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1.
"I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partying way more than you." (hellobubs.com)
349 points by dariusmonsef on Feb 4, 2012 | 221 comments
2.
Richard Stallman's Computer Setup (usesthis.com)
322 points by rdp on Feb 4, 2012 | 239 comments
3.
Why French Parents Are Superior (wsj.com)
318 points by acak on Feb 4, 2012 | 153 comments
4.
Why do self-respecting hackers use Gmail & Co? (gnumonks.org)
225 points by gst on Feb 4, 2012 | 262 comments
5.
From sand to processor, or how a CPU is made (intel.com)
206 points by ekleop on Feb 4, 2012 | 23 comments
6.
How I Learned to Program (rdegges.com)
171 points by b14ck on Feb 4, 2012 | 73 comments
7.
Silicon Valley’s engineering salaries are finally getting fair. Thank Facebook (pandodaily.com)
160 points by barredo on Feb 4, 2012 | 107 comments
8.
ShareLaTeX (sharelatex.com)
154 points by ot on Feb 4, 2012 | 62 comments
9.
/bin/false is not security (semicomplete.com)
140 points by parenthesis on Feb 4, 2012 | 23 comments
10.
Confiscating your ice cream cones (jwz.org)
125 points by ajdecon on Feb 4, 2012 | 33 comments
11.
I don't think you browse like I do (microco.sm)
124 points by buro9 on Feb 4, 2012 | 65 comments
12.
AT&T Throttling Unlimited Plans after 2GB Data Use (johncozen.com)
124 points by mediamaker on Feb 4, 2012 | 70 comments
13.
Ask HN: JavaScript Dev Tools
123 points by benjaminwootton on Feb 4, 2012 | 77 comments
14.
You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never Kill You (forbes.com/sites/insertcoin)
123 points by Garbage on Feb 4, 2012 | 54 comments
15.
Just Fucking Sell (learntoduck.com)
104 points by joshfraser on Feb 4, 2012 | 21 comments
16.
Buildpacks - Run Anything on Heroku (heroku.com)
103 points by kposehn on Feb 4, 2012 | 19 comments
17.
Google Summer of Code 2012 is on (google-opensource.blogspot.com)
90 points by buddhika on Feb 4, 2012 | 18 comments
18.
Why not to do a local + online startup (and what to do instead) (crashdev.com)
82 points by ct on Feb 4, 2012 | 27 comments
19.
Matt Ridley on Early Humans Leaving Africa (wsj.com)
77 points by jedwhite on Feb 4, 2012 | 1 comment
20.
Touchy.js - light-weight touch event library (github.com/jairajs89)
71 points by rodion_89 on Feb 4, 2012 | 10 comments
21.
Don't Get Grinfucked By Your Users (fullcontact.com)
70 points by jeffepp on Feb 4, 2012 | 30 comments
22.
Obvious Engine: a vision-based augmented reality engine for indie games (obviousengine.com)
70 points by tilt on Feb 4, 2012 | 12 comments
23.
Android Income Report (droid-blog.net)
62 points by androidoka on Feb 4, 2012 | 8 comments
24.
Reclaim Your Android Phone (fsfe.org)
60 points by lelf on Feb 4, 2012 | 4 comments
25.
Do the dead outnumber the living? (bbc.co.uk)
59 points by soitgoes on Feb 4, 2012 | 41 comments
26.
Sometimes a CSS color scraper comes in handy ... (swissamigos.com)
51 points by bennyschudel on Feb 4, 2012 | 22 comments
27.
Udacity's First Courses: Programming a Robotic Car (udacity.com)
49 points by MCompeau on Feb 4, 2012 | 6 comments
28.
Games that no longer support their creators (machinestudios.co.uk)
47 points by jayeshsalvi on Feb 4, 2012 | 40 comments
29.
Use Facebook and LinkedIn to find an airline seatmate goes live: KLM Meet & Seat (klm.com)
45 points by nickoakland on Feb 4, 2012 | 16 comments
30.
Show HN: I just launched a new blogging platform (brytter.com)
43 points by awicklander on Feb 4, 2012 | 44 comments

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