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1.
Pixel Art Scaling Algorithms (wikipedia.org)
208 points by gregschlom on Dec 23, 2010 | 32 comments
2.
Spelling Corrector in 21 lines of Python (norvig.com)
181 points by l0nwlf on Dec 23, 2010 | 27 comments
3.
Who Writes Wikipedia? (aaronsw.com)
165 points by hiteshiitk on Dec 23, 2010 | 55 comments
4.
The Sad Story Of The Unicode Snowman (☁→❄→☃→☀→☺→☂→☹→✝.ws)
149 points by treitnauer on Dec 23, 2010 | 36 comments
5.
The $20 Starbucks Test (snootymonkey.com)
139 points by ph0rque on Dec 23, 2010 | 64 comments
6.
1k 3D Christmas tree in Javascript (js1k.com)
137 points by gourneau on Dec 23, 2010 | 15 comments
7.
My conversation with AT&T (jasongullickson.posterous.com)
126 points by jasongullickson on Dec 23, 2010 | 88 comments
8.
Why Businesses Can’t Stand Free Markets (businessweek.com)
125 points by petethomas on Dec 23, 2010 | 134 comments
9.
Unicode Snowman for You (xn--n3h.net)
115 points by jamesjyu on Dec 23, 2010 | 48 comments
10.
Free Icon Set for Web Developers: Coded (smashingmagazine.com)
102 points by Garbage on Dec 23, 2010 | 21 comments
11.
A bad design is a good reminder (37signals.com)
97 points by revorad on Dec 23, 2010 | 29 comments
12.
Netflix: We're Working On HTML5 Standard to Bring Streaming Video to All Devices (readwriteweb.com)
95 points by kingsidharth on Dec 23, 2010 | 30 comments
13.
Art of the Steal: On the Trail of World’s Most Ingenious Thief (April 2010) (wired.com)
95 points by CaptainZapp on Dec 23, 2010 | 22 comments
14.
User Experience for Developers (uxmag.com)
95 points by wushupork on Dec 23, 2010 | 10 comments
15.
Paul Rand's Unused Ford Logo from 1966 (imjustcreative.com)
86 points by imjustcreative on Dec 23, 2010 | 32 comments
16.
MongoDB gotchas for the unaware user (senko.net)
83 points by senko on Dec 23, 2010 | 31 comments
17.
A Censorship-Resistant Web (aaronsw.com)
83 points by panarky on Dec 23, 2010 | 21 comments
18.
BYTE, the most beloved computer-magazine brand of all, is coming back. (technologizer.com)
80 points by technologizer on Dec 23, 2010 | 51 comments
19.
Sales-Driven Side Projects (seeinginteractive.com)
86 points by lloydarmbrust on Dec 23, 2010 | 18 comments
20.
RethinkDB internals: making coroutines fast (rethinkdb.com)
79 points by coffeemug on Dec 23, 2010 | 20 comments
21.
We don't need freedom of religion (ottawacitizen.com)
77 points by sorbus on Dec 23, 2010 | 92 comments
22.
Forget 200 lines, Red Hat speeds up Linux with 4 lines of code (internetnews.com)
76 points by signa11 on Dec 23, 2010 | 29 comments
23.
Should you take a pay cut to work at a startup? (ellenbeldner.info)
74 points by atularora on Dec 23, 2010 | 48 comments
24.
Take a paycut to work at a startup (swombat.com)
73 points by swombat on Dec 23, 2010 | 55 comments
25.
A secure way to store website users "offsite" but still own them. (autho.me)
72 points by self on Dec 23, 2010 | 52 comments
26.
Diaspora ported to use buddycloud channels and XMPP (buddycloud.com)
64 points by imaginator on Dec 23, 2010 | 19 comments
27.
Underhanded C: The Leaky Redaction (notanumber.net)
63 points by signa11 on Dec 23, 2010 | 6 comments
28.
Why is Groupon so important? (measuringmeasures.com)
61 points by plinkplonk on Dec 23, 2010 | 32 comments
29.
Cato Institute: The Case Against Net Neutrality (cato.org)
58 points by zacharyvoase on Dec 23, 2010 | 81 comments
30.
Facebook Data Team: What’s on your mind? (facebook.com)
54 points by isomorph on Dec 23, 2010 | 15 comments

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