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1. Facebook intern visualizes friendships, draws world map (facebook.com)
430 points by psawaya on Dec 14, 2010 | 116 comments
2. Allegations of FBI crypto backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC (marc.info)
395 points by tptacek on Dec 14, 2010 | 139 comments
3. Humble Indie Bundle #2 is out (humblebundle.com)
341 points by steiza on Dec 14, 2010 | 92 comments
4. How To Safely Store A Password (codahale.com)
298 points by IgorPartola on Dec 14, 2010 | 210 comments
5. Vmail - A Gmail client in Vim (danielchoi.com)
241 points by stevelosh on Dec 14, 2010 | 41 comments
6. Appeals Court Holds that Email Privacy Protected by Fourth Amendment (eff.org)
172 points by ssclafani on Dec 14, 2010 | 41 comments
7. The Hacker's Path (krainboltgreene.github.com)
168 points by blhack on Dec 14, 2010 | 92 comments
8. Beekeeper Who Leaked EPA Documents: "I Don't Think We Can Survive This Winter" (fastcompany.com)
154 points by zoowar on Dec 14, 2010 | 35 comments
9. Leaving .Net (whatupdave.com)
151 points by bry on Dec 14, 2010 | 119 comments
10. Five Principles for Choosing and Using Typefaces (smashingmagazine.com)
133 points by kingsidharth on Dec 14, 2010 | 14 comments
11. New model of the universe fits data better than Big Bang (physorg.com)
129 points by drndown2007 on Dec 14, 2010 | 29 comments
12. Add Latency to Localhost (haxx.se)
126 points by turbodog on Dec 14, 2010 | 23 comments
13. Aza Raskin Leaving Mozilla (azarask.in)
124 points by twapi on Dec 14, 2010 | 28 comments
14. Show HN: A Genetic Algorithm I wrote in JavaScript to evolve "Hello World" (puremango.co.uk)
109 points by user24 on Dec 14, 2010 | 38 comments
15. The DC Startup Community (proudlymadeindc.com)
109 points by skevvis on Dec 14, 2010 | 47 comments
16. It's about time to start fighting against the Rails “magic” myth (plataformatec.com.br)
107 points by rohitarondekar on Dec 14, 2010 | 46 comments
17. Graphical Vim Cheatsheet (viemu.com)
104 points by bry on Dec 14, 2010 | 26 comments
18. The Dirty Truth About Web Passwords (codinghorror.com)
103 points by phsr on Dec 14, 2010 | 81 comments
19. Hidden admin user on every HP MSA2000 G3 (seclists.org)
100 points by Garbage on Dec 14, 2010 | 26 comments
20. I'm so impressed I want to pay you less (buffered.io)
95 points by keyle on Dec 14, 2010 | 39 comments
21. The 4-Hour Body: (Quickly) Hacking The Human Body (mixergy.com)
92 points by swombat on Dec 14, 2010 | 101 comments
22. Stem cell transplant has cured HIV infection, say doctors (aidsmap.com)
83 points by timf on Dec 14, 2010 | 40 comments
23. Our first week in the Chrome Webstore: the numbers (lostdecadegames.com)
83 points by richtaur on Dec 14, 2010 | 9 comments
24. Immad Akhund (YC W09): How to write a killer deck and get funded (vator.tv)
85 points by aston on Dec 14, 2010 | 23 comments
25. Paul Buchheit: Chrome OS Will Perish Or “Merge” With Android (techcrunch.com)
81 points by harscoat on Dec 14, 2010 | 73 comments
26. Dear Twitter, we see your 31 providers and raise you 134. Embedly (YC W10) (embed.ly)
82 points by screeley on Dec 14, 2010 | 20 comments
27. Voyager 1 Has Outdistanced the Solar Wind (universetoday.com)
80 points by _b8r0 on Dec 14, 2010 | 29 comments
28. 5-Year-Old Designs an iPhone App (video) (jeff.io)
77 points by jeffio on Dec 14, 2010 | 20 comments
29. Google, These Aren’t Really The Best Answers For Users. (techcrunch.com)
76 points by obilgic on Dec 14, 2010 | 44 comments
30. Ruby in 2010: A Retrospective of a Great Year for Ruby (rubyinside.com)
73 points by duck on Dec 14, 2010 | 7 comments

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