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1.
Trillion-frame-per-second video (web.mit.edu)
458 points by xtacy on Dec 13, 2011 | 61 comments
2.
Bfxr. Make sound effects for your games. (bfxr.net)
339 points by llambda on Dec 13, 2011 | 29 comments
3.
Why you can't hire (startupboy.com)
318 points by csmajorfive on Dec 13, 2011 | 72 comments
4.
Amazon.com just closed my seller account. No warning, no details. (kavlie.net)
305 points by akavlie on Dec 13, 2011 | 77 comments
5.
A Case Against Using CoffeeScript (ryanflorence.com)
286 points by Liu on Dec 13, 2011 | 141 comments
6.
Why apps are not the future (scripting.com)
269 points by davewiner on Dec 13, 2011 | 131 comments
7.
TextMate 2 (Public) Alpha (macromates.com)
244 points by fredleblanc on Dec 13, 2011 | 171 comments
8.
The Humble Indie Bundle #4 (pay what you want and help charity) (humblebundle.com)
238 points by Jach on Dec 13, 2011 | 67 comments
9.
 (Python) Generator Tricks For Systems Programmer (pdf) (dabeaz.com)
205 points by slig on Dec 13, 2011 | 24 comments
10.
Louis C.K. "I've never seen a check from a [TV] comedy special" (npr.org)
205 points by jamesbritt on Dec 13, 2011 | 131 comments
11.
The Messy Art Of UX Sketching (smashingmagazine.com)
167 points by cwan on Dec 13, 2011 | 28 comments
12.
Show HN: Blanking all Wikipedia as SOPA Protest Live Stats (hacksandthoughts.posterous.com)
163 points by sbashyal on Dec 13, 2011 | 23 comments
13.
Facebook releases HHVM, 60 percent faster than its current PHP interpreter (facebook.com)
164 points by adeelarshad82 on Dec 13, 2011 | 143 comments
14.
Busted: BitTorrent Pirates at Sony, Universal and Fox (torrentfreak.com)
146 points by jjp9999 on Dec 13, 2011 | 51 comments
15.
Prof. of Constitutional Law at Harvard says that SOPA violates First Amendment (scribd.com)
146 points by chown on Dec 13, 2011 | 30 comments
16.
Mono's Making Money (gigaom.com)
146 points by cek on Dec 13, 2011 | 47 comments
17.
Make your STDERR red (github.com/sickill)
133 points by ku1ik on Dec 13, 2011 | 88 comments
18.
Leaving JSPs in the dust: moving LinkedIn to dust.js client-side templates (linkedin.com)
134 points by eneveu on Dec 13, 2011 | 41 comments
19.
Torture your data long enough and it'll tell you anything (businessweek.com)
129 points by DanielRibeiro on Dec 13, 2011 | 34 comments
20.
Git 1.7.8 changes for the everyday developer (johnkary.net)
123 points by johnkary on Dec 13, 2011 | 15 comments
21.
An Ode to a 'Poor Black Kid' I Never Knew: How Forbes Gets Poverty Wrong (good.is)
114 points by pitdesi on Dec 13, 2011 | 47 comments
22.
232 sand dollars (sivers.org)
115 points by progga on Dec 13, 2011 | 5 comments
23.
Most Important Open Source Projects of 2011 (linux.com)
114 points by mmrobins on Dec 13, 2011 | 51 comments
24.
ThemeForest author to sell more than $1million in WordPress stock themes (envato.com)
105 points by csomar on Dec 13, 2011 | 23 comments
25.
Jon Stewart skewers Freemium iOS Games [video] (getdenso.com)
103 points by iamclovin on Dec 13, 2011 | 78 comments
26.
MixRank (YC S11) Raises $1.5M from Mark Cuban, 500 Startups (techcrunch.com)
101 points by il on Dec 13, 2011 | 14 comments
27.
Hacking Scrabble (part 1) (zephod.com)
95 points by zephod on Dec 13, 2011 | 50 comments
28.
Vintage Steve Jobs footage on Apple (1980) (computerhistory.org)
94 points by taylorbuley on Dec 13, 2011 | 22 comments
29.
Novel Optical Trick Creates Ultra-Secure Cash (fastcompany.com)
92 points by miraj on Dec 13, 2011 | 44 comments
30.
New York vs San Francisco in fight for tech start-ups (bbc.co.uk)
93 points by PStamatiou on Dec 13, 2011 | 51 comments

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