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1. A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages (james-iry.blogspot.com)
391 points by DanielRibeiro on Jan 24, 2012 | 45 comments
2. Hastebin (hastebin.com)
378 points by neilparikh on Jan 24, 2012 | 67 comments
3. Introducing the HUD. Say hello to the future of the menu (markshuttleworth.com)
361 points by Symmetry on Jan 24, 2012 | 198 comments
4. Show HN: I'm tired of corrupt US politicians, so I created this (politicianmarket.com)
334 points by pmarket on Jan 24, 2012 | 144 comments
5. Twitter's Bootstrap 2 ready for testing and feedback (markdotto.com)
310 points by iamhenry on Jan 24, 2012 | 85 comments
6. Apple Reports First Quarter Results: $13.06 Billion Net Profit (apple.com)
287 points by yoda_sl on Jan 24, 2012 | 261 comments
7. Is My MacBook Pro Always Listening? (heroku.com)
247 points by brianshumate on Jan 24, 2012 | 105 comments
8. Kill Hollywood? Let's fix politics instead: kill lobbying.
238 points by cies on Jan 24, 2012 | 99 comments
9. Show HN: Craigslist Car Search (carsabi.com)
236 points by dw5ight on Jan 24, 2012 | 103 comments
10. Mobile shift: You’ve probably underestimated just how big this is (trigger.io)
231 points by amirnathoo on Jan 24, 2012 | 114 comments
11. Color: a color matching game done in d3.js and Raphael (method.ac)
216 points by cshenoy on Jan 24, 2012 | 30 comments
12. Was Megaupload Targeted Because Of Its Upcoming Megabox Digital Jukebox Service? (techcrunch.com)
212 points by caublestone on Jan 24, 2012 | 64 comments
13. The Pirate Bay Wants You To Really Download A Car (torrentfreak.com)
201 points by llambda on Jan 24, 2012 | 137 comments
14. I Launched My Startup Yesterday, This Is How The Hectic Day Went (webstartup.me)
187 points by james-fend on Jan 24, 2012 | 80 comments
15. Vivify: A color scheme editor for vim (bytefluent.com)
174 points by mcrittenden on Jan 24, 2012 | 21 comments
16. Judge: Americans can be forced to decrypt their laptops (cnet.com)
175 points by llambda on Jan 24, 2012 | 180 comments
17. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales: MPAA chairman Christopher Dodd should be fired (venturebeat.com)
167 points by ukdm on Jan 24, 2012 | 35 comments
18. Tony Hsieh's new $350 million startup (cnn.com)
162 points by brownday on Jan 24, 2012 | 44 comments
19. I want to fix programming (jonbho.net)
164 points by jng on Jan 24, 2012 | 159 comments
20. Judge: Fifth Amendment doesn't protect encrypted hard drives (arstechnica.com)
137 points by Feanim on Jan 24, 2012 | 132 comments
21. Say No to Ireland's SOPA (stopsopaireland.com)
126 points by johnc055 on Jan 24, 2012 | 20 comments
22. Are Expensive Batteries Worth the Extra Cost? (wired.com)
118 points by chaostheory on Jan 24, 2012 | 44 comments
23. Dear Comcast, I'm leaving you because... (bgentry.posterous.com)
115 points by bgentry on Jan 24, 2012 | 73 comments
24. No More Résumés, Say Some Firms (wsj.com)
108 points by bconway on Jan 24, 2012 | 67 comments
25. Making universities obsolete (matt-welsh.blogspot.com)
106 points by ananthrk on Jan 24, 2012 | 68 comments
26. Matt Mullenweg: On the Evolution of Investing (ma.tt)
102 points by ccc3 on Jan 24, 2012 | 14 comments
27. The Perl Foundation got $100,000 donation from the Craigslist Charitable Fund (perlfoundation.org)
100 points by yko on Jan 24, 2012 | 23 comments
28. To-Do Lists Don't Work (hbr.org)
96 points by pitdesi on Jan 24, 2012 | 44 comments
29. Google's new privacy policy and TOS (googleblog.blogspot.com)
99 points by antichaos on Jan 24, 2012 | 43 comments
30. Ubuntu rips up drop-down menus (pcpro.co.uk)
92 points by elij on Jan 24, 2012 | 66 comments

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