hackerNews

5

Learning C with gdb (www.hackerschool.com)

380 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012083003 95 comments

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Move your feet (swanson.github.com)

337 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012083021 79 comments

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Look at yourself objectively (www.aaronsw.com)

282 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012083000 77 comments

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The Hidden Truths about Calories (blogs.scientificamerican.com)

231 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012083000 182 comments

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Apple's New Pinch-To-Zoom Monopoly is Bad News (www.slate.com)

216 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012083000 220 comments

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The Worst Argument In The World (lesswrong.com)

208 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012083021 141 comments

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A tale of the supreme competence of Neil Armstrong (www.aei-ideas.org)

198 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012083003 40 comments

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Who inherits your iTunes library when you die? (articles.marketwatch.com)

178 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082921 122 comments

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Twitter Removes 'Via' Stamp From Web Client (thenextweb.com)

164 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082909 73 comments

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The Forgotten Yahoo Project That Inspired Two Recently Funded Startups (nickoneill.com)

156 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012083000 47 comments

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Can'tada - Tracking the stuff you can't use in Canada (cantada.ca)

138 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082903 96 comments

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Where did the Tweetbot for Mac Alpha go? (tapbots.com)

131 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082921 47 comments

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Public Lab DIY Spectrometry Kit (www.kickstarter.com)

131 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082903 33 comments

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Securing Stripe's Capture the Flag (blog.gregbrockman.com)

128 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082921 34 comments

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Diaspora Will Now Be A Community Project (blog.diasporafoundation.org)

113 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082900 118 comments

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Tesla model S eliminates range anxiety (www.motortrend.com)

112 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082821 122 comments

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Pascal's Apology, or why computer science is complicated (carlos.bueno.org)

103 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082903 27 comments

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“Growth Hacking” is BS (layeredthoughts.com)

101 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012082921 53 comments

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Bootstrapped Wingify moves to a bigger office and hits 1600+ customers (visualwebsiteoptimizer.com)

100 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012083000 40 comments

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Go's unique approach to OO (www.drdobbs.com)

98 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082906 18 comments

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Poor man's IFTTT in 3 lines of code (blog.lagentz.com)

97 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012083000 33 comments

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Go native, HTML will lag for a while (blog.suthakamal.com)

95 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012091115 93 comments

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Apple v. Samsung Verdict: Could Bill Gates Have Patented The iPhone in 1995? (www.litigationandtrial.com)

88 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082900 93 comments

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Yes, India is a police state - Christopher Soghoian (blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

88 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012082921 89 comments

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Genes Now Tell Doctors Secrets They Can’t Utter (www.nytimes.com)

87 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082903 33 comments

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This is not an image. It's an HTML table. (discountgeni.us)

81 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012082909 60 comments

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PostgreSQL 9.2 RC1 released (www.postgresql.org)

78 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012083000 19 comments

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Ask.com buys About.com for $300M (www.zdnet.com)

76 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082900 40 comments

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BigScreen — Javascript library for HTML5 Fullscreen API (brad.is)

74 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082903 21 comments

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Gittip: Open Source Financing (lucumr.pocoo.org)

68 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082900 46 comments

14

Monads in Clojure (www.intensivesystems.net)

67 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082918 17 comments

15

You're not listening (www.randsinrepose.com)

67 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012091900 40 comments

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Steve Blank: Vision versus Hallucination - Founders and Pivots (steveblank.com)

65 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082900 23 comments

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DMCA takedowns GitHub has received (github.com)

63 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082900 28 comments

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Show HN: pry-rescue — workflow-optimized debugging for ruby (cirw.in)

61 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082900 27 comments

57

Acqui-hire Is Just Another Way to Spell Failure (www.jacquesmattheij.com)

60 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082818 48 comments

8

I'm Doing It Wrong (wellbredgrapefruit.com)

60 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012082906 36 comments

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Usenet – what have you become? (www.90percentofeverything.com)

60 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2015112918 52 comments

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Moscow Court Finds Kasparov Not Guilty of Illegal Protest (thelede.blogs.nytimes.com)

58 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082818 7 comments

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Method Combinators in CoffeeScript (github.com)

58 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082900 22 comments

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JQuery Gantt editor - how to (roberto.open-lab.com)

