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1.		Space Stasis (Neal Stephenson) (slate.com)
		322 points by chwolfe on Feb 2, 2011 \| 71 comments
2.		The 4-Hour Dentist (bygonebureau.com)
		300 points by zdw on Feb 2, 2011 \| 100 comments
3.		Match.com Acquires Online Dating Site OkCupid (techcrunch.com)
		254 points by ggordan on Feb 2, 2011 \| 117 comments
4.		What it's like in Egypt: An email from my mom
		238 points by zefhous on Feb 2, 2011 \| 56 comments
5.		What on earth are Google thinking? (re: Binggate) (puremango.co.uk)
		234 points by user24 on Feb 2, 2011 \| 129 comments
6.		Paypal's fraud prevention routine does it again (scottishrubyconference.com)
		189 points by rahoulb on Feb 2, 2011 \| 88 comments
7.		Why is Google so hysterically hypocritical about Bing using its public data? (roughlydrafted.com)
		182 points by HardyLeung on Feb 2, 2011 \| 128 comments
8.		Bing sets the record straight on recent accusations (bing.com)
		169 points by thankuz on Feb 2, 2011 \| 186 comments
9.		MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers (mailchimp.com)
		165 points by bjonathan on Feb 2, 2011 \| 44 comments
10.		Rands in Repose: The Noise (randsinrepose.com)
		152 points by filament on Feb 2, 2011 \| 19 comments
11.		WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – And One Huge Scam (techcrunch.com)
		144 points by bjonathan on Feb 2, 2011 \| 112 comments
12.		Reddit (YC S05): 1 billion monthly pageviews (reddit.com)
		145 points by tewks on Feb 2, 2011 \| 71 comments
13.		Android Market Web Store just Launched (android.com)
		142 points by jdavidson on Feb 2, 2011 \| 81 comments
14.		Andrew Warner is in the hospital (mixergy.com)
		142 points by pw on Feb 2, 2011 \| 43 comments
15.		YC startups seeking designers for Feb 2011 designer directory (wufoo.com)
		138 points by garry on Feb 2, 2011 \| 28 comments
16.		But now: US viewers seek Al Jazeera coverage (aljazeera.net)
		132 points by aj700 on Feb 2, 2011 \| 78 comments
17.		World's worst hacker (hedfors.com)
		121 points by ukdm on Feb 2, 2011 \| 42 comments
18.		Wow, Microsoft And Google Are Punching Each Other In The Face In Front Of Us (techcrunch.com)
		118 points by thankuz on Feb 2, 2011 \| 28 comments
19.		A Classic 'Nontextbook' on Writing (chronicle.com)
		96 points by JoelMcCracken on Feb 2, 2011 \| 21 comments
20.		.NET Reflector no longer a free tool - An open letter to the .NET community (red-gate.com)
		93 points by amirmc on Feb 2, 2011 \| 82 comments
21.		The Future of Cheap Androids Begins Now (gigaom.com)
		91 points by pietrofmaggi on Feb 2, 2011 \| 71 comments
22.		A Deepness In The Sky (hn-books.com)
		91 points by DanielBMarkham on Feb 2, 2011 \| 85 comments
23.		Nate Silver: How Much Does Bing Borrow From Google? (nytimes.com)
		91 points by moultano on Feb 2, 2011 \| 49 comments
24.		Google Tried To Buy Path For $100+ Million. Path Said No. (techcrunch.com)
		87 points by thankuz on Feb 2, 2011 \| 69 comments
25.		A Googler gone missing in Egypt. Google asks for your help. (thenextweb.com)
		78 points by invisiblefunnel on Feb 2, 2011 \| 28 comments
26.		Ask HN: What is legally required to run a small service-based web application?
		77 points by IgorPartola on Feb 2, 2011 \| 58 comments
27.		Egypt comes back online after government backs down (newscientist.com)
		70 points by chegra on Feb 2, 2011 \| 8 comments
28.		VideoLAN launches new website (videolan.org)
		69 points by ashraful on Feb 2, 2011 \| 41 comments
29.		Rapportive (YC S10) adds Facebook: like, comment, and add friends from Gmail (mashable.com)
		63 points by rahulvohra on Feb 2, 2011 \| 20 comments
30.		Senators decry link between Egypt and U.S. 'kill switch' bill (cnet.com)
		63 points by MikeCapone on Feb 2, 2011 \| 48 comments
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