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1. “I hate almost all software” — Ryan Dahl (plus.google.com)
397 points by robinhouston on Sept 30, 2011 | 292 comments
2. Try Python, Ruby, Lua, Scheme, QBasic, Forth ... (repl.it)
390 points by amasad on Sept 30, 2011 | 78 comments
3. Write your app in HTML5, upload it and get back app-store ready apps (phonegap.com)
330 points by geoffroy on Sept 30, 2011 | 93 comments
4. Single psilocybin dose may make lasting personality change (medicalxpress.com)
190 points by MaysonL on Sept 30, 2011 | 158 comments
5. Sharding and IDs at Instagram (instagram-engineering.tumblr.com)
183 points by singhshashi on Sept 30, 2011 | 50 comments
6. Amazon in talks with HP to buy Palm (venturebeat.com)
175 points by mjfern on Sept 30, 2011 | 98 comments
7. MIT’s ‘Artificial leaf’ makes fuel from sunlight (web.mit.edu)
166 points by audionerd on Sept 30, 2011 | 28 comments
8. Client asks for 100% uptime (serverfault.com)
164 points by splattne on Sept 30, 2011 | 96 comments
9. The Slashdot Effect from the Other Side (cmdrtaco.net)
163 points by CmdrTacoMalda on Sept 30, 2011 | 41 comments
10. How to Give Your Product Personality (jasonshen.com)
131 points by jasonshen on Sept 30, 2011 | 30 comments
11. Microsoft security tools nuking Chrome browser (zdnet.com)
125 points by FrancescoRizzi on Sept 30, 2011 | 38 comments
12. Basho Releases Riak v1.0.0 (basho.com)
122 points by roder on Sept 30, 2011 | 20 comments
13. The Stack Exchange Architecture (serverfault.com)
110 points by javery on Sept 30, 2011 | 29 comments
14. The world economy is heading towards a black hole unless bold action taken (economist.com)
109 points by colinprince on Sept 30, 2011 | 135 comments
15. What’s contained in a boarding pass barcode? (shaun.net)
98 points by bootload on Sept 30, 2011 | 18 comments
16. Ask HN: European startup looking for a service for recurring billing
95 points by davidvanleeuwen on Sept 30, 2011 | 67 comments
17. Bored? Try Doodling To Keep The Brain On Task (npr.org)
94 points by tjr on Sept 30, 2011 | 22 comments
18. Berlios closing down (berlios.de)
93 points by ethereal on Sept 30, 2011 | 24 comments
19. How Much Money Do The Top Grossing YouTube Partners Make? (socialtimes.com)
92 points by fezzl on Sept 30, 2011 | 28 comments
20. The Geoffrey Moore talk that Joel Spolsky said changed his business. (thebln.com)
91 points by marklittlewood on Sept 30, 2011 | 7 comments
21. Tips for applying to YC (entreposeur.com)
89 points by smilliken on Sept 30, 2011 | 24 comments
22. Try the Flask web framework in your Browser (ep.io)
91 points by DasIch on Sept 30, 2011 | 31 comments
23. Parse adds easy caching support for iOS and Android (parse.com)
81 points by csmajorfive on Sept 30, 2011 | 11 comments
24. Ludumdare October challenge: Finish a game — Take it to market — Earn $1 (ludumdare.com)
81 points by Impossible on Sept 30, 2011 | 16 comments
25. Googler Builds Site That Shows You What Top Tech Companies Pay (techcrunch.com)
75 points by Bartlet on Sept 30, 2011 | 21 comments
26. Join EFF in Demanding a Digital Upgrade to 25-Year-Old Electronic Privacy Law (eff.org)
74 points by zoowar on Sept 30, 2011 | 5 comments
27. Why use Amiga in 2011? (AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS, AmigaOS 3.9) (feelgoodtech.com)
67 points by darkduck on Sept 30, 2011 | 22 comments
28. Code your own Multi-User Private Git Server (moocode.com)
64 points by moomerman on Sept 30, 2011 | 16 comments
29. Peter Norvig: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article (scientificamerican.com)
63 points by ahalan on Sept 30, 2011 | 1 comment
30. Why You Should Bootstrap in Montreal or Join Startup Chile (nextmontreal.com)
63 points by volandovengo on Sept 30, 2011 | 36 comments

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