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1.Right versus pragmatic (marco.org)
568 points by zdw on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 162 comments [ext]
2.Interesting Windows Desktop UI Concept (theverge.com)
293 points by robinraszka on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 69 comments [ext]
3.Israel to destroy Palestinians' solar panels (sacbee.com)
284 points by georgecmu on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 171 comments [ext]
4. Adoption, Not Product, Is What Kills Vertical Software Bets ()
374 points by ium4024 70 days ago | hide | 174 comments
4.Best of Vim Tips (rayninfo.co.uk)
273 points by adulau on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
5.What Happens to the Coke in Coca-Cola? (good.is)
256 points by gruseom on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 126 comments [ext]
6.Kill Math (worrydream.com)
199 points by noonespecial on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 85 comments [ext]
7. Why Most Marketplace Network Effects Are Surprisingly Easy to Replicate ()
257 points by pen4647 497 days ago | hide | 50 comments
7.Learn Regex The Hard Way (learncodethehardway.org)
187 points by QuarkSpark on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 40 comments [ext]
8.The Shy Connector (slideshare.net)
178 points by cleaver on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
9.Google and Microsoft Cheat on Slow-Start. Should You? (benstrong.com)
177 points by finnw on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
10. Code Scarcity Was the Moat; It's Gone Now ()
322 points by oik7062 60 days ago | hide | 65 comments
10.iBooks DRM has been cracked. (the-digital-reader.com)
173 points by AndrewDucker on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 56 comments [ext]
11.Overrated: Bully's R Rating Should Mean the End of the MPAA (good.is)
160 points by Bud on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
12.The Freedom and Perils of Living Alone (nytimes.com)
159 points by luckystrike on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
13. The power-strip life: picking work that plugs into everything (shaanpuri.com)
249 points by bom7529 398 days ago | hide | 12 comments
13.Vitamin C is a bug that needs to be patched (bbot.org)
143 points by sbierwagen on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 91 comments [ext]
14.The Markdown Mindset (hiltmon.com)
111 points by hiltmon on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
15.Daring Fireball: Cookies and Privacy (daringfireball.net)
112 points by rkudeshi on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 77 comments [ext]
16. Private Equity's Denominator Effect Returns as Markets Crater (archive.ph)
344 points by aul1104 368 days ago | hide | 7 comments
16.How does Apple find dates and times in emails? (stackoverflow.com)
108 points by elchief on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
17.Python for iOS (pythonforios.com)
107 points by rayvega on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
18.C Programming Puzzlers (stevenkobes.com)
104 points by AndreyKarpov on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
19. The Hidden Architecture of How Biology Labs Actually Get Funded (guzey.com)
271 points by prl1591 602 days ago | hide | 193 comments
19.Algorithms notes from UIUC (uiuc.edu)
103 points by pm90 on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 12 comments [ext]
20.Ira Glass on the secret of success (brainpickings.org)
103 points by ColinWright on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
21.Lessons I Learned from Shark Tank (techcrunch.com)
89 points by mirceagoia on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
22. A German philologist explains how dictatorship hides inside daily busyness (press.uchicago.edu)
129 points by bsk2489 210 days ago | hide | 32 comments
22.How Do You Find New Problems to Solve or Ideas for Products To Work On? [ext]
83 points by sotu25 on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 42 comments [ext]
23.Hasp: An S-Expression to Haskell Compiler (york.ac.uk)
79 points by kruhft on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
24.My Google Interview Experience [ext]
79 points by throwawayttt on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 86 comments [ext]
25. Polymarket Meets Your Mortgage: Betting on Home Prices (archive.ph)
187 points by jem4017 85 days ago | hide | 177 comments
25.Flickr disables Pinterest pins on all copyrighted images (venturebeat.com)
78 points by evo_9 on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 65 comments [ext]
26.Get Curious (lesswrong.com)
76 points by mbrubeck on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
27.Software Transactional Memory in Clojure (ociweb.com)
76 points by llambda on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
28. The Venture Drug: How $20M Seeds Kill Founder Optionality ()
491 points by nrx2341 119 days ago | hide | 105 comments
28.Graphemica - for lovers of characters and symbols (graphemica.com)
66 points by implmentor on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
29.NASA Will Pay You to Eat Astronaut Food for 4 Months (forbes.com/sites/carolpinchefsky)
64 points by sethbannon on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 12 comments [ext]
30.Why I don’t like Dynamic Typing (win-vector.com)
60 points by jmount on Feb 25, 2012 [ext] | 106 comments [ext]
31. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 230 days ago | hide | 180 comments

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