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Stories from December 21, 2010
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1. Paul Buchheit: Four Reasons Google is still Awesome (paulbuchheit.blogspot.com)
325 points by paul on Dec 21, 2010 | 100 comments
2. Startup Title Junk (cam.ly)
298 points by danecjensen on Dec 21, 2010 | 26 comments
3. Netflix: Culture of Fear (glassdoor.com)
282 points by ardit33 on Dec 21, 2010 | 99 comments
4. Mark Zuckerberg is Person of the Year? Where's the "dislike" button? (fsf.org)
259 points by tjr on Dec 21, 2010 | 127 comments
5. Having a launched product is hard (kleppmann.com)
248 points by martinkl on Dec 21, 2010 | 60 comments
6. Getting shot by a handgun (answers.google.com)
238 points by thamer on Dec 21, 2010 | 126 comments
7. How to Become a Software Contractor (evanmiller.org)
219 points by darkxanthos on Dec 21, 2010 | 33 comments
8. Comic Sans Criminal (comicsanscriminal.com)
209 points by bjonathan on Dec 21, 2010 | 76 comments
9. Startup Fundraising is a Time Sink (paulstamatiou.com)
156 points by PStamatiou on Dec 21, 2010 | 29 comments
10. WakeMate review (engadget.com)
136 points by shawndumas on Dec 21, 2010 | 96 comments
11. Google sends Cr-48 to "Will it Blend?" (gstatic.com)
134 points by antimatter15 on Dec 21, 2010 | 90 comments
12. Theo de Raadt summarizes the OpenBSD IPSec "backdoor" situation (marc.info)
136 points by there on Dec 21, 2010 | 47 comments
13. Schneier on Security: Recording the Police (schneier.com)
126 points by m3mb3r on Dec 21, 2010 | 54 comments
14. Salesforce Buys Email Contact Manager Etacts (YC W10) (techcrunch.com)
107 points by dell9000 on Dec 21, 2010 | 39 comments
15. Etacts (YC W10) Shutting Down (etacts.com)
105 points by Omnipresent on Dec 21, 2010 | 63 comments
16. Introducing the Ubuntu Font Family to the web (googlewebfonts.blogspot.com)
83 points by macco on Dec 21, 2010 | 20 comments
17. HaXe - a multiplatform language (haxe.org)
84 points by revorad on Dec 21, 2010 | 36 comments
18. Reversal on Carbs: Scientists now blame carbohydrates for America's ills (latimes.com)
71 points by cwan on Dec 21, 2010 | 90 comments
19. Rubinius 1.2.0 released (it's an implementation of Ruby) (rubini.us)
68 points by indy on Dec 21, 2010 | 9 comments
20. Trulia acquires Movity (YC W10) (allthingsd.com)
67 points by atularora on Dec 21, 2010 | 15 comments
21. Counting syllables in "fire" and other words (answers.google.com)
67 points by gourneau on Dec 21, 2010 | 20 comments
22. Crafty: open source JS game engine (craftyjs.com)
64 points by mcantelon on Dec 21, 2010 | 10 comments
23. Sun Microsystems’ Pioneering Co-Founder Gives A Rare Interview (mixergy.com)
64 points by shawndumas on Dec 21, 2010 | 5 comments
24. Microsoft release a Firefox plugin enabling H.264 support (arstechnica.com)
63 points by shawndumas on Dec 21, 2010 | 36 comments
25. Charming Python: Functional programming in Python (ibm.com)
61 points by m3mb3r on Dec 21, 2010 | 24 comments
26. Generic FSMs in Erlang (learnyousomeerlang.com)
60 points by keyist on Dec 21, 2010 | 20 comments
27. China bans English words in media (bbc.co.uk)
57 points by J3L2404 on Dec 21, 2010 | 76 comments
28. FCC: We didn't impose stricter net neutrality regulation because Android is open (engadget.com)
54 points by lotusleaf1987 on Dec 21, 2010 | 25 comments
29. Ask HN: Why doesn't HN use SSL/HTTPS for its login form?
54 points by matthodan on Dec 21, 2010 | 48 comments
30. FreeBSD on EC2 FAQ (daemonology.net)
49 points by l0stman on Dec 21, 2010 | 13 comments

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