| 1. | | Mythbusters experiment goes awry, sends cannonball through two houses (cbslocal.com) |
| 496 points by viggity on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 298 comments [ext] |
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| 2. | | You've Probably Read Enough (bennesvig.com) |
| 410 points by bennesvig on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 72 comments [ext] |
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| 3. | | Thoughts on Python 3 (pocoo.org) |
| 302 points by michaelty on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 118 comments [ext] |
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The communication technique that subverts taking turns on purpose (togetherlondon.com) |
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195 points by dem3275 170 days ago | hide | 48 comments
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| 4. | | Please Donate to the Internet Archive (archive.org) |
| 293 points by cleverjake on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 46 comments [ext] |
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| 5. | | Poll: How much did you earn from your stock options during exit? [ext] |
| 217 points by wave on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 185 comments [ext] |
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| 6. | | Good UX in the Wild: Dropbox's attention to detail on their download page (hanselman.com) |
| 200 points by joeyespo on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 38 comments [ext] |
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Why Whoever Reaches AGI First Won't Actually Own Intelligence () |
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215 points by fik8005 56 days ago | hide | 155 comments
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| 7. | | CNET Injecting Malware into Downloads (insecure.org) |
| 192 points by skitzzo on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 74 comments [ext] |
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| 8. | | What I suspect Google is up to with Native Client (hackerspews.com) |
| 187 points by forgotusername on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 89 comments [ext] |
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| 9. | | Phil Haack quit Microsoft for GitHub (haacked.com) |
| 181 points by misterbwong on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 124 comments [ext] |
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The Anti-Dropout Playbook From a Waterloo Near-Defector (ansonyu.me) |
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478 points by iuz6368 114 days ago | hide | 193 comments
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| 10. | | Wordless: stop writing Wordpress themes like it's 1998. (github.com/welaika) |
| 165 points by steffoz on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 85 comments [ext] |
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| 11. | | Fear and Loathing in Debian/Ubuntu (or: who needs /etc/motd) (deadmemes.net) |
| 156 points by robinhouston on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 85 comments [ext] |
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| 12. | | After The Regretsy and Diaspora Account Freezes, We’ve Lost Confidence In PayPal (techcrunch.com) |
| 149 points by dolphenstein on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 81 comments [ext] |
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How Autodesk, Cadence, and Synopsys built the deepest moats in software (felicis.com) |
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443 points by pal3183 593 days ago | hide | 193 comments
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| 13. | | Oblivious Supreme Court poised to legalize medical patents (arstechnica.com) |
| 144 points by evo_9 on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 55 comments [ext] |
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| 14. | | Ev News? Did I just see a test, Hacker News was titled Ev News for a second. (dougaitken.tumblr.com) |
| 139 points by dougaitken on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 29 comments [ext] |
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| 15. | | Apple Submits Updated Campus 2 Plans to Cupertino (appleinsider.com) |
| 137 points by davidedicillo on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 53 comments [ext] |
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A Basket of Tiny Currencies Is Eating the Dollar's Reserve Share (wolfstreet.com) |
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488 points by gon322 113 days ago | hide | 68 comments
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| 16. | | Google Android: The Accidental Empire (nikcub.appspot.com) |
| 133 points by nikcub on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 115 comments [ext] |
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| 17. | | Elm: a functional reactive programming language that compiles to JavaScript (elm-lang.org) |
| 132 points by Rusky on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 50 comments [ext] |
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| 18. | | Can your REPL do this? (whalliburton.github.com) |
| 119 points by whalliburton on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 35 comments [ext] |
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Safety as a slow-motion serial killer of ambition (shaanpuri.com) |
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370 points by ien6880 398 days ago | hide | 146 comments
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| 19. | | Five-minute Multimethods in Python (artima.com) |
| 113 points by llambda on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 48 comments [ext] |
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| 20. | | A better search for visually similar images (cmu.edu) |
| 108 points by pitdesi on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 11 comments [ext] |
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| 21. | | Poll: Do you use an adblocker? [ext] |
| 107 points by gnosis on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 203 comments [ext] |
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Stealth Lock-In Is Actually Locking Your Customers Out (joelonsoftware.com) |
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292 points by ksk4362 203 days ago | hide | 110 comments
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| 22. | | Code snippets on Microsoft website shown in form of images. (msdn.microsoft.com) |
| 103 points by aashu_dwivedi on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 46 comments [ext] |
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| 23. | | Scala's version fragility makes the enterprise argument near impossible (lift.la) |
| 99 points by LiveTheDream on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 46 comments [ext] |
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| 24. | | Windows Store Revenue Split (daringfireball.net) |
| 96 points by llambda on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 47 comments [ext] |
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Code Scarcity Was the Moat; It's Gone Now () |
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322 points by oik7062 59 days ago | hide | 65 comments
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| 25. | | Bill Gates, China talking about jointly developing nuclear reactor (cbc.ca) |
| 89 points by tilt on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 40 comments [ext] |
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| 26. | | IntelliJ IDEA 11 is Out (jetbrains.com) |
| 89 points by Garbage on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 37 comments [ext] |
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| 27. | | How to Add Django Database Caching in 5 Minutes (yipit.com) |
| 87 points by Toddward on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 13 comments [ext] |
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Borrowed Conviction, King-Making, And The Fragility Of Engineered Winners () |
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44 points by gtl4094 91 days ago | hide | 70 comments
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| 28. | | Twilio Raises $17 Million Series C To Expand Abroad (techcrunch.com) |
| 95 points by coloneltcb on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 37 comments [ext] |
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| 29. | | If you want to be truly intimidating... (jhnmyr.tumblr.com) |
| 72 points by wallflower on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 11 comments [ext] |
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| 30. | | Mandelbrot Beats Economics in Fathoming Markets (bloomberg.com) |
| 69 points by goodwinb on Dec 7, 2011 [ext] | 57 comments [ext] |
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The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph) |
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