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1.Easing into SICP [ext]
299 points by thinkingeric on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 46 comments [ext]
2.Why U.S. Galaxy S Phones run Android 2.1 (xda-developers.com)
284 points by spidaman on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 94 comments [ext]
3.Goodbye Facebook (theaboutness.com)
233 points by nicholalexander on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 109 comments [ext]
4. A Basket of Tiny Currencies Is Eating the Dollar's Reserve Share (wolfstreet.com)
488 points by gon322 113 days ago | hide | 68 comments
4.Tarsnap critical security bug (daemonology.net)
231 points by spuz on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 124 comments [ext]
5.Eek, A Male (wsj.com)
229 points by georgecmu on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 166 comments [ext]
6.Facebook's 3rd Biggest Advertiser is a Bing Affiliate Scam (readwriteweb.com)
202 points by joshfraser on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 71 comments [ext]
7. The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack (diff.substack.com)
216 points by iam5056 262 days ago | hide | 183 comments
7.Web Services Our Startup Relies On Every Day (mygengo.com)
198 points by robert_mygengo on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 66 comments [ext]
8.Facebook is a Ponzi Scheme (jperla.com)
185 points by ljlolel on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 105 comments [ext]
9.Brisbane floods: before and after (abc.net.au)
178 points by mjfern on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 129 comments [ext]
10. Blind Spots in the West: Why Every Chinese VC Studies Our Podcasts (youtube.com)
325 points by hol5935 219 days ago | hide | 175 comments
10.Introduction to Gnome 3 (gnome3.org)
139 points by audidude on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 72 comments [ext]
11.Apple Reports First Quarter Results (apple.com)
132 points by aaronbrethorst on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 98 comments [ext]
12.What Hollywood Execs Privately Say About Netflix (hollywoodreporter.com)
125 points by kenjackson on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 70 comments [ext]
13. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments
13.The Leave (daringfireball.net)
120 points by dave1619 on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 74 comments [ext]
14.Rails Installer - Get up and running on Windows (railsinstaller.org)
100 points by bphogan on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
15.How I Found a Co-Founder, Built a Prototype, and Raised $5M in Less Than 4 Weeks (brianbalfour.com)
101 points by mpc on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
16. Inside the Lonely Experiment to Remember Everything You Learn (wired.com)
244 points by auz7944 478 days ago | hide | 22 comments
16.Jailed Pirate Party member becomes Tunisian government minister (arstechnica.com)
92 points by mcantelon on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 17 comments [ext]
17.My Favorite Chart on Earth (csmonitor.com)
92 points by sharan on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 50 comments [ext]
18.A Gentle Introduction to Machine Fundamentals (marijnhaverbeke.nl)
89 points by telemachos on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 5 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.Git-powered wikis improved - GitHub (github.com/blog)
87 points by obilgic on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
20.DHTML5 (dhtml5.com)
84 points by jgv on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
21.NodeFu Launches - Opensource Node.js hosting platform (nodefu.com)
84 points by ChrisMatthieu on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
22. How a PVC rig in a Dallas garage became a $500M chemicals company (centuryofbio.com)
297 points by pun2167 600 days ago | hide | 170 comments
22.Baby Steps into Genetic Programming (aerique.blogspot.com)
82 points by aerique on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
23.Thanks but No Thanks – Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders (grasshopperherder.com)
77 points by irfanm on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
24.PS3 Portal 2 to come with free PC/Mac version, cross-platform play (arstechnica.com)
76 points by phsr on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
25. A 27M-Parameter Model That Quietly Undermines Scaling Orthodoxy (dbreunig.com)
54 points by kem2154 261 days ago | hide | 150 comments
25.Report: iPhone 5 Will Be 'Completely Redesigned' (nytimes.com)
76 points by joshrule on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
26.Apple has paid over $2 billion to app developers, $12 billion to record labels (asymco.com)
71 points by ssclafani on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
27.$26.7 Billion Revenue; 7 Million iPads, 16 Million iPhones Sold (techcrunch.com)
70 points by davidedicillo on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
28. A German philologist explains how dictatorship hides inside daily busyness (press.uchicago.edu)
129 points by bsk2489 210 days ago | hide | 32 comments
28.1 company, $1 billion+ of VC investment, 0 products, 0 revenue (thebln.com)
72 points by marklittlewood on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
29.Hacking Customer’s Technology Adoption Cycles (kalzumeus.com)
63 points by bjplink on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
30.Try F# in your browser (tryfs.net)
57 points by timrobinson on Jan 18, 2011 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
31. Stealth Lock-In Is Actually Locking Your Customers Out (joelonsoftware.com)
292 points by ksk4362 203 days ago | hide | 110 comments

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