Daily Hacker News for 2012-10-18

Daily Hacker News for 2012-10-18: The 10 highest-rated articles on
Hacker News
on October 18, 2012 which have not appeared on any previous
Hacker News Daily
are:

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  International Obfuscated C Code Contest Winners
  
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• 
  Meteor releases authentication, accounts system, and new screencast
  
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• 
  EC2 I/O
  
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• 
  Apple Said to Acquire Color
  
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• 
  Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released
  
  (comments)
  
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  Free Flag Icons
  
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  Is the use of “utf8=✓” preferable to “utf8=true”?
  
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• 
  How cork is made
  
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• 
  New $250 Chromebook
  
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• 
  Ubuntu 12.10 Now Available
  
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