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1.
Why the password "this is fun" is 10 times more secure than "J4fS!2" (baekdal.com)
421 points by joshwa on April 15, 2011 | 170 comments
2.
What was the code quality of the initial version of Google? (quora.com)
295 points by mlinsey on April 15, 2011 | 73 comments
3.
Living in the zone (jacquesmattheij.com)
289 points by swombat on April 15, 2011 | 83 comments
4.
The Lisp Curse (winestockwebdesign.com)
268 points by winestock on April 15, 2011 | 151 comments
5.
Screw you. Pay me. (venturebeat.com)
248 points by privacyguru on April 15, 2011 | 86 comments
6.
Ubuntu Unity usability testing results and analysis (ubuntu.com)
249 points by keyist on April 15, 2011 | 115 comments
7.
Former Google VP Kai-Fu Lee Got a Nickname, Start-Copy Lee (jyorr.com)
202 points by rjyo on April 15, 2011 | 94 comments
8.
A death sentence for a young Chinese businesswoman chills entrepreneurs (economist.com)
171 points by kungfooey on April 15, 2011 | 70 comments
9.
Why Leaves Really Fall Off Trees (npr.org)
156 points by sajid on April 15, 2011 | 23 comments
10.
Ask HN: How would you make a site resistant to government takedown?
147 points by icey on April 15, 2011 | 57 comments
11.
Researchers have successfully teleported wave packets of light (abc.net.au)
134 points by Urgo on April 15, 2011 | 53 comments
12.
Peacetime CEO/Wartime CEO (bhorowitz.com)
115 points by salar on April 15, 2011 | 28 comments
13.
Modern JavaScript (rebeccamurphey.com)
116 points by telemachos on April 15, 2011 | 31 comments
14.
This Tech Bubble Is Different (businessweek.com)
104 points by turoczy on April 15, 2011 | 50 comments
15.
ASCII Pronunciation Rules for Programmers [2008] (codinghorror.com)
94 points by franze on April 15, 2011 | 87 comments
16.
Cheating and the Honor System (ginandtacos.com)
93 points by jtbigwoo on April 15, 2011 | 84 comments
17.
Appointment Reminder at 6 Months (kalzumeus.com)
92 points by revorad on April 15, 2011 | 60 comments
18.
Inside Google's China misfortune (cnn.com)
90 points by profitbaron on April 15, 2011 | 29 comments
19.
Cutting that cord (daringfireball.net)
82 points by threepointone on April 15, 2011 | 55 comments
20.
The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List (stackoverflow.com)
80 points by helwr on April 15, 2011 | 20 comments
21.
Speculation on an Amazon iPad Competitor (marco.org)
78 points by uptown on April 15, 2011 | 31 comments
22.
The betrayal of Bntr (techcrunch.com)
73 points by rokhayakebe on April 15, 2011 | 39 comments
23.
Scraping the web with Node.io (coderholic.com)
70 points by coderholic on April 15, 2011 | 10 comments
24.
Introducing Gofix (golang.org)
62 points by fogus on April 15, 2011 | 11 comments
25.
Haskell Platform 2011.2.0.1 is out -- major improvements for Mac users (haskell.org)
59 points by dons on April 15, 2011 | 16 comments
26.
The Emacs 30 Day Challenge (mostlymaths.net)
59 points by tomh on April 15, 2011 | 15 comments
27.
Greplin’s Chrome Extension Now Makes Gmail Search Infinitely Better (techcrunch.com)
55 points by ssclafani on April 15, 2011 | 41 comments
28.
Case shiller 100 year chart (ritholtz.com)
47 points by mikek on April 15, 2011 | 14 comments
29.
Microsoft breaks own world record for IE nonsense (theregister.co.uk)
43 points by Garbage on April 15, 2011 | 26 comments
30.
Oracle to move OpenOffice.org to a Community-Based Project (marketwire.com)
41 points by nikosdimopoulos on April 15, 2011 | 10 comments

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