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1. Good bye, Google Maps… thanks for all the fish (plus.google.com)
536 points by dlikhten on Jan 11, 2012 | 154 comments
2. This photograph is free (standblog.org)
530 points by aclark on Jan 11, 2012 | 143 comments
3. This Photograph Is Not Free (petapixel.com)
435 points by Brajeshwar on Jan 11, 2012 | 254 comments
4. I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is. (theappifier.com)
342 points by gozman on Jan 11, 2012 | 191 comments
5. Why Google And Facebook Need To Go Dark To Protest SOPA (forbes.com/sites/erikkain)
339 points by gluejar on Jan 11, 2012 | 91 comments
6. Google+ Hacker News Circle makes Search plus Your World Amazing (thesash.me)
310 points by thesash on Jan 11, 2012 | 107 comments
7. Small teams are dramatically more efficient than large teams (atomicobject.com)
226 points by gvb on Jan 11, 2012 | 83 comments
8. ClojureScript One (clojurescriptone.com)
214 points by fogus on Jan 11, 2012 | 45 comments
9. Designing Great API Docs (parse.com)
150 points by jamesjyu on Jan 11, 2012 | 19 comments
10. Mafia becomes "Italy's largest bank" in aftermath of financial crisis (reuters.com)
150 points by cs702 on Jan 11, 2012 | 55 comments
11. In which Eben Moglen calls out a reporter for having Facebook (betabeat.com)
135 points by inflatablenerd on Jan 11, 2012 | 105 comments
12. The SOPA Debate and Congress's Understanding of Child Porn (danwin.com)
132 points by danso on Jan 11, 2012 | 91 comments
13. Hidden features of Python (stackoverflow.com)
132 points by niyazpk on Jan 11, 2012 | 7 comments
14. UK Schools ICT to be replaced by computer science programme (bbc.co.uk)
125 points by soitgoes on Jan 11, 2012 | 70 comments
15. China Builds 30-Story Hotel In Just 15 Days (singularityhub.com)
116 points by kpantsman on Jan 11, 2012 | 68 comments
16. Convore (YCW11) is reborn as Grove.io, a chat service for businesses (gigaom.com)
116 points by leahculver on Jan 11, 2012 | 56 comments
17. Jmpress.js - a jQuery version of impress.js (shama.github.com)
103 points by instakill on Jan 11, 2012 | 25 comments
18. It’s time to place the web in safer hands (kernelmag.com)
100 points by Flemlord on Jan 11, 2012 | 23 comments
19. Research Bought, Then Paid For: Open Access to Science Under Attack (nytimes.com)
99 points by synparb on Jan 11, 2012 | 17 comments
20. Our Galaxy Has at Least 100 Billion Planets, Study Shows (nasa.gov)
96 points by jfoucher on Jan 11, 2012 | 48 comments
21. WordPress The Latest Tech Company To Come Out Strongly Against SOPA/PIPA (techdirt.com)
96 points by minecraftman on Jan 11, 2012 | 13 comments
22. "Ender's Game" movie happening (variety.com)
89 points by nl on Jan 11, 2012 | 69 comments
23. Victorinox squeezes 1TB of high-speed storage into a Swiss Army Knife (bgr.com)
85 points by Feanim on Jan 11, 2012 | 53 comments
24. Why I use vim (michaeltrier.com)
84 points by gnosis on Jan 11, 2012 | 54 comments
25. Fight against Corruption in India using technology (corruptiontrak.com)
82 points by ishanagr on Jan 11, 2012 | 44 comments
26. Martin Fowler: The Fallacies and Reprocussions of Diversity Imbalance (martinfowler.com)
73 points by skormos on Jan 11, 2012 | 166 comments
27. How we sold a couple hundred million dollars of software in Japan (all-things-andy-gavin.com)
74 points by agavin on Jan 11, 2012 | 14 comments
28. The demographics of social gamers are closer to gambling than gaming (altdevblogaday.com)
70 points by kurtable on Jan 11, 2012 | 29 comments
29. How To Think About Algorithms [pdf] (mat.unb.br)
69 points by r4vik on Jan 11, 2012 | 8 comments
30. The Hungry Programmer (jstorimer.com)
67 points by bradly on Jan 11, 2012 | 13 comments

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