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1.
E-ink writing pad, Noteslate. (noteslate.com)
296 points by markkat on Feb 4, 2011 | 116 comments
2.
The Type of Employee You Really Want: Porn Star (pseudocoder.com)
208 points by vlucas on Feb 4, 2011 | 52 comments
3.
I'm graduating with a CS degree but I don't feel like I know how to program (stackoverflow.com)
191 points by dangrossman on Feb 4, 2011 | 128 comments
4.
I pitched YC, was rejected, just closed a multi-million dollar round.
186 points by ycreject on Feb 4, 2011 | 49 comments
5.
Steve Pavlina: 30 days since I quit Facebook (stevepavlina.com)
187 points by egorst on Feb 4, 2011 | 106 comments
6.
Ode to the App Review team (marco.org)
157 points by atularora on Feb 4, 2011 | 67 comments
7.
Why PostgreSQL doesn't have query hints (toolbox.com)
156 points by mcfunley on Feb 4, 2011 | 60 comments
8.
The git parable (preston-werner.com)
146 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Feb 4, 2011 | 38 comments
9.
XMPP creator's "Locker" -- personal social media aggregation platform (github.com/quartzjer)
132 points by Terretta on Feb 4, 2011 | 34 comments
10.
Show HN: my new project, an anti-snub dating site (secretpoke.com)
119 points by bjonathan on Feb 4, 2011 | 113 comments
11.
Rainbird: The Way Twitter Counts Tweets In Realtime (Soon To Be Open Sourced) (techcrunch.com)
116 points by ssclafani on Feb 4, 2011 | 28 comments
12.
The iPad is the new IE6 (millermedeiros.com)
117 points by ldayley on Feb 4, 2011 | 75 comments
13.
When Irish Eyes Are Crying (vanityfair.com)
91 points by dsplittgerber on Feb 4, 2011 | 71 comments
14.
Explain “Event-Driven” Web Servers to Your Grandma (daverecycles.com)
88 points by daverecycles on Feb 4, 2011 | 35 comments
15.
.42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain (42registry.org)
87 points by tonyskn on Feb 4, 2011 | 43 comments
16.
How Americans Get Out of Credit Card Debt (readyforzero.com)
88 points by innovate on Feb 4, 2011 | 122 comments
17.
How to Write Without Writing (codinghorror.com)
80 points by DanielRibeiro on Feb 4, 2011 | 26 comments
18.
Sleep hacks: How to Become an Early Riser (stevepavlina.com)
74 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Feb 4, 2011 | 43 comments
19.
Expectations: Follow up to "I'm building a better TechCrunch" (thestartupfoundry.com)
77 points by g0atbutt on Feb 4, 2011 | 32 comments
20.
Why Plenty Of Fish Stores Passwords in Plain Text (grumomedia.com)
74 points by grumo on Feb 4, 2011 | 100 comments
21.
JQuery Mobile Alpha 3 Released (jquerymobile.com)
70 points by taitems on Feb 4, 2011 | 39 comments
22.
Remembering the Egyptian martyrs (1000memories.com)
70 points by michaelfairley on Feb 4, 2011 | 27 comments
23.
Russia poised to breach mysterious Antarctic lake (reuters.com)
70 points by georgecmu on Feb 4, 2011 | 42 comments
24.
Reporter's first person account in Egypt: "You will be lynched" (bloomberg.com)
68 points by tsycho on Feb 4, 2011 | 15 comments
25.
A Beautiful Race Condition (mailinator.blogspot.com)
64 points by shawndumas on Feb 4, 2011 | 20 comments
26.
Securing a Rails App against Firesheep with HTTPS (documentcloud.org)
61 points by jashkenas on Feb 4, 2011 | 22 comments
27.
Sometimes it pays to pay your web designer (winonachiropractic.com)
60 points by araneae on Feb 4, 2011 | 48 comments
28.
Openredis – Redis Hosting Service (openredis.com)
63 points by mgrouchy on Feb 4, 2011 | 32 comments
29.
Bing: Why Google’s Wrong In Its Accusations (searchengineland.com)
56 points by HardyLeung on Feb 4, 2011 | 69 comments
30.
Startupcraft 2 (a Starcraft tournament for Startups in SF) announced (startupcraftsf.com)
56 points by justin on Feb 4, 2011 | 28 comments

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