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1. What does it feel like to be stupid? An anonymous Quora user explains. (garrysub.posterous.com)
521 points by zhyder on Dec 10, 2010 | 149 comments
2. I solved the embedded Chrome OS ad equation and won a Cr-48 (sylvainzimmer.com)
324 points by tonyskn on Dec 10, 2010 | 88 comments
3. Web Programming Is Hard (shubharamani.com)
258 points by grayhairmomma on Dec 10, 2010 | 154 comments
4. Anonymous stops dropping DDoS bombs, starts dropping science (boingboing.net)
249 points by fredoliveira on Dec 10, 2010 | 86 comments
5. A reminder for us all: The Hacker News newcomer welcome page. (ycombinator.com)
196 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Dec 10, 2010 | 59 comments
6. Peter Seebach: How I learned C (seebs.net)
175 points by gnosis on Dec 10, 2010 | 32 comments
7. Unladen Swallow is dead (groups.google.com)
171 points by ot on Dec 10, 2010 | 57 comments
8. OOP practiced backwards is "POO" (github.com/raganwald)
140 points by raganwald on Dec 10, 2010 | 90 comments
9. Review my startup: Tastebuds - dating for last.fm users (tastebuds.fm)
133 points by juliankeenaghan on Dec 10, 2010 | 64 comments
10. Using the Google Cr-48 for Coding (ejohn.org)
125 points by adamhowell on Dec 10, 2010 | 63 comments
11. 2600 Magazine condemns DoS attacks (2600.com)
113 points by alecco on Dec 10, 2010 | 49 comments
12. Hotmail development team on Reddit (reddit.com)
105 points by netaddict on Dec 10, 2010 | 118 comments
13. My Y Combinator Interview (W2011) (judstephenson.com)
101 points by Judson on Dec 10, 2010 | 24 comments
14. Navy Sets World Record With Rail Gun (foxnews.com)
91 points by gibsonf1 on Dec 10, 2010 | 81 comments
15. The last days of the polymath (moreintelligentlife.com)
85 points by wow_sig on Dec 10, 2010 | 31 comments
16. Things to hate about OOP (jot.fm)
84 points by knieveltech on Dec 10, 2010 | 73 comments
17. Oracle Asks Apache to Reconsider Java Committee Departure (idg.no)
80 points by hornokplease on Dec 10, 2010 | 31 comments
18. Announcing the Facebook 2011 Hacker Cup (facebook.com)
78 points by m3mb3r on Dec 10, 2010 | 27 comments
19. Backscatter Machines Not Effective at Detecting Plastic Explosives (springerlink.com)
78 points by pmichaud on Dec 10, 2010 | 25 comments
20. Ask HN: Web-based coding text editors? (for coding on the cr48)
75 points by jaxn on Dec 10, 2010 | 56 comments
21. Are the American people obsolete? (salon.com)
74 points by auxbuss on Dec 10, 2010 | 117 comments
22. Ron Paul Defends WikiLeaks On House Floor (huffingtonpost.com)
70 points by ricaurte on Dec 10, 2010
23. Mono: What we are Cooking (tirania.org)
72 points by rayvega on Dec 10, 2010 | 18 comments
24. Google "Reading Level" filter (google.com)
70 points by madhurk on Dec 10, 2010 | 31 comments
25. The computer programming language known as "open source code" (reuters.com)
70 points by jchonphoenix on Dec 10, 2010 | 31 comments
26. Stepanov interview: origin of STL (stlport.org)
68 points by zeugma on Dec 10, 2010 | 15 comments
27. Man Sued Winklevoss Twins in 2009, Saying They Stole Company Stake From Him (msn.com)
67 points by aepstein on Dec 10, 2010 | 15 comments
28. Google 2010 Zeitgeist (google.com)
64 points by _zhqs on Dec 10, 2010 | 31 comments
29. Decline of the Tornado Web Server - What happened? (google.com)
64 points by Soupy on Dec 10, 2010 | 32 comments
30. Emacs on a tablet PC with gestures (lispgamesdev.blogspot.com)
60 points by angrycoder on Dec 10, 2010 | 8 comments

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