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1.
Smart People should do Stupid Stuff (davidwurtz.com)
140 points by davidwurtz on Dec 12, 2009 | 30 comments
2.
Sci-fi author and Crysis 2 writer Peter Watts beaten, arrested at US border (gameriot.com)
122 points by arundelo on Dec 12, 2009 | 128 comments
3.
Zsh: The last shell you will ever need (friedcpu.wordpress.com)
113 points by r11t on Dec 12, 2009 | 41 comments
4.
Google Phone is confirmed, employees already have them in hand (techcrunch.com)
93 points by anderzole on Dec 12, 2009 | 62 comments
5.
The American Who Manages the Decline of a Japanese Hamlet (wsj.com)
59 points by cwan on Dec 12, 2009 | 10 comments
6.
"Technically, you're already a cyborg..." (dilbert.com)
54 points by robg on Dec 12, 2009 | 22 comments
7.
Lessons from My AlphaLab Experience (dontrepreneur.com)
49 points by dcharlton on Dec 12, 2009 | 17 comments
8.
Fables of the Reconstruction (iowahawk.typepad.com)
43 points by madars on Dec 12, 2009 | 5 comments
9.
Scroogle: Google Anonymously (scroogle.org)
42 points by mahmud on Dec 12, 2009 | 22 comments
10.
Yeti : an ML-derived language for the JVM (linux.ee)
39 points by nearestneighbor on Dec 12, 2009 | 15 comments
11.
Experience porting a Firefox add-on to a Chrome extension (sidthemonkey.com)
37 points by sekizaru on Dec 12, 2009 | 1 comment
12.
New Google Easter Egg
36 points by ptn on Dec 12, 2009 | 15 comments
13.
Designing a Reporting System (bentilly.blogspot.com)
34 points by btilly on Dec 12, 2009 | 7 comments
14.
DIY book scanning (diybookscanner.org)
34 points by mcantelon on Dec 12, 2009 | 7 comments
15.
Livin’ la Vida Emacs (sachachua.com)
33 points by tomh on Dec 12, 2009 | 6 comments
16.
Gnome to Split Off from GNU Project? (pwnage.ca)
30 points by chanux on Dec 12, 2009 | 58 comments
17.
Patent Application from "Steven Jobs et al": Advertisement in Operating System (google.com)
30 points by blasdel on Dec 12, 2009 | 28 comments
18.
Fine-grained locals clearing - Clojure (groups.google.com)
28 points by bgray on Dec 12, 2009
19.
The definitive guide to open source hardware projects in 2009 (makezine.com)
27 points by pt on Dec 12, 2009
20.
Buy Local, Act Evil (slate.com)
27 points by cwan on Dec 12, 2009 | 16 comments
21.
Is there any age limit to being a programmer ?
26 points by mun411 on Dec 12, 2009 | 55 comments
22.
Is Technology Dumbing Down the Japanese Language? (nytimes.com)
25 points by rglovejoy on Dec 12, 2009 | 8 comments
23.
Ebert's review of Avatar (suntimes.com)
23 points by figital on Dec 12, 2009 | 14 comments
24.
Overstock CEO stalks critics on Facebook (garyweiss.blogspot.com)
23 points by petewarden on Dec 12, 2009 | 14 comments
25.
AT&T's network rocks, it's iPhone's problem (nytimes.com)
21 points by rkuester on Dec 12, 2009 | 32 comments
26.
Entrepreneur's location floats his boat (sfgate.com)
21 points by gibsonf1 on Dec 12, 2009 | 9 comments
27.
Dinosaurs broiled, not grilled (sciencenews.org)
20 points by araneae on Dec 12, 2009 | 6 comments
28.
JooJoo tablet website updated, opens "pre-orders" (thejoojoo.com)
20 points by tuukkah on Dec 12, 2009 | 35 comments
29.
Fake Steve Rails at AT&T (fakesteve.net)
19 points by alanthonyc on Dec 12, 2009 | 5 comments
30.
The 4 types if MUD players (mud.co.uk)
18 points by e1ven on Dec 12, 2009 | 10 comments

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