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1.CVE-2014-6271: Remote code execution through bash (seclists.org)
905 points by vault_ on Sept 24, 2014 | 416 comments
2.The biggest thing with small patches (2004) (lkml.org)
392 points by ohmygeek on Sept 24, 2014 | 37 comments
3.Why India's Mars mission is so cheap – and thrilling (bbc.com)
392 points by leephillips on Sept 24, 2014 | 180 comments
4.IBM Watson API (ibm.com)
311 points by miket on Sept 24, 2014 | 84 comments
5.AWS issues unavoidable reboot schedules with short notice on many EC2 instances (amazon.com)
269 points by eknkc on Sept 24, 2014 | 152 comments
6.Datamining a Flat in Munich (funnybretzel.svbtle.com)
239 points by ilovefood on Sept 24, 2014 | 147 comments
7.Rethinking the origins of the universe (unc.edu)
202 points by cyang08 on Sept 24, 2014 | 133 comments
8.Relativistic hash tables (lwn.net)
187 points by yiransheng on Sept 24, 2014 | 46 comments
9.San Diego Researcher Crowdfunding Patent-Free Cancer Drug (timesofsandiego.com)
198 points by udibai on Sept 24, 2014 | 90 comments
10.SlackTextViewController: A new growing text input for iOS (github.com/slackhq)
200 points by bradya on Sept 24, 2014 | 34 comments
11.How to tell when a robot has written you a letter (medium.com/message)
187 points by Thevet on Sept 24, 2014 | 100 comments
12.Cling: an interactive C++ interpreter, built on top of Clang and LLVM (github.com/vgvassilev)
179 points by ColinWright on Sept 24, 2014 | 41 comments
13.Kevin Mitnick Now Selling Zero-Day Exploits (wired.com)
140 points by privong on Sept 24, 2014 | 116 comments
14.Libsodium 1.0.0 released (libsodium.org)
149 points by jedisct1 on Sept 24, 2014 | 41 comments
15.Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Up, Up, Up (netflix.com)
145 points by edward on Sept 24, 2014 | 35 comments
16.iOS 8.0.1 released, broken on iPhone 6 models, withdrawn (sixcolors.com)
123 points by OberstKrueger on Sept 24, 2014 | 75 comments
17.Introducing Elm Reactor (elm-lang.org)
148 points by michaelbjames on Sept 24, 2014 | 11 comments
18.Mobile Web App Checklist (luster.io)
138 points by coderzach on Sept 24, 2014 | 34 comments
19.Daala: Painting Images for Fun (and Profit?) (xiph.org)
117 points by walrus on Sept 24, 2014 | 25 comments
20.How to Start a Startup Lecture 1: Full Transcript (genius.com)
117 points by nightpool on Sept 24, 2014 | 11 comments
21.How to Squeeze a Huge Ship Down a Tiny River (wired.com)
112 points by sveme on Sept 24, 2014 | 38 comments
22.Bash 'shellshock' scan of the Internet (erratasec.com)
109 points by agwa on Sept 24, 2014 | 38 comments
23.The Surprising Path to a Faster NYTimes.com (speakerdeck.com)
107 points by danso on Sept 24, 2014 | 33 comments
24.What “technical” concerns do I have with systemd? (lusis.org)
107 points by rossj on Sept 24, 2014 | 98 comments
25.Was jquery.com compromised? (jquery.com)
115 points by getdavidhiggins on Sept 24, 2014 | 55 comments
26.Docker Hub Official Repos: Announcing Language Stacks (docker.com)
114 points by zrail on Sept 24, 2014 | 26 comments
27.NGA releases high-resolution elevation data to public (nga.mil)
95 points by liotier on Sept 24, 2014 | 27 comments

I remember when in 2012, the then PM of India had declared this project. The entire internet community came together to deride this, saying it's not possible in a couple of years and that India had better feed its hungry etc.

I am a very proud Indian today. This achievement, like other by humanity (LHC in particular), will encourage me to push myself towards greatness.

29.Following Sony, Samsung has stopped sales of its laptops in Europe (pcadvisor.co.uk)
86 points by benologist on Sept 24, 2014 | 87 comments
30.When It Comes to Facebook Scale, You Can Throw Out the Rulebook (techcrunch.com)
90 points by coreymgilmore on Sept 24, 2014 | 32 comments

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