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1.Steve Jobs has died (marketwatch.com)
901 points by byrneseyeview on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 69 comments [ext]
2.Ask HN: Anyone know where Mark Pilgrim went? [ext]
305 points by rileywatkins on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 84 comments [ext]
3.Why Startup Hubs Work (paulgraham.com)
274 points by anateus on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 90 comments [ext]
4. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 229 days ago | hide | 180 comments
4.Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors (businesswire.com)
263 points by hornokplease on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
5.Sean Parker's Email to Daniek Ek of Spotify (scribd.com)
240 points by olivercameron on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 87 comments [ext]
6.Searching for Mark Pilgrim (meyerweb.com)
228 points by jlbruno on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 61 comments [ext]
7. The power-strip life: picking work that plugs into everything (shaanpuri.com)
249 points by bom7529 398 days ago | hide | 12 comments
7.Rob Pike comments on Ryan Dahl's rant (plus.google.com)
219 points by arturadib on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 113 comments [ext]
8.The end of cow clicker (kotaku.com)
208 points by throw_away on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
9.Impressive html5/css3 clock; no Flash. (aprilzero.com)
210 points by philipDS on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 86 comments [ext]
10. When Inside Information Meets Polymarket: The Venezuela Coup Trade (archive.ph)
298 points by can738 84 days ago | hide | 122 comments
10.Brain, Bytes, Back, Buns - The Programmer's Priorities (hanselman.com)
196 points by Nemmie on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 77 comments [ext]
11.Brazil Drafts An 'Anti-ACTA': A Civil Rights-Based Framework For The Internet (techdirt.com)
170 points by nextparadigms on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
12.Startup Tools (pbworks.com)
156 points by iSimone on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
13. A 27M-Parameter Model That Quietly Undermines Scaling Orthodoxy (dbreunig.com)
54 points by kem2154 260 days ago | hide | 150 comments
13.Pirate Party Germany now at 8% in nationwide polls (taiwannews.com.tw)
150 points by FrojoS on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 40 comments [ext]
14.Diveintohtml5 lives (diveintohtml5.info)
153 points by jonathantneal on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 54 comments [ext]
15.Why the iPhone 5 never arrived (deg.io)
133 points by philipDS on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 118 comments [ext]
16. What Happens When You Hand GPT-5 and Claude Real Money (nof1.ai)
454 points by esn516 151 days ago | hide | 8 comments
16.Bletchley Park wins £4.6m grant (bbc.co.uk)
131 points by fakelvis on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
17.New, Bigger HN RSS Feed (ycombinator.com)
129 points by pg on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
18.Why Germany seems not to want a quick fix for the euro crisis (economist.com)
103 points by mrmasa on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 129 comments [ext]
19. Metsera's bold antitrust hack: let Novo Nordisk buy us twice (archive.ph)
377 points by psx3247 84 days ago | hide | 153 comments
19.India unveils world’s cheapest tablet computer for $35 (ft.com)
102 points by snampall on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 54 comments [ext]
20.PHP needs to die. What will replace it? (seldo.com)
98 points by muhammadatt on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 148 comments [ext]
21.Entrepreneurs: The End Is Near. Refinance. (wsj.com)
96 points by Sato on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 54 comments [ext]
22. The Venture Drug: How $20M Seeds Kill Founder Optionality ()
491 points by nrx2341 119 days ago | hide | 105 comments
22.Ask HN: I can't tell why my site is showing malware warning. [ext]
91 points by balsamiq on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
23.The Economist names Paul Buchheit 2011 Computing and Telecom Award winner (economistconferences.co.uk)
88 points by brlewis on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
24.Hacking AngelList (or "social proof") (wensing.tumblr.com)
86 points by wensing on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
25. Polymarket Meets Your Mortgage: Betting on Home Prices (archive.ph)
187 points by jem4017 84 days ago | hide | 177 comments
25.The best thing Tim Cook didn't announce (bandwidthblog.com)
82 points by richoakley on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
26.Show HN: BestSFBooks, Mashup of the Best SF/Fantasy Books [ext]
78 points by gurgeous on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 25 comments [ext]
27.Straight Talk on Event Loops (teddziuba.com)
71 points by abscondment on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
28. The Trump Adviser Openly Calling Treasury Reserve Status A Burden (archive.ph)
308 points by gsm5278 367 days ago | hide | 168 comments
28.Judge suggests DMCA allows DVD ripping if you own the DVD (arstechnica.com)
70 points by zoowar on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
29.Google's first retail store (forbes.com/sites/parmyolson)
67 points by bgurupra on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
30.What, exactly, is a Product Manager? (mindtheproduct.com)
65 points by jsavimbi on Oct 5, 2011 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
31. Borrowed Conviction, King-Making, And The Fragility Of Engineered Winners ()
44 points by gtl4094 91 days ago | hide | 70 comments

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