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1.
I'm turning 30 and I've produced no amazing art. (spking.com)
341 points by spking on Dec 17, 2011 | 151 comments
2.
SOPA vote is now December 21 (cbsnews.com)
248 points by hsmyers on Dec 17, 2011 | 66 comments
3.
History of version control - 10 astonishments (flourish.org)
228 points by frabcus on Dec 17, 2011 | 73 comments
4.
Tips for Remote Unix Work (SSH, screen, and VNC) (brandonmintern.com)
218 points by BrandonM on Dec 17, 2011 | 62 comments
5.
Nerds and Male Privilege (kotaku.com)
193 points by seancron on Dec 17, 2011 | 241 comments
6.
Notch live coding for Ludum dare 22 (twitch.tv)
184 points by hjalle on Dec 17, 2011 | 72 comments
7.
POSIX close(2) is broken (daemonology.net)
184 points by cperciva on Dec 17, 2011 | 77 comments
8.
The Orbit of the Moon around the Sun is Convex (nus.edu.sg)
172 points by ColinWright on Dec 17, 2011 | 17 comments
9.
Show HN: My Zappos/Twilio hackathon entry
166 points by callmeed on Dec 17, 2011 | 47 comments
10.
YouTube Says Universal Had No ‘Right’ to Take Down Megaupload Video (wired.com)
152 points by pwg on Dec 17, 2011 | 39 comments
11.
India’s missed call culture (gigaom.com)
131 points by sytelus on Dec 17, 2011 | 89 comments
12.
'sudo make me a sandwich' has become a reality (willowgarage.com)
127 points by bfrs on Dec 17, 2011 | 63 comments
13.
The Haskell Platform 2011.4.0.0 is now available (haskell.org)
117 points by bjin on Dec 17, 2011 | 11 comments
14.
After traveling to over 25 countries I created an app I wanted (tripl.com)
105 points by pjsullivan3 on Dec 17, 2011 | 56 comments
15.
A remarkable email exchange with a developer who cares
96 points by andrewfelix on Dec 17, 2011 | 12 comments
16.
Find Hackers Near You (hackerbuddy.com)
89 points by illdave on Dec 17, 2011 | 23 comments
17.
Zynga falters in debut, sheds doubt on IPO market (reuters.com)
65 points by jarek on Dec 17, 2011 | 52 comments
18.
Ask HN: Better 1st person (My Photos) or 2nd (Your Photos)?
60 points by barredo on Dec 17, 2011 | 38 comments
19.
Xxxterm, a minimalist web browser (conformal.com)
59 points by mboroi on Dec 17, 2011 | 25 comments
20.
Write Scalability of PostgreSQL (rhaas.blogspot.com)
56 points by avar on Dec 17, 2011 | 1 comment
21.
Liberating software - interview with Richard Stallman (rt.com)
54 points by Tsiolkovsky on Dec 17, 2011 | 68 comments
22.
Linux Kernel Newbies (kernelnewbies.org)
53 points by mbowcock on Dec 17, 2011 | 8 comments
23.
What is a startup? (swombat.com)
51 points by jot on Dec 17, 2011 | 23 comments
24.
Breakthrough could double solar energy output (latimes.com)
49 points by pwg on Dec 17, 2011 | 22 comments
25.
Neil deGrasse Tyson AMA #2 (reddit.com)
49 points by Mithrandir on Dec 17, 2011 | 12 comments
26.
[ANN] Lua 5.2.0 (final) now available (nabble.com)
49 points by wsxiaoys on Dec 17, 2011 | 8 comments
27.
The Setup: Brad Fitzpatrick (usesthis.com)
48 points by dchest on Dec 17, 2011 | 8 comments
28.
Fedora Linux 16 with KDE: surprisingly high-quality (dedoimedo.com)
46 points by Tsiolkovsky on Dec 17, 2011 | 11 comments
29.
“When you have enough data, sometimes, you don’t have to be too clever” (strafenet.com)
45 points by smarterchild on Dec 17, 2011 | 13 comments
30.
Fred Wilson: Some Thoughts On The Louis CK "Experiment" (avc.com)
44 points by cwan on Dec 17, 2011 | 15 comments

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