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1.Apple using patents to undermine open standards again (opera.com)
415 points by Wilya on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 60 comments [ext]
2.At the End of a Procrastinated Day (removed.posterous.com)
316 points by pace on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 110 comments [ext]
3.We've invented waterfall (epicenterconsulting.com)
285 points by latch on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 168 comments [ext]
4. A German philologist explains how dictatorship hides inside daily busyness (press.uchicago.edu)
129 points by bsk2489 210 days ago | hide | 32 comments
4.Snake game in a data: URI (bytex64.net)
257 points by twodayslate on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 73 comments [ext]
5.The Crunchpad is proof of obviousness in iPad design (nikcub.appspot.com)
246 points by nikcub on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 133 comments [ext]
6.Obama Announces $2B Fund for Startups (whitehouse.gov)
239 points by aba_sababa on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 164 comments [ext]
7. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 229 days ago | hide | 180 comments
7.The diagnosis (boingboing.net)
233 points by danso on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
8.JQuery plugins site accidentally deleted - last backup one year old. (jquery.com)
180 points by philjackson on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 66 comments [ext]
9.Over 40% of cancers due to lifestyle, says review (bbc.co.uk)
177 points by erinwatson on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 124 comments [ext]
10. Why Google only needs to threaten to outspend its AI rivals (martinvol.pe)
229 points by bsm1209 2 days ago | hide | 57 comments
10.MPAA Boss: If The Chinese Censor The Internet, Why Can't The US? (techdirt.com)
177 points by _dp9d on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 60 comments [ext]
11.Motorola wins patent suit against Apple in Germany, iPhone/iPad to be banned (thenextweb.com)
163 points by tilt on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 60 comments [ext]
12.Your Idea Is Worthless. Worry about finding smart nerds. (plus.google.com)
147 points by terrencelui on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 80 comments [ext]
13. Borrowed Conviction, King-Making, And The Fragility Of Engineered Winners ()
44 points by gtl4094 91 days ago | hide | 70 comments
13.Moving to Stripe: Fixing the Biggest Mistake I've Made to Date (centernetworks.com)
146 points by DanLivesHere on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
14.Clinton Urges Countries Not to Restrict Internet (nytimes.com)
143 points by llambda on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
15.Redis for win32 and the Microsoft patch (antirez.com)
138 points by antirez on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 165 comments [ext]
16. Code Scarcity Was the Moat; It's Gone Now ()
322 points by oik7062 59 days ago | hide | 65 comments
16.Notes on Programming in C - Rob Pike, February 21, 1989 (cat-v.org)
139 points by AbyCodes on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
17.'WildChords' is One of the Coolest Things I've Seen the iPad Do (toucharcade.com)
137 points by shawndumas on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
18.It's Insanely Hard to Make a Kick-Ass iPhone App (georgesaines.com)
137 points by gsaines on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 90 comments [ext]
19. From development to productionalization: The next evolution of the software shop ()
46 points by gin5806 9 hours ago | hide | 47 comments
19.Facebook Is Making Us Miserable (hbr.org)
122 points by mvs on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 75 comments [ext]
20.What’s New In Emacs 24 (masteringemacs.org)
109 points by fogus on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
21.Do fewer things; do them better; know why you're doing them (calnewport.com)
95 points by yskchu on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
22. The two-phrase playbook behind China's industrial dominance (high-capacity.com)
177 points by fix6357 474 days ago | hide | 135 comments
22.Why “direct” PostScript makes sense (anastigmatix.net)
90 points by beza1e1 on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
23.The HipHop Virtual Machine (facebook.com)
90 points by tilt on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
24.Dianne Hackborn responds again about android graphics (plus.google.com)
87 points by brian_cloutier on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 50 comments [ext]
25. Why isn't anyone panicking? (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 8 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
25.How To Optimize Your Site With HTTP Caching (betterexplained.com)
85 points by zerop on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
26.Stack Exchange's Really Big Monitor Setup (stackoverflow.com)
81 points by alexlmiller on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 25 comments [ext]
27.WikiLeaks Posts Spy Firm Videos Offering Tools For Hacking iTunes, Gmail, Skype (forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg)
78 points by sathishmanohar on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
28. How a Dentist's Chair Revolutionized the World's Most Common Surgery (asimov.press)
117 points by lrx6827 199 days ago | hide | 18 comments
28.TNT Is Not TeX (bit-player.org)
76 points by wglb on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 25 comments [ext]
29.Google nabs Square Enix and other game developers for native client Chrome games (venturebeat.com)
74 points by evo_9 on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
30.The condescending UI (theverge.com)
72 points by superchink on Dec 9, 2011 [ext] | 76 comments [ext]
31. Why Getting Funded Stopped Meaning Your Idea Was Good ()
70 points by kol7770 98 days ago | hide | 139 comments

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