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1.
Apple's Supply Chain Secret (businessweek.com)
344 points by Cadsby on Nov 4, 2011 | 147 comments
2.
How Can Anyone Still Hate Bill Gates? (alearningaday.com)
315 points by rrohan189 on Nov 4, 2011 | 255 comments
3.
The Number One Trait of a Great Developer (engineyard.com)
262 points by elainejgreen on Nov 4, 2011 | 68 comments
4.
Show HN: Scroll Reddit (scrolldit.com)
240 points by JonathanBouman on Nov 4, 2011 | 73 comments
5.
DressRush Pitch Deck (dressrush.com)
239 points by tchae on Nov 4, 2011 | 91 comments
6.
Why Daylight Saving Time Should Be Abolished (scientificamerican.com)
220 points by jamesbritt on Nov 4, 2011 | 126 comments
7.
Google threatens to cut ties with Chamber of Commerce over Protect-IP lobbying (politico.com)
214 points by HistoryInAction on Nov 4, 2011 | 38 comments
8.
Linus Torvalds: Software and Process Patents Don't Make Sense (muktware.com)
195 points by Garbage on Nov 4, 2011 | 86 comments
9.
“But The Client Wants IE 6 Support” (smashingmagazine.com)
187 points by billpg on Nov 4, 2011 | 108 comments
10.
The Hustler's Manifesto (niroka.com)
171 points by choxi on Nov 4, 2011 | 74 comments
11.
Twitter Bootstrap v1.4.0 Released (github.com/twitter)
168 points by atambo on Nov 4, 2011 | 27 comments
12.
A PostgreSQL Extension that allows you to access any other datasource (multicorn.org)
140 points by treo on Nov 4, 2011 | 15 comments
13.
WikiLeaks: Out of time and money (economist.com)
137 points by cawel on Nov 4, 2011 | 76 comments
14.
How Not to Design a Home Page (academicvc.com)
135 points by mattculbreth on Nov 4, 2011 | 24 comments
15.
Infrastructure Debt (littlehart.net)
120 points by etaty on Nov 4, 2011 | 28 comments
16.
Computer Scientist Creates Kill-Switch for Biological Viruses (businessweek.com)
116 points by dconway on Nov 4, 2011 | 23 comments
17.
Hubble directly observes the disc around a black hole (physorg.com)
116 points by jaxonrice on Nov 4, 2011 | 17 comments
18.
Winamp for Mac (winamp.com)
114 points by drewda on Nov 4, 2011 | 108 comments
19.
Have 4 minutes to help startup visa? (sites.google.com)
102 points by OJKoukaz on Nov 4, 2011 | 38 comments
20.
 Creativity doesn't need a muse. It needs a drill sergeant. (inc.com)
99 points by da5e on Nov 4, 2011 | 54 comments
21.
Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It’s Just So Darn Hard) (nytimes.com)
98 points by tysone on Nov 4, 2011 | 152 comments
22.
WhiteyPaint Turns Walls Into Whiteboards Without Cramping Your Wallpaper’s Style (techcrunch.com)
94 points by jasonwilk on Nov 4, 2011 | 52 comments
23.
Insights on the Y Combinator interview (rtabl.es)
93 points by nateberkopec on Nov 4, 2011 | 14 comments
24.
Patently Absurd - Copyright Law Can Meet the Needs of Software Developers (cato.org)
87 points by binarybits on Nov 4, 2011 | 36 comments
25.
Real Security in Mac OS X Requires Apple-Signed Certificates (wilshipley.com)
76 points by mynameisraj on Nov 4, 2011 | 26 comments
26.
Programming Languages Suck at UX (evincarofautumn.blogspot.com)
73 points by evincarofautumn on Nov 4, 2011 | 74 comments
27.
The Increasingly Prevalent Auto-Follow Trick (nickoneill.com)
71 points by biznickman on Nov 4, 2011 | 29 comments
28.
Global Day of Coderetreat December 3rd (coderetreat.com)
71 points by coreyhaines on Nov 4, 2011 | 23 comments
29.
Six Ways to Overcome the Urge to Procrastinate (caycon.com)
70 points by borisfowler on Nov 4, 2011 | 27 comments
30.
Ask PG: Why don't my votes count?
64 points by agotterer on Nov 4, 2011 | 16 comments

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