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1. Why you should build an application (even if it already exists) (vaynermedia.com)
191 points by ajv on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 45 comments
2. A common bug in published code (google.com)
158 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 39 comments
3. IKEA's brilliant Facebook campaign (cnet.com)
111 points by oneplusone on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 18 comments
4. WikiLeaks publishing over half a million intercepted pages from 9/11/2001 (wikileaks.org)
108 points by tlrobinson on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 36 comments
5. Dropbox (YC S07) Raises $7.25M, Crosses 3M Users (gigaom.com)
106 points by hshah on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 36 comments
6. Erlang is now on Github (official repo) (github.com/erlang)
98 points by daleharvey on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 8 comments
7. James Randi: This Cruel Farce Has To Stop (randi.org)
86 points by jeremyw on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 30 comments
8. Your Google profile is now also an OpenId (techcrunch.com)
77 points by anigbrowl on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 12 comments
9. Prince of Persia source code documentation [1989] [pdf] (jordanmechner.com)
72 points by labria on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 15 comments
10. LLJVM (vidr.cc)
67 points by njn on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 11 comments
11. Quake 1 ported to Flash (silvergames.com)
67 points by jfd on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 20 comments
12. The challenge: Don't speak in future tense (sivers.org)
56 points by adityakothadiya on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 28 comments
13. Virtual Mafia in Online Worlds (schneier.com)
54 points by brown9-2 on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 27 comments
14. Universities and Economic Growth (greenspun.com)
53 points by nopinsight on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 24 comments
15. Tumblr just broke into the Top 100 (staff.tumblr.com)
48 points by chanux on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 14 comments
16. Software Turns Cheap Webcam Into Instant 3D Scanner (wired.com)
46 points by edw519 on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 10 comments
17. Founders Need Rock Hard Abs (jordancooper.wordpress.com)
46 points by jordancooper on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 24 comments
18. Closures for Java (sun.com)
42 points by past on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 22 comments
19. Hugh MacLeod on career prospects (gapingvoid.com)
41 points by danielh on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 20 comments
20. The Real Problem With the Climate Science Emails (theatlantic.com)
40 points by Perceval on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 69 comments
21. Are You An Entrepreneur? My five traits of an entrepreneur. (spencerfry.com)
43 points by spencerfry on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 26 comments
22. Help request: How to find programmers for a startup (theplanis.com)
39 points by notauser on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 18 comments
23. A game developer's guide to the RLX Common Lisp Game Engine (dto.github.com)
38 points by fogus on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 1 comment
24. I wear your shirt (iwearyourshirt.com)
38 points by eam on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 29 comments
25. Firefox's Plan to Kick the Login's Butt (readwriteweb.com)
37 points by alexandros on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 8 comments
26. You don't really need those features... yet. (garry.posterous.com)
37 points by prakash on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 7 comments
27. Trade-offs in whale design (discovermagazine.com)
36 points by ckuehne on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 1 comment
28. Failed founders don't learn much (show some studies) (rolfnelson.com)
36 points by Eliezer on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 14 comments
29. Statistical Data Mining Tutorials (autonlab.org)
35 points by mahmud on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 2 comments
30. Number of Wikipedia editors steadily declining (wsj.com)
34 points by sabon on Nov 25, 2009 | hide | 39 comments

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