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1.
The Tricks Investors Use Against Founders (theprivateequiteer.com)
309 points by flmyngo on Sept 8, 2011 | 44 comments
2.
Ask HN: How do you promote your web apps?
292 points by samrat on Sept 8, 2011 | 77 comments
3.
~/.osx — a collection of sensible defaults for OS X Lion (github.com/mathiasbynens)
291 points by mathias on Sept 8, 2011 | 87 comments
4.
Google buys Zagat (googleblog.blogspot.com)
243 points by rryan on Sept 8, 2011 | 70 comments
5.
Notifo (YC W10) Will be Shutting Down (notifo.com)
231 points by jazzychad on Sept 8, 2011 | 84 comments
6.
The $700 Million Yogurt Startup (forbes.com/sites/christophersteiner)
221 points by Gaussian on Sept 8, 2011 | 89 comments
7.
Amazon is More Interesting than Google (abtinforouzandeh.com)
209 points by abtinf on Sept 8, 2011 | 79 comments
8.
Fouling Out and Moving On (re: Notifo Shutdown) (jazzychad.net)
190 points by jazzychad on Sept 8, 2011 | 56 comments
9.
Kernel module for advanced rickrolling replaces open() call (github.com/fpletz)
177 points by wink on Sept 8, 2011 | 63 comments
10.
Java 8 lambda syntax decided - same as C# and Scala (java.net)
169 points by tomeast on Sept 8, 2011 | 78 comments
11.
Most Pressed Keys and Programming Syntaxes (mahdiyusuf.com)
152 points by deniszgonjanin on Sept 8, 2011 | 93 comments
12.
Raspberry Pi demos $25 PC running 1080p video, promises CD-quality audio (geek.com)
149 points by ukdm on Sept 8, 2011 | 108 comments
13.
Mozilla Openness facts (paulrouget.com)
149 points by girishmony on Sept 8, 2011 | 17 comments
14.
Building your own secure storage space that mirrors Dropbox's functionality (defcon.org)
137 points by buckwild on Sept 8, 2011 | 55 comments
15.
EU votes to extend music copyright to 70 years (bbc.co.uk)
131 points by sambeau on Sept 8, 2011 | 90 comments
16.
Show HN: Bitcoinica - Advanced Bitcoin Trading Platform (bitcoinica.com)
129 points by zhoutong on Sept 8, 2011 | 93 comments
17.
Arrington out at AOL (for real this time) (cnn.com)
115 points by asanwal on Sept 8, 2011 | 80 comments
18.
$200,000 from Kickstarter = 1 year of runway for Diaspora (dropbox.com)
113 points by joeybaker on Sept 8, 2011 | 111 comments
19.
Senate passes Patent Reform Bill (ap.org)
113 points by raymondh on Sept 8, 2011 | 48 comments
20.
Why Some Languages Sound Faster Than Others (time.com)
110 points by metellus on Sept 8, 2011 | 55 comments
21.
TrollScript, an esoteric dialect of Brainfuck. (github.com/tombell)
111 points by wlll on Sept 8, 2011 | 43 comments
22.
RIP Michael S. Hart: founder of Project Gutenberg (oreilly.com)
104 points by armored on Sept 8, 2011 | 6 comments
23.
Google to Android Developers: 'Do Not Develop in the Open' (readwriteweb.com)
95 points by pushingbits on Sept 8, 2011 | 74 comments
24.
Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’ (betabeat.com)
93 points by anto210 on Sept 8, 2011 | 54 comments
25.
Former TechCrunch Writer Spills the Truth about TechCrunch (medacity.com)
95 points by moses1400 on Sept 8, 2011 | 26 comments
26.
Zero to Profitable - LiberWriter Lessons Learned (dedasys.com)
90 points by davidw on Sept 8, 2011 | 12 comments
27.
Firefox and IE's "View source" can be spoofed to show anything (scriptjunkie.us)
85 points by dave1010uk on Sept 8, 2011 | 40 comments
28.
Amazon.com cuts California sales tax deal in stunning turnabout (mercurynews.com)
85 points by scommab on Sept 8, 2011 | 76 comments
29.
Minecraft Makes Little Girls Cry (jeff-vogel.blogspot.com)
79 points by felipemnoa on Sept 8, 2011 | 25 comments
30.
Deprecating the Observer Pattern (epfl.ch)
77 points by calebmpeterson on Sept 8, 2011 | 19 comments

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