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1.Ben the Bodyguard: Gorgeous HTML5 Website (benthebodyguard.com)
586 points by bjonathan on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 97 comments [ext]
2.Thanks HN: Goodbye, Golden Handcuffs [ext]
347 points by jriley on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 115 comments [ext]
3.I just need a programmer (uni.edu)
288 points by bgray on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 101 comments [ext]
4. From BankAmericard to mRNA-1273: A Catalog of Improbable Speed (patrickcollison.com)
98 points by oem2878 252 days ago | hide | 150 comments
4.The Full Stack, Part I (facebook.com)
243 points by dimm on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
5.Bitly News (bitlynews.com)
236 points by razin on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 53 comments [ext]
6.It's not an arsenic-based life form (scienceblogs.com)
224 points by tokenadult on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
7. Why Most Marketplace Network Effects Are Surprisingly Easy to Replicate ()
257 points by pen4647 496 days ago | hide | 50 comments
7.Close the Washington Monument (schneier.com)
211 points by psadauskas on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 54 comments [ext]
8.Microbes use arsenic in their DNA: Proves phosphorus is not required for life (scribd.com)
208 points by roadnottaken on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 127 comments [ext]
9.Lisp developer walks away with Google AI contest (zdnet.com)
176 points by janzer on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 71 comments [ext]
10. The Senior Engineer Skills No One Teaches You in Bootcamp (addyosmani.com)
174 points by mem4364 104 days ago | hide | 48 comments
10.You must learn JavaScript (thenerdary.net)
175 points by platypus on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 95 comments [ext]
11.Code Fearlessly (cam.ly)
161 points by heyrhett on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
12.Understanding Pac-Man Ghost Behavior (gameinternals.com)
139 points by r11t on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
13. The Anti-Dropout Playbook From a Waterloo Near-Defector (ansonyu.me)
478 points by iuz6368 114 days ago | hide | 193 comments
13.Google AI Challenge Winner Post-Mortem (quotenil.com)
138 points by phreeza on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
14.Happy Holidays from the App Engine team - 1.4.0 SDK released (googleappengine.blogspot.com)
137 points by nikosdimopoulos on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 54 comments [ext]
15.MIT Entrance exam (1869) (libraries.mit.edu)
135 points by anemecek on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 66 comments [ext]
16. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments
16.Corkboard app, all in HTML/CSS/Javascript (corkboard.me)
137 points by timothyjcoulter on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 75 comments [ext]
17.Hammock-driven Development (blip.tv)
99 points by fogus on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 17 comments [ext]
18.Apollo 13 transcripts "Houston, we've had a problem" (spacelog.org)
91 points by tomeast on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
19. From development to productionalization: The next evolution of the software shop ()
46 points by gin5806 16 hours ago | hide | 47 comments
19.Feds Warrantlessly Tracking Americans’ Credit Cards in Real Time (wired.com)
89 points by marilyn on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 44 comments [ext]
20.What it's like to be the SO of a start-up founder. (redgirlsays.com)
85 points by redgirlsays on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
21.You are no longer free to move around the country (reason.com)
84 points by kenjackson on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
22. When Professionals Arrived: The 2024 Inflection That Flipped Kalshi's Economics (jbecker.dev)
380 points by orz1950 90 days ago | hide | 148 comments
22.Coveting possessions is unhealthy. (jackcheng.tumblr.com)
83 points by mgunes on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
23.Keeping node.js servers up forever (nodejitsu.com)
84 points by maraksquires on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 37 comments [ext]
24.Better Ways to Read "Hacker News" (mashable.com)
84 points by rokamic on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
25. How Autodesk, Cadence, and Synopsys built the deepest moats in software (felicis.com)
443 points by pal3183 593 days ago | hide | 193 comments
25.Keys to Being Excellent at Anything (hbr.org)
78 points by fukumoto on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
26.The Pirate Bay co-founder to launch an open and distributed ICANN alternative (osnews.com)
75 points by IgorPartola on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
27.Easy iOS game development with GameSalad (gamesalad.com)
67 points by brisance on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
28. The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack (diff.substack.com)
216 points by iam5056 262 days ago | hide | 183 comments
28.Ask HN: How did everyone do with Launch an App Month? [ext]
68 points by commiebob on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 119 comments [ext]
29.Let's Make a JavaScript Framework: Free eBook (dailyjs.com)
66 points by dmitri1981 on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
30.NASA 'alien life' announcement leaked (longislandpress.com)
65 points by ljf on Dec 2, 2010 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
31. How a Dentist's Chair Revolutionized the World's Most Common Surgery (asimov.press)
117 points by lrx6827 199 days ago | hide | 18 comments

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