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1.
AeroFS - File Sync Without Servers (aerofs.com)
335 points by dli282 on Aug 12, 2011 | 117 comments
2.
Why you don't steal from a hacker. (infosec20.blogspot.com)
272 points by gregcmartin on Aug 12, 2011 | 152 comments
3.
How to put your logo in a QR code (hackaday.com)
255 points by xd on Aug 12, 2011 | 50 comments
4.
Algorithms to enhance or transform images (scriptol.com)
235 points by scriptproof on Aug 12, 2011 | 38 comments
5.
Use Jonathan's card to buy yourself an iPad (odio.com)
234 points by Sam_Odio on Aug 12, 2011 | 234 comments
6.
Welcome to the Cloud - "Your Apple ID has been disabled." (hanselman.com)
232 points by darrenkopp on Aug 12, 2011 | 100 comments
7.
The Shapes of CSS (css-tricks.com)
219 points by tilt on Aug 12, 2011 | 37 comments
8.
Ask HN: Help, I think Amazon is stealing my ebook (amazon.com)
212 points by latch on Aug 12, 2011 | 53 comments
9.
Flickr is dead (thomashawk.com)
183 points by wspruijt on Aug 12, 2011 | 96 comments
10.
Next-Gen Web Apps: Google unleashes Native Client into Chrome (techcrunch.com)
160 points by lobo_tuerto on Aug 12, 2011 | 122 comments
11.
MobileWorks (YC S11) is a Hands-Off Mechanical Turk (techcrunch.com)
151 points by anandkulkarni on Aug 12, 2011 | 48 comments
12.
Free Printed Copies of "Version Control by Example" (ericsink.com)
144 points by rw140 on Aug 12, 2011 | 41 comments
13.
PicPlum (YC S11): Beautiful Prints, Automatically Mailed for You (techcrunch.com)
144 points by canistr on Aug 12, 2011 | 49 comments
14.
San Francisco Subway Muzzles Cell Service During Protest (cnet.com)
142 points by hornokplease on Aug 12, 2011 | 111 comments
15.
How PayPal could have killed an independent conference (aralbalkan.com)
110 points by ailon on Aug 12, 2011 | 65 comments
16.
How much money should my company raise? (jessicamah.com)
108 points by teej on Aug 12, 2011 | 58 comments
17.
Old Dijkstra Essays Considered (blog.mozilla.com)
106 points by mbrubeck on Aug 12, 2011 | 9 comments
18.
Run old games in DOSBox in the browser (naclbox.com)
105 points by buster on Aug 12, 2011 | 42 comments
19.
Extreme concentration of wealth in US economy has led to central planning (plus.google.com)
95 points by ph0rque on Aug 12, 2011 | 76 comments
20.
Fuzzing at scale (googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com)
93 points by abraham on Aug 12, 2011 | 14 comments
21.
Show HN: Our new ridesharing site, BurningManRides.com. Feedback? (burningmanrides.com)
93 points by jasonshen on Aug 12, 2011 | 32 comments
22.
Show HN: A Chrome extension that adds moustaches to every face on the web (chrome.google.com)
90 points by andrewnez on Aug 12, 2011 | 31 comments
23.
An Inside Look at the (Python) GIL Removal Patch of Lore (dabeaz.blogspot.com)
90 points by mace on Aug 12, 2011 | 17 comments
24.
Python GIL removal question (python.org)
85 points by spahl on Aug 12, 2011 | 44 comments
25.
D3 for Mere Mortals (d3.js visualization tutorial) (recursion.org)
84 points by 100k on Aug 12, 2011 | 20 comments
26.
Milestone for MIT Press’s bestseller, "Introduction to Algorithms" (web.mit.edu)
81 points by ilamont on Aug 12, 2011 | 48 comments
27.
How browsers make money, or why Google needs Firefox (extremetech.com)
82 points by ukdm on Aug 12, 2011 | 32 comments
28.
Show HN: We built Callroulette, a chatroulette for phones (cs.berkeley.edu)
76 points by shaddi on Aug 12, 2011 | 29 comments
29.
Mark Shuttleworth on patents, tablets and the future of Ubuntu (techcentral.co.za)
76 points by macco on Aug 12, 2011 | 11 comments
30.
Open Office Layout is Bad for Brain (infoq.com)
70 points by tszming on Aug 12, 2011 | 64 comments

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