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1.		Maddox - I hope SOPA passes (xmission.com)
		569 points by CWIZO on Jan 19, 2012 \| 198 comments
2.		A Word to the Resourceful (paulgraham.com)
		463 points by anateus on Jan 19, 2012 \| 168 comments
3.		The Trello Tech Stack (fogcreek.com)
		431 points by elehack on Jan 19, 2012 \| 93 comments
4.		Death sentence for Iranian web programmer (thenextweb.com)
		369 points by waitwhat on Jan 19, 2012 \| 109 comments
5.		Anonymous takes down Department of Justice and Universal Music (rt.com)
		365 points by coupdegrace on Jan 19, 2012 \| 97 comments
6.		Every Linux screen locker bypassed with a keypress (seclists.org)
		316 points by Jonhoo on Jan 19, 2012 \| 88 comments
7.		Playing chicken with cat.jpg (daemonology.net)
		288 points by cperciva on Jan 19, 2012 \| 104 comments
8.		Vim ported to iOS (applidium.com)
		288 points by stevelosh on Jan 19, 2012 \| 127 comments
9.		How Google Code Search Worked (swtch.com)
		287 points by basugasubaku on Jan 19, 2012 \| 45 comments
10.		The Audacity of the iBooks Author EULA (venomousporridge.com)
		281 points by pooriaazimi on Jan 19, 2012 \| 136 comments
11.		Piracy - You can't have your cake and eat it (broadmuse.com)
		271 points by willdamas on Jan 19, 2012 \| 317 comments
12.		Rand Paul promises to filibuster PIPA (dailycaller.com)
		262 points by dataminer on Jan 19, 2012 \| 23 comments
13.		The Real Difference Between Git and Mercurial (xentac.net)
		182 points by xentac on Jan 19, 2012 \| 76 comments
14.		PIPA support collapses, with 13 new Senators opposed (arstechnica.com)
		181 points by llambda on Jan 19, 2012 \| 45 comments
15.		Courtney Love does the math (2000) (salon.com)
		175 points by dmor on Jan 19, 2012 \| 36 comments
16.		This game was made entirely in css (no javascript) (jsrun.it)
		170 points by Feanim on Jan 19, 2012 \| 50 comments
17.		Kodak files for bankruptcy (marketwatch.com)
		164 points by leak on Jan 19, 2012 \| 70 comments
18.		Julian Assange Rolling Stone interview (rollingstone.com)
		162 points by libraryatnight on Jan 19, 2012 \| 32 comments
19.		Swizz Beats is the CEO of Megaupload (factmag.com)
		150 points by bjonathan on Jan 19, 2012 \| 31 comments
20.		Anonymous strikes back: takes down DoJ, Universal, RIAA and MPAA sites (geek.com)
		128 points by 11031a on Jan 19, 2012 \| 31 comments
21.		Apple announces iBooks 2, iBooks Author to "reinvent textbooks" (arstechnica.com)
		116 points by FluidDjango on Jan 19, 2012 \| 181 comments
22.		Machine Learning on the Cheap and Easy (thunderboltlabs.com)
		110 points by thunderboltlabs on Jan 19, 2012 \| 15 comments
23.		Redditor Dr. Michael Ham announces his candidacy for US senate (New Mexico) (reddit.com)
		109 points by x3c on Jan 19, 2012 \| 20 comments
24.		Quixey Challenge: Fix a bug in 1 minute to win $100. Refer a winner to win $50. (quixeychallenge.com)
		111 points by quixey on Jan 19, 2012 \| 33 comments
25.		Results of Mozilla's SOPA blackout (blog.mozilla.com)
		102 points by mbrubeck on Jan 19, 2012 \| 5 comments
26.		Idea reach and the cofounder myth (swombat.com)
		98 points by noelsequeira on Jan 19, 2012 \| 20 comments
27.		Larry Page: Google+ now has 90 million users globally (thenextweb.com)
		99 points by MRonney on Jan 19, 2012 \| 52 comments
28.		Jvm performance tuning (notes) (umbrant.com)
		94 points by rxin on Jan 19, 2012 \| 8 comments
29.		To Catch a Spammer (blackhat.me)
		83 points by tehguy on Jan 19, 2012 \| 25 comments
30.		Hollywood fights Internet protests with... TV ad, billboard, radio spot (arstechnica.com)
		81 points by evo_9 on Jan 19, 2012 \| 45 comments
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