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1. Programming languages are being deleted from Wikipedia (reddit.com)
430 points by budu on Feb 14, 2011 | 269 comments
2. Nokia Plan B (nokiaplanb.com)
317 points by wybo on Feb 14, 2011 | 174 comments
3. The Secret to a Happy Marriage: Do the Dishes, Put Out, Don’t Talk So Much (wsj.com)
275 points by alexwestholm on Feb 14, 2011 | 162 comments
4. IBM's Watson starts on Jeopardy Tonight (jeopardy.com)
245 points by KevBurnsJr on Feb 14, 2011 | 143 comments
5. Skype's Crazy Regex Easter Egg (nyaruka.com)
216 points by nicpottier on Feb 14, 2011 | 51 comments
6. What would Feynman do? (msdn.com)
203 points by cruise02 on Feb 14, 2011 | 35 comments
7. Formula for love: X^2+(y-sqrt(x^2))^2=1 (wolframalpha.com)
202 points by carusen on Feb 14, 2011 | 41 comments
8. I have seen the future and I am opposed (core77.com)
184 points by cwan on Feb 14, 2011 | 72 comments
9. Christopher Monsanto gives up trying to delete PL articles (wikipedia.org)
173 points by bendmorris on Feb 14, 2011 | 131 comments
10. Steve Jobs: "I'll just sue you" (2010) (jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com)
163 points by ootachi on Feb 14, 2011 | 42 comments
11. Lemmings is 20 years old today (scottishgames.net)
161 points by sambeau on Feb 14, 2011 | 32 comments
12. Quora To Oddly-Named Users: Papers Please (techcrunch.com)
148 points by achompas on Feb 14, 2011 | 124 comments
13. Ask HN: Who Is Hiring (For Freelance/Part Time Remote Work) February 2011.
137 points by RDDavies on Feb 14, 2011 | 57 comments
14. Wikipedia's Notability Requirements And The Slash (sheddingbikes.com)
137 points by invisiblefunnel on Feb 14, 2011 | 145 comments
15. Greplin (YC W10) Grabs $4 Million From Sequoia For Social Search (techcrunch.com)
138 points by ssclafani on Feb 14, 2011 | 28 comments
16. Tell HN: I quit my job to bootstrap my startup by myself.
129 points by chr15 on Feb 14, 2011 | 106 comments
17. 3D printing could reduce raw material needs by 90% (economist.com)
123 points by joshrule on Feb 14, 2011 | 69 comments
18. Python 3 Wall of Shame (python3wos.appspot.com)
122 points by iamelgringo on Feb 14, 2011 | 78 comments
19. The Python Paradox is now the Scala Paradox (kleppmann.com)
118 points by hendler on Feb 14, 2011 | 43 comments
20. Inside the DNA of the Facebook Mafia (techcrunch.com)
118 points by bpeters on Feb 14, 2011 | 16 comments
21. The Great Gatsby - For NES (greatgatsbygame.com)
103 points by vanrenen on Feb 14, 2011 | 32 comments
22. The Scariest Company in Tech (rvqs.wordpress.com)
103 points by dequantified on Feb 14, 2011 | 53 comments
23. Announcing Soulmate, a Redis-backed service for fast autocompleting (seatgeek.com)
97 points by ericwaller on Feb 14, 2011 | 23 comments
24. Call it "3G" or "4G," America's wireless networks are still slow (arstechnica.com)
82 points by evo_9 on Feb 14, 2011 | 35 comments
25. Finding similar items using minhashing (toao.com)
81 points by sadiq on Feb 14, 2011 | 20 comments
26. My Favourite Programming Quotes (ginktage.com)
78 points by cfontes on Feb 14, 2011 | 27 comments
27. Michigan left (wikipedia.org)
77 points by IgorPartola on Feb 14, 2011 | 77 comments
28. I know I belong in computer science, but sometimes I wonder. (carolynworks.com)
75 points by Mystitat on Feb 14, 2011 | 61 comments
29. London Stock Exchange in historic Linux go-live (computerworlduk.com)
79 points by DMPenfold2008 on Feb 14, 2011 | 13 comments
30. Email address validation: please stop (sinjakli.co.uk)
69 points by sadiq on Feb 14, 2011 | 85 comments

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