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1.
I am nothing (paulbuchheit.blogspot.com)
520 points by dwynings on Aug 20, 2011 | 125 comments
2.
If PHP Were British (addedbytes.com)
347 points by shdon on Aug 20, 2011 | 104 comments
3.
Marc Andreessen on Why Software is Eating the World (wsj.com)
317 points by tewks on Aug 20, 2011 | 91 comments
4.
Women are rejecting marriage in Asia. The social implications are serious. (economist.com)
213 points by rblion on Aug 20, 2011 | 206 comments
5.
What is in your .vimrc (stackoverflow.com)
200 points by nyellin on Aug 20, 2011 | 84 comments
6.
Functional Programming Is Hard, That's Why It's Good (fayr.am)
177 points by trptcolin on Aug 20, 2011 | 102 comments
7.
Why Amazon Can't Make A Kindle In the USA (forbes.com/sites/stevedenning)
161 points by DanielRibeiro on Aug 20, 2011 | 184 comments
8.
Notch's Livestream for Ludum Dare 21 (livestream.com)
133 points by fredoliveira on Aug 20, 2011 | 90 comments
9.
Nym Wars (Google+ "real name" rules) (jwz.org)
123 points by bigiain on Aug 20, 2011 | 71 comments
10.
HP: To Save The webOS Dev Community, Open-Source Enyo Now (funkatron.com)
95 points by codedivine on Aug 20, 2011 | 19 comments
11.
Why threads vs events is a nonsensical question. (swtch.com)
92 points by xtacy on Aug 20, 2011 | 46 comments
12.
Flipping 10 heads in a row - a small probability demonstration (singingbanana.tumblr.com)
82 points by ColinWright on Aug 20, 2011 | 40 comments
13.
Thief (dribbble.com)
73 points by zopticity on Aug 20, 2011 | 2 comments
14.
Show HN: nyan-mode.el - Nyan Cat for Emacs (my first real Emacs minor mode) (buildsomethingamazing.com)
71 points by TeMPOraL on Aug 20, 2011 | 8 comments
15.
Why there aren't many innovators in China (joezhou.posterous.com)
69 points by joezhou on Aug 20, 2011 | 27 comments
16.
Show HN: I am building a next-gen browser (ashraful.org)
68 points by ashraful on Aug 20, 2011 | 55 comments
17.
TouchPad 16GB on Sale for $99 (hp.com)
67 points by cygwin98 on Aug 20, 2011 | 79 comments
18.
Praising Kernel (The Axis of Eval) (axisofeval.blogspot.com)
67 points by Autre on Aug 20, 2011 | 10 comments
19.
Bots are crawling new domain registrations and namesquatting Twitter handles (rossduggan.ie)
66 points by duggan on Aug 20, 2011 | 37 comments
20.
Martin Ford Asks: Will Automation Lead to Economic Collapse? (singularityhub.com)
61 points by olalonde on Aug 20, 2011 | 73 comments
21.
Silicon Valley Booms but Worries About a New Bust (nytimes.com)
60 points by jedwhite on Aug 20, 2011 | 18 comments
22.
Fulcrum - Open Source Agile Project Management Tool (wholemeal.co.nz)
55 points by NoSunlight on Aug 20, 2011 | 18 comments
23.
No, HP, you’re off the mark (bgr.com)
54 points by zacharye on Aug 20, 2011 | 10 comments
24.
Twitter's t.co uses meta tags and JS instead of 301 Redirects to Mask Referrers (getclicky.com)
53 points by ams1 on Aug 20, 2011 | 29 comments
25.
Using SMS is like paying for email, email that isn't very good... (mycannonball.com)
47 points by chrisparcel on Aug 20, 2011 | 23 comments
26.
Notch's Livestream for Ludum Dare 21 (now on twitch.tv) (twitch.tv)
42 points by felixweis on Aug 20, 2011 | 12 comments
27.
Why Events Are A Bad Idea (for High-concurrency Servers) (usenix.org)
41 points by uriel on Aug 20, 2011 | 40 comments
28.
Idea: mouseFreeze, A solution for Browser FPS Games (vjeux.com)
39 points by vjeux on Aug 20, 2011 | 16 comments
29.
"A sort of PC": how Windows 8 will invade tablets (and why it might work) (arstechnica.com)
36 points by llambda on Aug 20, 2011 | 24 comments
30.
The Calculus of Grit (ribbonfarm.com)
35 points by Stwerner on Aug 20, 2011 | 12 comments

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