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1.A practical use for space-filling curves (gatech.edu)
192 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
2.Once again, praise kids for effort, not for 'smarts' (nymag.com)
161 points by saturdayplace on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 60 comments [ext]
3.Bother Me, I'm Thinking (wsj.com)
159 points by jamesbritt on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
4. Code Scarcity Was the Moat; It's Gone Now ()
322 points by oik7062 60 days ago | hide | 65 comments
4.Why I do my resume in LaTeX (toofishes.net)
143 points by gnosis on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 137 comments [ext]
5.A rare look into North Korea's famed Propaganda School (aljazeera.net)
135 points by davidchua on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 60 comments [ext]
6.Are founders really 1000x more valuable than their employees? (venturehacks.com)
131 points by abreckle on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 117 comments [ext]
7. Inside the Lonely Experiment to Remember Everything You Learn (wired.com)
244 points by auz7944 479 days ago | hide | 22 comments
7.Ask HN: Does anyone actually code at a hackathon? [ext]
123 points by iqster on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 77 comments [ext]
8.Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software (gnu.org)
123 points by octopus on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 117 comments [ext]
9.Ask HN: Obtaining initial users for a startup [ext]
119 points by havoc2005 on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
10. Montreux convention traps Russia's Mediterranean task force (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 490 days ago | hide | 26 comments
10.Why did Borders Tank and B&N not? (quora.com)
114 points by ThomPete on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 70 comments [ext]
11.Python, JRuby on the Android Platform in 10 Steps (thebitsource.com)
110 points by jefe78 on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
12.LibreOffice / The Document Foundation needs €50,000. Please donate. (documentfoundation.org)
102 points by Garbage on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
13. Why you care for your dog better than yourself — and the fix (web.archive.org)
420 points by guz3550 602 days ago | hide | 25 comments
13.What will happen to Bit.ly links when Gaddafi shuts down the Internet in Libya? (quora.com)
98 points by andre3k1 on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 30 comments [ext]
14.What if this is as good as it gets? (diveintomark.org)
95 points by fukumoto on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 25 comments [ext]
15.The Program - Start-Up Chile – Entrepreneurs Welcome (startupchile.org)
78 points by nyellin on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
16. Borrowed Conviction, King-Making, And The Fragility Of Engineered Winners ()
44 points by gtl4094 91 days ago | hide | 70 comments
16.Jilted in the U.S., a Site Finds Love in India (nytimes.com)
65 points by credo on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
17.Paul Miller Leaves Engadget/AOL - Cites AOL Way Issues (pauljmiller.com)
62 points by moses1400 on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 28 comments [ext]
18.Disciple: A Strict Dialect of Haskell (ouroborus.net)
58 points by primodemus on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
19. Four Macro Forces Quietly Manufacturing the Global Populist Wave (kwokchain.com)
327 points by lrm6947 432 days ago | hide | 93 comments
19.Hacker Public Radio (hackerpublicradio.org)
57 points by numeromancer on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
20.Command-line CSS spriting (phpied.com)
55 points by Uncle_Sam on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 12 comments [ext]
21.Business Is Booming (prospect.org)
49 points by wyclif on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
22. When Professionals Arrived: The 2024 Inflection That Flipped Kalshi's Economics (jbecker.dev)
380 points by orz1950 91 days ago | hide | 148 comments
22.Simplify templating with node.js, jsdom 0.2.0 and weld (nodejitsu.com)
47 points by indexzero on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
23.Socialcam: A Look At Justin.tv’s Upcoming ‘Instagram for Video’ (techcrunch.com)
44 points by BvS on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
24.Does "You are what you eat" apply to developing? (trentwalton.com)
42 points by stevenklein on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
25. From development to productionalization: The next evolution of the software shop ()
46 points by gin5806 22 hours ago | hide | 47 comments
25.Mark Suster to Twitter on behalf of users (bothsidesofthetable.com)
42 points by travisfischer on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
26.Wittgenstein for programmers (hxa.name)
41 points by bkudria on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
27.Startup Toolbox - Follow up to "HN: We’re creating a “Startup toolbox”. (thestartupfoundry.com)
42 points by g0atbutt on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 4 comments [ext]
28. A Basket of Tiny Currencies Is Eating the Dollar's Reserve Share (wolfstreet.com)
488 points by gon322 113 days ago | hide | 68 comments
28.XML: Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't always kill babies (thurn.ca)
41 points by jancona on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 58 comments [ext]
29.Why Does College Cost So Much? (nytimes.com)
40 points by mhb on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 61 comments [ext]
30.For Mobile Apps, It’s 1996 All Over Again (techcrunch.com)
40 points by tomh- on Feb 19, 2011 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
31. Asymmetric leverage how Iran holds twenty percent of global oil supply hostage (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 21 hours ago | hide | 150 comments

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