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1. Ron Paul speaks against SOPA (torrentfreak.com)
288 points by pawn on Dec 30, 2011 | 304 comments
2. The lost Van Jacobson paper that could save the Internet (root.org)
280 points by wglb on Dec 30, 2011 | 48 comments
3. Hitchhiker's Guide to Python (late.am)
256 points by dcrosta on Dec 30, 2011 | 35 comments
4. Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A Million Pages Down
245 points by jpadvo on Dec 30, 2011 | 95 comments
5. I made progress bars using only CSS3. You can use them for free. (dipperstove.com)
225 points by jsullivandigs on Dec 30, 2011 | 32 comments
6. Download Entire Wikipedia for Offline Use With an HTML5 App (googlecode.com)
196 points by antimatter15 on Dec 30, 2011 | 50 comments
7. Hashify: what becomes possible when one is able to store documents in URLs? (hashify.me)
186 points by potomak on Dec 30, 2011 | 77 comments
8. How to Become a Must-Have (smartfaststartup.com)
166 points by lesterbuck on Dec 30, 2011 | 23 comments
9. The Magna Carta Essay (collegemisery.blogspot.com)
163 points by edw519 on Dec 30, 2011 | 109 comments
10. I Just Ordered a Ladle from Amazon (abtinforouzandeh.com)
161 points by abtinf on Dec 30, 2011 | 65 comments
11. Stop reading this blog and learn something (avdi.org)
145 points by joshuacc on Dec 30, 2011 | 38 comments
12. Facebook no longer supports IE7 (thenextweb.com)
138 points by fosk on Dec 30, 2011 | 16 comments
13. Ask HN: I just got my first team lead. What should I do?
89 points by endymi0n on Dec 30, 2011 | 50 comments
14. How SOPA Could Ruin My Life (forbes.com/sites/insertcoin)
115 points by ops7eng5 on Dec 30, 2011 | 16 comments
15. How the first Pascal compiler was written (raw.github.com)
105 points by dchest on Dec 30, 2011 | 41 comments
16. Why do C++ folks make things so complicated? (johndcook.com)
101 points by ColinWright on Dec 30, 2011 | 112 comments
17. An email I received from Jimmy Wales regarding SOPA (reddit.com)
96 points by MRonney on Dec 30, 2011 | 8 comments
18. Verizon changes mind, cancels $2 payment fee (geek.com)
96 points by 11031a on Dec 30, 2011 | 37 comments
19. A newbie’s guide to scaling AWS (revisu.com)
97 points by maxticket on Dec 30, 2011 | 19 comments
20. Verizon's audacious new fee for on-line payments (cnn.com)
85 points by raymondh on Dec 30, 2011 | 73 comments
21. "DIY Dropbox" or "2-way directory (r)sync with proper deletion" (github.com/sickill)
82 points by ku1ik on Dec 30, 2011 | 32 comments
22. 860k Stratfor Accounts Dump (pastebin.com)
77 points by mrb on Dec 30, 2011 | 72 comments
23. Samoa cancels Friday 30th and travels one day forward in time (nytimes.com)
77 points by tjriley82 on Dec 30, 2011 | 36 comments
24. What is the coolest thing you can do in ten lines of code? (stackoverflow.com)
73 points by sadiq on Dec 30, 2011 | 36 comments
25. Sending a spacecraft to Alpha Centauri (boingboing.net)
72 points by antoviaque on Dec 30, 2011 | 48 comments
26. Go Slow to Go Fast (onticoren.com)
72 points by craigkerstiens on Dec 30, 2011 | 17 comments
27. Insynchq : A Google Docs-Loving Dropbox Rival (thenextweb.com)
68 points by vidyesh on Dec 30, 2011 | 25 comments
28. Screencast: Make a remote data iOS table in minutes (parse.com)
67 points by jamesjyu on Dec 30, 2011 | 8 comments
29. The pros and cons of cloud hosting (supportbee.com)
66 points by prateekdayal on Dec 30, 2011 | 56 comments
30. Rare earth crisis: Innovate, or be crushed by China (extremetech.com)
64 points by llambda on Dec 30, 2011 | 22 comments

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