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1.
I Quit My Day Job. Thanks. (joelonsoftware.com)
203 points by vijayr on Jan 13, 2010 | 52 comments
2.
State Department Makes Statement on Google Operations in China (state.gov)
181 points by dfield on Jan 13, 2010 | 116 comments
3.
Using Fibonacci Numbers to Convert from Miles to Kilometers and Vice Versa (catonmat.net)
144 points by pkrumins on Jan 13, 2010 | 46 comments
4.
Default HTTPS access for Gmail (gmailblog.blogspot.com)
119 points by __ on Jan 13, 2010 | 30 comments
5.
Avatar: The Holocaust We Will Not See (monbiot.com)
120 points by swombat on Jan 13, 2010 | 173 comments
6.
Sold, For Just Me (al3x.net)
109 points by dchest on Jan 13, 2010 | 13 comments
7.
Top 20 Programming Lessons I've Learned in 20 Years (dcs-media.com)
102 points by niyazpk on Jan 13, 2010 | 37 comments
8.
Smallpt: Global Illumination in 99 lines of C++ (with no external deps) (kevinbeason.com)
94 points by benhoyt on Jan 13, 2010 | 14 comments
9.
Researcher Sam Roweis took his own life last night. Here's one of his lectures. (videolectures.net)
82 points by raganwald on Jan 13, 2010 | 55 comments
10.
Google's half-truths, and a plea for perspective (andreyf.tumblr.com)
78 points by andreyf on Jan 13, 2010 | 43 comments
11.
The secret of making money online: David Heinemeier Hansson (youtube.com)
69 points by niyazpk on Jan 13, 2010 | 14 comments
12.
7 Major Sites that Send Passwords Unprotected, & China's Deep Packet Inspection (adamsmith.cc)
64 points by adamsmith on Jan 13, 2010 | 79 comments
13.
Search for Google's "New Approach" post, get locked out of baidu.com (slashdot.org)
60 points by angelbob on Jan 13, 2010 | 10 comments
14.
Why nobody knows what they're doing (sites.google.com)
59 points by clawrencewenham on Jan 13, 2010 | 12 comments
15.
On California, Don't Believe the Hype (wsj.com)
57 points by grellas on Jan 13, 2010 | 23 comments
16.
Why my Dad went through 24 TVs in 2 years (krmmalik.posterous.com)
56 points by krmmalik on Jan 13, 2010 | 28 comments
17.
Measuring the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave oven (morningcoffeephysics.wordpress.com)
53 points by jank on Jan 13, 2010 | 11 comments
18.
On Google and China: Am I Missing Something? Why all the high fives? (dbreunig.tumblr.com)
52 points by dbreunig on Jan 13, 2010 | 34 comments
19.
Cappuccino on Rails (jerodsanto.net)
48 points by sant0sk1 on Jan 13, 2010 | 2 comments
20.
Tell HN: Guess what Baidu and Yahoo China have already censored?
45 points by profquail on Jan 13, 2010 | 24 comments
21.
Ask HN: How can I start my own bank? (Let's redesign banks)
45 points by whalesalad on Jan 13, 2010 | 69 comments
22.
Google and China: the attacks and their aftermath (arstechnica.com)
43 points by icey on Jan 13, 2010 | 3 comments
23.
Why I Won’t Sign Your NDA (mixergy.com)
44 points by ctingom on Jan 13, 2010 | 28 comments
24.
IRS commissioner doesn't file own taxes - says it's too complex (thehill.com)
44 points by anderzole on Jan 13, 2010 | 33 comments
25.
Ommwriter, a pleasant writeroom (ommwriter.com)
41 points by jrnkntl on Jan 13, 2010 | 19 comments
26.
I'm Working 12 Hours a Day. How I'm Getting Through It. (startupceo.co.za)
41 points by bluebit on Jan 13, 2010 | 21 comments
27.
Analysts say attack on Google is part of widespread spying effort (macworld.co.uk)
39 points by araneae on Jan 13, 2010 | 14 comments
28.
Google Faces The Slickest Click Fraud Yet (forbes.com)
40 points by aresant on Jan 13, 2010 | 9 comments
29.
Ask HN: "So... What happened to the last guy?"
36 points by furyg3 on Jan 13, 2010 | 45 comments
30.
WildlifeNearYou.com - built by 12 hackers on a fort in a week (sort of) (simonwillison.net)
35 points by simonw on Jan 13, 2010 | 4 comments

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