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1.		The author of SOPA is a copyright violator (vice.com)
		383 points by seanmalarkey on Jan 12, 2012 \| 39 comments
2.		Why is C faster than Java: git vs JGit (marc.info)
		325 points by acqq on Jan 12, 2012 \| 102 comments
3.		Twss.js (github.com/danielrapp)
		305 points by nezzor on Jan 12, 2012 \| 47 comments
4.		The Pirate Bay Will Stop Serving Torrents (torrentfreak.com)
		295 points by llambda on Jan 12, 2012 \| 86 comments
5.		Sublime Text 2 Beta released with Auto-complete and Improved UI (sublimetext.com)
		299 points by sathishmanohar on Jan 12, 2012 \| 151 comments
6.		List of 61 senators refusing to meet and discuss PIPA/SOPA (reddit.com)
		213 points by nextparadigms on Jan 12, 2012 \| 20 comments
7.		How rel=nofollow Works (luigimontanez.com)
		209 points by luigi on Jan 12, 2012 \| 50 comments
8.		Vim-powerline: The ultimate vim statusline utility (github.com/lokaltog)
		201 points by mnazim on Jan 12, 2012 \| 58 comments
9.		Jon Stewart Talks SOPA, at Last (thenextweb.com)
		200 points by FluidDjango on Jan 12, 2012 \| 62 comments
10.		(Better) Tabs with Round Out Borders (css-tricks.com)
		197 points by joshuacc on Jan 12, 2012 \| 39 comments
11.		MPAA attacks Ars for "challenging efforts to curb content theft" (arstechnica.com)
		173 points by duck on Jan 12, 2012 \| 14 comments
12.		Relational shell programming (might.net)
		162 points by g3orge on Jan 12, 2012 \| 24 comments
13.		Google Fires Back at Twitter: You Took Yourself Out of Search (mashable.com)
		143 points by rhufnagel on Jan 12, 2012 \| 114 comments
14.		Forbes: If Facebook Can't Stop SOPA, We Can Do It For Them (forbes.com/sites/insertcoin)
		138 points by Archio on Jan 12, 2012 \| 18 comments
15.		FreeBSD 9.0-Release Announcement (freebsd.org)
		130 points by udp on Jan 12, 2012 \| 35 comments
16.		Martin Fowler: An Open Letter to Pearson about SOPA/PIPA (martinfowler.com)
		129 points by juandg on Jan 12, 2012 \| 8 comments
17.		ThePirateBay.Org Is Immune from SOPA (techdirt.com)
		123 points by nextparadigms on Jan 12, 2012 \| 27 comments
18.		The Strange Case of John Dillinger and the Fraudulent Apple ID (programmingzen.com)
		119 points by duck on Jan 12, 2012 \| 36 comments
19.		Why Resumes and Code Screenings Are Obsolete with GitHire (githire.com)
		118 points by heyrhett on Jan 12, 2012 \| 84 comments
20.		Stop looking for a cofounder (swombat.com)
		114 points by vanni on Jan 12, 2012 \| 53 comments
21.		A Depressive Journey With MongoDB (mengu.net)
		105 points by TheSmoke on Jan 12, 2012 \| 60 comments
22.		I open-sourced my EV Li-on Battery Management System (github.com/ricksta)
		89 points by ricksta on Jan 12, 2012 \| 12 comments
23.		Spend time learning, not searching - a directory for online learning resources. (skillpunch.com)
		86 points by freshfey on Jan 12, 2012 \| 49 comments
24.		Allwinner A10: A GPL-compliant computer for $15 (freesoftwaremagazine.com)
		80 points by bodski on Jan 12, 2012 \| 15 comments
25.		Android device as dev machine (android.com)
		77 points by 6ren on Jan 12, 2012 \| 33 comments
26.		ACLU: 92% of Gitmo detainees were not Qaeda fighters. 86% turned in for a bounty (aclu.org)
		77 points by jerrya on Jan 12, 2012 \| 4 comments
27.		Show HN: I built a faster way to burn your money on Etsy.com (scrollsy.com)
		73 points by JonathanBouman on Jan 12, 2012 \| 51 comments
28.		CyanogenMod surpasses 1 million installations (h-online.com)
		73 points by carusen on Jan 12, 2012 \| 17 comments
29.		Urban Airship to shut down SimpleGeo (urbanairship.com)
		74 points by mikeocool on Jan 12, 2012 \| 60 comments
30.		EFF asks: Who's flying unmanned aircraft in the US? (eff.org)
		74 points by codezero on Jan 12, 2012 \| 18 comments
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