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1.
Emacs follow-mode (stackoverflow.com)
221 points by cpr on July 23, 2011 | 50 comments
2.
Sony's Captcha. View source to see why they don't "get" security (sony.com)
211 points by bluesmoon on July 23, 2011 | 82 comments
3.
The Little Manual of API Design (troll.no)
207 points by trucious on July 23, 2011 | 16 comments
4.
Our security auditor is an idiot. How do I give him the information he wants? (serverfault.com)
195 points by splattne on July 23, 2011 | 48 comments
5.
What Happened to the Future? (foundersfund.com)
182 points by clay on July 23, 2011 | 110 comments
6.
Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend project to date?
181 points by riskish on July 23, 2011 | 156 comments
7.
Intellectual Ventures on This American Life (npr.org)
178 points by jacobjulius on July 23, 2011 | 52 comments
8.
Google Plus Deleting Accounts En Masse: No Clear Answers (zdnet.com)
174 points by dotBen on July 23, 2011 | 111 comments
9.
NASA finds water reservoir equivalent to 140 trillion times the world's oceans (nasa.gov)
143 points by tomeast on July 23, 2011 | 85 comments
10.
Apple MacBooks Can Be Hacked Through The Battery (digitizor.com)
141 points by dkd903 on July 23, 2011 | 43 comments
11.
The Acceleration of Addictiveness vs Willpower, Productivity, and Flow (tantek.com)
128 points by revorad on July 23, 2011 | 29 comments
12.
How I Dealt with Student Plagiarism (spinellis.gr)
112 points by reinhardt on July 23, 2011 | 36 comments
13.
Advice to young programmers (chestergrant.posterous.com)
111 points by chegra84 on July 23, 2011 | 63 comments
14.
When Patents Attack (thisamericanlife.org)
109 points by riordan on July 23, 2011 | 14 comments
15.
Don't Let Congress Order Internet Companies to Spy on You (eff.org)
105 points by zoowar on July 23, 2011 | 17 comments
16.
Google +1 tracks mouse movements? (stackoverflow.com)
97 points by Gullanian on July 23, 2011 | 26 comments
17.
Why you should quit your technology job and get a Ph.D. in the humanities (chronicle.com)
82 points by drewda on July 23, 2011 | 49 comments
18.
Introducing ClojureScript (clojure.com)
81 points by abp on July 23, 2011 | 16 comments
19.
If you're not famous, joining Twitter is painful (dbasch.posterous.com)
90 points by diego on July 23, 2011 | 75 comments
20.
Khan Academy exercise framework (github.com/khan)
77 points by neovive on July 23, 2011 | 18 comments
21.
Panos Ipeirotis: A tale about parking (behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com)
74 points by timf on July 23, 2011 | 39 comments
22.
Functional Programming Doesn't Work (and what to do about it) (dadgum.com)
71 points by ColinWright on July 23, 2011 | 54 comments
23.
NoSQL is a Premature Optimization (smoothspan.wordpress.com)
71 points by timf on July 23, 2011 | 58 comments
24.
Giant body of water found in space, black hole claims it was just hydrating (engadget.com)
69 points by bond on July 23, 2011 | 27 comments
25.
Show HN: Enter a message, delivery at a random time up to 6 months from now (futuremessage.me)
66 points by yid on July 23, 2011 | 52 comments
26.
Fast JSON parser for iOS (nextive.com)
61 points by cstejerean on July 23, 2011 | 11 comments
27.
Oracle removes former Sun CEO's blog (digitizor.com)
54 points by dctoedt on July 23, 2011 | 10 comments
28.
The problem with "Big Data" (evilmartini.com)
49 points by jchrisa on July 23, 2011 | 10 comments
29.
I've Noticed a Major Flaw with Viral Coming Soon Pages (takara.posterous.com)
47 points by Swoopey on July 23, 2011 | 27 comments
30.
Revamped Humvee Draws Military’s Eye (nytimes.com)
44 points by antr on July 23, 2011 | 20 comments

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