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1.Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau (aljazeera.net)
244 points by borism on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 97 comments [ext]
2.Electronic Frontier Foundation Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Violations (eff.org)
213 points by randomwalker on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 41 comments [ext]
3.Ask HN: What's your favorite bookmarked HN thread? [ext]
197 points by dot on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 42 comments [ext]
4. Adoption, Not Product, Is What Kills Vertical Software Bets ()
374 points by ium4024 70 days ago | hide | 174 comments
4.Got Hacking? Git Hacking. (githacking.com)
185 points by chrisbaglieri on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 47 comments [ext]
5.Mark Zuckerberg on SNL (video) (mediaite.com)
154 points by moses1400 on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
6.Pharen: A lisp that compiles to PHP (scriptor.github.com)
127 points by yarapavan on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 40 comments [ext]
7. Why isn't anyone panicking? (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 19 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
7.In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism (inc.com)
126 points by michael_dorfman on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 162 comments [ext]
8.GitHub major issues - repos have "lost" commits and site is erroring (support.github.com)
119 points by andrewljohnson on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 86 comments [ext]
9.Ask HN: Just got $200k from an angel, where do I stick it? Savings? CDs? [ext]
118 points by moneymoron on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 80 comments [ext]
10. From development to productionalization: The next evolution of the software shop ()
46 points by gin5806 20 hours ago | hide | 47 comments
10.How to Disagree (paulgraham.com)
109 points by kf on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 58 comments [ext]
11.Ruby4Kids (ruby4kids.com)
105 points by DanielRibeiro on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
12.Chromium Notes: Moonlight vs IcedTea (neugierig.org)
91 points by mattyb on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 6 comments [ext]
13. The communication technique that subverts taking turns on purpose (togetherlondon.com)
195 points by dem3275 170 days ago | hide | 48 comments
13.$1.50 per gallon synthetic gasoline with no carbon emissions? (gizmag.com)
89 points by binarymax on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 55 comments [ext]
14.Why $150k for YC companies is a huge deal (carwoo.com)
92 points by tommy_mcclung on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
15.A Frightening Week (avc.com)
86 points by cwan on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
16. Why Most Marketplace Network Effects Are Surprisingly Easy to Replicate ()
257 points by pen4647 497 days ago | hide | 50 comments
16.Do I need to go to a big-name university? (programmers.stackexchange.com)
83 points by meadhikari on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 71 comments [ext]
17.Three projects to create a government-less Internet, and why it is needed. (datelinezero.com)
81 points by nika on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
18.Show HN: Hacker News Map 2011 (jmarbach.com)
77 points by jmarbach on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
19. How a Dentist's Chair Revolutionized the World's Most Common Surgery (asimov.press)
117 points by lrx6827 200 days ago | hide | 18 comments
19.The Reason The Rich & Famous Commit Suicide (chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
78 points by joshfraser on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 47 comments [ext]
20.SQL for Web Nerds (greenspun.com)
71 points by mbowcock on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
21.Study: Teams work best when members are physically close together (collisiondetection.net)
65 points by sdfx on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
22. When Inside Information Meets Polymarket: The Venezuela Coup Trade (archive.ph)
298 points by can738 85 days ago | hide | 122 comments
22.Landing a Job at 9 Hot Startups (mashable.com)
62 points by ssclafani on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
23.Creating an iPhone App From Scratch (sans Xcode/IB)
62 points by Cacti on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
24.Complete Hacker Tutorial to getting Time Machine over NFS to work. (mediafederation.com)
56 points by a904guy on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 28 comments [ext]
25. The crypto scheme where auditors told on the promoters (archive.ph)
222 points by orz6622 333 days ago | hide | 88 comments
25.ƒu.js - The Functional DOM traversing library. (tsenart.github.com)
55 points by tsenart on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 44 comments [ext]
26.Learning from our Mistakes: The Failure of OpenID, AtomPub and XML on the Web (25hoursaday.com)
53 points by BarkMore on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
27.Who Is Marrying Whom (nytimes.com)
53 points by iamwil on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 50 comments [ext]
28. The Hidden Architecture of How Biology Labs Actually Get Funded (guzey.com)
271 points by prl1591 602 days ago | hide | 193 comments
28.Dropbox challenge (dropbox.com)
52 points by ratsbane on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
29.Simian: Mac OS X package deployment via App Engine (google-opensource.blogspot.com)
46 points by abraham on Jan 30, 2011 [ext] | 4 comments [ext]
30.China is blocking coverage of Egypt protests on Twitter-like services (venturebeat.com)
45 points by thankuz on Jan 30, 2011 [ext]
31. Polymarket Meets Your Mortgage: Betting on Home Prices (archive.ph)
187 points by jem4017 85 days ago | hide | 177 comments

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