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2

The Pendulum Swings, Again (jacquesmattheij.com)

277 points first seen 2012092421 last seen 2012092700 122 comments

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Firefox turns 10 years old today (Phoenix v0.1) (www.mozilla.org)

250 points first seen 2012092412 last seen 2012092606 43 comments

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Why I’m not leaving Python for Go (uberpython.wordpress.com)

216 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092600 232 comments

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New Zealand PM requests inquiry into illegal Megaupload wire tapping (www.beehive.govt.nz)

171 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092603 37 comments

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How Apple's Obsession with Google Is Hurting Apple (www.cultofmac.com)

171 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092503 135 comments

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Apple's HTTP POST caching is a bug (www.mnot.net)

169 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092506 24 comments

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Facebook's Gen Y Nightmare (www.mondaynote.com)

141 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092503 125 comments

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Fokus - new UI concept that emphasizes text-selection (lab.hakim.se)

138 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092506 28 comments

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World `countries` – database table for MySQL (echobehind.wordpress.com)

128 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092506 41 comments

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Genetic Algorithms in CoffeeScript (slides, demo and code) (janmonschke.com)

117 points first seen 2012092400 last seen 2012092503 46 comments

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Eating for Health, Not Weight (www.nytimes.com)

104 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092600 80 comments

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Mypy - An experimental Python variant with dynamic and static typing (www.mypy-lang.org)

102 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092503 35 comments

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Best IOS 6 transit app is "The transit app" from creator of SVProgressHUD (thetransitapp.com)

101 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092600 72 comments

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Reading Other People's Code (www.mahdiyusuf.com)

98 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092506 42 comments

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Learning to Learn (simpleprogrammer.com)

96 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092600 31 comments

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Riot breaks out at Foxconn's Taiyuan plant (www.engadget.com)

95 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092518 51 comments

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Megaupload Readies for Comeback, Code 90% Done (torrentfreak.com)

89 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092503 28 comments

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Dear Internet: please move the share buttons from the web page to the browser (news.ycombinator.com)

86 points first seen 2012092421 last seen 2012092506 82 comments

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Mark Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash (www.markshuttleworth.com)

84 points first seen 2012092400 last seen 2012092500 86 comments

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Breakdown of Apple lightning port (brockerhoff.net)

84 points first seen 2012092412 last seen 2012092506 60 comments

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Breakthrough silicon scanning discovers backdoor in military chip (www.cl.cam.ac.uk)

81 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092600 10 comments

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Coca-cola nails social media by releasing personalized bottles (owened.co.nz)

79 points first seen 2012092418 last seen 2012092600 52 comments

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Sweet.js Hygienic Macros for JavaScript (github.com)

70 points first seen 2012092400 last seen 2012092503 19 comments

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Winning on Product, not on Price (iamvictorio.us)

70 points first seen 2012092403 last seen 2012092503 20 comments

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Source: Apple Aggressively Recruiting Ex-Google Maps Staff To Build Out iOS Maps (techcrunch.com)

67 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092503 53 comments

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FBI wants more back doors in your software (news.cnet.com)

66 points first seen 2012092403 last seen 2012092503 28 comments

9

The physics of skipping stones (splashlab.byu.edu)

63 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092506 10 comments

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Airbnb Tech Talk: Brad Fitzpatrick on Go (www.airbnb.com)

62 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092503 16 comments

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Google Translate in Android: Point, tap, brush, listen (googletranslate.blogspot.in)

62 points first seen 2012092421 last seen 2012092600 27 comments

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The End of the Future (2011) (www.nationalreview.com)

59 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092503 41 comments

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Gaming AirBnB in San Francisco courtesy of Rent Control (doubledbl.tumblr.com)

59 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092500 21 comments

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Cloudant on Google's Spanner (cloudant.com)

58 points first seen 2012092412 last seen 2012092506 12 comments

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Chinese families' worldly goods in Huang Qinqjun's pictures (www.bbc.co.uk)

58 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092503 20 comments

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How a space train was brought to life (cosmiclog.nbcnews.com)

57 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092503 11 comments

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I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave (www.motherjones.com)

56 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092500 44 comments

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Glacier CLI (github.com)

54 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092500 2 comments

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China in Revolt (jacobinmag.com)

54 points first seen 2012092412 last seen 2012092500 17 comments

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Sarah Lawrence with Guns (jacobinmag.com)

54 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092503 16 comments

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Iran readies domestic Internet system, blocks Google (af.reuters.com)

53 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092500 51 comments

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Toom–Cook multiplication (en.wikipedia.org)

53 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092500 10 comments

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Show HN: My Guild Wars 2 data viz weekend experiment using D3 and SVG filters (guildwars2viz.com)

48 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092500 15 comments

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Vanity Fair profile of YC (www.vanityfair.com)

47 points first seen 2012092421 last seen 2012092503 7 comments

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Flutter (YCW12) Updated with Next and Previous Song Gestures For Mac (http://flutterapp.com)

41 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092412 57 comments

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Homebrew Cray-1A (www.chrisfenton.com)

39 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2018040606 8 comments

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Show HN: Hosting my WordPress blog entirely on Amazon S3 (www.slowping.com)

36 points first seen 2012092403 last seen 2012092500 11 comments

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Apple Wants More Damages, U.S. Sales Ban Against Samsung (mashable.com)

