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1.Try Python, Ruby, Lua, Scheme, QBasic, Forth ... (repl.it)
390 points by amasad on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 78 comments [ext]
2.Write your app in HTML5, upload it and get back app-store ready apps (phonegap.com)
330 points by geoffroy on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 93 comments [ext]
3.Single psilocybin dose may make lasting personality change (medicalxpress.com)
190 points by MaysonL on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 158 comments [ext]
4. The power-strip life: picking work that plugs into everything (shaanpuri.com)
249 points by bom7529 398 days ago | hide | 12 comments
4.Sharding and IDs at Instagram (instagram-engineering.tumblr.com)
183 points by singhshashi on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 50 comments [ext]
5.Amazon in talks with HP to buy Palm (venturebeat.com)
175 points by mjfern on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 98 comments [ext]
6.MIT’s ‘Artificial leaf’ makes fuel from sunlight (web.mit.edu)
166 points by audionerd on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 28 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.Client asks for 100% uptime (serverfault.com)
164 points by splattne on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 96 comments [ext]
8.The Slashdot Effect from the Other Side (cmdrtaco.net)
163 points by CmdrTacoMalda on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 41 comments [ext]
9.How to Give Your Product Personality (jasonshen.com)
131 points by jasonshen on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 30 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.Microsoft security tools nuking Chrome browser (zdnet.com)
125 points by FrancescoRizzi on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
11.Basho Releases Riak v1.0.0 (basho.com)
122 points by roder on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
12.The Stack Exchange Architecture (serverfault.com)
110 points by javery on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
13. The communication technique that subverts taking turns on purpose (togetherlondon.com)
195 points by dem3275 170 days ago | hide | 48 comments
13.The world economy is heading towards a black hole unless bold action taken (economist.com)
109 points by colinprince on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 135 comments [ext]
14.What’s contained in a boarding pass barcode? (shaun.net)
98 points by bootload on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
15.Ask HN: European startup looking for a service for recurring billing [ext]
95 points by davidvanleeuwen on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
16. How a PVC rig in a Dallas garage became a $500M chemicals company (centuryofbio.com)
297 points by pun2167 600 days ago | hide | 170 comments
16.Bored? Try Doodling To Keep The Brain On Task (npr.org)
94 points by tjr on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
17.Berlios closing down (berlios.de)
93 points by ethereal on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
18.How Much Money Do The Top Grossing YouTube Partners Make? (socialtimes.com)
92 points by fezzl on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 28 comments [ext]
19. The crypto scheme where auditors told on the promoters (archive.ph)
222 points by orz6622 333 days ago | hide | 88 comments
19.The Geoffrey Moore talk that Joel Spolsky said changed his business. (thebln.com)
91 points by marklittlewood on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
20.Tips for applying to YC (entreposeur.com)
89 points by smilliken on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
21.Try the Flask web framework in your Browser (ep.io)
91 points by DasIch on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
22. Ten billion hours: the unglamorous giant AI is about to eat ()
71 points by fin781 263 days ago | hide | 11 comments
22.Parse adds easy caching support for iOS and Android (parse.com)
81 points by csmajorfive on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
23.Ludumdare October challenge: Finish a game — Take it to market — Earn $1 (ludumdare.com)
81 points by Impossible on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
24.Googler Builds Site That Shows You What Top Tech Companies Pay (techcrunch.com)
75 points by Bartlet on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
25. The Trump Adviser Openly Calling Treasury Reserve Status A Burden (archive.ph)
308 points by gsm5278 368 days ago | hide | 168 comments
25.Join EFF in Demanding a Digital Upgrade to 25-Year-Old Electronic Privacy Law (eff.org)
74 points by zoowar on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
26.Why use Amiga in 2011? (AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS, AmigaOS 3.9) (feelgoodtech.com)
67 points by darkduck on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
27.Code your own Multi-User Private Git Server (moocode.com)
64 points by moomerman on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
28. A German philologist explains how dictatorship hides inside daily busyness (press.uchicago.edu)
129 points by bsk2489 211 days ago | hide | 32 comments
28.Peter Norvig: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article (scientificamerican.com)
63 points by ahalan on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 1 comment [ext]
29.Why You Should Bootstrap in Montreal or Join Startup Chile (nextmontreal.com)
63 points by volandovengo on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
30.The JavaScript Comma Operator (javascriptweblog.wordpress.com)
62 points by misterbwong on Sept 30, 2011 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
31. Montreux convention traps Russia's Mediterranean task force (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 490 days ago | hide | 26 comments

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