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1.
Torvalds' quote about good programmers (programmers.stackexchange.com)
244 points by lx on Sept 23, 2012 | 104 comments
2.
Why I’m not leaving Python for Go (uberpython.wordpress.com)
225 points by ubershmekel on Sept 23, 2012 | 239 comments
3.
Apple's HTTP POST caching is a bug (mnot.net)
175 points by igrigorik on Sept 23, 2012 | 26 comments
4.
Show HN: Online C/C++ to assembly visualizer [Weekend Project] (ynh.io)
149 points by ynh on Sept 23, 2012 | 44 comments
5.
Facebook's Gen Y Nightmare (mondaynote.com)
149 points by donmcc on Sept 23, 2012 | 145 comments
6.
Fokus - new UI concept that emphasizes text-selection (hakim.se)
143 points by adunk on Sept 23, 2012 | 28 comments
7.
The Last PC Laptop (codinghorror.com)
141 points by janerik on Sept 23, 2012 | 150 comments
8.
Rescuing Resque: Let's do this (steveklabnik.com)
140 points by craigkerstiens on Sept 23, 2012 | 43 comments
9.
World `countries` – database table for MySQL (echobehind.wordpress.com)
131 points by pericd on Sept 23, 2012 | 41 comments
10.
Vim Koans (sanctum.geek.nz)
129 points by janogonzalez on Sept 23, 2012 | 13 comments
11.
Genetic Algorithms in CoffeeScript (janmonschke.com)
123 points by janmonschke on Sept 23, 2012 | 46 comments
12.
Mypy - An experimental Python variant with dynamic and static typing (mypy-lang.org)
108 points by room606 on Sept 23, 2012 | 39 comments
13.
Say Hello to Transit (thetransitapp.com)
107 points by kevingibbon on Sept 23, 2012 | 72 comments
14.
Cray T94 Supercomputer on Ebay (ebay.com)
104 points by frozenport on Sept 23, 2012 | 56 comments
15.
Reading Other People's Code (mahdiyusuf.com)
104 points by omarshammas on Sept 23, 2012 | 44 comments
16.
Riot breaks out at Foxconn's Taiyuan plant (engadget.com)
99 points by llambda on Sept 23, 2012 | 54 comments
17.
Why Kids Should Grade Teachers (theatlantic.com)
95 points by jseliger on Sept 23, 2012 | 69 comments
18.
Megaupload Readies for Comeback, Code 90% Done (torrentfreak.com)
94 points by mtgx on Sept 23, 2012 | 30 comments
19.
Amazon search results in the Dash (markshuttleworth.com)
89 points by kracekumar on Sept 23, 2012 | 86 comments
20.
Sweet.js: Hygienic Macros for JavaScript (github.com/mozilla)
84 points by philf on Sept 23, 2012 | 19 comments
21.
Flight Hacking: 5 Music Festivals, 6 Weeks, 3 Continents (flightfox.com)
79 points by todsul on Sept 23, 2012 | 18 comments
22.
Winning on Product, not on Price (iamvictorio.us)
76 points by iamvictorious on Sept 23, 2012 | 20 comments
23.
Source: Apple Aggressively Recruiting Ex-Google Maps Staff To Build Out iOS Maps (techcrunch.com)
70 points by neya on Sept 23, 2012 | 54 comments
24.
FBI renews broad Internet surveillance push (cnet.com)
69 points by d0ne on Sept 23, 2012 | 28 comments
25.
Cloudant on Google's Spanner (cloudant.com)
69 points by mlmilleratmit on Sept 23, 2012 | 13 comments
26.
Homebrew Cray-1A (chrisfenton.com)
63 points by rfreytag on Sept 23, 2012 | 9 comments
27.
The End of the Future (2011) (nationalreview.com)
62 points by simonster on Sept 23, 2012 | 45 comments
28.
I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave (motherjones.com)
60 points by jamesbritt on Sept 23, 2012 | 49 comments
29.
How a space train was brought to life (nbcnews.com)
59 points by micampe on Sept 23, 2012 | 11 comments
30.
Glacier CLI (github.com/basak)
58 points by AdamGibbins on Sept 23, 2012 | 2 comments

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