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1. Life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight (fluentin3months.com)
340 points by fezzl on July 19, 2011 | 115 comments
2. If Dropbox Used GitHub’s Pricing Plan (usersinhell.com)
295 points by joshuacc on July 19, 2011 | 133 comments
3. Google+ for iOS is out (itunes.apple.com)
275 points by davidedicillo on July 19, 2011 | 113 comments
4. Every programmer should read the source to abort() at some point in their life. (reddit.com)
240 points by raldi on July 19, 2011 | 58 comments
5. Show HN: I made a Web-based Todo App - used: CSS3 3D transforms, Node.js, love (tomorrow.do)
237 points by alexbosworth on July 19, 2011 | 106 comments
6. Why doesn't every company buy developers the best hardware? (programmers.stackexchange.com)
189 points by utkarshkukreti on July 19, 2011 | 220 comments
7. Unix V5, OpenBSD, Plan 9, FreeBSD, and GNU implementations of echo.c (gist.github.com)
168 points by dchest on July 19, 2011 | 86 comments
8. Bash on Balls: an MVC web framework for Bash, powered by netcat (github.com/jayferd)
157 points by laughinghan on July 19, 2011 | 36 comments
9. JS is Assembly Language for the Web: Brendan Eich, Crockford, & others comment (hanselman.com)
152 points by mbrubeck on July 19, 2011 | 50 comments
10. Show HN: A Bitcoin casino with 23 games. (strikesapphire.com)
147 points by noduerme on July 19, 2011 | 72 comments
11. Apple Reports Third Quarter Results (apple.com)
116 points by ssclafani on July 19, 2011 | 137 comments
12. Google In-App Payments for the web (checkout.google.com)
116 points by abraham on July 19, 2011 | 44 comments
13. Ewww, You Use PHP? (mailchimp.com)
109 points by niekmaas on July 19, 2011 | 163 comments
14. OOP in Bash (madscience.nl)
108 points by fogus on July 19, 2011 | 13 comments
15. How does Google pay 2.4%? (cameronkeng.com)
109 points by camz on July 19, 2011 | 79 comments
16. The Netflix Simian Army (netflix.com)
105 points by abraham on July 19, 2011 | 17 comments
17. Elementary OS (elementaryos.org)
105 points by rkwz on July 19, 2011 | 79 comments
18. Girls sweep at Google Science Fair (nytimes.com)
104 points by gopi on July 19, 2011 | 108 comments
19. If History is any Guide, You’ve Got Two Years (thomvest.com)
102 points by Thun on July 19, 2011 | 30 comments
20. Who holds the copyright to a picture taken by a monkey? (boingboing.net)
92 points by civilian on July 19, 2011 | 74 comments
21. Google Spending Millions to Find the Next Google (nytimes.com)
88 points by ekm on July 19, 2011 | 26 comments
22. Things you should know when interviewing for a programming job (crossbrowser.net)
85 points by amyshelton on July 19, 2011 | 43 comments
23. I Broke Justin.tv (socialcam.com)
88 points by mjdipietro on July 19, 2011 | 41 comments
24. Questions from 'My experience as a Recruiter on Hacker News' (voltsteve.blogspot.com)
84 points by Peroni on July 19, 2011 | 12 comments
25. Ask HN: What are some great examples of a Minimum Viable Product?
79 points by Ade_Lack on July 19, 2011 | 62 comments
26. A lesson in timing attacks (codahale.com)
77 points by llambda on July 19, 2011 | 15 comments
27. Software Designer Reports Error in Anthony Trial (nytimes.com)
72 points by carterac on July 19, 2011 | 55 comments
28. After almost 20 years, math problem falls (physorg.com)
69 points by ph0rque on July 19, 2011 | 15 comments
29. Epic Marketplace caught stealing history by Stanford Security Lab (stanford.edu)
66 points by mikeleeorg on July 19, 2011 | 13 comments
30. Choosing a bad password, the Rebekah Wade way. (jgc.org)
65 points by jgrahamc on July 19, 2011 | 50 comments

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