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1. Video: Quantum Levitation (jasonadriaan.com)
572 points by jasonadriaan on Oct 18, 2011 | 95 comments
2. TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API (takethislollipop.com)
440 points by wesleyzhao on Oct 18, 2011 | 133 comments
3. Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup (forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret)
384 points by blurpin on Oct 18, 2011 | 103 comments
4. 4chan's Chris Poole: Facebook & Google Are Doing It Wrong (readwriteweb.com)
320 points by jonmwords on Oct 18, 2011 | 151 comments
5. So you think you know C: the Ksplice Pointer Challenge (oracle.com)
285 points by wdaher on Oct 18, 2011 | 99 comments
6. No TV for children under 2, urge doctors (nytimes.com)
253 points by anigbrowl on Oct 18, 2011 | 135 comments
7. How 1 HN post compelled me to leave Intuit and create a new startup for startups (copyhackers.com)
252 points by bloggergirl on Oct 18, 2011 | 96 comments
8. Google to default to SSL version for logged in users (googleblog.blogspot.com)
236 points by cleverjake on Oct 18, 2011 | 78 comments
9. FSF: Campaign against windows 8 "secure boot" (fsf.org)
238 points by sagarun on Oct 18, 2011 | 61 comments
10. RubyMonk - ruby lessons right in your browser (rubymonk.com)
227 points by skyfallsin on Oct 18, 2011 | 43 comments
11. Dropbox Said No To “Nine-Digit” Acquisition Offer From Steve Jobs (techcrunch.com)
220 points by pitdesi on Oct 18, 2011 | 92 comments
12. Python For The Web (gun.io)
213 points by Mizza on Oct 18, 2011 | 98 comments
13. Stanford Open Classroom - Ruby on Rails Web Apps (stanford.edu)
160 points by stupandaus on Oct 18, 2011 | 15 comments
14. Abu Dhabi Traffic Accidents Dropped 40% During the BlackBerry Outage (theatlanticwire.com)
151 points by obeattie on Oct 18, 2011 | 55 comments
15. Mojang win right to use the name "Scrolls" for their upcoming game (minecraftforum.net)
149 points by citricsquid on Oct 18, 2011 | 29 comments
16. (An ((Even Better) Lisp) Interpreter (in Python)) (norvig.com)
140 points by cgopalan on Oct 18, 2011 | 17 comments
17. Dropbox Raises $250M In Funding, Boasts 45 Million Users (techcrunch.com)
118 points by philipDS on Oct 18, 2011 | 43 comments
18. Japan: We're losing to Apple, and here's why (globalvoicesonline.org)
112 points by shioyama on Oct 18, 2011 | 77 comments
19. Mailgun API 2.0: forget MIME (mailgun.net)
114 points by old-gregg on Oct 18, 2011 | 49 comments
20. The Missed Red Flags on Groupon (nytimes.com)
105 points by OstiaAntica on Oct 18, 2011 | 47 comments
21. Maxing out your Dropbox referrals (how I got 16GB for less than $10) (rikhter.org)
104 points by vrikhter on Oct 18, 2011 | 132 comments
22. Son of Stuxnet Found in the Wild on Systems in Europe (wired.com)
102 points by boh on Oct 18, 2011 | 13 comments
23. First State set police on man who showed them how accounts could be ripped off (smh.com.au)
99 points by mopoke on Oct 18, 2011 | 74 comments
24. MIT can now see through concrete walls (extremetech.com)
96 points by lmathews on Oct 18, 2011 | 37 comments
25. Show HN: TouchBase (re-imagining the iPhone calendar) (touchbasecal.com)
102 points by webwright on Oct 18, 2011 | 43 comments
26. Andreessen Horowitz, CrunchFund Back Social Address Book Everyme (YC S11) (techcrunch.com)
88 points by olivercameron on Oct 18, 2011 | 12 comments
27. Samsung Galaxy Nexus Leaked: Image, Specs And Launch Date (techcrunch.com)
86 points by tilt on Oct 18, 2011 | 82 comments
28. WebOS 3.0.4 released (jaaksi.blogspot.com)
76 points by j_col on Oct 18, 2011 | 31 comments
29. Please review my startup. Safe text messaging for teachers (classparrot.com)
76 points by kabuks on Oct 18, 2011 | 76 comments
30. Review our startup: Instantly create a blog theme that matches your website (blogic.com)
75 points by bdclimber14 on Oct 18, 2011 | 46 comments

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