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1.Scott Adams: The Heady Thrill of Having Nothing to Do (wsj.com)
198 points by mattjaynes on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
2.DEF CON: The event that scares hackers (cnn.com)
196 points by alexmr on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 41 comments [ext]
3.Life on the Command Line (unl.edu)
177 points by telemachos on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 120 comments [ext]
4. Why isn't anyone panicking? (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 14 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
4.Interview Street (YC S11) streamlines the search for great programmers (techcrunch.com)
151 points by canistr on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 130 comments [ext]
5. A Brief Explanation of Microsoft's Anti-Google Patent FUD (groklaw.net)
138 points by wglb on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 113 comments [ext]
6.How and Why Mixpanel Switched from Erlang to Python (mixpanel.com)
139 points by ankrgyl on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 80 comments [ext]
7. Ten billion hours: the unglamorous giant AI is about to eat ()
71 points by fin781 262 days ago | hide | 11 comments
7.Programming and Scaling (lambda-the-ultimate.org)
115 points by geekam on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
8.Sprite3D.js: a javascript library for 3D positionning (minimal.be)
111 points by tilt on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
9.Cosmos Will Get a Sequel (wired.com)
110 points by spottiness on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 53 comments [ext]
10. How Autodesk, Cadence, and Synopsys built the deepest moats in software (felicis.com)
443 points by pal3183 593 days ago | hide | 193 comments
10.The Mathematics of Changing Your Mind (nytimes.com)
102 points by jonburs on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
11.What frustrates me the most as an entrepreneur (joshliu.co)
99 points by uniquejosh on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 50 comments [ext]
12.Facebook has your complete phonebook (facebook.com)
97 points by ladino on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 76 comments [ext]
13. Code Scarcity Was the Moat; It's Gone Now ()
322 points by oik7062 59 days ago | hide | 65 comments
13.Twitter will open-source Storm, BackType's "Hadoop of Real-Time Processing" (readwriteweb.com)
99 points by canistr on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
14.Clang now builds Postgres without additional warnings (pgeoghegan.blogspot.com)
94 points by stesch on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
15.Yahoo Store now C++ (comments by pg from 2003) (csail.mit.edu)
78 points by ecounysis on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 47 comments [ext]
16. From development to productionalization: The next evolution of the software shop ()
46 points by gin5806 15 hours ago | hide | 47 comments
16.Ruby Programming Language (alternative Ruby home page) (rubylang.info)
70 points by telemachos on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
17.Dropbox close to choosing investors — Round could put valuation at $10 Billion (techcrunch.com)
70 points by canistr on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
18.Lulzsec and Anonymous Hackers leak over 10GB of Law Enforcement Agency Details (invisblenandu.com)
68 points by canistr on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
19. The carriage maker's dilemma: Why imminent disruption requires drastic current effort (marginalrevolution.com)
376 points by kol5306 2 days ago | hide | 127 comments
19.The Most Important Parts of HTML5 (or why video and audio tags are boring) (n01se.net)
66 points by kanaka on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
20.Yahoo's assumptions in 2006 about Facebook's future (techcrunch.com)
64 points by gdeglin on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
21."functors" in c++, ML, haskell, prolog (catonmat.net)
53 points by gtani on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 4 comments [ext]
22. When Peak AI Capability Arrives at Impractical Prices, Deployment Lags (tobyord.com)
290 points by oox1230 2 days ago | hide | 120 comments
22.Why Social Proof Matters To Your Startup (dshipper.posterous.com)
56 points by dshipper on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
23.Spain: Linking to Copyright Infringing Material Not Infringement (eff.org)
51 points by srl on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
24.Gaming Apple App Store's Review System (View in iTunes - Read Reviews) (itunes.apple.com)
51 points by jabo on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
25. The three fuels that turned farming villages into doomed empires (theguardian.com)
436 points by iik2616 251 days ago | hide | 170 comments
25.The Web is 20 Years old Today (techcrunch.com)
53 points by canistr on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
26.Windows Phones Down 38% Since '7' Launch (informationweek.com)
48 points by pulsewave on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 72 comments [ext]
27.Ask HN: Is it okay to build a startup in ASP .NET? [ext]
46 points by resdirector on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 62 comments [ext]
28. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 229 days ago | hide | 180 comments
28.How to promote your mobile app to the right blogs to get publicity (appbackr.com)
48 points by philippb on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 1 comment [ext]
29.Are You Guilty If Pirates Use Your Internet? Lawyer Says No (torrentfreak.com)
40 points by Garbage on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
30.Power companies prepare as solar storms set to hit Earth (reuters.com)
36 points by ajhai on Aug 6, 2011 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
31. The Three Ingredients Behind Jitse Groen's Takeaway.com Conquest Of Europe (linkedin.com)
154 points by krz3514 374 days ago | hide | 13 comments

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