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1. My uncle's factorization algorithms (github.com/daoudclarke)
420 points by daoudc on Dec 27, 2011 | 51 comments
2. Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011
336 points by _ut0p on Dec 27, 2011 | 307 comments
3. What future space combat would really look like (spacebattles.com)
330 points by dikarel on Dec 27, 2011 | 231 comments
4. Avenger controller company pisses off gaming community with bad customer support (penny-arcade.com)
271 points by jamesmoss on Dec 27, 2011 | 90 comments
5. Adventures in Aeron Chair Arbitrage (priceonomics.com)
249 points by omarish on Dec 27, 2011 | 107 comments
6. I Think You're Fat (2007) (esquire.com)
219 points by glenstein on Dec 27, 2011 | 111 comments
7. After 7.5 years, Firefox finally adds line numbers to view-source: (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
207 points by ecaron on Dec 27, 2011 | 82 comments
8. Practical Garbage Collection - Part 1: Introduction (worldmodscode.wordpress.com)
181 points by cgbystrom on Dec 27, 2011 | 38 comments
9. 'TSA Arrests Me for Using the Fourth Amendment as a Weapon' (dailykos.com)
164 points by nextparadigms on Dec 27, 2011 | 107 comments
10. End artificial scarcities to increase productivity (might.net)
152 points by p4bl0 on Dec 27, 2011 | 84 comments
11. Facebook deleted their Python SDK repository without warning (techhouse.org)
150 points by lincolnq on Dec 27, 2011 | 45 comments
12. The coming retail apocalypse: some axioms (antipope.org)
138 points by cstross on Dec 27, 2011 | 69 comments
13. Specialforces.com Site Hacked (pastebin.com)
137 points by mschonfeld on Dec 27, 2011 | 58 comments
14. Google+ passes 62 million users. Adding 625,000 new users per day. (plus.google.com)
134 points by lomegor on Dec 27, 2011 | 107 comments
15. "Small-claims flash mob" - Car owner takes legal fight away from lawyers (latimes.com)
129 points by radley on Dec 27, 2011 | 51 comments
16. Launching the Kindle Fire was a mistake (plus.google.com)
128 points by andrewmunn on Dec 27, 2011 | 92 comments
17. Elon Musk is pushing the human race forward (murtza.org)
127 points by murtza on Dec 27, 2011 | 56 comments
18. Voyager 1 Speeds Toward The Brink Of Interstellar Space (npr.org)
124 points by ilamont on Dec 27, 2011 | 51 comments
19. Would Obama Veto SOPA? Extremely Doubtful (techdirt.com)
121 points by llambda on Dec 27, 2011 | 55 comments
20. Introducing filer.js (ericbidelman.tumblr.com)
119 points by cleverjake on Dec 27, 2011 | 12 comments
21. The Facebook Platform Is A Trainwreck (blorn.com)
112 points by stickfigure on Dec 27, 2011 | 36 comments
22. Setting up Django + NGinx + Green Unicorn in an Ubuntu EC2 instance (adrian.org.ar)
101 points by elopinologo on Dec 27, 2011 | 37 comments
23. What I Did in 2011 (blog.pinboard.in)
101 points by stilist on Dec 27, 2011 | 15 comments
24. Avoid downtime: Currently using GoDaddy's DNS? Switch DNS before transferring (namecheap.com)
93 points by moserware on Dec 27, 2011 | 23 comments
25. GoDaddy no longer on SOPA supporter list. (godaddy.com)
84 points by seltzered_ on Dec 27, 2011 | 57 comments
26. TCP/IP over Lego model train (extremetech.com)
82 points by llambda on Dec 27, 2011 | 12 comments
27. Ask HN: is it possible to earn a living US wage at oDesk?
76 points by oneiroscopist on Dec 27, 2011 | 42 comments
28. NameCheap Did Reach Out Prior To The Blog (namecheap.com)
76 points by teaneedz on Dec 27, 2011 | 12 comments
29. Site that lets you record and automatically phone-blast SOPA supporters for you (arstechnica.com)
75 points by cjfont on Dec 27, 2011 | 26 comments
30. How Facebook Mobile Was Designed to Write Once, Run Everywhere (readwriteweb.com)
75 points by zalew on Dec 27, 2011 | 29 comments

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