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1.
According to the IRS you are a private contractor employed by Google (etymonline.com)
174 points by mikecane on Nov 14, 2010 | 116 comments
2.
The curse of being a gifted child (theglobeandmail.com)
107 points by MikeCapone on Nov 14, 2010 | 46 comments
3.
Nice cheat sheet collection (devcheatsheet.com)
106 points by bemmu on Nov 14, 2010 | 15 comments
4.
TSA Agent about to scan pilot's daughter: "Heads up, got a cutie for you." (flyertalk.com)
105 points by jarin on Nov 14, 2010 | 29 comments
5.
Peter Martin: Google does something really good. (petermartin.com.au)
103 points by jedwhite on Nov 14, 2010 | 28 comments
6.
Should We Do Y Combinator? We're further along than most (whoabubs.com)
98 points by dariusmonsef on Nov 14, 2010 | 40 comments
7.
Minecraft sales cross 600k mark (minecraft.net)
99 points by bjonathan on Nov 14, 2010 | 40 comments
8.
Students Read Hacker Monthly For Free (hackermonthly.posterous.com)
91 points by bearwithclaws on Nov 14, 2010 | 36 comments
9.
Ask HN: is the pushdown of TSA backscatter stories algorithmic or manual?
87 points by jedwhite on Nov 14, 2010 | 17 comments
10.
HTML5 3D demos (mrdoob.com)
87 points by bjonathan on Nov 14, 2010 | 19 comments
11.
Why the U.S. needs a new visa for foreigners who want to start businesses here. (slate.com)
79 points by zugumzug on Nov 14, 2010 | 18 comments
12.
4chan Users Try to DDoS Tumblr, Tumblrs Raid 4chan in Revenge (urlesque.com)
73 points by ssclafani on Nov 14, 2010 | 33 comments
13.
When The Speed Of Light Is Too Slow: Trading at the Edge (kurzweilai.net)
69 points by limist on Nov 14, 2010 | 66 comments
14.
How to Say Nothing in 500 Words (apostate.com)
69 points by mcantor on Nov 14, 2010 | 30 comments
15.
Ask HN: What do geeks in Palo Alto do on weekend nights?
65 points by vishaldpatel on Nov 14, 2010 | 54 comments
16.
An exceptional object in our cosmic neighborhood discovered (nasa.gov)
63 points by bsk on Nov 14, 2010 | 29 comments
17.
The irony of the US economy: no jobs and no one to hire (randfishkin.com)
63 points by will_critchlow on Nov 14, 2010 | 92 comments
18.
Ask PG: How much did the lunch with you sell for?
63 points by bradly on Nov 14, 2010 | 21 comments
19.
Twitter Goes JSON-Only With One API (programmableweb.com)
62 points by sinzone on Nov 14, 2010 | 46 comments
20.
Who rules America (ucsc.edu)
59 points by known on Nov 14, 2010 | 29 comments
21.
In June the U.S. House passed bill to ban full-body scanners as primary method (opencongress.org)
56 points by jlujan on Nov 14, 2010 | 10 comments
22.
Letting your mind wander is a major cause of unhappiness (io9.com)
56 points by tsmall on Nov 14, 2010 | 22 comments
23.
The Price 20-Somethings Pay to Live in the City (nytimes.com)
51 points by fun2have on Nov 14, 2010 | 50 comments
24.
The Ins and Outs of Clojure: Part One (copperthoughts.com)
50 points by ihodes on Nov 14, 2010
25.
Anything is Possible (in a Startup) (thisisgoingtobebig.com)
49 points by jkopelman on Nov 14, 2010 | 6 comments
26.
Creators Admit Unix, C Hoax (gnu.org)
49 points by vog on Nov 14, 2010 | 7 comments
27.
Ask HN: Good Reading/Immersion in Mathematics
48 points by jawee on Nov 14, 2010 | 31 comments
28.
Ask HN: Modern approach to web application development with Common Lisp
44 points by kung-fu-master on Nov 14, 2010 | 25 comments
29.
AWS Compute Cluster #231 on Top 500 (mvdirona.com)
44 points by whakojacko on Nov 14, 2010 | 19 comments
30.
Ask HN: Mobile dev - Bypass apps and go straight to HTML5?
42 points by hymanroth on Nov 14, 2010 | 54 comments

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