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1.
An Open Letter to Apple on the Readability App rejection (readability.com)
478 points by bensummers on Feb 21, 2011 | 199 comments
2.
Why nothing can go faster than the speed of light (reddit.com)
431 points by danteembermage on Feb 21, 2011 | 222 comments
3.
The Boy Who Stole Half-Life 2 (eurogamer.net)
401 points by twidlit on Feb 21, 2011 | 125 comments
4.
Show HN: Breakup Notifier (breakupnotifier.com)
264 points by theli0nheart on Feb 21, 2011 | 118 comments
5.
Homeowner forecloses on Wells Fargo office, becomes folk hero (agentgenius.com)
256 points by gregory80 on Feb 21, 2011 | 122 comments
6.
Changes to my life as a result of just four weeks of daily meditation (philosophistry.com)
182 points by philipkd on Feb 21, 2011 | 94 comments
7.
Redis at Disqus (bretthoerner.com)
153 points by tswicegood on Feb 21, 2011 | 41 comments
8.
The secret life of punctuation - ¶ (The Pilcrow) (shadycharacters.co.uk)
148 points by dogonwheels on Feb 21, 2011 | 20 comments
9.
Typical programming interview questions. (maxnoy.com)
147 points by gaiusparx on Feb 21, 2011 | 107 comments
10.
Microsoft confirms Kinect hackers to get official developer kit (pocket-lint.com)
142 points by mjfern on Feb 21, 2011 | 37 comments
11.
Python 3.2 Released (python.org)
142 points by mattyb on Feb 21, 2011 | 51 comments
12.
TinyGrab abandons iOS because of new App Store rules (tinygrab.com)
142 points by st3fan on Feb 21, 2011 | 74 comments
13.
PS3 Hacker Raised All the Legal Funds Needed to Beat Sony in a Weekend (escapistmagazine.com)
136 points by Mikecsi on Feb 21, 2011 | 21 comments
14.
Using an oscilloscope as a Gameboy display (flashingleds.wordpress.com)
131 points by trafficlight on Feb 21, 2011 | 8 comments
15.
Google Font Directory (expanded, moved to new URL) (google.com)
133 points by moeffju on Feb 21, 2011 | 30 comments
16.
Ultima Underworld bugs (dfan.org)
109 points by rsaarelm on Feb 21, 2011 | 17 comments
17.
rbtrace: like strace, but for ruby code (github.com/tmm1)
101 points by tmm1 on Feb 21, 2011 | 11 comments
18.
Selling Kiko: How Justin Kan sold his first YC startup on eBay (areallybadidea.com)
98 points by randall on Feb 21, 2011 | 25 comments
19.
Wherein my Kiss was Rejected (jamesaltucher.com)
94 points by jaltucher on Feb 21, 2011 | 32 comments
20.
No more desktop Linux systems in the German Foreign Office (h-online.com)
94 points by bjonathan on Feb 21, 2011 | 80 comments
21.
CD3WD Archives the Information Necessary to Rebuild Society (cd3wd.com)
91 points by fogus on Feb 21, 2011 | 18 comments
22.
Can Montreal Become an Open Source Startup Hub? (nextmontreal.com)
88 points by evanprodromou on Feb 21, 2011 | 84 comments
23.
New Ruby 1.9 Features, Tips & Tricks (igvita.com)
76 points by LiveTheDream on Feb 21, 2011 | 26 comments
24.
Jacques Mattheij on: Networking without going places (swombat.com)
77 points by bensummers on Feb 21, 2011 | 13 comments
25.
Google tries new angle on hiring (ft.com)
73 points by timr on Feb 21, 2011 | 64 comments
26.
Preparing CS students for programming interviews from day one (etilevich.wordpress.com)
72 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Feb 21, 2011 | 45 comments
27.
When to Buy Airline Tickets (dlo.me)
62 points by thmzlt on Feb 21, 2011 | 21 comments
28.
What is the best advice for a startup applying to Y Combinator? (quora.com)
60 points by krn on Feb 21, 2011 | 37 comments
29.
Forth vs Lisp (c2.com)
57 points by gnosis on Feb 21, 2011 | 15 comments
30.
The Legend of Zelda Turns 25 (slashdot.org)
55 points by pwg on Feb 21, 2011 | 19 comments

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