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1.
Startup Title Junk (cam.ly)
298 points by danecjensen on Dec 21, 2010 | 26 comments
2.
Netflix: Culture of Fear (glassdoor.com)
282 points by ardit33 on Dec 21, 2010 | 99 comments
3.
Mark Zuckerberg is Person of the Year? Where's the "dislike" button? (fsf.org)
259 points by tjr on Dec 21, 2010 | 127 comments
4.
Having a launched product is hard (kleppmann.com)
248 points by martinkl on Dec 21, 2010 | 60 comments
5.
Getting shot by a handgun (answers.google.com)
238 points by thamer on Dec 21, 2010 | 126 comments
6.
How to Become a Software Contractor (evanmiller.org)
219 points by darkxanthos on Dec 21, 2010 | 33 comments
7.
Comic Sans Criminal (comicsanscriminal.com)
209 points by bjonathan on Dec 21, 2010 | 76 comments
8.
Startup Fundraising is a Time Sink (paulstamatiou.com)
156 points by PStamatiou on Dec 21, 2010 | 29 comments
9.
WakeMate review (engadget.com)
136 points by shawndumas on Dec 21, 2010 | 96 comments
10.
Google sends Cr-48 to "Will it Blend?" (gstatic.com)
134 points by antimatter15 on Dec 21, 2010 | 90 comments
11.
Theo de Raadt summarizes the OpenBSD IPSec "backdoor" situation (marc.info)
136 points by there on Dec 21, 2010 | 47 comments
12.
Schneier on Security: Recording the Police (schneier.com)
126 points by m3mb3r on Dec 21, 2010 | 54 comments
13.
Salesforce Buys Email Contact Manager Etacts (YC W10) (techcrunch.com)
107 points by dell9000 on Dec 21, 2010 | 39 comments
14.
Etacts (YC W10) Shutting Down (etacts.com)
105 points by Omnipresent on Dec 21, 2010 | 63 comments
15.
Introducing the Ubuntu Font Family to the web (googlewebfonts.blogspot.com)
83 points by macco on Dec 21, 2010 | 20 comments
16.
HaXe - a multiplatform language (haxe.org)
84 points by revorad on Dec 21, 2010 | 36 comments
17.
Reversal on Carbs: Scientists now blame carbohydrates for America's ills (latimes.com)
71 points by cwan on Dec 21, 2010 | 90 comments
18.
Rubinius 1.2.0 released (it's an implementation of Ruby) (rubini.us)
68 points by indy on Dec 21, 2010 | 9 comments
19.
Trulia acquires Movity (YC W10) (allthingsd.com)
67 points by atularora on Dec 21, 2010 | 15 comments
20.
Counting syllables in "fire" and other words (answers.google.com)
67 points by gourneau on Dec 21, 2010 | 20 comments
21.
Crafty: open source JS game engine (craftyjs.com)
64 points by mcantelon on Dec 21, 2010 | 10 comments
22.
Sun Microsystems’ Pioneering Co-Founder Gives A Rare Interview (mixergy.com)
64 points by shawndumas on Dec 21, 2010 | 5 comments
23.
Microsoft release a Firefox plugin enabling H.264 support (arstechnica.com)
63 points by shawndumas on Dec 21, 2010 | 36 comments
24.
Charming Python: Functional programming in Python (ibm.com)
61 points by m3mb3r on Dec 21, 2010 | 24 comments
25.
Generic FSMs in Erlang (learnyousomeerlang.com)
60 points by keyist on Dec 21, 2010 | 20 comments
26.
China bans English words in media (bbc.co.uk)
57 points by J3L2404 on Dec 21, 2010 | 76 comments
27.
FCC: We didn't impose stricter net neutrality regulation because Android is open (engadget.com)
54 points by lotusleaf1987 on Dec 21, 2010 | 25 comments
28.
Ask HN: Why doesn't HN use SSL/HTTPS for its login form?
54 points by matthodan on Dec 21, 2010 | 48 comments
29.
FreeBSD on EC2 FAQ (daemonology.net)
49 points by l0stman on Dec 21, 2010 | 13 comments
30.
Bamboo Train: How Cambodians hacked together rural transit (smithsonianmag.com)
48 points by mtalantikite on Dec 21, 2010 | 3 comments

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