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31.
Netflix Gets Into The Original Content Game, Buys Upcoming Show For $100m (techcrunch.com)
83 points by joshbert on March 16, 2011 | 50 comments
32.
Understanding Quake’s Fast Inverse Square Root (betterexplained.com)
82 points by RiderOfGiraffes on March 16, 2011 | 16 comments
33.
A Clever End Run Around the Movie-Streaming Gremlins (nytimes.com)
81 points by J3L2404 on March 16, 2011 | 43 comments
34.
31 days, 120,000 hits, and $462 in revenue. The Startup Foundry’s story. (thestartupfoundry.com)
78 points by g0atbutt on March 16, 2011 | 18 comments
35.
How can I tell if I am failing at my entrepreneurial venture or start-up? (cenedella.com)
73 points by revorad on March 16, 2011 | 36 comments
36.
Quora engineers accused of vandalizing a clone’s website (greyreview.com)
68 points by betolive on March 16, 2011 | 57 comments
37.
Erlang/OTP R14B02 has been released. (erlang.org)
67 points by pietrofmaggi on March 16, 2011 | 11 comments
38.
Concrete Poured Into Ant Colony Reveals Insect Megalopolis (youtube.com)
66 points by peterkong on March 16, 2011 | 25 comments
39.
Parsing ought to be easier (apenwarr.ca)
62 points by soundsop on March 16, 2011 | 27 comments
40.
Android 3.0 Hardware Acceleration (android-developers.blogspot.com)
61 points by shimi on March 16, 2011 | 27 comments
41.
More, better, faster: UX design for startups (cooper.com)
60 points by mrsierrakilo on March 16, 2011 | 5 comments
42.
Heyzap (YC 09) Launches Android App for Discovering & Checking In to Games (mashable.com)
56 points by foobar2k on March 16, 2011 | 6 comments
43.
Wonga is betting that computers are better at lending than banks (blogs.forbes.com)
53 points by pbj on March 16, 2011 | 35 comments
44.
BBC interview with creator of Elite (bbc.co.uk)
51 points by whyleyc on March 16, 2011 | 29 comments
45.
Fukushima: Mark 1 Nuclear Reactor Design Caused GE Scientist To Quit In Protest (abcnews.go.com)
49 points by suprgeek on March 16, 2011 | 20 comments
46.
Brushing Up on Computer Science Part 3, Data Structures (victusspiritus.com)
48 points by messel on March 16, 2011
47.
Why 'Secret Questions' Suck as a Security Measure (jamesburkhart.com)
49 points by fourk on March 16, 2011 | 56 comments
48.
Scaling PHP Up, Out, and Around (phpfog.com)
51 points by cardmagic on March 16, 2011 | 17 comments
49.
How to play a sound in a web browser (it ain’t easy) (aculo.us)
46 points by tortilla on March 16, 2011 | 18 comments
50.
Advice for YC applicants on the fence (rmorrison.org)
42 points by rmorrison on March 16, 2011 | 17 comments
51.
Using Gambit-C Scheme to Create Small, Efficient Native Applications (devx.com)
42 points by b-man on March 16, 2011 | 12 comments
52.
Google buys Green Parrot Pictures, looking to make YouTube prettier (engadget.com)
39 points by lotusleaf1987 on March 16, 2011 | 6 comments
53.
Show HN: ducksboard, a real time dashboard using websockets (ducksboard.com)
41 points by wulczer on March 16, 2011 | 25 comments
54.
How to embed HTML5 into a native Mac OSX app (lostdecadegames.com)
37 points by richtaur on March 16, 2011 | 8 comments
55.
Now Available: Windows Server 2008 R2 on Amazon EC2 (aws.typepad.com)
36 points by jeffbarr on March 16, 2011 | 9 comments
56.
Wireframing, UX and Web apps (contrast.ie)
34 points by destraynor on March 16, 2011 | 9 comments
57.
How To Improve Website Performance (Tutorial) (bootstrappingindependence.com)
31 points by Charlie_B on March 16, 2011 | 6 comments
58.
I'm a woman, and I want to be a founder. Please don't assume you know why. (meetthefounders.com)
26 points by misstatiana on March 16, 2011 | 33 comments
59.
Ask: Is there a "Machine Learning for Dummies"?
25 points by sown on March 16, 2011 | 4 comments
60.
Great documents come from great discussions (googleblog.blogspot.com)
25 points by Uncle_Sam on March 16, 2011 | 3 comments

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