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1.
Why Do Some People Learn Faster? (wired.com)
390 points by mikeleeorg on Feb 23, 2012 | 84 comments
2.
Tesla: Not so easily bricked (idc-insights-community.com)
362 points by kghose on Feb 23, 2012 | 154 comments
3.
The Internet Made Me Sad Today (raganwald.posterous.com)
274 points by llambda on Feb 23, 2012 | 178 comments
4.
A neat way to fold a sheet of paper (wheatpond.com)
268 points by emeltzer on Feb 23, 2012 | 31 comments
5.
Visual Studio '11' Announced (msdn.com)
236 points by aaronbrethorst on Feb 23, 2012 | 192 comments
6.
If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (arstechnica.com)
180 points by tambourine_man on Feb 23, 2012 | 131 comments
7.
Piracy and the Four Currencies (gamasutra.com)
161 points by cobrausn on Feb 23, 2012 | 44 comments
8.
Another Piece of the Stuxnet Puzzle (schneier.com)
151 points by 127001brewer on Feb 23, 2012 | 14 comments
9.
Evernote blog: WhySQL? (evernote.com)
150 points by grifaton on Feb 23, 2012 | 73 comments
10.
The fake chemical compound Isaac Asimov invented to punk science writers (io9.com)
123 points by grannyg00se on Feb 23, 2012 | 19 comments
11.
Journals Warned to Keep a Tight Lid on Diesel Exposure Data (news.sciencemag.org)
113 points by cs702 on Feb 23, 2012 | 18 comments
12.
Who Expected That? Extreme close-ups create a Klein Bottle. (thebigquestions.com)
110 points by ColinWright on Feb 23, 2012 | 32 comments
13.
JQAPI - Alternative jQuery Documentation (jqapi.com)
105 points by Garbage on Feb 23, 2012 | 30 comments
14.
Obama Administration Unveils Blueprint for a “Privacy Bill of Rights” (whitehouse.gov)
104 points by clebio on Feb 23, 2012 | 56 comments
15.
Why Are Harvard Graduates In The Mailroom (nytimes.com)
103 points by kqr2 on Feb 23, 2012 | 87 comments
16.
SPDY Protocol (draft 3) submitted to IETF (ietf.org)
99 points by igrigorik on Feb 23, 2012 | 20 comments
17.
Clang: Defending C++ from Murphy's Million Monkeys (msdn.com)
95 points by chmike on Feb 23, 2012 | 16 comments
18.
What not to ask technical people in interviews (fusioncube.net)
93 points by joeyespo on Feb 23, 2012 | 68 comments
19.
Mercurial vs Git: Why Mercurial? (atlassian.com)
95 points by LeafStorm on Feb 23, 2012 | 84 comments
20.
Nuclear Effects Calculator (nuclearsecrecy.com)
94 points by caf on Feb 23, 2012 | 34 comments
21.
Stochastic Pattern Recognition Dramatically Outperforms Conventional Techniques (technologyreview.com)
90 points by llambda on Feb 23, 2012 | 16 comments
22.
Oracle vs Google: PTO declares 5th Oracle patent invalid (groklaw.net)
88 points by fpp on Feb 23, 2012 | 6 comments
23.
What's Wrong with the For Loop (notes-on-haskell.blogspot.com)
87 points by jrheard on Feb 23, 2012 | 74 comments
24.
BGP filter failure brings Aussie Internet down (ausnog.net)
85 points by chewxy on Feb 23, 2012 | 17 comments
25.
Performance cost of Ruby ORM model instantiation (merbist.com)
85 points by jamesbritt on Feb 23, 2012 | 21 comments
26.
Why does HN generate unique URL's for the 'more' pages?
82 points by andrewfelix on Feb 23, 2012 | 42 comments
27.
Ask HN: How to handle acquisition offer from a competitor?
82 points by forcer on Feb 23, 2012 | 25 comments
28.
Anatomy of the Great Adderall Drought (vice.com)
82 points by pier0 on Feb 23, 2012 | 56 comments
29.
Things You Should Never Do, Part I (joelonsoftware.com)
81 points by server102 on Feb 23, 2012 | 40 comments
30.
Google Glasses are real, will use two 0.52-inch micro displays (geek.com)
77 points by ukdm on Feb 23, 2012 | 47 comments

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