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1.The author of SOPA is a copyright violator (vice.com)
383 points by seanmalarkey on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
2.Why is C faster than Java: git vs JGit (marc.info)
325 points by acqq on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 102 comments [ext]
3.Twss.js (github.com/danielrapp)
305 points by nezzor on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 47 comments [ext]
4. Why isn't anyone panicking? (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 18 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
4.The Pirate Bay Will Stop Serving Torrents (torrentfreak.com)
295 points by llambda on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 86 comments [ext]
5.Sublime Text 2 Beta released with Auto-complete and Improved UI (sublimetext.com)
299 points by sathishmanohar on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 151 comments [ext]
6.List of 61 senators refusing to meet and discuss PIPA/SOPA (reddit.com)
213 points by nextparadigms on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
7. Borrowed Conviction, King-Making, And The Fragility Of Engineered Winners ()
44 points by gtl4094 91 days ago | hide | 70 comments
7.How rel=nofollow Works (luigimontanez.com)
209 points by luigi on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 50 comments [ext]
8.Vim-powerline: The ultimate vim statusline utility (github.com/lokaltog)
201 points by mnazim on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 58 comments [ext]
9.Jon Stewart Talks SOPA, at Last (thenextweb.com)
200 points by FluidDjango on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 62 comments [ext]
10. The Dota result Altman calls closest to real-world decision making (blog.samaltman.com)
487 points by htx5127 609 days ago | hide | 15 comments
10.(Better) Tabs with Round Out Borders (css-tricks.com)
197 points by joshuacc on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
11.MPAA attacks Ars for "challenging efforts to curb content theft" (arstechnica.com)
173 points by duck on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
12.Relational shell programming (might.net)
162 points by g3orge on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
13. The Venture Drug: How $20M Seeds Kill Founder Optionality ()
491 points by nrx2341 119 days ago | hide | 105 comments
13.Google Fires Back at Twitter: You Took Yourself Out of Search (mashable.com)
143 points by rhufnagel on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 114 comments [ext]
14.Forbes: If Facebook Can't Stop SOPA, We Can Do It For Them (forbes.com/sites/insertcoin)
138 points by Archio on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
15.FreeBSD 9.0-Release Announcement (freebsd.org)
130 points by udp on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 35 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.Martin Fowler: An Open Letter to Pearson about SOPA/PIPA (martinfowler.com)
129 points by juandg on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
17.ThePirateBay.Org Is Immune from SOPA (techdirt.com)
123 points by nextparadigms on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
18.The Strange Case of John Dillinger and the Fraudulent Apple ID (programmingzen.com)
119 points by duck on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
19. Blind Spots in the West: Why Every Chinese VC Studies Our Podcasts (youtube.com)
325 points by hol5935 219 days ago | hide | 175 comments
19.Why Resumes and Code Screenings Are Obsolete with GitHire (githire.com)
118 points by heyrhett on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 84 comments [ext]
20.Stop looking for a cofounder (swombat.com)
114 points by vanni on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 53 comments [ext]
21.A Depressive Journey With MongoDB (mengu.net)
105 points by TheSmoke on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 60 comments [ext]
22. The Trump Adviser Openly Calling Treasury Reserve Status A Burden (archive.ph)
308 points by gsm5278 368 days ago | hide | 168 comments
22.I open-sourced my EV Li-on Battery Management System (github.com/ricksta)
89 points by ricksta on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 12 comments [ext]
23.Spend time learning, not searching - a directory for online learning resources. (skillpunch.com)
86 points by freshfey on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
24.Allwinner A10: A GPL-compliant computer for $15 (freesoftwaremagazine.com)
80 points by bodski on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
25. From development to productionalization: The next evolution of the software shop ()
46 points by gin5806 19 hours ago | hide | 47 comments
25.Android device as dev machine (android.com)
77 points by 6ren on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
26.ACLU: 92% of Gitmo detainees were not Qaeda fighters. 86% turned in for a bounty (aclu.org)
77 points by jerrya on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 4 comments [ext]
27.Show HN: I built a faster way to burn your money on Etsy.com (scrollsy.com)
73 points by JonathanBouman on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 51 comments [ext]
28. Ten billion hours: the unglamorous giant AI is about to eat ()
71 points by fin781 263 days ago | hide | 11 comments
28.CyanogenMod surpasses 1 million installations (h-online.com)
73 points by carusen on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 17 comments [ext]
29.Urban Airship to shut down SimpleGeo (urbanairship.com)
74 points by mikeocool on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 60 comments [ext]
30.EFF asks: Who's flying unmanned aircraft in the US? (eff.org)
74 points by codezero on Jan 12, 2012 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
31. A 27M-Parameter Model That Quietly Undermines Scaling Orthodoxy (dbreunig.com)
54 points by kem2154 261 days ago | hide | 150 comments

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