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1.Linus Torvalds: Pearls before swine (torvalds-family.blogspot.com)
410 points by brianwillis on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 132 comments [ext]
2.Working at Microsoft – Day to Day Coding (foredecker.wordpress.com)
288 points by there on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 164 comments [ext]
3.RStudio,a new IDE for R (rstudio.org)
271 points by agconway on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
4. The carriage maker's dilemma: Why imminent disruption requires drastic current effort (marginalrevolution.com)
376 points by kol5306 2 days ago | hide | 127 comments
4.When you want to quit because it's just not worth it (asmartbear.com)
262 points by AliCollins on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 53 comments [ext]
5.How to Make Money in 6 Easy Steps (inc.com)
261 points by mrduncan on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 55 comments [ext]
6.What is the single most influential book every programmer should read? (stackoverflow.com)
244 points by krn on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 103 comments [ext]
7. Private Equity's Denominator Effect Returns as Markets Crater (archive.ph)
344 points by aul1104 368 days ago | hide | 7 comments
7.2000 as Seen in 1910 (23 pics) (acidcow.com)
196 points by coderdude on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 104 comments [ext]
8.Wolfram Alpha doesn't "get it" (agiletortoise.com)
187 points by agiletortoise on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 100 comments [ext]
9.Interesting photos from Google Street View (9-eyes.com)
189 points by ryannielsen on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
10. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments
10.What it's like building a real website in Node.js (travisglines.com)
158 points by travisglines on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
11.How much money can you make in the iOS App Store? (riverofnewsapp.com)
148 points by dralison on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
12.Djangy is shutting down (djangy.com)
148 points by endlessvoid94 on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
13. Stealth Lock-In Is Actually Locking Your Customers Out (joelonsoftware.com)
292 points by ksk4362 203 days ago | hide | 110 comments
13.Insufficiently known Posix shell features (apenwarr.ca)
140 points by rcfox on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
14.Tell HN: Our VC turned the process of getting acquired into a nightmare [ext]
134 points by throwaway5317 on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
15.Google App Engine to support SQL (groups.google.com)
120 points by scorpion032 on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
16. A Basket of Tiny Currencies Is Eating the Dollar's Reserve Share (wolfstreet.com)
488 points by gon322 113 days ago | hide | 68 comments
16.HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Steps Down (threatpost.com)
119 points by ssclafani on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 71 comments [ext]
17.Drop out. Or don't. (areallybadidea.com)
110 points by dabent on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 46 comments [ext]
18.Essential JavaScript design patterns (addyosmani.com)
101 points by cfontes on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
19. From development to productionalization: The next evolution of the software shop ()
46 points by gin5806 22 hours ago | hide | 47 comments
19.Comprehend Systems (YC W11) Wants To Make Data Analysis Less Of A Pain (techcrunch.com)
101 points by davidedicillo on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
20.Impossible colors (wikipedia.org)
90 points by m0th87 on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 30 comments [ext]
21.It’s time to adopt modern Bayesian data analysis as standard procedure (indiana.edu)
89 points by snth on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 52 comments [ext]
22. A 27M-Parameter Model That Quietly Undermines Scaling Orthodoxy (dbreunig.com)
54 points by kem2154 261 days ago | hide | 150 comments
22.Programmer problem solving sequence: should it be like this? (johndcook.com)
85 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 58 comments [ext]
23.Is employer-based health insurance a barrier to entrepreneurship? (sciencedirect.com)
85 points by akgerber on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 140 comments [ext]
24.First SciPy release to support Python 3 (sourceforge.net)
83 points by andrevoget on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
25. Polymarket Meets Your Mortgage: Betting on Home Prices (archive.ph)
187 points by jem4017 85 days ago | hide | 177 comments
25.Poll: If I asked, would you send me your "Saved Stories"? [ext]
82 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 61 comments [ext]
26.Programmers without computers (johndcook.com)
83 points by fogus on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
27.Gameduino: an Arduino game adapter (kickstarter.com)
81 points by forwardslash on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
28. Inside the Lonely Experiment to Remember Everything You Learn (wired.com)
244 points by auz7944 479 days ago | hide | 22 comments
28.Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (March 2011 Edition) [ext]
80 points by meadhikari on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
29.Immaterials: Light painting WiFi (yourban.no)
80 points by jrnkntl on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
30.How To Disrupt And "Hipmunk" An Industry (onstartups.com)
83 points by jasonlbaptiste on Feb 28, 2011 [ext] | 25 comments [ext]
31. The power-strip life: picking work that plugs into everything (shaanpuri.com)
249 points by bom7529 398 days ago | hide | 12 comments

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