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1. Hacker News Front Page Snapshot from Last Night (domador.net)
530 points by dstein64 on Oct 7, 2011 | 157 comments
2. Colbert tribute to Steve Jobs (techcrunch.com)
482 points by jasontan on Oct 7, 2011 | 53 comments
3. Tell HN: I just open-sourced the e-mail client I spent 2 years of my life on (github.com/waseems)
475 points by waseemsadiq on Oct 7, 2011 | 130 comments
4. Photojojo, Jelly founder needs bone marrow match to save his life (amitgupta.com)
454 points by ck2 on Oct 7, 2011 | 74 comments
5. 16 pixels For Body Copy. Anything Less Is A Costly Mistake (smashingmagazine.com)
386 points by m1nes on Oct 7, 2011 | 142 comments
6. Computer virus hits US Predator and Reaper drone fleet (arstechnica.com)
369 points by llambda on Oct 7, 2011 | 192 comments
7. 3.5 Inches (dcurt.is)
302 points by corywatilo on Oct 7, 2011 | 158 comments
8. Show HN: KernType, a typography game made with Raphaƫl (method.ac)
268 points by duopixel on Oct 7, 2011 | 53 comments
9. Why Education Companies Do Not Succeed (avichal.com)
230 points by avichal on Oct 7, 2011 | 62 comments
10. Programming languages worth checking out (h3rald.com)
197 points by implmentor on Oct 7, 2011 | 50 comments
11. With Time Running Short, Jobs Managed His Farewells (nytimes.com)
191 points by credo on Oct 7, 2011 | 25 comments
12. Breaking a MacBook in memory of Steve Jobs (b3ta.com)
176 points by hackermom on Oct 7, 2011 | 14 comments
13. Turn Your Smartphone Into A Robot (kickstarter.com)
179 points by whather on Oct 7, 2011 | 48 comments
14. Enslaving your interns for evil and profit (bitquabit.com)
151 points by tghw on Oct 7, 2011 | 81 comments
15. Against Nostalgia - Mike Daisey on Steve Jobs (nytimes.com)
146 points by bgruber on Oct 7, 2011 | 47 comments
16. Pixar's comment on the passing of Steve Jobs. (pixar.com)
137 points by brackin on Oct 7, 2011 | 22 comments
17. Introduction to sed (catonmat.net)
125 points by pkrumins on Oct 7, 2011 | 31 comments
18. LLVM IR is a compiler IR (uiuc.edu)
118 points by pcwalton on Oct 7, 2011 | 41 comments
19. Why FSF Founder Richard Stallman is Wrong on Steve Jobs (readwriteweb.com)
116 points by diegogomes on Oct 7, 2011 | 215 comments
20. Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC (gcc.gnu.org)
111 points by toni on Oct 7, 2011 | 42 comments
21. Richard Stallman on Steve Jobs (stallman.org)
102 points by akshay_surve on Oct 7, 2011 | 118 comments
22. Six ways to never get lost in a city without GPS or Sat Nav (bbc.co.uk)
100 points by marklittlewood on Oct 7, 2011 | 59 comments
23. Go version 1 proposal (docs.google.com)
100 points by roxtar on Oct 7, 2011 | 23 comments
24. VirtualBox is garbage (lkml.org)
101 points by hbrouwer on Oct 7, 2011 | 96 comments
25. Graphene creates electricity when struck by light (extremetech.com)
91 points by kennjason on Oct 7, 2011 | 16 comments
26. Review: The 2011 $79 Kindle with ads and buttons (marco.org)
87 points by revorad on Oct 7, 2011 | 96 comments
27. Reducing runtime memory in Windows 8 (msdn.com)
89 points by ghurlman on Oct 7, 2011 | 28 comments
28. Kickstarter being sued for patent infringment. (pcworld.com)
83 points by Unregistered on Oct 7, 2011 | 43 comments
29. World's leading patent troll sues Motorola over Android phones (arstechnica.com)
83 points by bryanlarsen on Oct 7, 2011 | 30 comments
30. Long S (wikipedia.org)
81 points by shawndumas on Oct 7, 2011 | 26 comments

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