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Show HN: A date range picker for Twitter Bootstrap (dangrossman.info)
363 points by dangrossman on Aug 20, 2012 | 80 comments
2.
Why don't they just..? (jgc.org)
293 points by jgrahamc on Aug 20, 2012 | 136 comments
3.
Believe you can change (aaronsw.com)
294 points by bensw on Aug 20, 2012 | 68 comments
4.
Never again be thwarted by restrictive “guest” wifi (e.g. on buses or airplanes) (rogueleaderr.tumblr.com)
256 points by rogueleaderr on Aug 20, 2012 | 101 comments
5.
The Bozo Event Horizon (law.harvard.edu)
204 points by strlen on Aug 20, 2012 | 101 comments
6.
The morning mail is my enemy (lettersofnote.com)
193 points by gruseom on Aug 20, 2012 | 38 comments
7.
How Eduardo Saverin Sold Facebook Ads in 2004 (digiday.com)
182 points by sohlis on Aug 20, 2012 | 39 comments
8.
Tim Berners-Lee's Original Announcement (1991)
184 points by peterb on Aug 20, 2012 | 35 comments
9.
Stranded Jet Skier Breaches Multimillion Dollar Security System At JFK Airport (npr.org)
169 points by JumpCrisscross on Aug 20, 2012 | 115 comments
10.
I Google everything (wernah.com)
154 points by wernah on Aug 20, 2012 | 120 comments
11.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports Python (aws.typepad.com)
146 points by mza on Aug 20, 2012 | 32 comments
12.
The "Work" Trap (unwieldy.net)
143 points by samvj on Aug 20, 2012 | 29 comments
13.
Vagrant core no longer tied to VirtualBox (github.com/mitchellh)
145 points by BummerCloud on Aug 20, 2012 | 60 comments
14.
We consistently underestimate kids. (peebs.org)
142 points by nemesisj on Aug 20, 2012 | 60 comments
15.
Designing for A Retina Web (smashingmagazine.com)
128 points by Charles__L on Aug 20, 2012 | 66 comments
16.
T-mobile password reset does not allow you to type the letter "V" (t-mobile.com)
118 points by sal9000 on Aug 20, 2012 | 73 comments
17.
A Statistical Portrait of a Y Combinator Batch (statwing.com)
118 points by glaugh on Aug 20, 2012 | 38 comments
18.
Legal myths about the Assange extradition (newstatesman.com)
112 points by gadders on Aug 20, 2012 | 181 comments
19.
Peter Thiel Sells Majority Of His Facebook Shares In Deal Planned Pre-IPO (techcrunch.com)
108 points by nikhilpandit on Aug 20, 2012 | 90 comments
20.
6-8 Weeks Until Bitcoin Debit/Credit Card, says BitInstant (codinginmysleep.com)
108 points by enmaku on Aug 20, 2012 | 75 comments
21.
Rejection (latentflip.com)
94 points by semanticist on Aug 20, 2012 | 26 comments
22.
FreeBSD gets ported to the Raspberry Pi (kernelnomicon.org)
93 points by synchronise on Aug 20, 2012 | 31 comments
23.
First evidence for photosynthesis in insects (nature.com)
85 points by ananyob on Aug 20, 2012 | 7 comments
24.
Who cares if Samsung copied Apple? (hbr.org)
79 points by hype7 on Aug 20, 2012 | 67 comments
25.
Ripping OAuth tokens out of Twitter apps (timetobleed.com)
78 points by sferik on Aug 20, 2012 | 30 comments
26.
Inside FundersClub (YC S12) The Equity Crowdfunding Platform (techcrunch.com)
75 points by dsugarman on Aug 20, 2012 | 15 comments
27.
When Microsoft Threatened to Sue Us Over the Letter “E” (steveblank.com)
75 points by benackles on Aug 20, 2012 | 12 comments
28.
Founder's Fund Transparent Term Sheet (foundersfund.com)
74 points by jfc on Aug 20, 2012 | 14 comments
29.
Profig (YC S12) Launches An Affordable, Feature-Rich Instant Phone System (techcrunch.com)
73 points by yabbadabbadoo on Aug 20, 2012 | 38 comments
30.
University of Reddit (ureddit.com)
74 points by abijlani on Aug 20, 2012 | 36 comments

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