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1.
StarCraft 2: help us mourn the death of content freedom (arstechnica.com)
196 points by timwiseman on Aug 6, 2010 | 117 comments
2.
Bill Gates: In Five Years The Best Education Will Come From The Web (techcrunch.com)
179 points by BvS on Aug 6, 2010 | 141 comments
3.
Build What Had Previously Not Been Possible (jasonlbaptiste.com)
164 points by jasonlbaptiste on Aug 6, 2010 | 64 comments
4.
So, What Does "HREF" Stand For, Anyway? (tomayko.com)
159 points by iamelgringo on Aug 6, 2010 | 70 comments
5.
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars (2009) (nytimes.com)
127 points by organicgrant on Aug 6, 2010 | 202 comments
6.
Stop thinking about how to scale. Startups die from not having customers. (aorsi.com)
112 points by zooey on Aug 6, 2010 | 42 comments
7.
Two Envelopes Problem (wikipedia.org)
112 points by atomon on Aug 6, 2010 | 88 comments
8.
Gödel, Escher, Bach: A Mental Space Odyssey (ocw.mit.edu)
106 points by kydoh on Aug 6, 2010 | 44 comments
9.
JS1k, 1k Javascript demo contest (js1k.com)
105 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 6, 2010 | 18 comments
10.
Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics (mitpress.mit.edu)
101 points by xel02 on Aug 6, 2010 | 20 comments
11.
Martin Odersky on Scala and Clojure (fogus.me)
103 points by swannodette on Aug 6, 2010 | 22 comments
12.
Tim Daly on Lisp in Industry (gmane.org)
92 points by fogus on Aug 6, 2010 | 74 comments
13.
Million-Dollar Murray: Homelessness may be easier to solve than to manage (gladwell.com)
91 points by skushch on Aug 6, 2010 | 45 comments
14.
Debian Squeeze Frozen (debian.org)
86 points by flojo on Aug 6, 2010 | 41 comments
15.
Microsoft Zoom.it (Bitly for Hi-res images) (zoom.it)
79 points by matthewphiong on Aug 6, 2010 | 37 comments
16.
IronRuby Manager Leaves Microsoft (schementi.com)
78 points by spivey on Aug 6, 2010 | 41 comments
17.
Goldman's traders use a proprietary programming language called "Slang" (cnbc.com)
77 points by jsm386 on Aug 6, 2010 | 57 comments
18.
HP CEO Mark Hurd Resigns Over Sexual Harassment Investigation (marketwatch.com)
74 points by talbina on Aug 6, 2010 | 47 comments
19.
How Exercise Boosts Your Brain (singularityhub.com)
72 points by jamesbritt on Aug 6, 2010 | 21 comments
20.
10 Startup Commandments (andyswan.com)
66 points by messel on Aug 6, 2010 | 16 comments
21.
Feature or Company? (yongfook.com)
65 points by iamclovin on Aug 6, 2010 | 25 comments
22.
One Night Of Sleep Not Enough To Make Up Deficit (futurepundit.com)
64 points by skmurphy on Aug 6, 2010 | 18 comments
23.
What happens when politician doesn't pay his bill? This. (timgobble.com)
63 points by f1gm3nt on Aug 6, 2010 | 21 comments
24.
New Ball Prototype (gearbox.me)
62 points by chaostheory on Aug 6, 2010 | 23 comments
25.
Whereoscope (YC S10) Gives Parents An Easy Way To Track Where Their Kids Are (techcrunch.com)
58 points by jamesg on Aug 6, 2010 | 104 comments
26.
No ifs...alternatives to statement branching in JavaScript (javascriptweblog.wordpress.com)
57 points by carloG on Aug 6, 2010 | 44 comments
27.
Reevaluating how we reason (wired.com)
55 points by cwan on Aug 6, 2010 | 22 comments
28.
And "e" Appears from Nowhere: Quick Numerical Experiment with Clojure
52 points by RBerenguel on Aug 6, 2010 | 8 comments
29.
California Supreme Court: age bias case against Google can move forward (siliconvalley.com)
46 points by grellas on Aug 6, 2010 | 33 comments
30.
Machinarium suffers 90% piracy rate, offers $5 amnesty sale (arstechnica.com)
40 points by MikeCapone on Aug 6, 2010 | 79 comments

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