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1.
Is the use of “utf8=✓” preferable to “utf8=true”? (programmers.stackexchange.com)
459 points by tomse on Oct 18, 2012 | 87 comments
2.
New $250 Chromebook (chrome.blogspot.com)
423 points by ConstantineXVI on Oct 18, 2012 | 329 comments
3.
Free Flag Icons (gosquared.com)
304 points by timparker on Oct 18, 2012 | 76 comments
4.
Ubuntu 12.10 Now Available (ubuntu.com)
234 points by martindale on Oct 18, 2012 | 163 comments
5.
Jon Stewart: Lower entrepreneurial risk (nytimes.com)
211 points by kdsudac on Oct 18, 2012 | 187 comments
6.
Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released (arstechnica.com)
189 points by shared4you on Oct 18, 2012 | 120 comments
7.
Such a Little Thing: The Semicolon in Rust (pocoo.org)
172 points by joeyespo on Oct 18, 2012 | 74 comments
8.
Interview with creator of Nginx, Igor Sysoev (webhostingskills.com)
158 points by rehack on Oct 18, 2012 | 43 comments
9.
Rails 4.0 Whirlwind Tour Presentation (highgroove.com)
155 points by vanstee on Oct 18, 2012 | 20 comments
10.
Apple Said to Acquire Color (thenextweb.com)
153 points by zachh on Oct 18, 2012 | 138 comments
11.
Someone is jamming BBC broadcasts in the Middle East (bbc.co.uk)
135 points by finnw on Oct 18, 2012 | 47 comments
12.
Show HN: A simple lightweight CSS grid, not a bloated framework (thisisdallas.github.com)
134 points by thisisdallas on Oct 18, 2012 | 61 comments
13.
Google Earnings Come Early; Shares Drop (wsj.com)
131 points by Kopion on Oct 18, 2012 | 133 comments
14.
New "Surveillance-Proof" App To Secure Communications Has Governments Nervous (slate.com)
127 points by kunle on Oct 18, 2012 | 83 comments
15.
Show HN: Sift through recently dropped .com's in order of pronounceability, etc. (swola.com)
111 points by lolkittens on Oct 18, 2012 | 35 comments
16.
Life hacks to make things easier (mintfish.tumblr.com)
110 points by ColinWright on Oct 18, 2012 | 33 comments
17.
Github: Major Service Outage (status.github.com)
104 points by ca136 on Oct 18, 2012 | 73 comments
18.
Apple loses UK tablet design appeal versus Samsung (bbc.co.uk)
106 points by Suraj-Sun on Oct 18, 2012 | 54 comments
19.
Minnesota Gives Coursera the Boot, Citing a Decades-Old Law (chronicle.com)
104 points by mbrubeck on Oct 18, 2012 | 88 comments
20.
The New Grooveshark (grooveshark.com)
103 points by andrijac on Oct 18, 2012 | 89 comments
21.
Megaupload Is Dead. Long Live Mega (wired.com)
103 points by mtgx on Oct 18, 2012 | 66 comments
22.
Reddit's Moral Low Ground (raganwald.posterous.com)
99 points by raganwald on Oct 18, 2012 | 186 comments
23.
Redis in my Postgres (craigkerstiens.com)
98 points by jorde on Oct 18, 2012 | 22 comments
24.
Newsweek to Cease Print Publication at End of Year (nytimes.com)
99 points by brnstz on Oct 18, 2012 | 55 comments
25.
Colourlovers (YC W10) launches Creative Market (creativemarket.com)
94 points by whalesalad on Oct 18, 2012 | 29 comments
26.
Show HN: One OAuth API for Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Email (dailycred.com)
93 points by heynk on Oct 18, 2012 | 41 comments
27.
An Introduction to Graphviz via R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet” (robrhinehart.com)
90 points by caublestone on Oct 18, 2012 | 10 comments
28.
Why is Tweetbot for Mac $20? (tapbots.com)
89 points by JeremyBanks on Oct 18, 2012 | 84 comments
29.
Developers: Don't Treat the Windows Store like the iOS App Store (markedup.com)
85 points by Aaronontheweb on Oct 18, 2012 | 50 comments
30.
MongoHQ (YC S11) Raises $6 Million For Database As Service Engine (techcrunch.com)
81 points by mrkurt on Oct 18, 2012 | 33 comments

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