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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 | 68 comments
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 | 84 comments
3. Using jQuery and node.js to scrape html pages in 5 lines (nodejitsu.com)
133 points by Ainab on Sept 6, 2010 | 43 comments
4. Top Myths of Popular Psychology (skeptic.com)
130 points by JacobAldridge on Sept 6, 2010 | 35 comments
5. Rotating Quine (mamememo.blogspot.com)
116 points by anathem on Sept 6, 2010 | 7 comments
6. Patriot missile software failure, 28 soldiers died. Fix: reboot the system (wikipedia.org)
110 points by bl4k on Sept 6, 2010 | 74 comments
7. Wikipedia lets you create books (wikipedia.org)
106 points by sz on Sept 6, 2010 | 22 comments
8. Jeff Jarvis on the Real Reason the Media is Going After Craig Newmark (thefastertimes.com)
106 points by dreambird on Sept 6, 2010 | 43 comments
9. Redis 2.0.0 Stable is out (code.google.com)
104 points by dzohrob on Sept 6, 2010 | 10 comments
10. How To... Cram a 24-Core Linux Cluster in $30 IKEA Drawers (unplggd.com)
97 points by helwr on Sept 6, 2010 | 20 comments
11. How to Reset Your Sleep Schedule, Seriously (projectb14ck.org)
96 points by b14ck on Sept 6, 2010 | 55 comments
12. On Communities and Content (contrast.ie)
97 points by destraynor on Sept 6, 2010 | 30 comments
13. The Secret of Self-control (newyorker.com)
94 points by limist on Sept 6, 2010 | 19 comments
14. Programmer feel-good quote (axisofeval.blogspot.com)
93 points by samstokes on Sept 6, 2010 | 30 comments
15. The Science of Word Recognition (microsoft.com)
90 points by swombat on Sept 6, 2010 | 6 comments
16. Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits (nytimes.com)
90 points by jamesbritt on Sept 6, 2010 | 18 comments
17. How to read a patent in 60 seconds (danshapiro.com)
89 points by danshapiro on Sept 6, 2010 | 18 comments
18. Missile Command in less than 1k of JavaScript (js1k.com)
86 points by michalmarko on Sept 6, 2010 | 19 comments
19. Why Text in All Caps is Hard for Users to Read (uxmovement.com)
85 points by UXMovement on Sept 6, 2010 | 29 comments
20. New Google AI Challenge: Planet Wars (aerique.blogspot.com)
84 points by mnemonik on Sept 6, 2010 | 40 comments
21. Why not tar? Limitations of the tar file format (nongnu.org)
79 points by gnosis on Sept 6, 2010 | 31 comments
22. Dijkstra on the cruelty of really teaching computing science (1988) (utexas.edu)
74 points by gnosis on Sept 6, 2010 | 47 comments
23. Agile Development: A quickstart guide to doing it right (rubypond.com)
70 points by glenngillen on Sept 6, 2010 | 25 comments
24. Patterns for Influencing Behaviour Through Design (danlockton.com)
65 points by all on Sept 6, 2010 | 5 comments
25. The difference between talkers and doers (getrichslowly.org)
59 points by bjhess on Sept 6, 2010 | 31 comments
26. Redis Logo Contest Started (Design one now) (redis.io)
57 points by mahmud on Sept 6, 2010 | 17 comments
27. I'm not a spammer, I just need to blast these potential customers (unspace.ca)
54 points by peteforde on Sept 6, 2010 | 53 comments
28. What Gets Measured, Gets Managed (sebastianmarshall.com)
51 points by lionhearted on Sept 6, 2010 | 4 comments
29. How Apple Plays the Pricing Game (msn.com)
50 points by emilepetrone on Sept 6, 2010 | 38 comments
30. Things I learnt tracking a billion events in 24 hours (playtomic.com)
44 points by benologist on Sept 6, 2010 | 8 comments

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