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1.		My uncle's factorization algorithms (github.com/daoudclarke)
		420 points by daoudc on Dec 27, 2011 \| 51 comments
2.		Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011
		336 points by _ut0p on Dec 27, 2011 \| 307 comments
3.		What future space combat would really look like (spacebattles.com)
		330 points by dikarel on Dec 27, 2011 \| 231 comments
4.		Avenger controller company pisses off gaming community with bad customer support (penny-arcade.com)
		271 points by jamesmoss on Dec 27, 2011 \| 90 comments
5.		Adventures in Aeron Chair Arbitrage (priceonomics.com)
		249 points by omarish on Dec 27, 2011 \| 107 comments
6.		I Think You're Fat (2007) (esquire.com)
		219 points by glenstein on Dec 27, 2011 \| 111 comments
7.		After 7.5 years, Firefox finally adds line numbers to view-source: (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
		207 points by ecaron on Dec 27, 2011 \| 82 comments
8.		Practical Garbage Collection - Part 1: Introduction (worldmodscode.wordpress.com)
		181 points by cgbystrom on Dec 27, 2011 \| 38 comments
9.		'TSA Arrests Me for Using the Fourth Amendment as a Weapon' (dailykos.com)
		164 points by nextparadigms on Dec 27, 2011 \| 107 comments
10.		End artificial scarcities to increase productivity (might.net)
		152 points by p4bl0 on Dec 27, 2011 \| 84 comments
11.		Facebook deleted their Python SDK repository without warning (techhouse.org)
		150 points by lincolnq on Dec 27, 2011 \| 45 comments
12.		The coming retail apocalypse: some axioms (antipope.org)
		138 points by cstross on Dec 27, 2011 \| 69 comments
13.		Specialforces.com Site Hacked (pastebin.com)
		137 points by mschonfeld on Dec 27, 2011 \| 58 comments
14.		Google+ passes 62 million users. Adding 625,000 new users per day. (plus.google.com)
		134 points by lomegor on Dec 27, 2011 \| 107 comments
15.		"Small-claims flash mob" - Car owner takes legal fight away from lawyers (latimes.com)
		129 points by radley on Dec 27, 2011 \| 51 comments
16.		Launching the Kindle Fire was a mistake (plus.google.com)
		128 points by andrewmunn on Dec 27, 2011 \| 92 comments
17.		Elon Musk is pushing the human race forward (murtza.org)
		127 points by murtza on Dec 27, 2011 \| 56 comments
18.		Voyager 1 Speeds Toward The Brink Of Interstellar Space (npr.org)
		124 points by ilamont on Dec 27, 2011 \| 51 comments
19.		Would Obama Veto SOPA? Extremely Doubtful (techdirt.com)
		121 points by llambda on Dec 27, 2011 \| 55 comments
20.		Introducing filer.js (ericbidelman.tumblr.com)
		119 points by cleverjake on Dec 27, 2011 \| 12 comments
21.		The Facebook Platform Is A Trainwreck (blorn.com)
		112 points by stickfigure on Dec 27, 2011 \| 36 comments
22.		Setting up Django + NGinx + Green Unicorn in an Ubuntu EC2 instance (adrian.org.ar)
		101 points by elopinologo on Dec 27, 2011 \| 37 comments
23.		What I Did in 2011 (blog.pinboard.in)
		101 points by stilist on Dec 27, 2011 \| 15 comments
24.		Avoid downtime: Currently using GoDaddy's DNS? Switch DNS before transferring (namecheap.com)
		93 points by moserware on Dec 27, 2011 \| 23 comments
25.		GoDaddy no longer on SOPA supporter list. (godaddy.com)
		84 points by seltzered_ on Dec 27, 2011 \| 57 comments
26.		TCP/IP over Lego model train (extremetech.com)
		82 points by llambda on Dec 27, 2011 \| 12 comments
27.		Ask HN: is it possible to earn a living US wage at oDesk?
		76 points by oneiroscopist on Dec 27, 2011 \| 42 comments
28.		NameCheap Did Reach Out Prior To The Blog (namecheap.com)
		76 points by teaneedz on Dec 27, 2011 \| 12 comments
29.		Site that lets you record and automatically phone-blast SOPA supporters for you (arstechnica.com)
		75 points by cjfont on Dec 27, 2011 \| 26 comments
30.		How Facebook Mobile Was Designed to Write Once, Run Everywhere (readwriteweb.com)
		75 points by zalew on Dec 27, 2011 \| 29 comments
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