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1.
I Had Downtime Today. Here’s What I’m Doing About It. (kalzumeus.com)
117 points by soundsop on Feb 21, 2010 | 12 comments
2.
DreamPie: The Python shell you've always dreamed about (sourceforge.net)
110 points by niyazpk on Feb 21, 2010 | 40 comments
3.
Making an RPG in Clojure (briancarper.net)
87 points by uggedal on Feb 21, 2010 | 12 comments
4.
ACTA "internet enforcement" chapter leaks (boingboing.net)
80 points by dantheman on Feb 21, 2010 | 52 comments
5.
An Adobe Flash developer on why the iPad can’t use Flash (roughlydrafted.com)
76 points by pauljonas on Feb 21, 2010 | 87 comments
6.
Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week (mixergy.com)
73 points by samh on Feb 21, 2010 | 136 comments
7.
Ruby is not a callable orientated language (yehudakatz.com)
71 points by adam-_- on Feb 21, 2010 | 30 comments
8.
X.org lost $5000 from their Paypal account (gmane.org)
68 points by plaes on Feb 21, 2010 | 33 comments
9.
Fibonacci Flim-Flam (lhup.edu)
65 points by mhansen on Feb 21, 2010 | 16 comments
10.
GemCutter.org becomes RubyGems.org (at last) (gemcutter.org)
64 points by labria on Feb 21, 2010 | 4 comments
11.
Reddit: IAmA grad student who has tried nearly every "study"/"smart" drug (reddit.com)
59 points by andrewljohnson on Feb 21, 2010 | 55 comments
12.
Two 4000 ft plumb bobs hung down a mine shaft, with baffling results (1901) (lockhaven.edu)
59 points by andrewljohnson on Feb 21, 2010 | 13 comments
13.
Redis at Superfeedr (superfeedr.com)
54 points by julien on Feb 21, 2010 | 11 comments
14.
PyCon 2010 Videos Now Available (blip.tv)
51 points by nailer on Feb 21, 2010 | 6 comments
15.
Why the GPL does not apply to premium WordPress themes (perpetualbeta.com)
49 points by dangrossman on Feb 21, 2010 | 58 comments
16.
Sequel: A Database Toolkit for Ruby [GitHub] (github.com/trafficbroker)
48 points by emson on Feb 21, 2010 | 20 comments
17.
Why we don't trust Devil Mountain Software (Exo Performance backstory) (zdnet.com)
46 points by barrkel on Feb 21, 2010 | 7 comments
18.
Paul Buchheit’s lucky streak as an angel (and a founder) (venturebeat.com)
46 points by prakash on Feb 21, 2010 | 26 comments
19.
Millions of Unemployed Face Years without Jobs (nytimes.com)
44 points by pg on Feb 21, 2010 | 96 comments
20.
Programmers becoming "starving artists" (linux.com)
43 points by codexon on Feb 21, 2010 | 35 comments
21.
Premarital sex: An economic model of its rise and de-stigmatisation (voxeu.org)
42 points by daniel-cussen on Feb 21, 2010 | 17 comments
22.
Things Every Programmer Should Know [wiki] (oreilly.com)
38 points by TrevorBurnham on Feb 21, 2010 | 10 comments
23.
RightSide Capital- New Seed Fund Will Make 100-200 Investments Per Year (mobilecrunch.com)
35 points by jasonlbaptiste on Feb 21, 2010 | 6 comments
24.
Linux Wall Wart Works Wonderfully (linuxplanet.com)
34 points by codemechanic on Feb 21, 2010 | 2 comments
25.
Dragonegg Successfully Self-Hosts (llvm.org)
33 points by jeff18 on Feb 21, 2010 | 9 comments
26.
A day in the life of an Air Force drone pilot (latimes.com)
33 points by ilamont on Feb 21, 2010 | 24 comments
27.
Ask HN: Would you use/participate in a translation site like this? (gaiagps.com)
32 points by andrewljohnson on Feb 21, 2010 | 36 comments
28.
Ten Challenges (googlepages.com)
31 points by b-man on Feb 21, 2010 | 14 comments
29.
Op Amps For Everyone (ti.com)
30 points by dnewcome on Feb 21, 2010 | 5 comments
30.
Continuations Made Simple and Illustrated (uni-saarland.de)
29 points by vorador on Feb 21, 2010 | 5 comments

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