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1.		Fixing the computer guy posture [pdf] (kaasplateau.com)
		300 points by aniketpant on Dec 31, 2012 \| 122 comments
2.		Open-Source Speech Recognition: Simon 0.4.0 Released (simon-listens.blogspot.com)
		197 points by Tsiolkovsky on Dec 31, 2012 \| 34 comments
3.		Game Over: Zynga Shuts Down PetVille And 10 Other Titles (techcrunch.com)
		178 points by chrisacky on Dec 31, 2012 \| 141 comments
4.		John Resig's ‘Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja’ has been released (amazon.com)
		160 points by simonsarris on Dec 31, 2012 \| 84 comments
5.		Thoughts on Go after writing 3 websites (kowalczyk.info)
		153 points by kkowalczyk on Dec 31, 2012 \| 56 comments
6.		I’m Bored. What’s Next? (techcrunch.com)
		151 points by nhangen on Dec 31, 2012 \| 136 comments
7.		How and why I run my own DNS servers (bugsplat.info)
		145 points by zrail on Dec 31, 2012 \| 100 comments
8.		PlaceIt by Breezi - Generate Product Screenshots in Realistic Environments (breezi.com)
		124 points by charlieirish on Dec 31, 2012 \| 66 comments
9.		How to Contribute to Open Source without Being a Programming Rock Star (smartbear.com)
		121 points by Baustin on Dec 31, 2012 \| 20 comments
10.		Simple Ways to Find Potential Customers Online (lukethomas.com)
		116 points by lukethomas on Dec 31, 2012 \| 18 comments
11.		How multi-disk failures happen (sysadmin1138.net)
		113 points by Serplat on Dec 31, 2012 \| 91 comments
12.		Starting The Web App Challenge: From Zero to $5,000/month In 6 Months (nathanbarry.com)
		108 points by stickhandle on Dec 31, 2012 \| 26 comments
13.		MicroSD card FAQ (bunniestudios.com)
		110 points by pmarin on Dec 31, 2012 \| 29 comments
14.		Pirates? Hollywood Sets $10+ Billion Box Office Record (torrentfreak.com)
		100 points by cyphersanctus on Dec 31, 2012 \| 97 comments
15.		Guy Kawasaki - Four free books (plus.google.com)
		100 points by aespinoza on Dec 31, 2012 \| 22 comments
16.		Silicon Valley's Problem (cbracy.tumblr.com)
		96 points by sethbannon on Dec 31, 2012 \| 97 comments
17.		Mapping the Census: A Dot for Every Person (theatlanticcities.com)
		92 points by japhyr on Dec 31, 2012 \| 26 comments
18.		Feynman's Nobel Ambition (ohio-state.edu)
		89 points by DanielRibeiro on Dec 31, 2012 \| 23 comments
19.		Reader-submitted Objective-C / XCode tips of 2012 (nshipster.com)
		81 points by cozykozy on Dec 31, 2012 \| 21 comments
20.		Gitrep - Discover and organize Github repositories (gitrep.com)
		76 points by zellux on Dec 31, 2012 \| 46 comments
21.		Fay: a subset of Haskell that compiles to JavaScript (fay-lang.org)
		74 points by sadiq on Dec 31, 2012 \| 27 comments
22.		Show HN: Amuzor, a new content curator we've been building (amuzor.com)
		70 points by sebastianmck on Dec 31, 2012 \| 48 comments
23.		Will Google+ Ever Get A Full Read/Write API? (techcrunch.com)
		64 points by iProject on Dec 31, 2012 \| 27 comments
24.		How I Made a 26-Hour Day (andrewdumont.me)
		60 points by andrewdumont on Dec 31, 2012 \| 46 comments
25.		Why I'm Quitting Instagram (nytimes.com)
		58 points by iProject on Dec 31, 2012 \| 35 comments
26.		2012: The year Irish newspapers tried to destroy the web (mcgarrsolicitors.ie)
		56 points by CountHackulus on Dec 31, 2012 \| 33 comments
27.		Military Must Prep Now for ‘Mutant’ Future, Researchers Warn (wired.com)
		54 points by cyphersanctus on Dec 31, 2012 \| 44 comments
28.		Lessons from the 'World's Ugliest Woman': 'Stop Staring and Start Learning' (yahoo.com)
		51 points by mikecane on Dec 31, 2012 \| 23 comments
29.		Revisiting JavaScript Objects (laktek.com)
		52 points by laktek on Dec 31, 2012 \| 11 comments
30.		State of the World 2013: Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky (well.com)
		50 points by msh on Dec 31, 2012 \| 12 comments
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