58 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012082921 17 comments

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Too Many Pivots, Too Little Passion? (hbr.org)

56 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082903 26 comments

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Reddit Gets Two New Donation Options Powered By Crowdtilt And Dwolla (techcrunch.com)

54 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082903 12 comments

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Conway's Game Of Life in Clojure (programmablelife.blogspot.com)

53 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082821 11 comments

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Google reacts to Apple's US patent victory over Samsung (www.bbc.com)

50 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082818 47 comments

12

The Pixate Project: Bringing CSS to Native Apps (benzilla.galbraiths.org)

49 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082906 32 comments

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Still waking up at 5am to code? (www.mattgreer.org)

49 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012082903 26 comments

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A Developer I Admire — Walter Zorn (www.useragentman.com)

47 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082818 4 comments

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Airbnb Tech Talk: Jay Kreps on LinkedIn's realtime data pipeline using Kafka (www.airbnb.com)

46 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012082903 4 comments

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Marissa Mayer's Email Promising To Make Yahoo 'The Absolute Best Place To Work' (www.sfgate.com)

44 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012082903 48 comments

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New EPUB and Mobi versions of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial (news.railstutorial.org)

40 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082906 10 comments

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European startups and US software patents: Threat or Opportunity? (blog.hashtagify.me)

40 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012082921 27 comments

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Show HN: Simple SaaS Metrics Dashboard for Stripe (board.zapier.com)

38 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082900 7 comments

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Complete authentication app based on Clojure, Noir and MongoDB (github.com)

38 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082821 10 comments

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Thoughts on Machine Learning – Dealing with Skewed Classes (florianhartl.com)

37 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082900 14 comments

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“A Doable Sacrifice:” Y Combinator as a Married Man (refer.ly)

37 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082818 25 comments

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JQuery Confirm plugin (nadiana.com)

37 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012082918 10 comments

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Is your iPad keeping you up at night? (networkworld.com)

36 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012082821 44 comments

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Got a 4? You just got fired from Microsoft (ceklog.kindel.com)

35 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082815 54 comments

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Ban this: Apple lists 8 Samsung devices it wants kept out of the US (arstechnica.com)

34 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082821 22 comments

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FAA to reevaluate inflight portable electronic device use (www.networkworld.com)

33 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082900 19 comments

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Another layer of security for your Dropbox account (two-step verification) (blog.dropbox.com)

33 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082821 5 comments

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Tel Aviv Meetup? (news.ycombinator.com)

33 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012082900 40 comments

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Using Streak to Find an Apartment (blog.streak.com)

31 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082821 13 comments

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Apple v. Samsung juror: we “wanted to send a message” (arstechnica.com)

29 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082800 40 comments

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Google Fiber problems become more evident (voices.kansascity.com)

24 points first seen 2012082818 last seen 2012082900 19 comments

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The Internet startup model is broken and how to fix it (blog.julieng.me)

21 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012082906 8 comments

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Where Have The Users Gone? (www.nirandfar.com)

20 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082900 0 comments

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Apple changes retail focus from Satisfaction to Profits (www.ifoapplestore.com)

20 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012082903 16 comments

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WAMP - WebSocket Application Messaging Protocol (http://wamp.ws)

20 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012082906 16 comments

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Source to visualizations from last night's chiptune concert (github.com)

18 points first seen 2012082818 last seen 2012082903 0 comments

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Coderise: teach kids how to code in developing nations (thenextweb.com)

17 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082815 7 comments

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The Internet is Killing Storytelling, but Photos are Bringing it Back (www.thedailymuse.com)

13 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012082821 7 comments

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Craigslist Quietly Begins Testing Maps (idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com)

12 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082818 2 comments

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Bill Nye ‘The Science Guy’ Hits Evolution Deniers (abcnews.go.com)

12 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082815 0 comments

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Sea Ice in Arctic Measured at Record Low (www.nytimes.com)

12 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082812 0 comments

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The Concepts Get Harder (Python in 30 Days - Day 12) (rodriguezcommaj.com)

12 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082812 14 comments

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Hipvite, quick and easy way to organize meetups - Plea for TechCrunch coverage (pleasefeatureustc.com)

12 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012082815 10 comments

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Java memes which refuse to die (www.javacodegeeks.com)

