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1.This is why sites choose to stay vulnerable to Firesheep (google.com)
354 points by ericflo on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 139 comments [ext]
2.Why I bill hourly (orestis.gr)
229 points by cwan on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 57 comments [ext]
3.The Airport Security Grope (pixiq.com)
162 points by tswicegood on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 176 comments [ext]
4. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 84 days ago | hide | 14 comments
4.The Scene Will Kill You (bhargreaves.com)
138 points by thesyndicate on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
5.Google App Engine is now much faster, after latest maintenance (code.google.com)
125 points by ordinaryman on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 44 comments [ext]
6.NY Blogger Criticized For Posting Photos of Teen Vandals (pixiq.com)
115 points by msie on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 52 comments [ext]
7. The crypto scheme where auditors told on the promoters (archive.ph)
222 points by orz6622 332 days ago | hide | 88 comments
7.Comparing Python frameworks: A simple webapp in Flask, web.py, bottle, juno ... (agiliq.com)
114 points by shabda on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
8.Timing your startup (cdixon.org)
107 points by bjonathan on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
9.BitTorrent Records (torrentfreak.com)
104 points by Uncle_Sam on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
10. Safety as a slow-motion serial killer of ambition (shaanpuri.com)
370 points by ien6880 398 days ago | hide | 146 comments
10.The V4Z80P - A Z80 Based Laptop (retroleum.co.uk)
103 points by shard on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
11.On a weekend, I taught open source skills to CS kids. Thoughts? (opensource.com)
96 points by asheeshlaroia on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
12.The Art of Unix Programming (faqs.org)
88 points by geoka9 on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
13. When Professionals Arrived: The 2024 Inflection That Flipped Kalshi's Economics (jbecker.dev)
380 points by orz1950 90 days ago | hide | 148 comments
13.Obscene Losses: The porn business is in trouble (2007) (portfolio.com)
75 points by bl4k on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 42 comments [ext]
14. ACID in Theory and Practice (danweinreb.org)
73 points by wglb on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 17 comments [ext]
15.Hypertextuality: how a programmer reads TS Eliot's 'The Waste Land' (std.com)
67 points by Tycho on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 17 comments [ext]
16. Why Getting Funded Stopped Meaning Your Idea Was Good ()
70 points by kol7770 98 days ago | hide | 139 comments
16.Ask HN: Etiquette at conferences? [ext]
62 points by typicalday on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
17.Ask HN: How do founders end up broke? [ext]
58 points by Sohum on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
18.Ask HN: Any good math jokes? [ext]
54 points by whackedspinach on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 131 comments [ext]
19. What Happens When You Hand GPT-5 and Claude Real Money (nof1.ai)
454 points by esn516 151 days ago | hide | 8 comments
19.Symbolics Genera - The Best Software Environment Available (dyndns.org)
51 points by udzinari on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
20.Great Tower Defense Game on Canvas (pivotfinland.com)
53 points by HardyLeung on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
21.Speaking about color: hue, value, saturation, chroma, shade, tint, tone (landor.com)
52 points by DiamondsSteak on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
22. The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack (diff.substack.com)
216 points by iam5056 262 days ago | hide | 183 comments
22.Reverse.jar (tmorris.net)
50 points by henning on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
23.The Rise of the 'Edupunk' (insidehighered.com)
50 points by cwan on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
24.Ask PG: Have you ever been to India or planning to? [ext]
50 points by skbohra123 on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 41 comments [ext]
25. Discord's Real Lesson: The Meta-Layer Enterprise Slack Can't Build (kwokchain.com)
448 points by aok168 431 days ago | hide | 83 comments
25.Ask HN: What are your regrets? [ext]
49 points by thomsopw on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 63 comments [ext]
26.Why Apple can’t beat Android (venturebeat.com)
49 points by kingsidharth on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
27.DIY Arduino Water Meter (teague.com)
48 points by nreece on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
28. Montreux convention traps Russia's Mediterranean task force (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 489 days ago | hide | 26 comments
28.Polish Developers Are Joining U.S. Startups – But Staying In Poland (techcrunch.com)
48 points by elvirs on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
29.RockMelt (rockmelt.com)
46 points by atularora on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 40 comments [ext]
30.Fred Wilson: Competing To Win Deals (avc.com)
46 points by spencerfry on Nov 7, 2010 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
31. Four Macro Forces Quietly Manufacturing the Global Populist Wave (kwokchain.com)
327 points by lrm6947 431 days ago | hide | 93 comments

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