game written in 0 lines of JS (codepen.io)
418 points by golergka on Nov 22, 2013 | 119 comments
4.DOJ lied to Supreme Court to avoid judicial review of warrantless surveillance (documentcloud.org)
356 points by revelation on Nov 22, 2013 | 91 comments
5.Google Account Recovery Vulnerability (orenh.com)
245 points by adamnemecek on Nov 22, 2013 | 27 comments
6.Building a Crystal Clear Whiteboard (hackaday.com)
219 points by hepha1979 on Nov 22, 2013 | 44 comments
7.How to design a class (stackoverflow.com)
210 points by SandB0x on Nov 22, 2013 | 67 comments
8.Sudden Progress on Prime Number Problem Has Mathematicians Buzzing (wired.com)
201 points by lelf on Nov 22, 2013 | 74 comments
9.ClojureScript Koans: Learn ClojureScript from inside your browser (clojurescriptkoans.com)
183 points by lazerwalker on Nov 22, 2013 | 36 comments
10.Programming Language Checklist (colinm.org)
176 points by kibwen on Nov 22, 2013 | 64 comments
11.Redis 2.8.0 stable is out (groups.google.com)
180 points by antirez on Nov 22, 2013 | 58 comments
12.How Python became the language of choice for data science (mikiobraun.de)
175 points by davmre on Nov 22, 2013 | 79 comments
13.Richest Bitcoin Addresses (bitcoinrichlist.com)
172 points by cfontes on Nov 22, 2013 | 200 comments
14.Ionic – A front-end framework for developing hybrid mobile apps in HTML5 (ionicframework.com)
178 points by ds_ on Nov 22, 2013 | 88 comments
15.Wolfram Language (wolfram.com)
171 points by lelf on Nov 22, 2013 | 122 comments
16.Why don't metals bond when touched together? (physics.stackexchange.com)
165 points by laurent123456 on Nov 22, 2013 | 26 comments
17.Bill Gates funds creation of graphene condoms (extremetech.com)
153 points by robabbott on Nov 22, 2013 | 127 comments
18.Virgin Galactic to accept Bitcoin [video] (cnbc.com)
150 points by nightTrevors on Nov 22, 2013 | 102 comments

>between two entities usually consists of a heavily guarded, insured, physical shipment of cash or gold.

Err, life isn't a james bond movie. For money transfer like this we use bank wires. We dont buy gold and ship it on gunships anymore.

20.That 60W-equivalent LED: What no one will tell you (edn.com)
149 points by Shivetya on Nov 22, 2013 | 181 comments

Consider this: They paid $0.00 for the transfer of $150 million dollars.

A direct (i.e. not based on third party credit, regulations, etc.) transfer of wealth of this magnitude between two entities usually consists of a heavily guarded, insured, physical shipment of cash or gold. Depending how safely you want to make the transfer, and how far the entities are on the globe, it can cost hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.

Bitcoin has real value. It solves problems on an incredible scale. I wish I realized this months ago.

22.Germany threatens to jail Carl Malamud for making the law available for free (boingboing.net)
131 points by Amadou on Nov 22, 2013 | 80 comments
23.Primer on Bitcoin Taxation (bitcointax.info)
127 points by georgecmu on Nov 22, 2013 | 65 comments
24.History of T (paulgraham.com)
126 points by mmphosis on Nov 22, 2013 | 42 comments
25.Developer ports iOS core to non-Apple hardware (winocm.com)
124 points by uptown on Nov 22, 2013 | 32 comments
26.There will be blood - Photo Analysis (hackerfactor.com)
115 points by h43z on Nov 22, 2013 | 56 comments
27.Hell: A Haskell Shell (github.com/chrisdone)
117 points by tikhonj on Nov 22, 2013 | 37 comments
28.I don't care about your code challenge (mattbasta.com)
117 points by bastawhiz on Nov 22, 2013 | 104 comments
29.Apple’s iOS7 Native JavaScript Bridge (strongloop.com)
116 points by bananacurve on Nov 22, 2013 | 62 comments
30.As Customers Seek Privacy, AeroFS Emerges With Stealthy File Sharing Software (wsj.com)
110 points by newy on Nov 22, 2013 | 49 comments

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