11 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082800 3 comments

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Ask HN: Why don't websites use svg? (news.ycombinator.com)

11 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082800 7 comments

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"Networking" Cannot Replace Skills (captaincapitalism.blogspot.com)

11 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082818 2 comments

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Passive Income Strategies For Web Designers (www.smashingmagazine.com)

11 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082812 0 comments

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Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Fundability (blogs.wsj.com)

10 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082818 2 comments

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Active in Cloud, Amazon Reshapes Computing (www.nytimes.com)

10 points first seen 2012082818 last seen 2012082903 0 comments

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Firefox 15: updates are now more silent (ehsanakhgari.org)

9 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012082821 4 comments

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What JS devs seem to care about (james.padolsey.com)

8 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082800 3 comments

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Stop the inclusion of proprietary licenses in Creative Commons 4.0 (freeculture.org)

8 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082815 3 comments

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My Weekend Project: See everybody on Hacker News (upvot.es)

8 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082812 2 comments

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SVGeezy - a JavaScript plugin for SVG fallbacks (twostepmedia.co.uk)

8 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082812 7 comments

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I'm quitting my job and moving to the Bay Area. Anyone looking for an intern? (news.ycombinator.com)

8 points first seen 2012082818 last seen 2012082821 2 comments

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5 simple tips to turn your email into a powerful collaboration tool (blog.grexit.com)

6 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082800 2 comments

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Metric Spaces — A Primer (jeremykun.wordpress.com)

6 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082815 0 comments

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The speech that Nixon never gave: ‘In event of moon disaster’ (news.yahoo.com)

6 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082812 0 comments

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Linguistic Archeology (www.economist.com)

6 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082812 0 comments

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Scala vs. Java: Just as fast, less code, harder to program (regardless of skill) (cdn.anonfiles.com)

6 points first seen 2012082818 last seen 2012082821 0 comments

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Monads for the Curious Programmer (bartoszmilewski.com)

6 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012082900 0 comments

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Ask HN: Thoughts on Performance Enhancing Drugs ie. Steroids or Adderall (news.ycombinator.com)

5 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082800 0 comments

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10 Must-Have Apps for Successful High School Students (mashable.com)

5 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082815 3 comments

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Winklevoss Twins Buy $18M L.A. Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene (techcrunch.com)

5 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082812 3 comments

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Apple Jury Foreman: Here's How We Reached a Verdict (video, flash) (www.bloomberg.com)

5 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012082818 0 comments

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Show HN: Write.app - Private digital notebooks (https://writeapp.me)

5 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012082818 2 comments

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U.S accused of intercepting trillions of emails and phone calls from citizens (www.bgr.com)

5 points first seen 2012082818 last seen 2012082821 0 comments

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Google’s Motorola Files New Patent Case Against Apple (www.bloomberg.com)

5 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012082821 0 comments

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The real loser in the Apple vs. Samsung case? Google (www.itproportal.com)

4 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082800 0 comments

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Little development time vs perfect code? (news.ycombinator.com)

4 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082800 6 comments

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Microsoft Resurgent - The Industry (theindustry.cc)

4 points first seen 2012082812 last seen 2012082812 0 comments

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The greatest wallet on earth (designcodelearn.com)

4 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012082818 4 comments

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Growth Hacking Is BS...It's All Just Marketing (www.layeredthoughts.com)

4 points first seen 2012082815 last seen 2012082818 0 comments

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Preparing for the iPhone Next: Rumors Analyzed (www.anandtech.com)

4 points first seen 2012082818 last seen 2012082818 0 comments

0

How Much Information Should you Give VCs for Due Diligence? (www.bothsidesofthetable.com)

4 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012082821 0 comments

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Search Engines and Ethics (plato.stanford.edu)

4 points first seen 2012082821 last seen 2012082821 0 comments

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Harvester ants use an algorithm similar to TCP (news.stanford.edu)

3 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082800 0 comments

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Can you calculate the shallow heap size of a Java object? (plumbr.eu)

3 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082800 0 comments

0

A Simple Solar Oven Makes Salt Water Drinkable (www.fastcodesign.com)

3 points first seen 2012082800 last seen 2012082800 0 comments

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Worlds longest bus seats 256 passengers (news.yahoo.com)