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1. Gawker Website source, databases & passwords now on BitTorrent (thepiratebay.org)
365 points by tenaciousJk on Dec 13, 2010 | 188 comments
2. The Anatomy of a Perfect Landing Page (formstack.com)
327 points by jaybol on Dec 13, 2010 | 56 comments
3. FreeBSD/EC2 lives (daemonology.net)
229 points by cperciva on Dec 13, 2010 | 46 comments
4. Wik-Bee Leaks: EPA Knowingly Allowed Pesticide That Kills Honey Bees (fastcompany.com)
217 points by monkeygrinder on Dec 13, 2010 | 40 comments
5. Author Slams eBook Piracy, Son Outs Her As a Music Pirate (torrentfreak.com)
192 points by lockem on Dec 13, 2010 | 170 comments
6. HN: We're starting a "Move to Silicon Valley" wiki. We could use some help. (svstartup.com)
179 points by iamelgringo on Dec 13, 2010 | 45 comments
7. The War on Cameras (reason.com)
173 points by ccoop on Dec 13, 2010 | 64 comments
8. Check if your email is amongst those compromised in Gawker break-in (google.com)
160 points by sathyabhat on Dec 13, 2010 | 48 comments
9. Database development mistakes made by application developers (stackoverflow.com)
154 points by phalien on Dec 13, 2010 | 69 comments
10. What if we tested laws before passing them? (boston.com)
150 points by robg on Dec 13, 2010 | 133 comments
11. Lettering.js - A jQuery plugin for radical web typography. (letteringjs.com)
132 points by _b8r0 on Dec 13, 2010 | 13 comments
12. Everything you never wanted to know about file locking (apenwarr.ca)
122 points by duck on Dec 13, 2010 | 14 comments
13. Engineers: Build businesses not apps (emphaticsolutions.com)
118 points by briandoll on Dec 13, 2010 | 22 comments
14. A pink $16 pocket spectrum analyzer (ossmann.blogspot.com)
115 points by gourneau on Dec 13, 2010 | 24 comments
15. Facebook Chat Architecture (Erlang) (docs.google.com)
106 points by alifaziz on Dec 13, 2010 | 48 comments
16. Why I Switched to Duck Duck Go Permanently (bookflavor.com)
101 points by NathanKP on Dec 13, 2010 | 49 comments
17. Google Closure: How not to write JavaScript (sitepoint.com)
101 points by rams on Dec 13, 2010 | 47 comments
18. Plead HN: Please be careful with your information
93 points by icey on Dec 13, 2010 | 75 comments
19. Yacc is dead: An update (might.net)
93 points by Autre on Dec 13, 2010 | 18 comments
20. Heroku Gets Sweet Logging (heroku.com)
88 points by jkvor on Dec 13, 2010 | 24 comments
21. So long, and thanks for the Ph.D. (unc.edu)
82 points by fogus on Dec 13, 2010 | 22 comments
22. Stallman on Hacking (stallman.org)
82 points by olalonde on Dec 13, 2010 | 38 comments
23. Input type="password" Needs to Grow Up (yafla.com)
80 points by ergo98 on Dec 13, 2010 | 64 comments
24. The Atlantic Turns a Profit, With an Eye on the Web (nytimes.com)
78 points by J3L2404 on Dec 13, 2010 | 30 comments
25. How to Hack the Psychology of Student Motivation (calnewport.com)
71 points by da5e on Dec 13, 2010 | 37 comments
26. My Startup - A node.js cloud hosting platform (nodejscloud.com)
70 points by 619Cloud on Dec 13, 2010 | 33 comments
27. Beware of those who say they help entrepreneurs (alwaysnewmistakes.wordpress.com)
70 points by abarrera on Dec 13, 2010 | 36 comments
28. Face Detection jQuery Plugin (jaysalvat.com)
67 points by _b8r0 on Dec 13, 2010 | 15 comments
29. Hacker News' Reading Level (google.com)
57 points by aeurielesn on Dec 13, 2010 | 55 comments
30. Chrome OS and IT platform longevity (marco.org)
56 points by duck on Dec 13, 2010 | 35 comments

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