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1.
Dropbox Hires Guido Van Rossum (techcrunch.com)
586 points by dko on Dec 7, 2012 | 207 comments
2.
Welcome Guido (dropbox.com)
347 points by johns on Dec 7, 2012 | 44 comments
3.
Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do? (fsf.org)
268 points by cs702 on Dec 7, 2012 | 204 comments
4.
Larry Page "providing free flu shots to all San Francisco bay area kids" (plus.google.com)
265 points by ck2 on Dec 7, 2012 | 231 comments
5.
Richard Stallman calls Ubuntu “spyware” because it tracks searches (arstechnica.com)
239 points by geetarista on Dec 7, 2012 | 161 comments
6.
A letter to the TEDx community on TEDx and bad science (tedx.com)
195 points by ColinWright on Dec 7, 2012 | 153 comments
7.
GitHub now has Issue Attachments (github.com/blog)
198 points by jakebellacera on Dec 7, 2012 | 72 comments
8.
Microsoft's DroidRage Twitter campaign goes painfully wrong (zdnet.com)
191 points by CrankyBear on Dec 7, 2012 | 96 comments
9.
Let's make GitHub better, together (letsmake.github.com)
175 points by experiment0 on Dec 7, 2012 | 144 comments
10.
Gravity Light - Alternative form of lighting to replace Kerosene (indiegogo.com)
166 points by vikramhaer on Dec 7, 2012 | 98 comments
11.
Google+ Is Growing at Facebook Speed (wired.com)
146 points by kercker on Dec 7, 2012 | 127 comments
12.
Bootleg.css - Twitter Bootstrap JS redone with CSS (thecssninja.com)
135 points by davezatch on Dec 7, 2012 | 13 comments
13.
Dogs learn to drive in New Zealand (time.com)
137 points by dmmalam on Dec 7, 2012 | 43 comments
14.
The Node Beginner Book (nodebeginner.org)
121 points by v33ra on Dec 7, 2012 | 13 comments
15.
Mercedes’ Next Flagship Does the Commuting for You (wired.com)
117 points by sazpaz on Dec 7, 2012 | 82 comments
16.
Show HN: UXArchive - How the best iPhone apps handle userflows (uxarchive.com)
116 points by LeonW on Dec 7, 2012 | 35 comments
17.
Introducing the Predictive Interface (stephenwolfram.com)
111 points by lispython on Dec 7, 2012 | 18 comments
18.
Recreating Lamborghini V10 engine sound with beer can (autoblog.com)
103 points by kposehn on Dec 7, 2012 | 32 comments
19.
A young person's guide to quitting your day job (arbor.posterous.com)
103 points by zmitri on Dec 7, 2012 | 65 comments
20.
How to get free single-user Google Apps accounts (groups.google.com)
103 points by nathanhammond on Dec 7, 2012 | 34 comments
21.
Using Outlook.com with your own Web Domain (labnol.org)
98 points by arihant on Dec 7, 2012 | 34 comments
22.
Google Requires Proof of Google+ Activity to Attend SFPD's Bike Theft Workshop (sfappeal.com)
97 points by Irregardless on Dec 7, 2012 | 37 comments
23.
Android Won. Windows Lost (communities-dominate.blogs.com)
96 points by cramforce on Dec 7, 2012 | 113 comments
24.
Netflix CEO Hastings faces SEC action over Facebook post (businessweek.com)
89 points by jpwagner on Dec 7, 2012 | 46 comments
25.
Guido says goodbye to Google (plus.google.com)
85 points by shrikrishna on Dec 7, 2012 | 39 comments
26.
Hacker News Google+ Community (plus.google.com)
87 points by jasonkolb on Dec 7, 2012 | 26 comments
27.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition for the iPad (itunes.apple.com)
84 points by adamwintle on Dec 7, 2012 | 47 comments
28.
Snag.gy - Paste images directly to the web (snag.gy)
83 points by PButcher93 on Dec 7, 2012 | 46 comments
29.
NameCheap is More Popular Than GoDaddy Among HackerNews Users (leandomainsearch.com)
83 points by matt1 on Dec 7, 2012 | 86 comments
30.
WhatsApp Hack (198.61.222.60)
83 points by wajdis on Dec 7, 2012 | 43 comments

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