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1. Webdesigners: please make text readable (contrastrebellion.com)
467 points by bmaeser on July 26, 2011 | 106 comments
2. When Patents Attack (npr.org)
435 points by simon_weber on July 26, 2011 | 131 comments
3. Andy Rutledge Redesigns NYTimes.com (andyrutledge.com)
350 points by ecaron on July 26, 2011 | 127 comments
4. Humble Bundle #3 is Live (humblebundle.com)
336 points by Dysiode on July 26, 2011 | 122 comments
5. What happened to all the female developers? (fogcreek.com)
279 points by buzzcut on July 26, 2011 | 272 comments
6. NYT Skimmer (nytimes.com)
263 points by MrAlmostWrong on July 26, 2011 | 143 comments
7. John Resig uses this (usesthis.com)
230 points by robin_reala on July 26, 2011 | 128 comments
8. When you're in a team that I lead, there are 3 things that I'd like to ask you (kkovacs.eu)
172 points by kkovacs on July 26, 2011 | 73 comments
9. Ask Patrick McKenzie (patio11) anything (anyasq.com)
154 points by jroes on July 26, 2011 | 52 comments
10. Understanding Linux CPU Load - when should you be worried? (scoutapp.com)
151 points by colinprince on July 26, 2011 | 41 comments
11. Call Someone Who Cares (call-someone-who-cares.com)
147 points by andrewmwatson on July 26, 2011 | 28 comments
12. Mozilla is building an operating system (wiki.mozilla.org)
140 points by vilya on July 26, 2011 | 85 comments
13. The W3C asks for help finding Prior Art to two Apple Patents. (w3.org)
134 points by dc2k08 on July 26, 2011 | 33 comments
14. Peteris Krumins: How I went to Silicon Valley and raised $55,000 for Browserling (catonmat.net)
132 points by noas on July 26, 2011 | 52 comments
15. Ten Ways to Check if an Integer Is a Power Of Two in C (exploringbinary.com)
114 points by caustic on July 26, 2011 | 73 comments
16. Ignored disabled man builds his own damn elevator (hackaday.com)
109 points by rw on July 26, 2011 | 18 comments
17. Why Steve Jobs Couldn’t Find a Job Today (blogs.forbes.com)
107 points by fiesycal on July 26, 2011 | 46 comments
18. Sun CEO explicitly endorsed Java's use in Android (zdnet.com)
105 points by mrsebastian on July 26, 2011 | 33 comments
19. An Awesomer Tweet Button: Tracks your site's most influential users (wil.lt)
105 points by michaelrlitt on July 26, 2011 | 48 comments
20. Twilio Client Lets Developers Integrate VoIP Calling Into Any Application (techcrunch.com)
104 points by rahim on July 26, 2011 | 30 comments
21. The Higgs Boson - A one page explanation (utoronto.ca)
97 points by brfox on July 26, 2011 | 20 comments
22. Debteye (YC S11) Wants To Be Your (Much Cheaper) Credit Counselor (techcrunch.com)
93 points by mlinsey on July 26, 2011 | 42 comments
23. Postgres Now the Default Database for Mac OS X Server (momjian.us)
86 points by pixdamix on July 26, 2011 | 30 comments
24. The HTML5 boom is coming. Fast (gigaom.com)
86 points by ekm on July 26, 2011 | 73 comments
25. Who owns America? Hint: It's not China (cnn.com)
82 points by _x6vl on July 26, 2011 | 71 comments
26. Why aren't the oldest living people getting any older? (slate.com)
80 points by jessekeys on July 26, 2011 | 85 comments
27. PragProg CoffeeScript Book Released (pragprog.com)
80 points by Zachhack on July 26, 2011 | 14 comments
28. Poll: Do you visit the 'new' section of Hacker News?
80 points by ljf on July 26, 2011 | 43 comments
29. Querying Riak Just Got Easier: Introducing Secondary Indices (slideshare.net)
76 points by rbranson on July 26, 2011 | 15 comments
30. University Of Calgary Refusing To Pay Access Copyright Any More (techdirt.com)
76 points by nextparadigms on July 26, 2011 | 8 comments

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