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1. More Paypal nonsense (regretsy.com)
870 points by bradleyjoyce on Dec 6, 2011 | 246 comments
2. Don't Be A Free User (blog.pinboard.in)
793 points by stilist on Dec 6, 2011 | 170 comments
3. Facebook security hole allows viewing of private photos (bodybuilding.com)
372 points by zone411 on Dec 6, 2011 | 137 comments
4. CNet's Download.com now bundling Nmap with malware (seclists.org)
314 points by taylorbuley on Dec 6, 2011 | 67 comments
5. Instant CSS, JS, HTML or DOM documentation (dochub.io)
287 points by steren on Dec 6, 2011 | 48 comments
6. The Rise of Developeronomics (forbes.com/sites/venkateshrao)
282 points by ryanackley on Dec 6, 2011 | 118 comments
7. Tell HN: You said not to. So I quit my job and started. 5 mos later: OpenPhoto
253 points by jmathai on Dec 6, 2011 | 142 comments
8. Why TechCrunch is boring, SAP is not, and the world has gone mad (peopleprocesstech.com)
224 points by zalthor on Dec 6, 2011 | 139 comments
9. The single most useful Emacs feature (stackoverflow.com)
216 points by rodw on Dec 6, 2011 | 110 comments
10. What is the single most influential book every programmer should read? (stackoverflow.com)
193 points by ihodes on Dec 6, 2011 | 95 comments
11. Csg.js: Constructive Solid Geometry, with rotatable 3D models (evanw.github.com)
186 points by danso on Dec 6, 2011 | 17 comments
12. Sal Khan is MIT's 2012 Commencement speaker (tech.mit.edu)
185 points by tilt on Dec 6, 2011 | 20 comments
13. Oregon Blogger Isn't a Journalist, Court Imposes $2.5M Judgement (seattleweekly.com)
134 points by privacyguru on Dec 6, 2011 | 50 comments
14. Always have 18 months of cash in the bank (cdixon.org)
131 points by bjonathan on Dec 6, 2011 | 42 comments
15. jwz: Apple recently broke Ctrl-Y (jwz.org)
120 points by michaelty on Dec 6, 2011 | 49 comments
16. Bootbox.js - alert, confirm and flexible dialogs for Twitter's bootstrap (paynedigital.com)
118 points by kjventura on Dec 6, 2011 | 14 comments
17. Basecamp Next (37signals.com)
122 points by wlll on Dec 6, 2011 | 78 comments
18. OpenDNS launches DNSCrypt: secure DNS (opendns.com)
115 points by kjw on Dec 6, 2011 | 64 comments
19. Regretsy Issue Resolution (thepaypalblog.com)
114 points by kmfrk on Dec 6, 2011 | 75 comments
20. Why are pornstars more notable than scientists on Wikipedia? (chemconnector.com)
113 points by zeppelin_7 on Dec 6, 2011 | 87 comments
21. Amazon Will Pay Shoppers $5 to Walk Out of Stores Empty-Handed (allthingsd.com)
108 points by 8bitliving on Dec 6, 2011 | 133 comments
22. Gowalla Founders v. Gowalla Investors (uncrunched.com)
107 points by aaronbrethorst on Dec 6, 2011 | 56 comments
23. Six Days without Food: Hacking Your Mind to Make Do with Far Less (jdbentley.com)
102 points by jdbentley on Dec 6, 2011 | 117 comments
24. Metallica Concerts, 1982-2012 [Infographics] (cilekagaci.com)
96 points by amacinho on Dec 6, 2011 | 40 comments
25. Wall Street’s Repeat Violations, Despite Repeated Promises (nytimes.com)
97 points by equilibrium on Dec 6, 2011 | 44 comments
26. 10 billion Android Market downloads and counting (googleblog.blogspot.com)
89 points by nod on Dec 6, 2011 | 44 comments
27. The Durable Document Store You Didn't Know You Had, But Did (thoughtbot.com)
86 points by joshuacc on Dec 6, 2011 | 20 comments
28. Show HN: Write and deploy your first web app in 5 minutes, no setup needed (trybloc.com)
86 points by jmtame on Dec 6, 2011 | 31 comments
29. Firefox 3.6 vs 8.0 (zdnet.com)
83 points by melling on Dec 6, 2011 | 64 comments
30. Verizon is blocking Google Wallet on Galaxy Nexus (9to5google.com)
82 points by zeppelin_7 on Dec 6, 2011 | 33 comments

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