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1. How One Missing `var` Ruined our Launch (meloncard.com)
317 points by Trindaz on Oct 31, 2011 | 209 comments
2. Steve Jobs' memo to startups (omis.me)
308 points by swombat on Oct 31, 2011 | 126 comments
3. The Book That Every Programmer Should Read (onlinehut.org)
247 points by javadyan on Oct 31, 2011 | 70 comments
4. I also stand up for Stallman (raganwald.posterous.com)
191 points by fogus on Oct 31, 2011 | 59 comments
5. Why Palantir Makes My Head Hurt (kellblog.com)
180 points by skmurphy on Oct 31, 2011 | 18 comments
6. The (logarithmic) calendar I want (abstractfactory.blogspot.com)
173 points by pankratiev on Oct 31, 2011 | 33 comments
7. Do Not Start A Startup: Or, What I Learned At Startup School 2011 (andybrett.com)
167 points by andrewpbrett on Oct 31, 2011 | 40 comments
8. Slider.js: Slideshows with jQuery, CSS Transitions and Canvas (greweb.fr)
160 points by gren on Oct 31, 2011 | 17 comments
9. The ¬NED pin goes low on detection of a nuclear detonation [pdf] (maxwell.com)
146 points by robinhouston on Oct 31, 2011 | 77 comments
10. Good books for hackers interested in quant finance?
137 points by cioc on Oct 31, 2011 | 59 comments
11. New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing (googlereader.blogspot.com)
138 points by abraham on Oct 31, 2011 | 122 comments
12. Running a Startup on Haskell (infoq.com)
121 points by puredanger on Oct 31, 2011 | 37 comments
13. Ruby is beautiful (but I'm moving to Python) (wit.io)
122 points by ColinWright on Oct 31, 2011 | 64 comments
14. EA's Origin may be glorified spyware, causes mass upset (destructoid.com)
115 points by X4 on Oct 31, 2011 | 63 comments
15. People paid us $10,000 last week to learn how to program. Lessons learned... (niroka.posterous.com)
114 points by jmtame on Oct 31, 2011 | 39 comments
16. SimpleGeo To Be Acquired By Urban Airship (uncrunched.com)
110 points by turoczy on Oct 31, 2011 | 43 comments
17. The Demon Machine (jgc.org)
101 points by jgrahamc on Oct 31, 2011 | 11 comments
18. The right to dual-boot: Linux groups plead case prior to Windows 8 launch (arstechnica.com)
92 points by llambda on Oct 31, 2011 | 62 comments
19. Stuff Harvard people Like (echen.me)
87 points by ekm2 on Oct 31, 2011 | 10 comments
20. Chart.io (YC S10) raises 3.2 million Series A (techcrunch.com)
86 points by jdavis on Oct 31, 2011 | 16 comments
21. We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you? (ducksboard.com)
84 points by wulczer on Oct 31, 2011 | 34 comments
22. Sweet n' Salty Capacitor (emilydaniels.com)
80 points by wollw on Oct 31, 2011 | 7 comments
23. How to Rock a Systems Design Interview (palantir.com)
75 points by regs on Oct 31, 2011 | 18 comments
24. The Humble Voxatron Debut (humblebundle.com)
75 points by simonista on Oct 31, 2011 | 39 comments
25. MongoDB rocks my world (pythonisito.com)
77 points by meghan on Oct 31, 2011 | 34 comments
26. How To Build A Site That Looks Great On Every Screen (readwriteweb.com)
63 points by janektm on Oct 31, 2011 | 19 comments
27. The FSF is papering over a binary blob (lwn.net)
60 points by blasdel on Oct 31, 2011 | 45 comments
28. Term Sheet Negotiation Tells (firstround.com)
59 points by jsavimbi on Oct 31, 2011 | 14 comments
29. The China Startup Report (slidesha.re)
62 points by iag on Oct 31, 2011 | 23 comments
30. NYC isn't catching the Valley anytime soon: Reflections on Startup School (tutorspree.com)
61 points by akharris on Oct 31, 2011 | 64 comments

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