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1.Startup Equity For Employees (payne.org)
148 points by daveambrose on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
2.OpenBTS: Cheap, open source cellular network (sourceforge.net)
121 points by nir on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
3.Why I love having tabs in source code. (derkarl.org)
107 points by miles on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
4. How a Dentist's Chair Revolutionized the World's Most Common Surgery (asimov.press)
117 points by lrx6827 200 days ago | hide | 18 comments
4.Google Agrees to Censor Encyclopedia Dramatica Entry in Australia (blogoscoped.com)
88 points by stakent on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 82 comments [ext]
5.Why I prefer no tabs in source code (adamspiers.org)
83 points by miles on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
6.Presentation on the new Python GIL (dabeaz.com)
77 points by voxcogitatio on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
7. Private Equity's Denominator Effect Returns as Markets Crater (archive.ph)
344 points by aul1104 368 days ago | hide | 7 comments
7.WebNumbr: graph any number on the web (webnumbr.com)
67 points by tlrobinson on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
8.Top Programming Fonts (hivelogic.com)
60 points by voxcogitatio on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
9.Concerning Git's Packing Heuristics (kernel.org)
60 points by blasdel on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
10. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 85 days ago | hide | 14 comments
10.Higher-order Shell (rutgers.edu)
58 points by r11t on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
11.The truth dogs reveal about evolution (timesonline.co.uk)
43 points by bootload on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 46 comments [ext]
12.Latest Developments in Ruby 1.9.2 (gihyo.jp)
41 points by rnicholson on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
13. Why Whoever Reaches AGI First Won't Actually Own Intelligence ()
215 points by fik8005 57 days ago | hide | 155 comments
13.Myths That Can Kill a Startup (gigaom.com)
43 points by mace on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
14.How to Document Your Python Project Using Sphinx (python.org)
41 points by mace on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
15.Claims of Himalayan glacier meltdown based entirely on a single short phone call (timesonline.co.uk)
40 points by miked on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 51 comments [ext]
16. Bots as Antitrust: Letting Code Negotiate on Your Behalf (continuations.com)
215 points by doz2675 594 days ago | hide | 76 comments
16.yay more email clients: solving the wrong problem (jerakeen.org)
39 points by blasdel on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
17.HyperGraphDB - a new open-source graph db (kobrix.com)
38 points by labria on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 12 comments [ext]
18.New York Times Ready to Charge Online Readers (nymag.com)
37 points by nir on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
19. The power-strip life: picking work that plugs into everything (shaanpuri.com)
249 points by bom7529 398 days ago | hide | 12 comments
19.Why You Need to be in Silicon Valley (startupboy.com)
36 points by prakash on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
20.New subreddit for open APIs and datasets (reddit.com)
34 points by mcantelon on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 1 comment [ext]
21.Co-founder Google Doc - stage 2 (a semantic wiki)
33 points by ADRIANFR on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 25 comments [ext]
22. Borrowed Conviction, King-Making, And The Fragility Of Engineered Winners ()
44 points by gtl4094 92 days ago | hide | 70 comments
22.Using temporary IPs in the cloud considered harmful [ext]
32 points by maconic on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
23.Starcraft AI Competition (ucsc.edu)
31 points by frisco on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
24.Show Me What's Wrong - a tool for helping with "computer issues" (showmewhatswrong.com)
32 points by sabon on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
25. Why Most Marketplace Network Effects Are Surprisingly Easy to Replicate ()
257 points by pen4647 497 days ago | hide | 50 comments
25.$1K iPhone app (techcrunch.com)
31 points by NonEUCitizen on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
26.Chess grandmasters: Intelligent machines are about to revolutionize the world (post-gazette.com)
30 points by edw519 on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 28 comments [ext]
27.Did You Mean: Google Maps? (erickerr.com)
29 points by kloncks on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 28 comments [ext]
28. The Hidden Architecture of How Biology Labs Actually Get Funded (guzey.com)
271 points by prl1591 602 days ago | hide | 193 comments
28.Googlephone No Match for Kafkaesque Carriers (wired.com)
28 points by cwan on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
29.Smart meter crypto flaw worse than thought (root.org)
27 points by niyazpk on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
30.Wufoo + Free Incentivization = Cheap, Effective User Surveys (kalzumeus.com)
26 points by DXL on Jan 17, 2010 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
31. The Trump Adviser Openly Calling Treasury Reserve Status A Burden (archive.ph)
308 points by gsm5278 368 days ago | hide | 168 comments

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