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1. Reddit admin: "If SOPA passes it would almost certainly mean the end of reddit" (reddit.com)
427 points by gasull on Dec 18, 2011 | 150 comments
2. Where's Waldo? (stackoverflow.com)
409 points by bkaid on Dec 18, 2011 | 30 comments
3. SOPA creator received half a million dollars from the TV/Film/Music lobby (slashdot.org)
300 points by gasull on Dec 18, 2011 | 64 comments
4. Why have CPUs been limited in frequency to around 3.5Ghz for so many years? (reddit.com)
257 points by NARKOZ on Dec 18, 2011 | 111 comments
5. The switch: Python to Node.js (querna.org)
207 points by pquerna on Dec 18, 2011 | 134 comments
6. Why is one loop slower than 2 in C? (stackoverflow.com)
191 points by rkalla on Dec 18, 2011 | 41 comments
7. Sinatra::Synchrony - Evented, fast, concurrent Ruby web apps with no callbacks (kyledrake.net)
161 points by kyledrake on Dec 18, 2011 | 30 comments
8. Assessing a Company: Questions you need to ask in an Interview (interviewstreet.com)
153 points by mikeinterviewst on Dec 18, 2011 | 43 comments
9. Sleep Deficit: The Performance Killer (hbr.org)
152 points by hackly on Dec 18, 2011 | 41 comments
10. "Time-saving" Generators for Designers (awcore.com)
152 points by macos on Dec 18, 2011 | 25 comments
11. Crunchfund VC (crunchfund.vc)
141 points by Brajeshwar on Dec 18, 2011 | 63 comments
12. PHP: Cracks in the foundation (phpadvent.org)
134 points by chrismsnz on Dec 18, 2011 | 76 comments
13. Sovereign Keys, EFF's proposal to replace the certificate authority model (eff.org)
127 points by xyzzyrz on Dec 18, 2011 | 10 comments
14. John Carmack's .plan file (scribd.com)
113 points by gtklocker on Dec 18, 2011 | 32 comments
15. My Favorite Strange Number: Ω (scienceblogs.com)
112 points by llambda on Dec 18, 2011 | 14 comments
16. Device Orientation in HTML5 (tilt your computer if you have a MacBook & Chrome) (html5rocks.com)
103 points by pud on Dec 18, 2011 | 33 comments
17. I’m too lazy to be a HTML developer (polygeek.com)
99 points by Garbage on Dec 18, 2011 | 88 comments
18. Vint Cerf: SOPA means 'unprecedented censorship', will undermine security (acm.org)
99 points by gasull on Dec 18, 2011 | 3 comments
19. The Recording Industry Likes to Make Me Look Like an Asshole (earbits.com)
92 points by earbitscom on Dec 18, 2011 | 149 comments
20. Why we are taking our startup to Hong Kong and other crazy stories of 2011 (leostartsup.com)
93 points by LeonW on Dec 18, 2011 | 88 comments
21. Try Clojure in your browser (tryclj.com)
90 points by llambda on Dec 18, 2011 | 26 comments
22. The case for old entrepreneurs (wadhwa.com)
82 points by mikeleeorg on Dec 18, 2011 | 59 comments
23. Python Patterns: An Optimization Anecdote (python.org)
80 points by llambda on Dec 18, 2011 | 11 comments
24. Await and Defer in Coffeescript core (github.com/jashkenas)
75 points by DanielRibeiro on Dec 18, 2011 | 25 comments
25. I went to the same school as Julian Assange, but we learned different lessons (howtolivewiki.com)
73 points by ph0rque on Dec 18, 2011 | 15 comments
26. Clojure Concurrency (blip.tv)
59 points by signa11 on Dec 18, 2011 | 5 comments
27. Technology behind Rackspace Cloud Monitoring (querna.org)
59 points by pquerna on Dec 18, 2011 | 3 comments
28. Partychat — migrating from Google App Engine to EC2 (vijayp.ca)
57 points by BarkMore on Dec 18, 2011 | 12 comments
29. What's New in Emacs (Part 2) (masteringemacs.org)
56 points by nyellin on Dec 18, 2011 | 10 comments
30. The Accept Header (shiflett.org)
56 points by joedevon on Dec 18, 2011 | 8 comments

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