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1.
(How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (in Python)) (norvig.com)
222 points by alexkay on Sept 30, 2010 | 39 comments
2.
Why read books if we can’t remember what’s in them? (nytimes.com)
208 points by mapleoin on Sept 30, 2010 | 102 comments
3.
Google offers JPEG alternative for faster Web (cnet.com)
204 points by ukdm on Sept 30, 2010 | 110 comments
4.
There is no Plan B: why the IPv4-to-IPv6 transition will be ugly (arstechnica.com)
188 points by soundsop on Sept 30, 2010 | 191 comments
5.
Wiretapping the Internet (schneier.com)
162 points by pietrofmaggi on Sept 30, 2010 | 38 comments
6.
Beautiful Simplicity (jgc.org)
159 points by jgrahamc on Sept 30, 2010 | 28 comments
7.
Google URL shortener available to the public (goo.gl)
153 points by stevefink on Sept 30, 2010 | 120 comments
8.
Potentially Habitable Planet Discovered (arbesman.net)
151 points by ygd on Sept 30, 2010 | 68 comments
9.
I Can’t Work Under These Conditions (techcrunch.com)
141 points by Mazy on Sept 30, 2010 | 47 comments
10.
Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate (ubuntu.com)
128 points by Uncle_Sam on Sept 30, 2010 | 117 comments
11.
The Facebook API: A Case Study in Not Caring About Developers (sethcall.com)
121 points by ownedthx on Sept 30, 2010 | 35 comments
12.
An illusionist explains why Apple products really are magical (andrewmayne.com)
112 points by amayne on Sept 30, 2010 | 4 comments
13.
Tuning Canabalt (explaining all the basic systems) (semisecretsoftware.com)
102 points by abstractwater on Sept 30, 2010 | 12 comments
14.
Clojure 1.3 First Impression (It's Fast) (learningclojure.com)
102 points by johnaspden on Sept 30, 2010 | 25 comments
15.
Map Reduce: A really simple introduction (ksat.me)
100 points by guffshemr on Sept 30, 2010 | 16 comments
16.
Stop the Internet Blacklist (demandprogress.org)
99 points by rtrunck on Sept 30, 2010 | 11 comments
17.
A viral "launching soon" form (forkly.com)
97 points by hiroprot on Sept 30, 2010 | 26 comments
18.
Big Android Market expansion (android-developers.blogspot.com)
88 points by mcantelon on Sept 30, 2010 | 27 comments
19.
You Can't Kick Me Off Facebook, I Quit (theatlantic.com)
83 points by fakelvis on Sept 30, 2010 | 56 comments
20.
Retro-engineering a video game system. (lucidscience.com)
76 points by one010101 on Sept 30, 2010 | 9 comments
21.
Michael Stonebraker: Why Enterprises Are Uninterested in NoSQL? (acm.org)
76 points by yarapavan on Sept 30, 2010 | 78 comments
22.
You're a Bad Programmer. Embrace It. (dzone.com)
75 points by Garbage on Sept 30, 2010 | 65 comments
23.
Bootstrapping Stormpulse (wensing.tumblr.com)
75 points by wensing on Sept 30, 2010 | 21 comments
24.
Possible earthlike planet found in the Goldilocks zone of a nearby star (discovermagazine.com)
72 points by BrandonM on Sept 30, 2010 | 4 comments
25.
Google Translate now supports Latin (googleblog.blogspot.com)
71 points by abraham on Sept 30, 2010 | 46 comments
26.
Google Instant Steals 25% of Your Organic Search Results (keltex.com)
68 points by keltex on Sept 30, 2010 | 54 comments
27.
Your Market is Smaller Than You Think (softwarebyrob.com)
67 points by rubeng on Sept 30, 2010 | 15 comments
28.
Original Pentium FDIV flaw e-mail [1994] (trnicely.net)
67 points by jonah on Sept 30, 2010 | 17 comments
29.
Kindle 3: Some Hidden Features (geoplanit.blogspot.com)
60 points by pietrofmaggi on Sept 30, 2010 | 10 comments
30.
Ask HN: Please help a virgin blogger.
58 points by edw519 on Sept 30, 2010 | 35 comments

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