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1.
The Most Isolated Man on the Planet (slate.com)
206 points by grellas on Aug 21, 2010 | 76 comments
2.
Ruby Koans. Best way to learn Ruby. (rubykoans.com)
170 points by milesf on Aug 21, 2010 | 18 comments
3.
Punk Mathematics (kickstarter.com)
139 points by sz on Aug 21, 2010 | 17 comments
4.
Scott Adams: How I (Almost) Saved the Earth (wsj.com)
122 points by flybrand on Aug 21, 2010 | 48 comments
5.
Foursquare iPhone app sends passwords in plain text, don't use (martinkou.blogspot.com)
119 points by bitanarch on Aug 21, 2010 | 52 comments
6.
Fabulous: Python library for printing images and fancy text to the terminal (lobstertech.com)
105 points by tta on Aug 21, 2010 | 14 comments
7.
Meditation boosts part of brain where ADD, addictions reside (arstechnica.com)
97 points by evo_9 on Aug 21, 2010 | 25 comments
8.
The Google Unemployment Index (google.com)
90 points by keyle on Aug 21, 2010 | 22 comments
9.
The Bowling Pin strategy (cdixon.org)
86 points by bjonathan on Aug 21, 2010 | 10 comments
10.
Prosecutors withdraw warrant for WikiLeaks founder Assange (breitbart.com)
82 points by tshtf on Aug 21, 2010 | 68 comments
11.
Gaming Foursquare with 9 lines of Perl (uic.edu)
82 points by jmillerinc on Aug 21, 2010 | 24 comments
12.
The Stock Market Is Still for Suckers (blogmaverick.com)
82 points by Anon84 on Aug 21, 2010 | 76 comments
13.
Smear campaign against Wikileaks begins (thinq.co.uk)
79 points by shrikant on Aug 21, 2010 | 153 comments
14.
Android is a Viable Revenue Stream - Advanced Task Manager application (arronla.com)
76 points by arron61 on Aug 21, 2010 | 27 comments
15.
Portal as a required college text (brainygamer.com)
76 points by vluft on Aug 21, 2010 | 44 comments
16.
Is Urban Loneliness a Myth? (nymag.com)
74 points by kareemm on Aug 21, 2010 | 19 comments
17.
Why Drinks Taste Better When Sipped Through A Straw (finecooking.com)
74 points by jamesbressi on Aug 21, 2010 | 20 comments
18.
An 18 Billion Mile Journey is almost complete. (scienceblogs.com)
70 points by sprout on Aug 21, 2010 | 9 comments
19.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange accused of rape (bbc.co.uk)
65 points by blntechie on Aug 21, 2010 | 65 comments
20.
Google Acquires Like.com (techcrunch.com)
60 points by sajithw on Aug 21, 2010 | 16 comments
21.
The Islamic Inspiration for the Original World Trade Center Design (slate.com)
49 points by mhb on Aug 21, 2010 | 29 comments
22.
Charles Stross: Where we went wrong (antipope.org)
46 points by rsaarelm on Aug 21, 2010 | 39 comments
23.
East India Company brand returns after 135-year absence (bbc.co.uk)
44 points by kvs on Aug 21, 2010 | 19 comments
24.
Clojure multi-methods (puredanger.com)
43 points by puredanger on Aug 21, 2010 | 5 comments
25.
Film-less Photography (first digital camera - 1975) (kodak.com)
39 points by sep on Aug 21, 2010 | 3 comments
26.
Learning Ruby with the Edgecase Ruby Koans (rubykoans.com)
35 points by Dylanfm on Aug 21, 2010 | 3 comments
27.
The Programmer Hierarchy (imgur.com)
34 points by jarrodvanda on Aug 21, 2010 | 15 comments
28.
Factor programming language (modern Forth) (factorcode.org)
34 points by jacquesm on Aug 21, 2010 | 19 comments
29.
File IO in Every Language (stackoverflow.com)
32 points by SandB0x on Aug 21, 2010 | 14 comments
30.
RIM Must Switch To Android Now, Before It's Too Late (sfgate.com)
32 points by keltex on Aug 21, 2010 | 61 comments

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