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1.Dear business people, an iOS app actually takes a lot of work (kentnguyen.com)
474 points by kentnguyen on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 128 comments [ext]
2.I Wasn't Paid (iwasntpaid.com)
325 points by laurenceputra on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 185 comments [ext]
3.Id Software Open Source releases on GitHub (github.com/id-software)
310 points by gmcabrita on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 80 comments [ext]
4. The communication technique that subverts taking turns on purpose (togetherlondon.com)
195 points by dem3275 169 days ago | hide | 48 comments
4.Hacking the Used Car Purchase (carsabi.com)
289 points by dw5ight on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 123 comments [ext]
5.I Was Just Told “You would not have made it through the weekend” (nickhughesblog.wordpress.com)
260 points by jnickhughes on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 151 comments [ext]
6.The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux) (humblebundle.com)
252 points by jeff18 on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 97 comments [ext]
7. Actor-critic loops and lean tools: field notes from agent builders (app.build)
357 points by foz4677 265 days ago | hide | 148 comments
7.Giving away the secrets of 99.3% email delivery (37signals.com)
245 points by themcgruff on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 85 comments [ext]
8.No longer loving Google (somebits.com)
246 points by robk on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 123 comments [ext]
9.Tesla Model S Options and Pricing (teslamotors.com)
237 points by pbreit on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 170 comments [ext]
10. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 84 days ago | hide | 14 comments
10.Why Lua? (datamules.com)
232 points by tlowrimore on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 138 comments [ext]
11.Netherlands makes net neutrality a law (bbc.co.uk)
207 points by Suraj-Sun on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 30 comments [ext]
12.Yahoo Lays Off Flickr Support Staff (nolancaudill.com)
203 points by alexleavitt on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 112 comments [ext]
13. Why Whoever Reaches AGI First Won't Actually Own Intelligence ()
215 points by fik8005 56 days ago | hide | 155 comments
13.Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics (chronicle.com)
190 points by ilamont on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
14.Zsh is your friend. (mikegrouchy.com)
167 points by mgrouchy on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 108 comments [ext]
15.Goodbye AdSense (acme.com)
160 points by zippo on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
16. The Venture Drug: How $20M Seeds Kill Founder Optionality ()
491 points by nrx2341 119 days ago | hide | 105 comments
16.Neil Young is right — piracy is the new radio (gigaom.com)
160 points by DealisIN on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 66 comments [ext]
17.Swole.me - The automatic diet planner (swole.me)
152 points by dwynings on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 91 comments [ext]
18.Ruby Frameworks? Which one? Bye bye Rails. (slideshare.net)
146 points by DAddYEz on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 92 comments [ext]
19. Stealth Lock-In Is Actually Locking Your Customers Out (joelonsoftware.com)
292 points by ksk4362 202 days ago | hide | 110 comments
19.Why Has Andreessen Horowitz Raised $2.7B in 3 Years? (bhorowitz.com)
139 points by yarapavan on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
20."Can you solve this problem for me on the whiteboard?" (unlimitednovelty.com)
130 points by bascule on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 52 comments [ext]
21.The Apple Boycott: People Are Spouting Nonsense about Chinese Manufacturing (forbes.com/sites/timworstall)
126 points by falling on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 119 comments [ext]
22. Blind Spots in the West: Why Every Chinese VC Studies Our Podcasts (youtube.com)
325 points by hol5935 218 days ago | hide | 175 comments
22.First Clojure Conj 2011 Videos Available (clojure.com)
122 points by fogus on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
23.Flailing Fast: A Startup Story (flailfast.com)
123 points by FlailFast on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
24.Bill C-11 could bring SOPA-like piracy laws to Canada (yahoo.com)
123 points by noinput on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
25. Code Scarcity Was the Moat; It's Gone Now ()
322 points by oik7062 59 days ago | hide | 65 comments
25.ZFS released for Mac OS X (tenscomplement.com)
117 points by mchanson on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
26.Caution on Twitter urged as Britons barred from US (bbc.co.uk)
105 points by ximeng on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 111 comments [ext]
27.Ask HN: Webapps you can't live without? [ext]
97 points by ameen on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 74 comments [ext]
28. Montreux convention traps Russia's Mediterranean task force (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 489 days ago | hide | 26 comments
28.WePay: The Online Payment Start-up Behind Occupy Wall Street (forbes.com/sites/elizabethwoyke)
101 points by billclerico on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
29.Sh*t… Twitter is exciting… again (klinger.io)
87 points by andreasklinger on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 37 comments [ext]
30.Heroku down (heroku.com)
83 points by tferris on Jan 31, 2012 [ext] | 46 comments [ext]
31. The carriage maker's dilemma: Why imminent disruption requires drastic current effort (marginalrevolution.com)
376 points by kol5306 2 days ago | hide | 127 comments

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