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1. Break Google (mahdiyusuf.com)
383 points by volksman on Sept 16, 2011 | 87 comments
2. Opening *.txt file is dangerous on Windows (microsoft.com)
372 points by gaika on Sept 16, 2011 | 46 comments
3. What's wrong with this code, really? (cvmountain.com)
298 points by KiwiCoder on Sept 16, 2011 | 196 comments
4. Sony to ban gamers from PSN unless they waive right sue over security breaches. (bbc.co.uk)
288 points by sambeau on Sept 16, 2011 | 102 comments
5. SingleHop Are Cheats (charlie.bz)
208 points by haileys on Sept 16, 2011 | 50 comments
6. Arch Linux – "It is what you make it" (h-online.com)
200 points by rabelaisian on Sept 16, 2011 | 98 comments
7. 5 subtle ways you’re using MySQL as a queue, and why it’ll bite you (engineyard.com)
184 points by abredow on Sept 16, 2011 | 65 comments
8. Show HN: Fluid iPad App Concept (brauchtman.net)
179 points by derwildemomo on Sept 16, 2011 | 40 comments
9. Modern GPU: a collection of well-written GPGPU programming tutorials (moderngpu.com)
175 points by profquail on Sept 16, 2011 | 20 comments
10. Iran blocks Tor; Tor releases same-day fix (torproject.org)
177 points by bdr on Sept 16, 2011 | 23 comments
11. The app that was fixed by a crash (ridiculousfish.com)
169 points by thristian on Sept 16, 2011 | 19 comments
12. iOS is anti-Unix and anti-programmer (dbpatterson.com)
156 points by Derbasti on Sept 16, 2011 | 140 comments
13. Academic papers are hidden from the public. Here's some direct action. (badscience.net)
156 points by ColinWright on Sept 16, 2011 | 50 comments
14. Home-made bombs are being sent to physicists in Mexico (nature.com)
154 points by acangiano on Sept 16, 2011 | 40 comments
15. Will It Optimize? (ridiculousfish.com)
132 points by DallaRosa on Sept 16, 2011 | 29 comments
16. The $2 Billion UBS Incident: 'Rogue Trader' My Ass (rollingstone.com)
131 points by bootload on Sept 16, 2011 | 68 comments
17. StackRocket: Build and share virtualized dev stacks, start coding in minutes (stackrocket.com)
127 points by keven on Sept 16, 2011 | 61 comments
18. Should you launch at a conference? (joelonsoftware.com)
120 points by rudd on Sept 16, 2011 | 20 comments
19. Humble pie. (humbledmba.com)
115 points by ddwoodworth on Sept 16, 2011 | 18 comments
20. Yahoo employees: Get out now before the vultures descend (itworld.com)
104 points by jfruh on Sept 16, 2011 | 95 comments
21. From Pi to Puzzles: continued fraction of pi new record by a 13 years old (wolfram.com)
99 points by pixdamix on Sept 16, 2011 | 16 comments
22. Ligament.js, the smallest, lightest-weight JS MVC Framework (gist.github.com)
96 points by jashkenas on Sept 16, 2011 | 25 comments
23. How much traffic being on a Google doodle gives (grok.se)
91 points by nhoss2 on Sept 16, 2011 | 34 comments
24. Wordpress on Heroku (young-journey-5257.herokuapp.com)
90 points by mhoofman on Sept 16, 2011 | 23 comments
25. Node.js Has 1 Gb Memory Limit (code.google.com)
85 points by andreyvit on Sept 16, 2011 | 43 comments
26. Frugality won’t make you rich, it makes it possible for you to get rich (thesimpledollar.com)
75 points by joshuacc on Sept 16, 2011 | 68 comments
27. Launch is for Amateurs: Focus on Building a Product & a Brand (bostinnovation.com)
74 points by laurlandry on Sept 16, 2011 | 16 comments
28. How Whole Foods "Primes" You to Shop (fastcompany.com)
70 points by timf on Sept 16, 2011 | 41 comments
29. SellStage (YC S11) Wants To Help You Better Showcase Your Products (techcrunch.com)
67 points by matusz13 on Sept 16, 2011 | 11 comments
30. Google removes religious organizations from non-profit discount list (bloomberg.com)
69 points by eggdude on Sept 16, 2011 | 85 comments

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