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1.
How Mailinator compresses its email stream by 90% (mailinator.blogspot.com)
424 points by zinxq on Feb 21, 2012 | 69 comments
2.
Please Steal These webOS Features (ignorethecode.net)
385 points by ugh on Feb 21, 2012 | 159 comments
3.
Apache releases first major new version of popular Web server in six years (zdnet.com)
320 points by thenextcorner on Feb 21, 2012 | 91 comments
4.
Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year’s End (nytimes.com)
280 points by mtigas on Feb 21, 2012 | 132 comments
5.
Do Things, Tell People. (flax.ie)
274 points by redfloatplane on Feb 21, 2012 | 45 comments
6.
New version of Apache HTTP Server released (apache.org)
246 points by wyclif on Feb 21, 2012 | 35 comments
7.
Lord of the Files: How GitHub Tamed Free Software (And More) (wired.com)
242 points by jurre on Feb 21, 2012 | 66 comments
8.
The US recording industry is stealing from me (aardvark.co.nz)
237 points by mitchie_luna on Feb 21, 2012 | 54 comments
9.
Aussies' fix for 'stagnated' email (smh.com.au)
232 points by michaelneale on Feb 21, 2012 | 102 comments
10.
Agile: 5 years later and you're still doing it wrong (steve-yegge.blogspot.com)
215 points by ghc on Feb 21, 2012 | 77 comments
11.
Udacity goes live (udacity.com)
193 points by rdc5003 on Feb 21, 2012 | 42 comments
12.
We're turning off Clickpass March 15. How to keep your HN account.
172 points by pg on Feb 21, 2012 | 64 comments
13.
Facebook and many other sites also bypass Internet Explorer privacy controls (nikcub.appspot.com)
177 points by nikcub on Feb 21, 2012 | 57 comments
14.
How Bots Seized Control of My Pricing Strategy (bueno.org)
177 points by obiterdictum on Feb 21, 2012 | 48 comments
15.
Show HN: Wireshark as a web app (cloudshark.org)
164 points by digitalsushi on Feb 21, 2012 | 31 comments
16.
Backbone Events vs. Ember Bindings: A Benchmark (jsfiddle.net)
144 points by jashkenas on Feb 21, 2012 | 34 comments
17.
Is your startup idea already taken? (whittleidea.com)
141 points by kjbinu on Feb 21, 2012 | 30 comments
18.
Atea: a free minimalistic status bar time tracker for MacOS in Clojure (github.com/pkamenarsky)
135 points by pka on Feb 21, 2012 | 27 comments
19.
How to do cheap backups (mixpanel.com)
134 points by suhail on Feb 21, 2012 | 48 comments
20.
Why Online Dating (Still) Sucks, and a Simple Attempt at Fixing It (remarkedly.com)
127 points by krausejj on Feb 21, 2012 | 145 comments
21.
Canonical reveals Ubuntu for Android (extremetech.com)
124 points by mrsebastian on Feb 21, 2012 | 61 comments
22.
Show HN: A client-side Bayes classifier for Hacker News (rogerbraun.net)
119 points by rogerbraun on Feb 21, 2012 | 10 comments
23.
The U.N. Threat to Internet Freedom (wsj.com)
115 points by ottot on Feb 21, 2012 | 67 comments
24.
Riak 1.1 Released (basho.com)
108 points by seancribbs on Feb 21, 2012 | 26 comments
25.
How To Get Experience Working With Large Datasets (bigfastblog.com)
108 points by Anon84 on Feb 21, 2012 | 23 comments
26.
Prof. dr. N.G. de Bruijn, 1918-2012 (uva.nl)
106 points by ColinWright on Feb 21, 2012 | 6 comments
27.
David Foster Wallace: The Big, Uncut Interview (openculture.com)
98 points by fogus on Feb 21, 2012 | 22 comments
28.
HTML5 version of Clear iOS app (youyuxi.com)
95 points by tzm on Feb 21, 2012 | 26 comments
29.
What's ailing Hacker News? (symcat.com)
90 points by cmonsen on Feb 21, 2012 | 29 comments
30.
Valid JavaScript variable names (mathiasbynens.be)
91 points by mathias on Feb 21, 2012 | 39 comments

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