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1.
From the IE Team: Google Bypassing User Privacy Settings (msdn.com)
313 points by ecaron on Feb 20, 2012 | 174 comments
2.
Splash screens == sloth (asserttrue.blogspot.com)
258 points by kylehansen on Feb 20, 2012 | 242 comments
3.
How to Acquire a Domain Name (That Someone Already Owns) (domai.nr)
203 points by ebcase on Feb 20, 2012 | 83 comments
4.
Computing 10,000x More Efficiently (slides) (media.mit.edu)
185 points by silentbicycle on Feb 20, 2012 | 41 comments
5.
Why I Still Use Emacs (gnuvince.wordpress.com)
178 points by markokocic on Feb 20, 2012 | 108 comments
6.
Scamming the scammers – catching the virus call centre scammers red-handed (troyhunt.com)
180 points by troyhunt on Feb 20, 2012 | 42 comments
7.
Amon - server monitoring, simplified logging and error tracking for web apps (amon.cx)
168 points by ajaxaddicted on Feb 20, 2012 | 35 comments
8.
Dead for 32,000 Years, an Arctic Plant Is Revived (nytimes.com)
163 points by reneherse on Feb 20, 2012 | 21 comments
9.
The shutdown of library.nu (randomink.org)
144 points by tathagatadg on Feb 20, 2012 | 71 comments
10.
Learn from Haskell - Functional, Reusable JavaScript (seanhess.github.com)
139 points by embwbam on Feb 20, 2012 | 48 comments
11.
It’s Just Math (raganwald.posterous.com)
135 points by raganwald on Feb 20, 2012 | 50 comments
12.
Convore Shutting Down (convore.com)
130 points by arunagarwal on Feb 20, 2012 | 87 comments
13.
Using CSS without HTML (mathiasbynens.be)
125 points by princeverma on Feb 20, 2012 | 25 comments
14.
Notifications are Evil (informationdiet.com)
121 points by cjoh on Feb 20, 2012 | 63 comments
15.
Show HN: QR Pixel encodes pixel art in QR codes. (qrpixel.com)
119 points by kbaker on Feb 20, 2012 | 25 comments
16.
Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator's Dilemma (hbr.org)
117 points by 6ren on Feb 20, 2012 | 55 comments
17.
Why the NFL bans iPads (and other technology) (ericelias.org)
111 points by ericelias on Feb 20, 2012 | 57 comments
18.
All Conj 2011 Videos Available (clojure.com)
100 points by pron on Feb 20, 2012 | 10 comments
19.
Better than templates, building highly dynamic web pages (fastmail.fm)
95 points by robmueller on Feb 20, 2012 | 43 comments
20.
Debian Announces Position on Software Patents (debian.org)
88 points by sciurus on Feb 20, 2012 | 35 comments
21.
Advanced caching in Rails (broadcastingadam.com)
86 points by ranit8 on Feb 20, 2012 | 18 comments
22.
On naming (quietlyamused.org)
85 points by lars512 on Feb 20, 2012 | 47 comments
23.
Is Writing Style Sufficient to Deanonymize Material Posted Online? (33bits.org)
82 points by chl on Feb 20, 2012 | 40 comments
24.
Berkeley DB Architecture - NoSQL Before NoSQL Was Cool (highscalability.com)
81 points by pron on Feb 20, 2012 | 22 comments
25.
Jobs made Apple great by ignoring profit (reuters.com)
81 points by 6ren on Feb 20, 2012 | 74 comments
26.
Do browsers parse javascript on every page load? (stackoverflow.com)
79 points by dazbradbury on Feb 20, 2012 | 19 comments
27.
Another Xcode Version, Another Example of Crappy Apple QA (thecodist.com)
72 points by AliCollins on Feb 20, 2012 | 54 comments
28.
Google buys what’s left of defunct search startup Cuil (venturebeat.com)
70 points by zoowar on Feb 20, 2012 | 28 comments
29.
From 10 Hours a Week, $10 Million a Year (nytimes.com)
58 points by michaelkscott on Feb 20, 2012 | 21 comments
30.
5 years away from programming, boy have things changed (dannydo.es)
53 points by fellars on Feb 20, 2012 | 9 comments

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