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1.
How I Screwed Up My Google Acquisition (codusoperandi.com)
472 points by jayro on Dec 8, 2010 | 103 comments
2.
I always forget the argument order of the `ln -s` command (reddit.com)
252 points by pepsi_can on Dec 8, 2010 | 123 comments
3.
Visa.com Now Also Down Under DDoS (cnn.com)
242 points by thecoffman on Dec 8, 2010 | 256 comments
4.
Yesterday I had this crazy idea: People pay me $15, I make them a web design (designfor15bucks.com)
230 points by TheCoreh on Dec 8, 2010 | 176 comments
5.
Stanford CS Book: Mining of Massive Datasets [pdf] (stanford.edu)
227 points by yarapavan on Dec 8, 2010 | 17 comments
6.
This is experimental. However, it could start a revolution in information access (imgur.com)
208 points by fogus on Dec 8, 2010 | 91 comments
7.
MasterCard under DDOS, can't process SecureCode online payments (securetrading.com)
204 points by gasull on Dec 8, 2010 | 188 comments
8.
EFF: Say No to Online Censorship (eff.org)
189 points by jdp23 on Dec 8, 2010 | 44 comments
9.
PayPal: "State Department Said It Was Illegal" (techcrunch.com)
173 points by jeremyjarvis on Dec 8, 2010 | 137 comments
10.
Copyright troll lawsuit blows up in face of Righthaven (eff.org)
162 points by grellas on Dec 8, 2010 | 30 comments
11.
Tips for Intermediate Git Users (andyjeffries.co.uk)
158 points by rohitarondekar on Dec 8, 2010 | 15 comments
12.
A table that should exist in all projects with a database (cherouvim.com)
146 points by fogus on Dec 8, 2010 | 63 comments
13.
Anonymous in The Economist (economist.com)
137 points by mcantelon on Dec 8, 2010 | 69 comments
14.
Lanyrd feeds: never miss out on a conference (lanyrd.com)
133 points by simonw on Dec 8, 2010 | 43 comments
15.
A Chrome extension to avoid the Stack Overflow ripoffs (chrome.google.com)
126 points by jlangenauer on Dec 8, 2010 | 48 comments
16.
Ditching 200K of C++ for 30K of Scheme (racket-lang.org)
124 points by swannodette on Dec 8, 2010 | 52 comments
17.
New York Times - Chrome version (nytimes.com)
104 points by Uncle_Sam on Dec 8, 2010 | 66 comments
18.
250 Free Online Courses from Top Universities (openculture.com)
95 points by jamesbritt on Dec 8, 2010 | 2 comments
19.
Let's make the web faster: Tools to discover and improve your site performance (code.google.com)
93 points by mace on Dec 8, 2010 | 24 comments
20.
SpaceX craft launches from Florida (cnn.com)
87 points by MikeCapone on Dec 8, 2010 | 13 comments
21.
Ask HN: Advice for self-publishing books
80 points by andr on Dec 8, 2010 | 20 comments
22.
Tracking Every Release (etsy.com)
78 points by rudd on Dec 8, 2010 | 7 comments
23.
Objects vs closures (csail.mit.edu)
74 points by prog on Dec 8, 2010 | 17 comments
24.
SpaceX falcon9 launch (spacex.com)
73 points by younata on Dec 8, 2010 | 11 comments
25.
Google's AROUND Operator for Proximity Search (googlesystem.blogspot.com)
69 points by danh on Dec 8, 2010 | 8 comments
26.
Heroku: The Next Level (Salesforce.com acquisition) (heroku.com)
66 points by vamsee on Dec 8, 2010 | 21 comments
27.
Everything a Hacker Needs to Know about Getting Busted by the Feds (1997) (textfiles.com)
64 points by sp332 on Dec 8, 2010 | 12 comments
28.
The Singularity in Our Past (umich.edu)
62 points by evgenit on Dec 8, 2010 | 49 comments
29.
The Groupon Editorial Manual (docs.google.com)
58 points by emilepetrone on Dec 8, 2010 | 13 comments
30.
Looks Like “Google +1″ Was Just Accidentally Revealed
57 points by EJE on Dec 8, 2010 | 25 comments

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