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1.Pixel Art Scaling Algorithms (wikipedia.org)
208 points by gregschlom on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
2.Spelling Corrector in 21 lines of Python (norvig.com)
181 points by l0nwlf on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
3.Who Writes Wikipedia? (aaronsw.com)
165 points by hiteshiitk on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 55 comments [ext]
4. Why Google only needs to threaten to outspend its AI rivals (martinvol.pe)
229 points by bsm1209 2 days ago | hide | 57 comments
4.The Sad Story Of The Unicode Snowman (β˜β†’β„β†’β˜ƒβ†’β˜€β†’β˜Ίβ†’β˜‚β†’β˜Ήβ†’βœ.ws)
149 points by treitnauer on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
5.The $20 Starbucks Test (snootymonkey.com)
139 points by ph0rque on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 64 comments [ext]
6.1k 3D Christmas tree in Javascript (js1k.com)
137 points by gourneau on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
7. A Basket of Tiny Currencies Is Eating the Dollar's Reserve Share (wolfstreet.com)
488 points by gon322 113 days ago | hide | 68 comments
7.My conversation with AT&T (jasongullickson.posterous.com)
126 points by jasongullickson on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 88 comments [ext]
8.Why Businesses Can’t Stand Free Markets (businessweek.com)
125 points by petethomas on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 134 comments [ext]
9.Unicode Snowman for You (xn--n3h.net)
115 points by jamesjyu on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
10. Ten billion hours: the unglamorous giant AI is about to eat ()
71 points by fin781 263 days ago | hide | 11 comments
10.Free Icon Set for Web Developers: Coded (smashingmagazine.com)
102 points by Garbage on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
11.A bad design is a good reminder (37signals.com)
97 points by revorad on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
12.Netflix: We're Working On HTML5 Standard to Bring Streaming Video to All Devices (readwriteweb.com)
95 points by kingsidharth on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 30 comments [ext]
13. The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack (diff.substack.com)
216 points by iam5056 263 days ago | hide | 183 comments
13.Art of the Steal: On the Trail of World’s Most Ingenious Thief (April 2010) (wired.com)
95 points by CaptainZapp on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
14.User Experience for Developers (uxmag.com)
95 points by wushupork on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
15.Paul Rand's Unused Ford Logo from 1966 (imjustcreative.com)
86 points by imjustcreative on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
16. How a Dentist's Chair Revolutionized the World's Most Common Surgery (asimov.press)
117 points by lrx6827 200 days ago | hide | 18 comments
16.MongoDB gotchas for the unaware user (senko.net)
83 points by senko on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
17.A Censorship-Resistant Web (aaronsw.com)
83 points by panarky on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
18.BYTE, the most beloved computer-magazine brand of all, is coming back. (technologizer.com)
80 points by technologizer on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 51 comments [ext]
19. Bots as Antitrust: Letting Code Negotiate on Your Behalf (continuations.com)
215 points by doz2675 594 days ago | hide | 76 comments
19.Sales-Driven Side Projects (seeinginteractive.com)
86 points by lloydarmbrust on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
20.RethinkDB internals: making coroutines fast (rethinkdb.com)
79 points by coffeemug on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
21.We don't need freedom of religion (ottawacitizen.com)
77 points by sorbus on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 92 comments [ext]
22. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 85 days ago | hide | 14 comments
22.Forget 200 lines, Red Hat speeds up Linux with 4 lines of code (internetnews.com)
76 points by signa11 on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
23.Should you take a pay cut to work at a startup? (ellenbeldner.info)
74 points by atularora on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
24.Take a paycut to work at a startup (swombat.com)
73 points by swombat on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 55 comments [ext]
25. Borrowed Conviction, King-Making, And The Fragility Of Engineered Winners ()
44 points by gtl4094 91 days ago | hide | 70 comments
25.A secure way to store website users "offsite" but still own them. (autho.me)
72 points by self on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 52 comments [ext]
26.Diaspora ported to use buddycloud channels and XMPP (buddycloud.com)
64 points by imaginator on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
27.Underhanded C: The Leaky Redaction (notanumber.net)
63 points by signa11 on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 6 comments [ext]
28. From BankAmericard to mRNA-1273: A Catalog of Improbable Speed (patrickcollison.com)
98 points by oem2878 252 days ago | hide | 150 comments
28.Why is Groupon so important? (measuringmeasures.com)
61 points by plinkplonk on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
29.Cato Institute: The Case Against Net Neutrality (cato.org)
58 points by zacharyvoase on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 81 comments [ext]
30.Facebook Data Team: What’s on your mind? (facebook.com)
54 points by isomorph on Dec 23, 2010 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
31. From development to productionalization: The next evolution of the software shop ()
46 points by gin5806 19 hours ago | hide | 47 comments

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