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1. Don't Call Yourself a Programmer (kalzumeus.com)
1021 points by jambo on Oct 29, 2011 | 267 comments
2. Addictive and sticky HTML5 experiment (spielzeugz.de)
255 points by Nic0 on Oct 29, 2011 | 32 comments
3. Ubuntu should zig to Apple’s zag (bytebaker.com)
236 points by ahmicro on Oct 29, 2011 | 172 comments
4. Why we think there's a Multiverse, not just our Universe (scienceblogs.com)
207 points by petercooper on Oct 29, 2011 | 53 comments
5. Git is exploding (debian.org)
199 points by davvid on Oct 29, 2011 | 65 comments
6. Apple acquired mind-blowing 3D mapping company C3 Technologies (9to5mac.com)
198 points by technoslut on Oct 29, 2011 | 52 comments
7. This One Hurts: Dr. Walter Bortz on Dr. John McCarthy (walterbortz.wordpress.com)
194 points by chiragjp on Oct 29, 2011 | 8 comments
8. Publicly funded science should be open science (wsj.com)
181 points by michael_nielsen on Oct 29, 2011 | 19 comments
9. The Inexplicable War on Lemonade Stands (forbes.com/sites/erikkain)
173 points by DanBC on Oct 29, 2011 | 159 comments
10. An Elephant Burial (whatblag.com)
159 points by CMartucci on Oct 29, 2011 | 26 comments
11. IOS 4 vs. 5, Pixel by Pixel (jp) (stam-design-stam.blogspot.com)
149 points by kposehn on Oct 29, 2011 | 30 comments
12. Elements of Modern C++ Style (herbsutter.com)
148 points by rsaarelm on Oct 29, 2011 | 61 comments
13. Startup School 2011 Live Stream (justin.tv)
139 points by freshfey on Oct 29, 2011 | 46 comments
14. Linux From Scratch 7 Released (linuxfromscratch.org)
133 points by kia on Oct 29, 2011 | 27 comments
15. What kind of buddhist was Steve Jobs, really? (plos.org)
128 points by larve on Oct 29, 2011 | 65 comments
16. Right to Remain Silent (thisamericanlife.org)
116 points by jbp on Oct 29, 2011 | 13 comments
17. What's in a name? Freshmeat is now Freecode (freecode.com)
114 points by stesch on Oct 29, 2011 | 30 comments
18. Introduction to Linguistics for Natural Language Processing (cam.ac.uk)
89 points by cskau on Oct 29, 2011 | 5 comments
19. How Does WordPress Make Money? (labnol.org)
82 points by powertower on Oct 29, 2011 | 18 comments
20. Mass-Scale Cold Fusion a Success? (wired.co.uk)
79 points by andrewcross on Oct 29, 2011 | 26 comments
21. Utopia Is Creepy (roughtype.com)
78 points by warlock999 on Oct 29, 2011 | 64 comments
22. SOPA: Hollywood Finally Gets A Chance to Break the Internet (eff.org)
76 points by sathishmanohar on Oct 29, 2011 | 14 comments
23. Node.js: details and best practices (a server side guy's analysis) (wilcoxd.com)
72 points by rpwilcox on Oct 29, 2011 | 20 comments
24. Codecademy and the Future of (Not) Learning to Code (hackeducation.com)
61 points by audreyw on Oct 29, 2011 | 31 comments
25. Show HN: Getting help with your ideas (docs.google.com)
61 points by scheff on Oct 29, 2011 | 15 comments
26. Carl Fisher (wikipedia.org)
55 points by cperciva on Oct 29, 2011 | 7 comments
27. YouTube Plans To Take On Cable With ‘Channels’, Names Dozens Of Partners (techcrunch.com)
51 points by turing on Oct 29, 2011 | 13 comments
28. Using only CoffeeScript to build an SmartPhone Application (speakerdeck.com)
49 points by DanielRibeiro on Oct 29, 2011 | 3 comments
29. Show HN: SHA1 Checksum Large Files with HTML5 Typed Arrays and Web Workers (antimatter15.github.com)
47 points by antimatter15 on Oct 29, 2011 | 7 comments
30. LiveReload: Reflect CSS Changes Instantly, with No Browser Reload (livereload.com)
46 points by Bartlet on Oct 29, 2011 | 29 comments

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