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1. Cringley: Japan may have just permanently lost 20% of its electricity supply (cringely.com)
254 points by tomfakes on March 12, 2011 | 94 comments
2. Dubai on Empty (vanityfair.com)
243 points by cwan on March 12, 2011 | 99 comments
3. Introducing NowJS or "How to make a chat server in 12 lines of code" (nowjs.com)
241 points by sthatipamala on March 12, 2011 | 32 comments
4. Why Gas Is So Expensive Today (Hint: It’s Not Libya) (cpeterson.org)
192 points by Apocryphon on March 12, 2011 | 106 comments
5. Video of reactor 1 at Fukushima plant (youtube.com)
176 points by taraharris on March 12, 2011 | 101 comments
6. HBGary planned to "blow the balls off Nmap" (seclists.org)
168 points by desigooner on March 12, 2011 | 101 comments
7. Securing an Ubuntu Server (andrewault.net)
168 points by chaosmachine on March 12, 2011 | 52 comments
8. Dear Twitter (helloform.com)
155 points by ssclafani on March 12, 2011 | 38 comments
9. Google’s Quest to Build a Better Boss (nytimes.com)
129 points by px on March 12, 2011 | 39 comments
10. IPad 2 introduces new headphone jack (fury.com)
128 points by bensummers on March 12, 2011 | 17 comments
11. Entire Japan coast shifted 2.4 metres, earth axis moves ten inches (vancouversun.com)
125 points by kevruger on March 12, 2011 | 45 comments
12. Making of Crash Bandicoot - GOOL (all-things-andy-gavin.com)
102 points by lispm on March 12, 2011 | 10 comments
13. Music As Data - Music programming with Clojure (emotionull.com)
91 points by ique on March 12, 2011 | 18 comments
14. The Walled Garden Has Won (techcrunch.com)
89 points by joshbert on March 12, 2011 | 41 comments
15. The secret law of page harmony (retinart.net)
88 points by hackermom on March 12, 2011 | 12 comments
16. IOS 4.3 Nitro JS engine disabled for full screen apps and uiwebview (mobilexweb.com)
88 points by marcusramberg on March 12, 2011 | 43 comments
17. Why cigarette packs matter (badscience.net)
79 points by baha_man on March 12, 2011 | 35 comments
18. Engadget's Top Editors Topolsky and Patel Exit From AOL's Giant Tech Site (allthingsd.com)
77 points by moses1400 on March 12, 2011 | 21 comments
19. Google at their best. Facebook at their best. (bryce.vc)
75 points by razin on March 12, 2011 | 15 comments
20. Sun.com Will Disappear After June 1 (sun.com)
73 points by there on March 12, 2011 | 41 comments
21. Former nuclear reactor operator on Fukushima risks (theenergycollective.com)
73 points by transmit101 on March 12, 2011 | 14 comments
22. IPad 2 Wi-Fi Teardown (ifixit.com)
69 points by nirmal on March 12, 2011 | 27 comments
23. The thousands of startups today that are pitching... (bryce.vc)
66 points by liuhenry on March 12, 2011 | 16 comments
24. Stack Exchange CEO: "Nobody Wants To Find Yahoo Answers In Their Search Results" (techcrunch.com)
66 points by thankuz on March 12, 2011 | 46 comments
25. AMD needs 1000 Developers with Linux Skills (dice.com)
65 points by Newky on March 12, 2011 | 27 comments
26. Study: Diet May Help ADHD Kids More Than Drugs (npr.org)
64 points by squarepeg on March 12, 2011 | 39 comments
27. Clojure at BackType: Cascalog, ElephantDB and Storm (slideshare.net)
60 points by omakase on March 12, 2011 | 3 comments
28. Lost city of Atlantis, swamped by tsunami, may be found (reuters.com)
56 points by ssclafani on March 12, 2011 | 9 comments
29. Support The Victims of Japan's Earthquake With Your Loose Change (swipegood.com)
55 points by SteliE on March 12, 2011 | 20 comments
30. Son of ACTA: meet the next secret copyright treaty (arstechnica.com)
52 points by chaostheory on March 12, 2011 | 6 comments

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