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31.
The Decline of MySQL? (geekgumbo.com)
58 points by mariuz on Aug 18, 2012 | 57 comments
32.
Feast Your Ears On Fresh Jams From Musicians You Love At Hipset (YC S12) (techcrunch.com)
58 points by schlichtm on Aug 18, 2012 | 34 comments
33.
Virtual 3-D ‘knitting’ adds new stitch for graphic artists (cornell.edu)
56 points by sirteno on Aug 18, 2012 | 6 comments
34.
US Carbon Emissions Hit 20-Year Low (google.com)
53 points by neya on Aug 18, 2012 | 49 comments
35.
One Small, Arbitrary Change and It's a Whole New World (dadgum.com)
47 points by prajjwal on Aug 18, 2012 | 11 comments
36.
Xcode 4.4 adds support for Obj-C literals (itunes.apple.com)
46 points by BenjieGillam on Aug 18, 2012 | 15 comments
37.
Oracle and Google File Paid Writers List (groklaw.net)
47 points by grellas on Aug 18, 2012 | 4 comments
38.
The (Odd) State of Node.JS and its Frameworks (andrewmunsell.com)
45 points by andrewmunsell on Aug 18, 2012 | 22 comments
39.
Zero-Determinant Strategies in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma (utexas.edu)
45 points by adulau on Aug 18, 2012 | 6 comments
40.
Show HN: my friday night project - F Junk Mail (fjunkmail.com)
42 points by scottmotte on Aug 18, 2012 | 32 comments
41.
NaNs Just Don't Get No Respect (drdobbs.com)
40 points by stianan on Aug 18, 2012 | 35 comments
42.
New Wave of Adept Robots Is Changing Global Industry (nytimes.com)
39 points by sew on Aug 18, 2012 | 3 comments
43.
It's Time for an Open Twitter (justinvincent.com)
38 points by jv22222 on Aug 18, 2012 | 44 comments
44.
A social network for programmers (programming.com)
37 points by shiki on Aug 18, 2012 | 59 comments
45.
Prisoner's Dilemma Solved (technologyreview.com)
35 points by boyd on Aug 18, 2012 | 5 comments
46.
Facebook’s New (Evil) Plan to Grab New Users (bibhas.in)
32 points by iambibhas on Aug 18, 2012 | 17 comments
47.
Who Wants To Start An Important Startup? (lesswrong.com)
32 points by olalonde on Aug 18, 2012 | 8 comments
48.
Random Ideas For Sites and Startups (thebetastartup.com)
32 points by pepeto on Aug 18, 2012 | 27 comments
49.
Facebook and Twitter Don’t Know What You Want (diegobasch.com)
36 points by diego on Aug 18, 2012 | 12 comments
50.
State Department: The U.S. does not recognize the concept of ‘diplomatic asylum’ (foreignpolicy.com)
28 points by pitiburi on Aug 18, 2012 | 9 comments
51.
These guys are building a startup and Live Streaming it (ustream.com)
27 points by adamcoomes on Aug 18, 2012 | 9 comments
52.
Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas [2005] (paulgraham.com)
25 points by joeyespo on Aug 18, 2012 | 14 comments
53.
Show HN: Making Tumblr Work vs. Medium & Svbtle (jfornear.com)
25 points by jfornear on Aug 18, 2012 | 23 comments
54.
China Skepticism (indianeconomy.org)
23 points by sun123 on Aug 18, 2012 | 17 comments
55.
Ask HN: What do you like about the Hacker News community?
22 points by tokenadult on Aug 18, 2012 | 11 comments
56.
Interview with Custora (YC W11) Co-Founder Jon Pospischil (howtowriteabusinessplan.com)
21 points by pospischil on Aug 18, 2012
57.
[personal blog, new here, 17yr, tips?] How to start programming (shsceo.com)
19 points by ChronoGawd on Aug 18, 2012 | 18 comments
58.
What I learned from a hacker attack (grobmeier.de)
18 points by grobmeier on Aug 18, 2012 | 7 comments
59.
Wade not in unknown C++ waters. Shift operators . (viva64.com)
18 points by AndreyKarpov on Aug 18, 2012 | 8 comments
60.
IMF Says Bailouts Iceland-Style Hold Lessons in Crisis Times (businessweek.com)
17 points by stfu on Aug 18, 2012 | 1 comment

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