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1. Some weekend work that will (hopefully) enable more Egyptians to be heard (googleblog.blogspot.com)
373 points by ssclafani on Jan 31, 2011 | 101 comments
2. Tell HN: There is a Scammer Amongst Us
333 points by lrm242 on Jan 31, 2011 | 75 comments
3. The NYC subway system as a string instrument (mta.me)
276 points by clofresh on Jan 31, 2011 | 38 comments
4. JQuery 1.5 Released (jquery.com)
269 points by digitalclubb on Jan 31, 2011 | 29 comments
5. Farewell (ticketstumbler.com)
253 points by jacquesm on Jan 31, 2011 | 24 comments
6. Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (February 2011 Edition)
218 points by meadhikari on Jan 31, 2011 | 242 comments
7. Should You Really Be A Startup Entrepreneur? (techcrunch.com)
196 points by azazo on Jan 31, 2011 | 81 comments
8. Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design" (skype.com)
193 points by lukeinth on Jan 31, 2011 | 87 comments
9. Plenty of Fish Hacked (plentyoffish.wordpress.com)
164 points by grumo on Jan 31, 2011 | 97 comments
10. Meet The People You Follow On Twitter With Conference Directory Lanyrd (YC W11) (techcrunch.com)
155 points by razin on Jan 31, 2011 | 31 comments
11. Plenty Of Fish Hacked – Chris Russo’s explains how he did it (grumomedia.com)
144 points by domino on Jan 31, 2011 | 100 comments
12. How I Built a Startup High Frequency Trading Firm (howtohft.blogspot.com)
136 points by wkselph on Jan 31, 2011 | 33 comments
13. Photography - 24 hour shot (greeksky.gr)
133 points by pan69 on Jan 31, 2011 | 16 comments
14. Ask HN: Who Is Hiring Remote Workers? (February 2011 Edition)
131 points by meadhikari on Jan 31, 2011 | 42 comments
15. Interview: Heroku Founder Talks About $250M Salesforce Acquisition (thenextweb.com)
127 points by RichardPrice on Jan 31, 2011 | 7 comments
16. Lived Fast, Died Young, Left a Tired Corpse (codinghorror.com)
126 points by mattyb on Jan 31, 2011 | 45 comments
17. Why you shouldn't bother with an MBA (economist.com)
116 points by KeepTalking on Jan 31, 2011 | 56 comments
18. Pyramid Final 1.0 released (groups.google.com)
111 points by cd34 on Jan 31, 2011 | 15 comments
19. Maybe NYC could start with a simple URL (nyc.gov)
103 points by infdaze on Jan 31, 2011 | 35 comments
20. 4chan Founder Unleashes Canvas On The World (techcrunch.com)
92 points by jedwhite on Jan 31, 2011 | 32 comments
21. Make up your own rules of probability (johndcook.com)
88 points by wallflower on Jan 31, 2011 | 21 comments
22. Huge ISPs want per-GB payments from Netflix, YouTube (arstechnica.com)
85 points by abraham on Jan 31, 2011 | 61 comments
23. Wireless electricity enables next generation of annoying packaging (hackaday.com)
85 points by bootload on Jan 31, 2011 | 39 comments
24. Exit Hudson, enter Jenkins (jenkins-ci.org)
80 points by bborud on Jan 31, 2011 | 5 comments
25. What if your Web startup attracts users without computers? (jasonglaspey.com)
79 points by turoczy on Jan 31, 2011 | 16 comments
26. A tour of the Clojure landscape (ericlavigne.wordpress.com)
77 points by ericlavigne on Jan 31, 2011 | 11 comments
27. Paul Graham's Dilemma (manyniches.com)
76 points by BrandonWatson on Jan 31, 2011 | 35 comments
28. MongoDB vs. Clustrix Benchmark (sergeitsar.blogspot.com)
76 points by sergei on Jan 31, 2011 | 65 comments
29. "What society overwhelmingly asks for is snake oil" (1994) (utexas.edu)
73 points by groaner on Jan 31, 2011 | 27 comments
30. How to Communicate if Your Government Shuts Off Your Internet (wired.com)
72 points by Sandman on Jan 31, 2011 | 36 comments

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