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1.Dropbox Hires Guido Van Rossum (techcrunch.com)
586 points by dko on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 207 comments [ext]
2.Welcome Guido (dropbox.com)
347 points by johns on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 44 comments [ext]
3.Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do? (fsf.org)
268 points by cs702 on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 204 comments [ext]
4. Why Most Marketplace Network Effects Are Surprisingly Easy to Replicate ()
257 points by pen4647 497 days ago | hide | 50 comments
4.Larry Page "providing free flu shots to all San Francisco bay area kids" (plus.google.com)
265 points by ck2 on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 231 comments [ext]
5.Richard Stallman calls Ubuntu “spyware” because it tracks searches (arstechnica.com)
239 points by geetarista on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 161 comments [ext]
6.A letter to the TEDx community on TEDx and bad science (tedx.com)
195 points by ColinWright on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 153 comments [ext]
7. Safety as a slow-motion serial killer of ambition (shaanpuri.com)
370 points by ien6880 398 days ago | hide | 146 comments
7.GitHub now has Issue Attachments (github.com/blog)
198 points by jakebellacera on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 72 comments [ext]
8.Microsoft's DroidRage Twitter campaign goes painfully wrong (zdnet.com)
191 points by CrankyBear on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 96 comments [ext]
9.Let's make GitHub better, together (letsmake.github.com)
175 points by experiment0 on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 144 comments [ext]
10. Adoption, Not Product, Is What Kills Vertical Software Bets ()
374 points by ium4024 71 days ago | hide | 174 comments
10.Gravity Light - Alternative form of lighting to replace Kerosene (indiegogo.com)
166 points by vikramhaer on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 98 comments [ext]
11.Google+ Is Growing at Facebook Speed (wired.com)
146 points by kercker on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 127 comments [ext]
12.Bootleg.css - Twitter Bootstrap JS redone with CSS (thecssninja.com)
135 points by davezatch on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
13. The Dota result Altman calls closest to real-world decision making (blog.samaltman.com)
487 points by htx5127 610 days ago | hide | 15 comments
13.Dogs learn to drive in New Zealand (time.com)
137 points by dmmalam on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
14.The Node Beginner Book (nodebeginner.org)
121 points by v33ra on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
15.Mercedes’ Next Flagship Does the Commuting for You (wired.com)
117 points by sazpaz on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 82 comments [ext]
16. The carriage maker's dilemma: Why imminent disruption requires drastic current effort (marginalrevolution.com)
376 points by kol5306 2 days ago | hide | 127 comments
16.Show HN: UXArchive - How the best iPhone apps handle userflows (uxarchive.com)
116 points by LeonW on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
17.Introducing the Predictive Interface (stephenwolfram.com)
111 points by lispython on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
18.Recreating Lamborghini V10 engine sound with beer can (autoblog.com)
103 points by kposehn on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
19. Beyond Vocabulary: Why Clear Thinking is the Engine of Articulate Speech (youtube.com)
43 points by jan967 252 days ago | hide | 128 comments
19.A young person's guide to quitting your day job (arbor.posterous.com)
103 points by zmitri on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 65 comments [ext]
20.How to get free single-user Google Apps accounts (groups.google.com)
103 points by nathanhammond on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
21.Using Outlook.com with your own Web Domain (labnol.org)
98 points by arihant on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
22. A 27M-Parameter Model That Quietly Undermines Scaling Orthodoxy (dbreunig.com)
54 points by kem2154 261 days ago | hide | 150 comments
22.Google Requires Proof of Google+ Activity to Attend SFPD's Bike Theft Workshop (sfappeal.com)
97 points by Irregardless on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 37 comments [ext]
23.Android Won. Windows Lost (communities-dominate.blogs.com)
96 points by cramforce on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 113 comments [ext]
24.Netflix CEO Hastings faces SEC action over Facebook post (businessweek.com)
89 points by jpwagner on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 46 comments [ext]
25. From development to productionalization: The next evolution of the software shop ()
46 points by gin5806 1 day ago | hide | 47 comments
25.Guido says goodbye to Google (plus.google.com)
85 points by shrikrishna on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
26.Hacker News Google+ Community (plus.google.com)
87 points by jasonkolb on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
27.Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition for the iPad (itunes.apple.com)
84 points by adamwintle on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 47 comments [ext]
28. Polymarket Meets Your Mortgage: Betting on Home Prices (archive.ph)
187 points by jem4017 85 days ago | hide | 177 comments
28.Snag.gy - Paste images directly to the web (snag.gy)
83 points by PButcher93 on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 46 comments [ext]
29.NameCheap is More Popular Than GoDaddy Among HackerNews Users (leandomainsearch.com)
83 points by matt1 on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 86 comments [ext]
30.WhatsApp Hack (198.61.222.60)
83 points by wajdis on Dec 7, 2012 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
31. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments

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