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1.
A Physicist Solves the City (nytimes.com)
189 points by yarapavan on Dec 18, 2010 | 55 comments
2.
Man deposits fake check in ATM, gets to keep the money. (1995) (goodthink.com)
140 points by steveklabnik on Dec 18, 2010 | 52 comments
3.
Show HN: I wrote my own Delicious clone (1r7.net)
138 points by cheald on Dec 18, 2010 | 70 comments
4.
The disposable academic: Why doing a PhD is often a waste of time (economist.com)
116 points by billswift on Dec 18, 2010 | 78 comments
5.
Learn HTML5, JavaScript and CSS With Mozilla’s Free School of Webcraft (drumbeat.org)
103 points by maheshs on Dec 18, 2010 | 12 comments
6.
Paul Buchheit: The Cloud OS (paulbuchheit.blogspot.com)
100 points by paul on Dec 18, 2010 | 41 comments
7.
The Semicolon Wars (americanscientist.org)
94 points by caustic on Dec 18, 2010 | 35 comments
8.
Suggestion for startups - remind us who you are when you email
89 points by FiddlerClamp on Dec 18, 2010 | 14 comments
9.
Why old people make better entrepreneurs than young ones (slate.com)
88 points by cbcase on Dec 18, 2010 | 20 comments
10.
Computing Your Skill (moserware.com)
73 points by LiveTheDream on Dec 18, 2010 | 10 comments
11.
Isle of Tune: A music sequencer using roads (isleoftune.com)
70 points by jamesjyu on Dec 18, 2010 | 10 comments
12.
Tell HN: Doing a PhD is good
70 points by Loic on Dec 18, 2010 | 61 comments
13.
Facebook: Why our 'next-gen' comms ditched MySQL (channelregister.co.uk)
68 points by yarapavan on Dec 18, 2010 | 16 comments
14.
The original Google storage (stanford.edu)
68 points by preek on Dec 18, 2010 | 7 comments
15.
Jon Rohan · Creating Triangles in CSS (dinnermint.org)
68 points by gibsonf1 on Dec 18, 2010 | 13 comments
16.
The Russian (hemispheregames.com)
62 points by admp on Dec 18, 2010 | 26 comments
17.
Machine Learning: a Love Story (video) (infoq.com)
57 points by mattgratt on Dec 18, 2010 | 2 comments
18.
Which start-up inspired you most in 2010?
46 points by pennyfiller on Dec 18, 2010 | 52 comments
19.
Yahoo Says Delicious For Sale, Blames Press for Confusion (wired.com)
46 points by Mithrandir on Dec 18, 2010 | 14 comments
20.
Welcome (pinboard.in)
43 points by stilist on Dec 18, 2010 | 6 comments
21.
Google Books Ngram of George Carlin's Seven Dirty Words (googlelabs.com)
43 points by wookiehangover on Dec 18, 2010 | 15 comments
22.
An Evernote user once saved the company with a last minute $500,000 check (thenextweb.com)
42 points by bradmccarty on Dec 18, 2010 | 9 comments
23.
Stack Exchange for English Language and Usage (english.stackexchange.com)
42 points by SandB0x on Dec 18, 2010 | 14 comments
24.
Introducing Knockout, a UI library for JavaScript (stevensanderson.com)
41 points by gibsonf1 on Dec 18, 2010 | 13 comments
25.
My domain name generator just passed 120k searches, here's the top 50 keywords (blamcast.net)
40 points by chaosmachine on Dec 18, 2010 | 14 comments
26.
Humble Bundle #2 Breaches $900k, On Way To $1M USD (phoronix.com)
40 points by sagarun on Dec 18, 2010 | 18 comments
27.
Ask HN: The ranking algorithm in 'the social network'
37 points by sdave on Dec 18, 2010 | 10 comments
28.
Coder Needed for Social Networking Website (imgur.com)
37 points by bl4k on Dec 18, 2010 | 13 comments
29.
Google To Invest Millions in Palestine (bazinga.ps)
36 points by amrnt on Dec 18, 2010 | 60 comments
30.
UltraEdit text editor for Mac - Now Available (ultraedit.com)
35 points by kahseng on Dec 18, 2010 | 45 comments

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