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1.
I Think Your App Should Be Free (earbits.com)
334 points by earbitscom on Oct 4, 2011 | 231 comments
2.
Node.js has jumped the shark (unlimitednovelty.com)
321 points by bascule on Oct 4, 2011 | 126 comments
3.
Wikipedia shuts down Italian site because of Berlusconi's "Wiretapping Act" (wikipedia.org)
271 points by nextparadigms on Oct 4, 2011 | 59 comments
4.
Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator, Only One Month Late (waxy.org)
244 points by planb on Oct 4, 2011 | 45 comments
5.
Google’s Management Doesn’t Use Google+ (theunderstatement.com)
214 points by thisisblurry on Oct 4, 2011 | 80 comments
6.
Isaac Asimov on Security Theatre. (schneier.com)
176 points by bdhe on Oct 4, 2011 | 46 comments
7.
Comparing Hacker News & the Slashdot Effect (cmdrtaco.net)
163 points by CmdrTacoMalda on Oct 4, 2011 | 54 comments
8.
Kindle Fire pre-orders exceeding 2,000 per hour (geek.com)
161 points by ukdm on Oct 4, 2011 | 81 comments
9.
Knowing when to quit - an under-rated skill. (freakonomics.com)
159 points by ColinWright on Oct 4, 2011 | 18 comments
10.
A Tour of Go (go-tour.appspot.com)
131 points by mhd on Oct 4, 2011 | 15 comments
11.
Tilt-Shift Using CSS (simurai.com)
125 points by mikecane on Oct 4, 2011 | 16 comments
12.
US, Aus, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, and S. Korea sign ACTA (arstechnica.com)
124 points by bdhe on Oct 4, 2011 | 34 comments
13.
Apple's 'Let's Talk iPhone' keynote liveblog (engadget.com)
120 points by 6ren on Oct 4, 2011 | 115 comments
14.
Why code review beats testing: evidence from decades of programming research (inburke.com)
117 points by kevinburke on Oct 4, 2011 | 47 comments
15.
Apple Reveals Siri Voice Interface: The “Intelligent Assistant” (techcrunch.com)
116 points by llambda on Oct 4, 2011 | 173 comments
16.
Did a reporter just solve the bitcoin mystery? (npr.org)
114 points by andrewpi on Oct 4, 2011 | 52 comments
17.
YC Application Checklist (apps due in 1 week) (giftrocket.com)
110 points by kapilkale on Oct 4, 2011 | 25 comments
18.
A Quick Look Into The Math Of Animations With JavaScript (smashingmagazine.com)
107 points by aditiyaa1 on Oct 4, 2011 | 12 comments
19.
First Ride in Tesla Model S (aolautos.com)
102 points by russell on Oct 4, 2011 | 62 comments
20.
WebGL Endless Forest (moxiecode.com)
100 points by DanielRibeiro on Oct 4, 2011 | 19 comments
21.
LibreOffice is one (computerworlduk.com)
98 points by gorglax on Oct 4, 2011 | 25 comments
22.
Notch offered to not (tm) Scrolls etc, but Bethesda sue ahead anyway (notch.tumblr.com)
95 points by willvarfar on Oct 4, 2011 | 66 comments
23.
All numbers lead to one (jasondavies.com)
95 points by zeratul on Oct 4, 2011 | 15 comments
24.
Kickstarter threatened by business-method patent owner? (hollywoodreporter.com)
89 points by dctoedt on Oct 4, 2011 | 28 comments
25.
.Net Developer Shortage (techcrunch.com)
87 points by lapost1979 on Oct 4, 2011 | 97 comments
26.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 (nobelprize.org)
83 points by aarghh on Oct 4, 2011 | 15 comments
27.
About concurrency and the GIL (merbist.com)
82 points by telemachos on Oct 4, 2011 | 50 comments
28.
Lies, Damn Lies and Photoshop (timparkinson.net)
79 points by jedwhite on Oct 4, 2011 | 42 comments
29.
An Easy Way to Build Scalable Network Programs (nodejs.org)
81 points by tbassetto on Oct 4, 2011 | 35 comments
30.
The future of work: What happens when talent trumps capital? (crashdev.blogspot.com)
77 points by turoczy on Oct 4, 2011 | 24 comments

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