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1.		Good bye, Google Maps… thanks for all the fish (plus.google.com)
		536 points by dlikhten on Jan 11, 2012 \| 154 comments
2.		This photograph is free (standblog.org)
		530 points by aclark on Jan 11, 2012 \| 143 comments
3.		This Photograph Is Not Free (petapixel.com)
		435 points by Brajeshwar on Jan 11, 2012 \| 254 comments
4.		I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is. (theappifier.com)
		342 points by gozman on Jan 11, 2012 \| 191 comments
5.		Why Google And Facebook Need To Go Dark To Protest SOPA (forbes.com/sites/erikkain)
		339 points by gluejar on Jan 11, 2012 \| 91 comments
6.		Google+ Hacker News Circle makes Search plus Your World Amazing (thesash.me)
		310 points by thesash on Jan 11, 2012 \| 107 comments
7.		Small teams are dramatically more efficient than large teams (atomicobject.com)
		226 points by gvb on Jan 11, 2012 \| 83 comments
8.		ClojureScript One (clojurescriptone.com)
		214 points by fogus on Jan 11, 2012 \| 45 comments
9.		Mafia becomes "Italy's largest bank" in aftermath of financial crisis (reuters.com)
		150 points by cs702 on Jan 11, 2012 \| 55 comments
10.		Designing Great API Docs (parse.com)
		150 points by jamesjyu on Jan 11, 2012 \| 19 comments
11.		In which Eben Moglen calls out a reporter for having Facebook (betabeat.com)
		135 points by inflatablenerd on Jan 11, 2012 \| 105 comments
12.		Hidden features of Python (stackoverflow.com)
		132 points by niyazpk on Jan 11, 2012 \| 7 comments
13.		The SOPA Debate and Congress's Understanding of Child Porn (danwin.com)
		132 points by danso on Jan 11, 2012 \| 91 comments
14.		UK Schools ICT to be replaced by computer science programme (bbc.co.uk)
		125 points by soitgoes on Jan 11, 2012 \| 70 comments
15.		China Builds 30-Story Hotel In Just 15 Days (singularityhub.com)
		116 points by kpantsman on Jan 11, 2012 \| 68 comments
16.		Convore (YCW11) is reborn as Grove.io, a chat service for businesses (gigaom.com)
		116 points by leahculver on Jan 11, 2012 \| 56 comments
17.		Jmpress.js - a jQuery version of impress.js (shama.github.com)
		103 points by instakill on Jan 11, 2012 \| 25 comments
18.		It’s time to place the web in safer hands (kernelmag.com)
		100 points by Flemlord on Jan 11, 2012 \| 23 comments
19.		Research Bought, Then Paid For: Open Access to Science Under Attack (nytimes.com)
		99 points by synparb on Jan 11, 2012 \| 17 comments
20.		Our Galaxy Has at Least 100 Billion Planets, Study Shows (nasa.gov)
		96 points by jfoucher on Jan 11, 2012 \| 48 comments
21.		WordPress The Latest Tech Company To Come Out Strongly Against SOPA/PIPA (techdirt.com)
		96 points by minecraftman on Jan 11, 2012 \| 13 comments
22.		"Ender's Game" movie happening (variety.com)
		89 points by nl on Jan 11, 2012 \| 69 comments
23.		Victorinox squeezes 1TB of high-speed storage into a Swiss Army Knife (bgr.com)
		85 points by Feanim on Jan 11, 2012 \| 53 comments
24.		Why I use vim (michaeltrier.com)
		84 points by gnosis on Jan 11, 2012 \| 54 comments
25.		Fight against Corruption in India using technology (corruptiontrak.com)
		82 points by ishanagr on Jan 11, 2012 \| 44 comments
26.		Martin Fowler: The Fallacies and Reprocussions of Diversity Imbalance (martinfowler.com)
		73 points by skormos on Jan 11, 2012 \| 166 comments
27.		How we sold a couple hundred million dollars of software in Japan (all-things-andy-gavin.com)
		74 points by agavin on Jan 11, 2012 \| 14 comments
28.		The demographics of social gamers are closer to gambling than gaming (altdevblogaday.com)
		70 points by kurtable on Jan 11, 2012 \| 29 comments
29.		How To Think About Algorithms [pdf] (mat.unb.br)
		69 points by r4vik on Jan 11, 2012 \| 8 comments
30.		TeX and LaTeX in industry applications (tex.stackexchange.com)
		67 points by idle on Jan 11, 2012 \| 20 comments
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