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1. The Browser Wars - Visualized as Tree Rings (axiis.org)
175 points by nym on Dec 11, 2009 | 41 comments
2. CrunchPad Federal Lawsuit Filed; Some Additional Thoughts (techcrunch.com)
93 points by andrewpbrett on Dec 11, 2009 | 90 comments
3. Nobody told me it’s impossible, so I did it (traysoft.com)
89 points by jv2222 on Dec 11, 2009 | 29 comments
4. Mibbit supports WebSocket, some initial numbers. (axod.blogspot.com)
84 points by axod on Dec 11, 2009 | 19 comments
5. Now we know why Ritalin works (smartplanet.com)
83 points by chaostheory on Dec 11, 2009 | 41 comments
6. Make Lists. Not Too Much. Mostly Do. (gradhacker.com)
75 points by pw on Dec 11, 2009 | 12 comments
7. How A Kid Earned $2m Before He Could Drink – And The Shocking Way He Lost It (mixergy.com)
74 points by vaksel on Dec 11, 2009 | 72 comments
8. Memprof: A Ruby level memory profiler (timetobleed.com)
70 points by ice799 on Dec 11, 2009 | 3 comments
9. Jeff Atwood asks for help restoring a site from Internet caches (superuser.com)
59 points by RyanMcGreal on Dec 11, 2009 | 23 comments
10. (un)features (breckyunits.com)
55 points by breck on Dec 11, 2009 | 16 comments
11. Slashdot hits the 100,000 posts milestone (slashdot.org)
52 points by philjackson on Dec 11, 2009 | 23 comments
12. Relaxed Raises $2 Million From Redpoint Ventures For CouchDB Support (techcrunch.com)
52 points by andrewpbrett on Dec 11, 2009 | 16 comments
13. The patent system: End it, don't mend it (csmonitor.com)
52 points by chaostheory on Dec 11, 2009 | 35 comments
14. VIM Hacks (slideshare.net)
49 points by mace on Dec 11, 2009 | 21 comments
15. PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser (sourceforge.net)
47 points by barredo on Dec 11, 2009 | 15 comments
16. Mozilla exec urges Firefox users ditch Google for Bing (arstechnica.com)
47 points by barredo on Dec 11, 2009 | 51 comments
17. How to fail... gloriously (venturebeat.com)
42 points by dabent on Dec 11, 2009 | 12 comments
18. The Truth About Tamiflu: Has the US wasted $1.5 billion on an ineffective drug? (theatlantic.com)
39 points by gojomo on Dec 11, 2009 | 41 comments
19. BuildAfrica.org (buildafrica.org)
35 points by nir on Dec 11, 2009 | 5 comments
20. Demoscene TV (demoscene.tv)
34 points by access_denied on Dec 11, 2009 | 9 comments
21. ECMAScript 5 released (infoq.com)
33 points by fogus on Dec 11, 2009 | 8 comments
22. Silo but deadly: Messy IT systems are a neglected aspect of the financial crisis (economist.com)
33 points by vgeecc on Dec 11, 2009 | 19 comments
23. Stuck On Advanced Game & Graphics Math? MIT OCW Courses FTW (yb-labs.com)
32 points by JabavuAdams on Dec 11, 2009
24. Cloudant.com Refresh: CouchDB in the Cloud (cloudant.com)
32 points by jot on Dec 11, 2009 | 16 comments
25. Bill Clementson's Blog: JavaScript and Lisp (tech.coop)
31 points by r11t on Dec 11, 2009 | 12 comments
26. Don’t draw diagrams of wrong practices (tarmo.fi)
30 points by edw519 on Dec 11, 2009 | 14 comments
27. DRBD merged into Linux kernel 2.6.33 (linbit.com)
29 points by josephruscio on Dec 11, 2009 | 11 comments
28. The Elephant is Not its Trunk: Stop fooling yourself about marketing (slash7.com)
30 points by ahoyhere on Dec 11, 2009 | 24 comments
29. 4 Out of 5 Viewers Leave If a Stream Buffers Once (newteevee.com)
28 points by mjfern on Dec 11, 2009 | 15 comments
30. Ask HN: is it ethical to copy ideas from a similar site?
27 points by alain94040 on Dec 11, 2009 | 23 comments

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