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1.
Common Programmer Health Problems (sheddingbikes.com)
394 points by GVRV on Aug 8, 2010 | 184 comments
2.
"Or so they say..." Javascript demo (xplsv.com)
103 points by elblanco on Aug 8, 2010 | 37 comments
3.
S. Cook: “This appears to be a relatively serious claim to have solved P vs NP.” (gregbaker.ca)
91 points by amichail on Aug 8, 2010 | 2 comments
4.
Unemployed = 21st century draft horse? (law.harvard.edu)
78 points by ph0rque on Aug 8, 2010 | 107 comments
5.
Ask HN: How would you store 5TB of data for 50 years, untouched?
78 points by icey on Aug 8, 2010 | 172 comments
6.
HTML5 Brief: in one paragraph (alexkessinger.net)
78 points by voidfiles on Aug 8, 2010 | 36 comments
7.
CouchDB Notice for 1.0.1 - Potential Data Loss (apache.org)
74 points by amock on Aug 8, 2010 | 32 comments
8.
Ask HN: What smartphone to get right now?
70 points by gfr on Aug 8, 2010 | 142 comments
9.
BBC News iPad app re-done in HTML5 (whitherapps.com)
66 points by jamesgpearce on Aug 8, 2010 | 36 comments
10.
Desktop HDD vs SSD for Postgresql (5amsolutions.com)
57 points by cowmixtoo on Aug 8, 2010 | 33 comments
11.
Ask HN: If P = NP, what does it mean?
53 points by ohashi on Aug 8, 2010 | 31 comments
12.
Nuclear Reactor Renaissance (ieee.org)
52 points by sprout on Aug 8, 2010 | 22 comments
13.
Fructose and pancreatic cancer (scienceblogs.com)
51 points by tokenadult on Aug 8, 2010 | 19 comments
14.
The Great Vim / Textmate Debate: Opinion #56 - How to make Vim more accessible (cflewis.com)
50 points by Lewisham on Aug 8, 2010 | 46 comments
15.
Ask HN: What is the best city to start a start-up in Europe?
49 points by roschdal on Aug 8, 2010 | 95 comments
16.
Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (greenteapress.com)
48 points by unwantedLetters on Aug 8, 2010 | 9 comments
17.
Ask HN: How do you determine potential market size for a web app?
47 points by yoseph on Aug 8, 2010 | 16 comments
18.
Ask HN:I'm selling all my stuff and moving to SF to work on my startup. Advice?
47 points by il on Aug 8, 2010 | 44 comments
19.
Coffee shops are taking Wi-Fi off the menu (latimes.com)
39 points by extantproject on Aug 8, 2010 | 65 comments
20.
Ask HN: Is there a Y Combinator equivalent in Australia?
35 points by DistortedRhymes on Aug 8, 2010 | 22 comments
21.
Geddy - A modular web framework for node.js (geddyjs.org)
34 points by i386 on Aug 8, 2010 | 15 comments
22.
Outside the Echo Chamber: Growing A Startup In New Hope, PA (techcrunch.com)
31 points by crad on Aug 8, 2010 | 6 comments
23.
TorrentReactor Buys and Renames Russian Town (torrentfreak.com)
30 points by jim_h on Aug 8, 2010 | 8 comments
24.
Mozilla plans to silently update Firefox (computerworld.com)
28 points by danh on Aug 8, 2010 | 28 comments
25.
Javascript Graphics Effects Demos (mrdoob.com)
28 points by elblanco on Aug 8, 2010 | 3 comments
26.
HTML5 video accessibility (ironically inaccessibly illustrated) (wearehugh.com)
27 points by vault_ on Aug 8, 2010 | 5 comments
27.
Nick Carr: Tracking Is an Assault on Liberty, With Real Dangers (wsj.com)
27 points by yarapavan on Aug 8, 2010 | 12 comments
28.
The Upside-Down Logic of Taking on Google at Search (technologyreview.com)
26 points by timr on Aug 8, 2010 | 7 comments
29.
Build a Linux Media Center PC (extremetech.com)
21 points by jackfoxy on Aug 8, 2010 | 16 comments
30.
Flipboard Turns Twitter Into Your Own Magazine (newsweek.com)
20 points by niekmaas on Aug 8, 2010 | 19 comments

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