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1.This is a fully working chess program with graphics. In 1024 bytes of JS. o_0 (js1k.com)
189 points by archon810 on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 68 comments [ext]
2.Steve Jobs "never had any designs. He has not designed a single project" (reprog.wordpress.com)
173 points by MikeTaylor on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 84 comments [ext]
3.Using jQuery and node.js to scrape html pages in 5 lines (nodejitsu.com)
133 points by Ainab on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
4. Code Scarcity Was the Moat; It's Gone Now ()
322 points by oik7062 59 days ago | hide | 65 comments
4.Top Myths of Popular Psychology (skeptic.com)
130 points by JacobAldridge on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
5.Rotating Quine (mamememo.blogspot.com)
116 points by anathem on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
6.Patriot missile software failure, 28 soldiers died. Fix: reboot the system (wikipedia.org)
110 points by bl4k on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 74 comments [ext]
7. 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
7.Wikipedia lets you create books (wikipedia.org)
106 points by sz on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
8.Jeff Jarvis on the Real Reason the Media is Going After Craig Newmark (thefastertimes.com)
106 points by dreambird on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
9.Redis 2.0.0 Stable is out (code.google.com)
104 points by dzohrob on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
10. The carriage maker's dilemma: Why imminent disruption requires drastic current effort (marginalrevolution.com)
376 points by kol5306 2 days ago | hide | 127 comments
10.How To... Cram a 24-Core Linux Cluster in $30 IKEA Drawers (unplggd.com)
97 points by helwr on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
11.How to Reset Your Sleep Schedule, Seriously (projectb14ck.org)
96 points by b14ck on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 55 comments [ext]
12.On Communities and Content (contrast.ie)
97 points by destraynor on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 30 comments [ext]
13. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 229 days ago | hide | 180 comments
13.The Secret of Self-control (newyorker.com)
94 points by limist on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
14.Programmer feel-good quote (axisofeval.blogspot.com)
93 points by samstokes on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 30 comments [ext]
15.The Science of Word Recognition (microsoft.com)
90 points by swombat on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 6 comments [ext]
16. Safety as a slow-motion serial killer of ambition (shaanpuri.com)
370 points by ien6880 398 days ago | hide | 146 comments
16.Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits (nytimes.com)
90 points by jamesbritt on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
17.How to read a patent in 60 seconds (danshapiro.com)
89 points by danshapiro on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
18.Missile Command in less than 1k of JavaScript (js1k.com)
86 points by michalmarko on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
19. Adoption, Not Product, Is What Kills Vertical Software Bets ()
374 points by ium4024 70 days ago | hide | 174 comments
19.Why Text in All Caps is Hard for Users to Read (uxmovement.com)
85 points by UXMovement on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
20.New Google AI Challenge: Planet Wars (aerique.blogspot.com)
84 points by mnemonik on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 40 comments [ext]
21.Why not tar? Limitations of the tar file format (nongnu.org)
79 points by gnosis on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
22. How a Dentist's Chair Revolutionized the World's Most Common Surgery (asimov.press)
117 points by lrx6827 199 days ago | hide | 18 comments
22.Dijkstra on the cruelty of really teaching computing science (1988) (utexas.edu)
74 points by gnosis on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 47 comments [ext]
23.Agile Development: A quickstart guide to doing it right (rubypond.com)
70 points by glenngillen on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 25 comments [ext]
24.Patterns for Influencing Behaviour Through Design (danlockton.com)
65 points by all on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
25. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments
25.The difference between talkers and doers (getrichslowly.org)
59 points by bjhess on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
26.Redis Logo Contest Started (Design one now) (redis.io)
57 points by mahmud on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 17 comments [ext]
27.I'm not a spammer, I just need to blast these potential customers (unspace.ca)
54 points by peteforde on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 53 comments [ext]
28. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 84 days ago | hide | 14 comments
28.What Gets Measured, Gets Managed (sebastianmarshall.com)
51 points by lionhearted on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 4 comments [ext]
29.How Apple Plays the Pricing Game (msn.com)
50 points by emilepetrone on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
30.Things I learnt tracking a billion events in 24 hours (playtomic.com)
44 points by benologist on Sept 6, 2010 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
31. Four Macro Forces Quietly Manufacturing the Global Populist Wave (kwokchain.com)
327 points by lrm6947 432 days ago | hide | 93 comments

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