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1.
The lost Van Jacobson paper that could save the Internet (root.org)
280 points by wglb on Dec 30, 2011 | 48 comments
2.
Hitchhiker's Guide to Python (late.am)
256 points by dcrosta on Dec 30, 2011 | 35 comments
3.
Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A Million Pages Down
245 points by jpadvo on Dec 30, 2011 | 95 comments
4.
I made progress bars using only CSS3. You can use them for free. (dipperstove.com)
225 points by jsullivandigs on Dec 30, 2011 | 32 comments
5.
Download Entire Wikipedia for Offline Use With an HTML5 App (googlecode.com)
196 points by antimatter15 on Dec 30, 2011 | 50 comments
6.
Hashify: what becomes possible when one is able to store documents in URLs? (hashify.me)
186 points by potomak on Dec 30, 2011 | 77 comments
7.
How to Become a Must-Have (smartfaststartup.com)
166 points by lesterbuck on Dec 30, 2011 | 23 comments
8.
The Magna Carta Essay (collegemisery.blogspot.com)
163 points by edw519 on Dec 30, 2011 | 109 comments
9.
I Just Ordered a Ladle from Amazon (abtinforouzandeh.com)
161 points by abtinf on Dec 30, 2011 | 65 comments
10.
Stop reading this blog and learn something (avdi.org)
145 points by joshuacc on Dec 30, 2011 | 38 comments
11.
Facebook no longer supports IE7 (thenextweb.com)
138 points by fosk on Dec 30, 2011 | 16 comments
12.
Ask HN: I just got my first team lead. What should I do?
89 points by endymi0n on Dec 30, 2011 | 50 comments
13.
How SOPA Could Ruin My Life (forbes.com/sites/insertcoin)
115 points by ops7eng5 on Dec 30, 2011 | 16 comments
14.
How the first Pascal compiler was written (raw.github.com)
105 points by dchest on Dec 30, 2011 | 41 comments
15.
Why do C++ folks make things so complicated? (johndcook.com)
101 points by ColinWright on Dec 30, 2011 | 112 comments
16.
An email I received from Jimmy Wales regarding SOPA (reddit.com)
96 points by MRonney on Dec 30, 2011 | 8 comments
17.
Verizon changes mind, cancels $2 payment fee (geek.com)
96 points by 11031a on Dec 30, 2011 | 37 comments
18.
A newbie’s guide to scaling AWS (revisu.com)
97 points by maxticket on Dec 30, 2011 | 19 comments
19.
Verizon's audacious new fee for on-line payments (cnn.com)
85 points by raymondh on Dec 30, 2011 | 73 comments
20.
"DIY Dropbox" or "2-way directory (r)sync with proper deletion" (github.com/sickill)
82 points by ku1ik on Dec 30, 2011 | 32 comments
21.
860k Stratfor Accounts Dump (pastebin.com)
77 points by mrb on Dec 30, 2011 | 72 comments
22.
Samoa cancels Friday 30th and travels one day forward in time (nytimes.com)
77 points by tjriley82 on Dec 30, 2011 | 36 comments
23.
What is the coolest thing you can do in ten lines of code? (stackoverflow.com)
73 points by sadiq on Dec 30, 2011 | 36 comments
24.
Sending a spacecraft to Alpha Centauri (boingboing.net)
72 points by antoviaque on Dec 30, 2011 | 48 comments
25.
Go Slow to Go Fast (onticoren.com)
72 points by craigkerstiens on Dec 30, 2011 | 17 comments
26.
Insynchq : A Google Docs-Loving Dropbox Rival (thenextweb.com)
68 points by vidyesh on Dec 30, 2011 | 25 comments
27.
Screencast: Make a remote data iOS table in minutes (parse.com)
67 points by jamesjyu on Dec 30, 2011 | 8 comments
28.
The pros and cons of cloud hosting (supportbee.com)
66 points by prateekdayal on Dec 30, 2011 | 56 comments
29.
Rare earth crisis: Innovate, or be crushed by China (extremetech.com)
64 points by llambda on Dec 30, 2011 | 22 comments
30.
Getting Back to Smalltalk (railsrx.com)
63 points by stesch on Dec 30, 2011 | 46 comments

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