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1.LevelDB: a fast and lightweight key/value database library (code.google.com)
232 points by adulau on May 8, 2011 | 79 comments
2.2011 Logo Trends (logolounge.com)
204 points by tortilla on May 8, 2011 | 18 comments
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5.Google I/O 2011 Countdown clock (google.com)
144 points by abhishektwr on May 8, 2011 | 29 comments
๐Ÿ“š. The Microstructure of Wealth Transfer in Prediction Markets (jbecker.dev)
13 min read | by Jonathan Becker | saved 46 days ago | archive
6.There's more to HTML escaping than &, <, >, and " (wonko.com)
138 points by jamesbritt on May 8, 2011 | 30 comments
7.Congress Bans Some Scientific Collaboration with China, Citing Espionage Risk (blogs.forbes.com)
134 points by trotsky on May 8, 2011 | 71 comments
8.Readable: A more readable version of "readability" (tastefulwords.com)
138 points by jbm on May 8, 2011 | 92 comments
9.How To: Spend your investorsโ€™ money (stu.mp)
128 points by jnoller on May 8, 2011 | 24 comments
10.Bitcoin iOS app open sourced (github.com/udibr)
125 points by milkshakes on May 8, 2011 | 30 comments
๐Ÿ“š. Philosopher Eras (chat.openai.com)
6 min read | by openai.com | saved 1112 days ago | archive
11.Leaving Google (douweosinga.com)
112 points by antichaos on May 8, 2011 | 37 comments
12.Solar Fire Breakthrough (openfarmtech.org)
108 points by ph0rque on May 8, 2011 | 18 comments
13.Instapaper like Article Extractor open sourced (github.com/jiminoc)
106 points by beagledude on May 8, 2011 | 13 comments
14.The Don Stewart Method: write code every day, release a project every week (shimweasel.com)
104 points by ionfish on May 8, 2011 | 29 comments
15.Unthinking Machines: Artificial intelligence needs a reboot, say experts (technologyreview.com)
95 points by pldpld on May 8, 2011 | 62 comments
๐Ÿ“š. The Case Against Social Media is Stronger Than You Think (arachnemag.substack.com)
24 min read | by Nathan Witkin | saved 174 days ago | 40% read | archive
16.How Dead is WebOS? (kiwiluv.com)
96 points by spicerunner on May 8, 2011 | 60 comments
17.U.S Unemployment By Education Level (bls.gov)
91 points by shrikant on May 8, 2011 | 63 comments
18.Practical NoSQL - Solving a Real Problem with MongoDB and Redis (openmymind.net)
89 points by latch on May 8, 2011 | 12 comments
19.The Free Software Foundation is now accepting Bitcoin donations (fsf.org)
83 points by Tsiolkovsky on May 8, 2011 | 16 comments
20.$400 bounty started for "simple" OSS node.js module (groups.google.com)
89 points by reddittor on May 8, 2011 | 44 comments
๐Ÿ“š. Big Macs vs. The Naked Chef (joelonsoftware.com)
8 min read | by Joel Spolsky | saved 158 days ago | archive
21.Live to hack, hack to live (inspirated.com)
82 points by J3L2404 on May 8, 2011 | 7 comments
22.My first iPad game: Stats and lessons (whatupdave.com)
81 points by whatupdave on May 8, 2011 | 15 comments
23.The Next 10 Years Will Be Great For Both Founders And VCs (techcrunch.com)
81 points by Swizec on May 8, 2011 | 26 comments
24.Why there are so many engineers in India (thenextweb.com)
78 points by siddhant on May 8, 2011 | 64 comments

This is to be expected when you have ignorant people reporting on things that they are not willing to educate themselves about. Anyone who wrote sensational garbage about the LastPass event didn't bother to understand how LastPass works and what the real potential of any breach could be.

Frankly, it leaves me exhausted in the same way the regular stream of sensational ignorant responses to violent video games, boobs in video games, or explicit lyrics in music leave me exhausted. It's extremely difficult to fight an ignorant public being exploited by a willfully ignorant and sensationalistic media.

The likes of Tech Crunch et al who should be in a position to counter such mainstream media reactions and behavior are all too often, unfortunately, jumping right into the fray and showing that they can be just as counter-productive as any big old-media outlets.

๐Ÿ“š. AI Horseless Carriages (koomen.dev)
17 min read | by Pete Koomen | saved 317 days ago | archive
26.X Factor & fox.com hacked, contestants database leaked (thepiratebay.org)
78 points by temptemptemp13 on May 8, 2011 | 21 comments
27.June 8th: the day your phone wonโ€™t stop ringing (ioshints.info)
71 points by Uncle_Sam on May 8, 2011 | 14 comments
28.Not Invented Here and New Programmers (webicity.info)
70 points by Macha on May 8, 2011 | 24 comments
29.PowerShell Specification licensed under the Community Promise (msdn.com)
65 points by brudgers on May 8, 2011 | 37 comments
30.Neat Algorithms - Harmony Search (harry.me)
65 points by hbrundage on May 8, 2011 | 8 comments
๐Ÿ“š. Five Bananas Wonโ€™t Pay the Rent (archive.is)
17 min read | by Matt Levine | saved 8 hours ago | archive

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