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1.		Video: Quantum Levitation (jasonadriaan.com)
		572 points by jasonadriaan on Oct 18, 2011 \| 95 comments
2.		TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API (takethislollipop.com)
		440 points by wesleyzhao on Oct 18, 2011 \| 133 comments
3.		Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup (forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret)
		384 points by blurpin on Oct 18, 2011 \| 103 comments
4.		4chan's Chris Poole: Facebook & Google Are Doing It Wrong (readwriteweb.com)
		320 points by jonmwords on Oct 18, 2011 \| 151 comments
5.		So you think you know C: the Ksplice Pointer Challenge (oracle.com)
		285 points by wdaher on Oct 18, 2011 \| 99 comments
6.		No TV for children under 2, urge doctors (nytimes.com)
		253 points by anigbrowl on Oct 18, 2011 \| 135 comments
7.		How 1 HN post compelled me to leave Intuit and create a new startup for startups (copyhackers.com)
		252 points by bloggergirl on Oct 18, 2011 \| 96 comments
8.		Google to default to SSL version for logged in users (googleblog.blogspot.com)
		236 points by cleverjake on Oct 18, 2011 \| 78 comments
9.		FSF: Campaign against windows 8 "secure boot" (fsf.org)
		238 points by sagarun on Oct 18, 2011 \| 61 comments
10.		RubyMonk - ruby lessons right in your browser (rubymonk.com)
		227 points by skyfallsin on Oct 18, 2011 \| 43 comments
11.		Dropbox Said No To “Nine-Digit” Acquisition Offer From Steve Jobs (techcrunch.com)
		220 points by pitdesi on Oct 18, 2011 \| 92 comments
12.		Python For The Web (gun.io)
		213 points by Mizza on Oct 18, 2011 \| 98 comments
13.		Stanford Open Classroom - Ruby on Rails Web Apps (stanford.edu)
		160 points by stupandaus on Oct 18, 2011 \| 15 comments
14.		Abu Dhabi Traffic Accidents Dropped 40% During the BlackBerry Outage (theatlanticwire.com)
		151 points by obeattie on Oct 18, 2011 \| 55 comments
15.		Mojang win right to use the name "Scrolls" for their upcoming game (minecraftforum.net)
		149 points by citricsquid on Oct 18, 2011 \| 29 comments
16.		(An ((Even Better) Lisp) Interpreter (in Python)) (norvig.com)
		140 points by cgopalan on Oct 18, 2011 \| 17 comments
17.		Dropbox Raises $250M In Funding, Boasts 45 Million Users (techcrunch.com)
		118 points by philipDS on Oct 18, 2011 \| 43 comments
18.		Japan: We're losing to Apple, and here's why (globalvoicesonline.org)
		112 points by shioyama on Oct 18, 2011 \| 77 comments
19.		Mailgun API 2.0: forget MIME (mailgun.net)
		114 points by old-gregg on Oct 18, 2011 \| 49 comments
20.		The Missed Red Flags on Groupon (nytimes.com)
		105 points by OstiaAntica on Oct 18, 2011 \| 47 comments
21.		Maxing out your Dropbox referrals (how I got 16GB for less than $10) (rikhter.org)
		104 points by vrikhter on Oct 18, 2011 \| 132 comments
22.		Son of Stuxnet Found in the Wild on Systems in Europe (wired.com)
		102 points by boh on Oct 18, 2011 \| 13 comments
23.		First State set police on man who showed them how accounts could be ripped off (smh.com.au)
		99 points by mopoke on Oct 18, 2011 \| 74 comments
24.		MIT can now see through concrete walls (extremetech.com)
		96 points by lmathews on Oct 18, 2011 \| 37 comments
25.		Show HN: TouchBase (re-imagining the iPhone calendar) (touchbasecal.com)
		102 points by webwright on Oct 18, 2011 \| 43 comments
26.		Andreessen Horowitz, CrunchFund Back Social Address Book Everyme (YC S11) (techcrunch.com)
		88 points by olivercameron on Oct 18, 2011 \| 12 comments
27.		Samsung Galaxy Nexus Leaked: Image, Specs And Launch Date (techcrunch.com)
		86 points by tilt on Oct 18, 2011 \| 82 comments
28.		WebOS 3.0.4 released (jaaksi.blogspot.com)
		76 points by j_col on Oct 18, 2011 \| 31 comments
29.		Please review my startup. Safe text messaging for teachers (classparrot.com)
		76 points by kabuks on Oct 18, 2011 \| 76 comments
30.		Review our startup: Instantly create a blog theme that matches your website (blogic.com)
		75 points by bdclimber14 on Oct 18, 2011 \| 46 comments
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