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1.Don't shoot the messenger for telling the truth (theaustralian.com.au)
334 points by ra on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 131 comments [ext]
2.Chromium Blog: A New Crankshaft for V8 (chromium.org)
242 points by twapi on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 90 comments [ext]
3.Introducing Apache Wave (googlewavedev.blogspot.com)
218 points by andre3k1 on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
4. The three fuels that turned farming villages into doomed empires (theguardian.com)
436 points by iik2616 251 days ago | hide | 170 comments
4.The Tree Slider - GitHub (github.com/blog)
182 points by sant0sk1 on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
5.Assange arrested in London (BBC) (bbc.co.uk)
156 points by ebaysucks on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 103 comments [ext]
6.Learn Clojure (learn-clojure.com)
144 points by DanielRibeiro on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
7. The communication technique that subverts taking turns on purpose (togetherlondon.com)
195 points by dem3275 169 days ago | hide | 48 comments
7.Home - Chrome OS (google.com)
142 points by bound008 on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 102 comments [ext]
8.Android vs iOS: A Developer's Perspective (whereoscope.wordpress.com)
124 points by jamesg on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 84 comments [ext]
9.Sad as Hell (nplusonemag.com)
121 points by wundie on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 64 comments [ext]
10. A German philologist explains how dictatorship hides inside daily busyness (press.uchicago.edu)
129 points by bsk2489 210 days ago | hide | 32 comments
10.Software design mistakes that Diaspora needs to fix. (buddycloud.com)
118 points by imaginator on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 54 comments [ext]
11.Chrome Web Store (chrome.google.com)
114 points by panarky on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
12.Apache loses Java showdown vote to Oracle (theregister.co.uk)
108 points by nradov on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 125 comments [ext]
13. Private Equity's Denominator Effect Returns as Markets Crater (archive.ph)
344 points by aul1104 367 days ago | hide | 7 comments
13.Hello HN: I am quitting school for freelance, here's my portfolio (ivzhao.com)
105 points by ivanzhao on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 85 comments [ext]
14.8 [Startup] Things I’m Better At Now That I’m 30 (deeringdavis.wordpress.com)
103 points by cesart on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 25 comments [ext]
15.The Unfortunate Sex Life of the Banana (damninteresting.com)
101 points by _b8r0 on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
16. Polymarket Meets Your Mortgage: Betting on Home Prices (archive.ph)
187 points by jem4017 84 days ago | hide | 177 comments
16.Slowloris - the low bandwidth, yet greedy and poisonous HTTP client (ckers.org)
93 points by signa11 on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
17.Apply for a Google Cr-48 (google.com)
83 points by bound008 on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 60 comments [ext]
18.Disk Encryption by Default in Chrome OS (chromium.org)
83 points by panarky on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
19. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 229 days ago | hide | 180 comments
19.Downtime (staff.tumblr.com)
82 points by inmygarage on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
20.WebSockets Disabled by default for Firefox 4 (cometdaily.com)
74 points by thehodge on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 58 comments [ext]
21.Daily Aspirin Linked to Steep Drop in Cancer Risk (businessweek.com)
74 points by aneth on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
22. The two-phrase playbook behind China's industrial dominance (high-capacity.com)
177 points by fix6357 474 days ago | hide | 135 comments
22.African poverty is falling…much faster than you think (voxeu.org)
71 points by cwan on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
23.One Database To Rule The Cloud: Salesforce Debuts Database.com (techcrunch.com)
69 points by vdondeti on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 68 comments [ext]
24.Jason Fried: How to Kill a Bad Idea (inc.com)
66 points by duck on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
25. The power-strip life: picking work that plugs into everything (shaanpuri.com)
249 points by bom7529 398 days ago | hide | 12 comments
25.Rethinking the scientific method (newyorker.com)
59 points by neilc on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
26.So, you want to provide an API for the world to use? (canonical.com)
58 points by mgunes on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
27.Homeland Security Messages Coming to Wal Mart, etc. (rawstory.com)
57 points by jcromartie on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
28. Discord's Real Lesson: The Meta-Layer Enterprise Slack Can't Build (kwokchain.com)
448 points by aok168 431 days ago | hide | 83 comments
28.Linux kernel root-level exploit leveraging three previous vulnerabilities (marc.info)
56 points by there on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 12 comments [ext]
29.TeslaTouch - tactile feedback from touchscreen surface (teslatouch.com)
50 points by melvinram on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
30.Bayesian Learning in Social Networks (nyu.edu)
49 points by wallflower on Dec 7, 2010 [ext] | 4 comments [ext]
31. Why isn't anyone panicking? (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 8 hours ago | hide | 150 comments

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