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1.The Terrifying Background of the Man Who Ran a CIA Assassination Unit (theatlantic.com)
248 points by philco on July 22, 2012 | 120 comments
2.Don’t Jump to Conclusions About the Killer (nytimes.com)
225 points by maayank on July 22, 2012 | 236 comments
3.Linux 3.5 Kernel Released (kernelnewbies.org)
192 points by moonboots on July 22, 2012 | 36 comments
4.The Whiskey Rebellion (brokenpianoforpresident.com)
179 points by Hoff on July 22, 2012 | 109 comments
5.Sprite Cow: Generate CSS for sprite sheets (spritecow.com)
170 points by llambda on July 22, 2012 | 39 comments
6.Expensive lessons in Python performance tuning (explainmydata.com)
163 points by iskander on July 22, 2012 | 12 comments
7.Implementing Fast Interpreters (nominolo.blogspot.com)
161 points by malloc47 on July 22, 2012 | 21 comments
8.The Fay Programming Language (chrisdone.com)
157 points by nandemo on July 22, 2012 | 101 comments
9.The Gentleperson's Guide To Forum Spies (cryptome.org)
147 points by lifeguard on July 22, 2012 | 57 comments
10.A new vehicle interface (minimallyminimal.com)
130 points by fredsters_s on July 22, 2012 | 75 comments
11.Artificial jellyfish made from silicone and rat muscle (video) (nature.com)
131 points by ananyob on July 22, 2012 | 20 comments
12.Is Berlin the new home for tech start-up business? [video] (bbc.co.uk)
123 points by jimmyjim on July 22, 2012 | 168 comments
13.Concise list of upcoming Coursera courses by month (plus.google.com)
111 points by dhawalhs on July 22, 2012 | 24 comments
14.Say 'Ahhh': A Simpler Way To Detect Parkinson's (npr.org)
91 points by gruseom on July 22, 2012 | 28 comments
15.One More Thing (randsinrepose.com)
91 points by filament on July 22, 2012 | 27 comments
16.How This Guy Lied His Way Into MSNBC, ABC News, The New York Times and More (forbes.com/sites/davidthier)
84 points by steve8918 on July 22, 2012 | 24 comments

"Psychologists describe depression as anger turned inward."

Correction: Freud described depression as anger turned inwards.

Specifically, he described anger at external forces (your mother, etc.) turned inwards. In his view, the only way to get rid of depression would be to allow this anger to express itself against the actual external force. This is very, very far away from the majority view of modern psychology (which has dismissed the vast majority of Freudian thought), but I still hear it repeated all the damn time.

The reason I think it's important to correct it is that therapies based on Freud's notion of depression not only aren't helpful, they in many cases made a person worse. It turns out, getting a person to focus on all the things that should make them angry in their life is, in fact, not helpful for their general mental health.

It is true that depressives tend to think a lot of shitty things about themselves. More successful cognitive behavioral therapy (which has been clinically proven to be as helpful as antidepressants in treating non-severe depression), tries to train people to think of alternatives to those shitty thoughts without necessarily saying which one alternative is right. Turns out, getting in the habit of thinking not just the worse thing possible is actually quite helpful. It gets you out of the rut your in.

18.Ask HN: Getting a math degree as a working adult?
79 points by darkxanthos on July 22, 2012 | 84 comments
19.Now you lost me (krista.cc)
78 points by mgronhol on July 22, 2012 | 17 comments
20.Kentucky teen faces charge for naming attackers in tweets (sfgate.com)
78 points by iProject on July 22, 2012 | 96 comments
21.Our Ridiculous Approach to Retirement (nytimes.com)
68 points by LVB on July 22, 2012 | 117 comments
22.Art’s Sale Value? Zero. The Tax Bill? $29 Million. (nytimes.com)
66 points by daegloe on July 22, 2012 | 88 comments
23.WebOS legacy lives on as next-generation Enyo framework exits beta (arstechnica.com)
67 points by unwiredben on July 22, 2012 | 10 comments
24.Don't Blame Sitting — Yet — for Shorter Lives of the Sedentary (wsj.com)
67 points by forgingahead on July 22, 2012 | 35 comments
25.Unlock Your Inner Rain Man by Electrically Zapping Your Brain (wired.com)
64 points by raleec on July 22, 2012 | 29 comments
26.0 XP: The Zynga Counterrevolution (mediumdifficulty.com)
64 points by rrbrambley on July 22, 2012 | 50 comments

Having NGOs conduct killing on behalf of the government is a tried-and-true method of counterinsurgence (South American paramilitary death squads for example). The plausible deniability introduced by working through a proxy allows the government to conduct more politically risky operations (including false flag attacks if public support is waning). Criticizing the government becomes riskier. And, if not held in check, the paramilitary elements will inevitably use their power for their own objectives.
28.Twitter-Owned Posterous Loses Databases, Offline for 2 Hours Plus (thenextweb.com)
63 points by iProject on July 22, 2012 | 23 comments
29.Ask HN: Are there any basic primers for Comp Sci?
64 points by bonesinger on July 22, 2012 | 26 comments
30.Darpa Funds Hack Machine You’d Never Notice (wired.com)
55 points by alister on July 22, 2012 | 8 comments

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