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1.		You'll never be Chinese (haohaoreport.com)
		340 points by ilamont on Aug 10, 2012 \| 177 comments
2.		How to crawl a quarter billion webpages in 40 hours (michaelnielsen.org)
		323 points by cing on Aug 10, 2012 \| 67 comments
3.		Browserver: a node.js HTTP server, in your browser (browserver.org)
		308 points by jedschmidt on Aug 10, 2012 \| 63 comments
4.		Write any javascript code with just these characters: ()[]{}+ (patriciopalladino.com)
		289 points by alcuadrado on Aug 10, 2012 \| 51 comments
5.		How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist (bentilly.blogspot.com)
		290 points by JumpCrisscross on Aug 10, 2012 \| 99 comments
6.		New York Underground (nationalgeographic.com)
		283 points by sehrope on Aug 10, 2012 \| 83 comments
7.		Things I didn’t know about the WebKit inspector (joocode.com)
		247 points by copesc on Aug 10, 2012 \| 51 comments
8.		Entrepreneurs Tell The White House To Focus On Innovation, Not IP Enforcement (techdirt.com)
		232 points by mtgx on Aug 10, 2012 \| 58 comments
9.		Show HN: Eligible API for 700+ Health Insurance Companies (eligibleapi.com)
		218 points by kategleason on Aug 10, 2012 \| 92 comments
10.		Russ Olsen: The Best Programming Advice I Ever Got (informit.com)
		214 points by swannodette on Aug 10, 2012 \| 60 comments
11.		Mars to Earth at an average of 29 kbits/s (nasa.gov)
		193 points by kghose on Aug 10, 2012 \| 85 comments
12.		Show HN: See Kickstarter successes and failures (thekickbackmachine.com)
		187 points by misener on Aug 10, 2012 \| 63 comments
13.		College was my biggest mistake (stevecorona.com)
		170 points by sachitgupta on Aug 10, 2012 \| 182 comments
14.		Mars 360-degree panoramic view from Curiosity (wsj.com)
		168 points by rdamico on Aug 10, 2012 \| 99 comments
15.		Show HN: Tweetsheets – Twitter directly from within Google Docs (die.socialisten.at)
		160 points by andreasklinger on Aug 10, 2012 \| 15 comments
16.		My biggest problem with Vim (haldean.org)
		144 points by haldean on Aug 10, 2012 \| 184 comments
17.		The Best Advice My Dad Ever Gave Me (for Demo Day) (distributionhacks.com)
		126 points by dmor on Aug 10, 2012 \| 58 comments
18.		A New Way To Solve Linear Equations (over finite fields) (rjlipton.wordpress.com)
		118 points by ColinWright on Aug 10, 2012 \| 32 comments
19.		So long, silicon: Researchers create solar panels from cheap copper oxide (extremetech.com)
		117 points by maxko87 on Aug 10, 2012 \| 40 comments
20.		D3.js 2.10 Unleashed. (github.com/mbostock)
		116 points by googletron on Aug 10, 2012 \| 16 comments
21.		Education is Our Generation's Big Problem. Let's Fix it. (bloc.io)
		121 points by hanibash on Aug 10, 2012 \| 167 comments
22.		A First Course in Linear Algebra (ups.edu)
		114 points by ColinWright on Aug 10, 2012 \| 37 comments
23.		Nobody Cares (bennesvig.com)
		112 points by bennesvig on Aug 10, 2012 \| 69 comments
24.		Javascript Fundamentals: Development for Absolute Beginners (msdn.com)
		110 points by dwynings on Aug 10, 2012 \| 9 comments
25.		Scoutzie (YC S12) Is A More Thoughtful Marketplace For Designers (techcrunch.com)
		97 points by kirillzubovsky on Aug 10, 2012 \| 26 comments
26.		Google-An update to our search algorithms - Copyright Related (insidesearch.blogspot.com)
		94 points by ZanderEarth32 on Aug 10, 2012 \| 104 comments
27.		Intro to writing C-extension for Python (danfm.ca)
		89 points by synparb on Aug 10, 2012 \| 7 comments
28.		Beware the Nocebo Effect (nytimes.com)
		86 points by sew on Aug 10, 2012 \| 30 comments
29.		Clojure is not Software Conservative (n01se.net)
		81 points by liebke on Aug 10, 2012 \| 43 comments
30.		App.net to support activitystrea.ms, pubsubhubbub, Webfinger, feeds (daltoncaldwell.com)
		77 points by abraham on Aug 10, 2012 \| 30 comments
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