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1. A zombie keyboard, an app-store rejection, a call from Steve Jobs (cascadesoft.net)
175 points by harscoat on Nov 11, 2010 | 65 comments
2. The 3 Programming Languages you need to Know (mathgladiator.com)
174 points by mathgladiator on Nov 11, 2010 | 135 comments
3. An Open Letter To Business People (dave.is)
159 points by davidbalbert on Nov 11, 2010 | 58 comments
4. Why are we limited to JS in browsers - would a bytecode standard help? (andrewducker.livejournal.com)
152 points by AndrewDucker on Nov 11, 2010 | 182 comments
5. An umbrella designed using aerodynamic theory to withstand 100km/h winds (senzumbrellas.com)
145 points by bensummers on Nov 11, 2010 | 57 comments
6. An Open Letter to Wired Magazine: We're breaking up (cindyroyal.net)
134 points by tswicegood on Nov 11, 2010 | 127 comments
7. Firefox 4.0 Beta 7 - Super fluid, beats everyone on sunspider (mozilla.com)
132 points by ashish01 on Nov 11, 2010 | 85 comments
8. Matt Cutts: $1,000 to the 2 best implementations of the recently-hacked Kinect (mattcutts.com)
121 points by andre3k1 on Nov 11, 2010 | 40 comments
9. Here's Why Someone Would Seek Rejection for 30 Days Straight (mynorthwest.com)
115 points by caseyalbert on Nov 11, 2010 | 40 comments
10. 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die
105 points by andre on Nov 11, 2010 | 93 comments
11. Proving P!=NP: "...Ryan has taken the first real baby step in decades." (computationalcomplexity.org)
95 points by amichail on Nov 11, 2010 | 5 comments
12. Changing Passwords (schneier.com)
93 points by yan on Nov 11, 2010 | 24 comments
13. Evaluating Extraordinary Claims (norvig.com)
89 points by scott_s on Nov 11, 2010 | 6 comments
14. Video: 15 story Ark Hotel built in 6 days in Shanghai (archdaily.com)
88 points by lotusleaf1987 on Nov 11, 2010 | 32 comments
15. First programmable 8-bit CPU built in Minecraft (minecraftforum.net)
86 points by aresant on Nov 11, 2010 | 21 comments
16. GNU/Parallel changed my life (unethicalblogger.com)
76 points by recampbell on Nov 11, 2010 | 8 comments
17. For Cats, a Big Gulp With a Tiny Touch of the Tongue (nytimes.com)
72 points by hornokplease on Nov 11, 2010 | 23 comments
18. Lisp Web Server From Scratch using Hunchentoot and Nginx (zaries.wordpress.com)
72 points by hvs on Nov 11, 2010 | 16 comments
19. An interview with James Gosling : The Setup (usesthis.com)
70 points by petercooper on Nov 11, 2010 | 42 comments
20. Airbnb (YC W09) launched an iPhone app (airbnb.com)
69 points by mrduncan on Nov 11, 2010 | 10 comments
21. Google fires employee who leaked memo on raises (huffingtonpost.com)
63 points by variety on Nov 11, 2010 | 102 comments
22. Sir Ken Robinson: Why Should You Care About Creativity? (mixergy.com)
61 points by gatsby on Nov 11, 2010 | 9 comments
23. Joyent & Node.js (groups.google.com)
56 points by vamsee on Nov 11, 2010 | 17 comments
24. Django 1.3 alpha 1 released (djangoproject.com)
57 points by rguzman on Nov 11, 2010 | 7 comments
25. A quick review of btrfs (apenwarr.ca)
55 points by rcfox on Nov 11, 2010 | 18 comments
26. Google's Inevitable Ruin Begins (pcmag.com)
55 points by Deprecated on Nov 11, 2010 | 70 comments
27. The dumbing-down of programming (1998) (salon.com)
52 points by silentbicycle on Nov 11, 2010 | 35 comments
28. Teens Find Innovative Ways to Control Their Facebook Presence (allfacebook.com)
51 points by skm on Nov 11, 2010 | 26 comments
29. Android App Development in Scheme (androidscheme.blogspot.com)
51 points by fogus on Nov 11, 2010 | 2 comments
30. thesixtyone (YC 09) explores a new direction on iPad (ycombinator.posterous.com)
51 points by JMiao on Nov 11, 2010 | 20 comments

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