| 1. | | Using Voice to Code Faster than Keyboard (ergoemacs.org) |
| 403 points by idleworx on Aug 13, 2013 | 133 comments |
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| 3. | | Wireless devices go battery-free with new communication technique (washington.edu) |
| 341 points by Irene on Aug 13, 2013 | 72 comments |
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| 4. | | The Future of Programming in Node.js (groups.google.com) |
| 278 points by Yakulu on Aug 13, 2013 | 176 comments |
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| 5. | | SDL 2.0.0 is out after many years in development (libsdl.org) |
| 256 points by lifthrasiir on Aug 13, 2013 | 61 comments |
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| 6. | | After Multiple Denials, CIA Admits to Snooping on Noam Chomsky (foreignpolicy.com) |
| 247 points by choult on Aug 13, 2013 | 81 comments |
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| 7. | | Lavabit Founder Says He Had ‘Obligation’ to Shut Service (nytimes.com) |
| 231 points by bmmayer1 on Aug 13, 2013 | 104 comments |
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| 8. | | Q & A: Edward Snowden speaks to Peter Maass (nytimes.com) |
| 217 points by teawithcarl on Aug 13, 2013 | 43 comments |
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| 9. | | How phone batteries measure the weather (opensignal.com) |
| 210 points by JamesCRR on Aug 13, 2013 | 27 comments |
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| 10. | | Bottle light inventor proud to be poor (bbc.co.uk) |
| 204 points by kposehn on Aug 13, 2013 | 80 comments |
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| 11. | | Firefox now only has one HTML parser (blog.mozilla.org) |
| 200 points by AndrewDucker on Aug 13, 2013 | 57 comments |
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| 13. | | The big, ugly affiliate marketing scam (venturebeat.com) |
| 191 points by PhilipA on Aug 13, 2013 | 119 comments |
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| 15. | | Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself (forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott) |
| 180 points by pash on Aug 13, 2013 | 56 comments |
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| 16. | | Hacking the OS X Kernel for Fun and Profiles (swtch.com) |
| 174 points by f2f on Aug 13, 2013 | 35 comments |
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| 17. | | WebGL to add 3D hover effects to your website (glecollinet.github.io) |
| 173 points by sirbrad on Aug 13, 2013 | 112 comments |
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| 19. | | HTML.js – Befriend the DOM (nbubna.github.io) |
| 169 points by smanuel on Aug 13, 2013 | 106 comments |
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| 20. | | No Way NSA (nowaynsa.com) |
| 173 points by twog on Aug 13, 2013 | 36 comments |
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| 22. | | DOJ Elevated Its Charges Against Swartz Because Internet Rallied on His Behalf (pjmedia.com) |
| 160 points by swartzrock on Aug 13, 2013 | 94 comments |
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| 23. | | I Am Being Watched (amsiegel.com) |
| 152 points by adam on Aug 13, 2013 | 52 comments |
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| 24. | | Searching a Sorted Matrix Faster (twistedoakstudios.com) |
| 138 points by dashN9ne on Aug 13, 2013 | 10 comments |
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| 25. | | Go 1.1.2 has been released (code.google.com) |
| 138 points by miesie on Aug 13, 2013 | 8 comments |
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| 26. | | Why is FreeBSD deprecating GCC in favor of Clang/LLVM? (unix.stackexchange.com) |
| 134 points by wslh on Aug 13, 2013 | 159 comments |
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| 27. | | AMC is succeeding by breaking the rules of legacy television (qz.com) |
| 130 points by boh on Aug 13, 2013 | 134 comments |
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| 28. | | We Give a F*** How the Site Loads (deviantart.com) |
| 127 points by namenotrequired on Aug 13, 2013 | 41 comments |
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| 29. | | First 100 Pages of Aaron Swartz’s Secret Service File Released (wired.com) |
| 124 points by shard on Aug 13, 2013 | 15 comments |
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| 30. | | AnsibleWorks Raises $6M (techcrunch.com) |
| 121 points by tomaac on Aug 13, 2013 | 58 comments |
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Another study found that removing the promo code box improved conversion from 3.8% to 5.1%
Source: http://ux.stackexchange.com/a/11365
(There's also some good shopping cart / checkout UX tips in there too)