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1. Tell HN: Congratulations Patio11 - first to reach 1,000,000 karma

4 points by iamelgringo 1 hour ago | discuss

2. Ask HN: Any Predictions for the Year 2029?

11 points by DanielBMarkham 37 minutes ago | 8 comments

3. The Apple Tablet to Launch 1st Quarter 2020 (cnet.com)

210 points by vaksel 20 hours ago | 122 comments

4. President-Elect Graham to Appoint Sam Altman to Cabinet (msnbc.com)

14 points by muriithi 4 hours ago | 2 comments

5. Trevor Blackwell's Robot Collects Rocks on Mars (science.com)

143 points by ojbyrne 18 hours ago | 81 comments

6. Tell HN: Hacker News is getting too much like reddit

17 points by jamesjones 6 hours ago | 3 comments

7. Last Land Line Disconnected at Midnight (cnn.com)

6 points by chickamade 3 hours ago | discuss

8. Mark Zuckerman buys Portugal (worldnews.com)

51 points by larryz 14 hours ago | 16 comments

9. How Half Our Staff Telecommutes from Space (joelonsoftware.com)

45 points by jspolsky 13 hours ago | 2 comments

10. No Deadlines Needed After Singularity is Reached (wired.com)

44 points by bxgame 14 hours ago | 28 comments

11. Ask pg: Why do YC teams only get $1,000,000?

19 points by abcklm 9 hours ago | 5 comments

12. KidneyExchange.com has 10,000th successful transplant (yahoo.com)

23 points by phsr 10 hours ago | 7 comments

13. Walmart Acquires Microsoft (wallstreetjournal.com)

76 points by francis24 20 hours ago | 17 comments

14. Baby Communicates from Womb via usb23.7 (scientificamerican.com)

13 points by johnson 8 hours ago | 7 comments

15. Mark Bao Starts 1,000th Start-Up (startupnews.com)

4 points by MarySmith 3 hours ago | discuss

16. unalone accepts Pulitzer for blog (cnn.com)

20 points by bootload 10 hours ago | 11 comments

17. Ask HN: Review my app: NoMoreAds.com (nomoreads.com)

17 points by fred 10 hours ago | discuss

18. Poll: Favorite Language, Ruby 92.7 or C++++++++

37 points by uafes 17 hours ago | 5 comments

19. Feds Force Google to Divest its Apps Business (news.com)

38 points by pete 17 hours ago | 5 comments

20. Burrito Tunnel Between Calif & NYC Finally Completed (onion.com)

50 points by jose 20 hours ago | 20 comments

21. In 2020 Belize will become the world's second-largest economy (economist.com)

30 points by pg 16 hours ago | 23 comments

22. Ask HN: What was Microsoft Office?

63 points by yahfsh 23 hours ago | 6 comments

23. Wikipedia Available on Gumwrapper (abc.com)

3 points by lapenne 3 hours ago | discuss

24. Boeing Dreamliner Delayed Until 2022 (airlinenews.com)

4 points by mitchel 5 hours ago | discuss

25. Ted Williams becomes 1st to win MVP with 2 different bodies (mlb.com)

5 points by johnson 6 hours ago | 2 comments

26. Ask HN: Review my app (virtualsex.com)

125 points by ghpoa 1 day ago | 13 comments

27. Science: Cigarettes Were Healthy After All (science.com)

43 points by woodyallen 20 hours ago | 14 comments

28. Broadband Finally Reaches Flint, Michigan (cbs.com)

133 points by johnguest 1 day ago | 20 comments

29. GO TO Added to Python, 27 Programmers Jump Out Windows (python.org)

149 points by swert 1 day ago | 20 comments

30. Wipe The Slate Clean For 2020, Commit Web 9.0 Suicide (techcrunch.com)

2 points by nreece 2 hours ago | discuss

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