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1.
Lisa Zhang, Facebook Data Intern: Things I learned (lisazhang.ca)
169 points by wslh on Dec 26, 2010 | 28 comments
2.
The progress bar illusion (newscientist.com)
125 points by dchest on Dec 26, 2010 | 34 comments
3.
Day in the life of a Googler (Matt Welsh) (matt-welsh.blogspot.com)
121 points by siddhant on Dec 26, 2010 | 49 comments
4.
4Chan user survey results. Not many surprises. (spreadsheets.google.com)
120 points by steveklabnik on Dec 26, 2010 | 84 comments
5.
UNIX/Linux Sysadmin Tutorials (thegeekstuff.com)
101 points by macco on Dec 26, 2010 | 13 comments
6.
Man quits job, makes living suing e-mail spammers (yahoo.com)
102 points by iwh on Dec 26, 2010 | 26 comments
7.
Windows-NT vs. CP/M (oualline.com)
97 points by davesailer on Dec 26, 2010 | 43 comments
8.
Mojolicious 1.0 released - A new Web Framework for Perl (kraih.com)
90 points by kraih on Dec 26, 2010 | 23 comments
9.
Heroku founder Adam Wiggins: The Legacy of the Self-Made Man (2008) (heroku.com)
85 points by daverecycles on Dec 26, 2010 | 37 comments
10.
The ghost of _why returns to teach people programming & Ruby (hackety-hack.com)
79 points by yarapavan on Dec 26, 2010 | 20 comments
11.
25 Even More Slick Linux Commands (viewtext.org)
70 points by yarapavan on Dec 26, 2010 | 17 comments
12.
Git and Mercurial branching (pocoo.org)
64 points by steveklabnik on Dec 26, 2010 | 30 comments
13.
Happy Birthday to the Suit (economist.com)
56 points by Andrew_Quentin on Dec 26, 2010 | 34 comments
14.
The Setup - Aaron Boodman (Greasemonkey, Chrome) (usesthis.com)
55 points by Adrock on Dec 26, 2010 | 14 comments
15.
Fully functional adults with perfect ("endless") memory (cbsnews.com)
55 points by fidgross on Dec 26, 2010 | 30 comments
16.
Is Quora the biggest blogging innovation in 10 years? (scobleizer.com)
54 points by harscoat on Dec 26, 2010 | 35 comments
17.
The Smartphone Explosion (avc.com)
51 points by harscoat on Dec 26, 2010 | 44 comments
18.
A Year Of Scala (joa-ebert.com)
53 points by DanielRibeiro on Dec 26, 2010 | 45 comments
19.
Progress in Algorithms Beats Moore’s Law (agtb.wordpress.com)
50 points by robg on Dec 26, 2010 | 15 comments
20.
Using ZSH (jbw.cc)
44 points by preek on Dec 26, 2010 | 11 comments
21.
The Résumé? No, Let’s Talk About You (nytimes.com)
44 points by kylelibra on Dec 26, 2010 | 6 comments
22.
Not just luck and talent: "positioning" (michaelrwolfe.posterous.com)
42 points by rafaelc on Dec 26, 2010 | 9 comments
23.
The Unwelcome Return of Platform Dependencies (techcrunch.com)
42 points by dave1619 on Dec 26, 2010 | 8 comments
24.
Frans Johansson: The Secret Truth About Executing Great Ideas (the99percent.com)
41 points by jayeshsalvi on Dec 26, 2010 | 2 comments
25.
Why the poor are poor (bitemyapp.com)
39 points by alnayyir on Dec 26, 2010 | 22 comments
26.
Sikuli (automated GUI testing tool) releases v. 1.0 RC1 (sikuli.org)
39 points by japaget on Dec 26, 2010 | 4 comments
27.
How Allies Used Math Against German Tanks (wired.com)
37 points by Luyt on Dec 26, 2010 | 12 comments
28.
Richard Branson on Taking Chances (entrepreneur.com)
36 points by meadhikari on Dec 26, 2010 | 7 comments
29.
Unexpected Connections In Mathematics (rjlipton.wordpress.com)
36 points by bdr on Dec 26, 2010
30.
Google Buys Twitter? Chris O'Brien's 11 Predictions for 2011 (mercurynews.com)
35 points by almond on Dec 26, 2010 | 23 comments

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