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1.
Man jailed over computer password refusal (bbc.co.uk)
271 points by alexandros on Oct 5, 2010 | 228 comments
2.
Founders who can't code
250 points by rokhayakebe on Oct 5, 2010 | 114 comments
3.
The Dream Is Over: Music Labels Have Killed Their Digital Future (yahoo.com)
206 points by colinprince on Oct 5, 2010 | 153 comments
4.
So, that was a bummer (foursquare.com)
189 points by abraham on Oct 5, 2010 | 92 comments
5.
What's wrong with 2006 programming? (antirez.com)
157 points by antirez on Oct 5, 2010 | 47 comments
6.
Why are technical recruiters so clueless? (37signals.com)
148 points by jswinghammer on Oct 5, 2010 | 114 comments
7.
How to get a job at a kick-ass startup (for programmers) (nathanmarz.com)
127 points by mrduncan on Oct 5, 2010 | 28 comments
8.
Using canvas to create alpha-channel JPEGs - 33% the size of PNGs (jackadam.net)
124 points by thegrossman on Oct 5, 2010 | 32 comments
9.
40% of Groupon merchants say "never again" (marketingpilgrim.com)
114 points by cwan on Oct 5, 2010 | 96 comments
10.
Startup micro opportunities (gabrielweinberg.com)
112 points by jordanmessina on Oct 5, 2010 | 16 comments
11.
Bizarre sea slug is half plant, half animal (mnn.com)
106 points by absconditus on Oct 5, 2010 | 46 comments
12.
Ask HN: Recommend a freelance job board
96 points by speric on Oct 5, 2010 | 37 comments
13.
2010 Physics Nobel Prize (Graphene) (nobelprize.org)
94 points by kurtosis on Oct 5, 2010 | 28 comments
14.
Where are all the alpha geeks and what are they doing? (benjaminste.in)
91 points by ghurlman on Oct 5, 2010 | 58 comments
15.
FreeBSD Quickstart Guide for Linux Users (freebsd.org)
89 points by earcar on Oct 5, 2010 | 43 comments
16.
Skype for Android is available (skype.com)
85 points by ifesdjeen on Oct 5, 2010 | 82 comments
17.
Distributed Social App with CouchDB. Brilliant (victusspiritus.com)
70 points by messel on Oct 5, 2010 | 33 comments
18.
Show HN: Coding noob - first weekend project (aflanagan.com)
69 points by augustflanagan on Oct 5, 2010 | 54 comments
19.
Time lost by driving fast (nih.gov)
67 points by shawndumas on Oct 5, 2010 | 61 comments
20.
Algorithm for converting a finite state machine into a regular expression (qntm.org)
67 points by pavel_lishin on Oct 5, 2010 | 22 comments
21.
A creative cover letter from a hacker to the Chicago Tribune (documentcloud.org)
66 points by conesus on Oct 5, 2010 | 11 comments
22.
Martin Fowler's Domain-Specific Languages book is out (martinfowler.com)
63 points by praeclarum on Oct 5, 2010 | 21 comments
23.
Dropbox is down (scripting.com)
61 points by davewiner on Oct 5, 2010 | 37 comments
24.
Soyuz capsule landing and retrieval photos (cryptome.org)
60 points by hristov on Oct 5, 2010 | 22 comments
25.
Java Build Systems - a sad state of affairs (grok-code.com)
58 points by fogus on Oct 5, 2010 | 42 comments
26.
Pakistan's deadly robots in the sky (theglobeandmail.com)
57 points by mcantelon on Oct 5, 2010 | 28 comments
27.
Refactoring to clean code. (amaxus.com)
52 points by handybitesize on Oct 5, 2010 | 13 comments
28.
Pay With A Tweet (paywithatweet.com)
51 points by chaosmachine on Oct 5, 2010 | 36 comments
29.
Calacanis to Challenge TechCrunch (newsgrange.com)
51 points by bjonathan on Oct 5, 2010 | 36 comments
30.
VCs Offer Terms Most Angels Can't Match In Pulse Funding (techcrunch.com)
49 points by daniel_levine on Oct 5, 2010 | 8 comments

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