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1.		Programming languages are being deleted from Wikipedia (reddit.com)
		430 points by budu on Feb 14, 2011 \| 269 comments
2.		Nokia Plan B (nokiaplanb.com)
		317 points by wybo on Feb 14, 2011 \| 174 comments
3.		The Secret to a Happy Marriage: Do the Dishes, Put Out, Don’t Talk So Much (wsj.com)
		275 points by alexwestholm on Feb 14, 2011 \| 162 comments
4.		IBM's Watson starts on Jeopardy Tonight (jeopardy.com)
		245 points by KevBurnsJr on Feb 14, 2011 \| 143 comments
5.		Skype's Crazy Regex Easter Egg (nyaruka.com)
		216 points by nicpottier on Feb 14, 2011 \| 51 comments
6.		What would Feynman do? (msdn.com)
		203 points by cruise02 on Feb 14, 2011 \| 35 comments
7.		Formula for love: X^2+(y-sqrt(x^2))^2=1 (wolframalpha.com)
		202 points by carusen on Feb 14, 2011 \| 41 comments
8.		I have seen the future and I am opposed (core77.com)
		184 points by cwan on Feb 14, 2011 \| 72 comments
9.		Christopher Monsanto gives up trying to delete PL articles (wikipedia.org)
		173 points by bendmorris on Feb 14, 2011 \| 131 comments
10.		Steve Jobs: "I'll just sue you" (2010) (jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com)
		163 points by ootachi on Feb 14, 2011 \| 42 comments
11.		Lemmings is 20 years old today (scottishgames.net)
		161 points by sambeau on Feb 14, 2011 \| 32 comments
12.		Quora To Oddly-Named Users: Papers Please (techcrunch.com)
		148 points by achompas on Feb 14, 2011 \| 124 comments
13.		Ask HN: Who Is Hiring (For Freelance/Part Time Remote Work) February 2011.
		137 points by RDDavies on Feb 14, 2011 \| 57 comments
14.		Wikipedia's Notability Requirements And The Slash (sheddingbikes.com)
		137 points by invisiblefunnel on Feb 14, 2011 \| 145 comments
15.		Greplin (YC W10) Grabs $4 Million From Sequoia For Social Search (techcrunch.com)
		138 points by ssclafani on Feb 14, 2011 \| 28 comments
16.		Tell HN: I quit my job to bootstrap my startup by myself.
		129 points by chr15 on Feb 14, 2011 \| 106 comments
17.		3D printing could reduce raw material needs by 90% (economist.com)
		123 points by joshrule on Feb 14, 2011 \| 69 comments
18.		Python 3 Wall of Shame (python3wos.appspot.com)
		122 points by iamelgringo on Feb 14, 2011 \| 78 comments
19.		Inside the DNA of the Facebook Mafia (techcrunch.com)
		118 points by bpeters on Feb 14, 2011 \| 16 comments
20.		The Python Paradox is now the Scala Paradox (kleppmann.com)
		118 points by hendler on Feb 14, 2011 \| 43 comments
21.		The Great Gatsby - For NES (greatgatsbygame.com)
		103 points by vanrenen on Feb 14, 2011 \| 32 comments
22.		The Scariest Company in Tech (rvqs.wordpress.com)
		103 points by dequantified on Feb 14, 2011 \| 53 comments
23.		Announcing Soulmate, a Redis-backed service for fast autocompleting (seatgeek.com)
		97 points by ericwaller on Feb 14, 2011 \| 23 comments
24.		Call it "3G" or "4G," America's wireless networks are still slow (arstechnica.com)
		82 points by evo_9 on Feb 14, 2011 \| 35 comments
25.		Finding similar items using minhashing (toao.com)
		81 points by sadiq on Feb 14, 2011 \| 20 comments
26.		My Favourite Programming Quotes (ginktage.com)
		78 points by cfontes on Feb 14, 2011 \| 27 comments
27.		Michigan left (wikipedia.org)
		77 points by IgorPartola on Feb 14, 2011 \| 77 comments
28.		I know I belong in computer science, but sometimes I wonder. (carolynworks.com)
		75 points by Mystitat on Feb 14, 2011 \| 61 comments
29.		London Stock Exchange in historic Linux go-live (computerworlduk.com)
		79 points by DMPenfold2008 on Feb 14, 2011 \| 13 comments
30.		Email address validation: please stop (sinjakli.co.uk)
		69 points by sadiq on Feb 14, 2011 \| 85 comments
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