35 points first seen 2012092403 last seen 2012092421 28 comments

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Google News turns 10 (googleblog.blogspot.com)

34 points first seen 2012092418 last seen 2012092503 17 comments

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Bureaucracy applied to code (plus.google.com)

33 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092500 11 comments

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Nvidia Tegra With Open-Source Graphics Is Coming (www.phoronix.com)

32 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092500 0 comments

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Do Web 2.0 Companies Really Have The Best Technical Talent? (techblog.bozho.net)

31 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092409 39 comments

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Metaprogramming in RubyMotion (clayallsopp.com)

29 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092500 3 comments

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Power, Pollution and the Internet (www.nytimes.com)

28 points first seen 2012092400 last seen 2015093003 17 comments

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Why Amazon.com associates can’t make money even when Amazon does (artymiak.com)

26 points first seen 2012092403 last seen 2012092415 20 comments

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Show HN: Conjure - A launcher for Android (play.google.com)

24 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092503 18 comments

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A Node.js Podcast (http://nodeup.com)

23 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092500 7 comments

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Kicked to the Curb: Kickstarter’s Hidden Wasteheap of Killed Projects (www.wired.com)

23 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092500 0 comments

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Should I download iOS6 for my iPhone4? (glipho.com)

21 points first seen 2012092400 last seen 2012092403 42 comments

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More? (www.bothsidesofthetable.com)

20 points first seen 2012092400 last seen 2012092412 0 comments

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Lawyer Fighting Against Libertarian Cities Project In Honduras Assassinated (m.washingtonpost.com)

15 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092415 12 comments

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Ask HN: What are your hobbies? (news.ycombinator.com)

15 points first seen 2012092418 last seen 2012092500 21 comments

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Ubuntu's new Amazon integration displays NSFW results (bugs.launchpad.net)

13 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092500 0 comments

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Riffwave.js test to create sounds using javascript (cssdeck.com)

11 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092418 2 comments

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ASK HN: I made tarbackup.com for you, what do you think? (http://tarbackup.com)

9 points first seen 2012092400 last seen 2012092403 20 comments

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The Linux Admin Show (podcast) (linuxadminshow.com)

8 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092406 10 comments

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Samsung still making Apple’s A6 chip, electron microscopes reveal (venturebeat.com)

8 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092415 0 comments

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21yr old UCLA Korean Math Major does an Arab Spring Break (www.mensjournal.com)

8 points first seen 2012092412 last seen 2012092421 0 comments

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Cross Browser GPU Acceleration and requestAnimationFrame in Depth (www.useragentman.com)

8 points first seen 2012092418 last seen 2012092500 0 comments

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Developers vs. Engineers vs. Scientists (jeremyckahn.github.com)

7 points first seen 2012092412 last seen 2012092418 0 comments

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Data Barns in a Farm Town, Gobbling Power and Flexing Muscle (www.nytimes.com)

7 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092500 2 comments

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Ask HN: What do you use for chat? (news.ycombinator.com)

7 points first seen 2012092421 last seen 2012092500 10 comments

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Ask HN: Why aren't more people doing stuff in the healthcare space? (news.ycombinator.com)

6 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092409 9 comments

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The devil is in the details (www.tnl.net)

6 points first seen 2012092412 last seen 2012092421 8 comments

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Feds and States: Why college financial aid policies work at cross purposes (suburbdad.blogspot.com)

6 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092421 0 comments

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Microsoft wasted 'millions of watts of electricity' to evade power usage penalty (www.theverge.com)

6 points first seen 2012092418 last seen 2012092418 0 comments

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How WebRTC will upend the mobile world (www.gigaom.com)

5 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092412 0 comments

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Everyone should work a crappy job (christosgoumenos.com)

5 points first seen 2012092412 last seen 2012092418 0 comments

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How a dad entrepreneur increased revenue by 95% (justinjackson.ca)

5 points first seen 2012092412 last seen 2012092415 2 comments

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3Taps to countersue Craigslist, citing antitrust laws and uncompetitive behavior (techcrunch.com)

5 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092421 0 comments

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Y Combinator is a Silicon Valley company that grows other companies (online.wsj.com)

5 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092418 0 comments

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Apple Shares Could Top $1,600 in Three Years (www.cnbc.com)

5 points first seen 2012092418 last seen 2012092421 0 comments

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Acting on Your Behalf (techcrunch.com)

4 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092409 0 comments

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Chicago Fed Study Blasts the Lid Off of High Frequency Trading (www.economicpopulist.org)

4 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092406 0 comments

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Ask HN: I'm in the Bay Area, now what? (news.ycombinator.com)

4 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092409 2 comments

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Ask HN: Best registrar/TLD beyond US control (news.ycombinator.com)

4 points first seen 2012092409 last seen 2012092409 5 comments

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How does someone powerful help you? (news.ycombinator.com)

4 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092415 0 comments

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Burning Mercury Thiocyanide Will Amaze You (www.youtube.com)

4 points first seen 2012092421 last seen 2012092421 0 comments

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Pacman reconsidered ... (www.smbc-comics.com)

4 points first seen 2012092421 last seen 2012092421 0 comments

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Ask HN: I am shutting down. And starting up, again? What do you think? (news.ycombinator.com)

3 points first seen 2012092403 last seen 2012092403 5 comments

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A safe replacement for the kerosene lamp. (www.indiegogo.com)

3 points first seen 2012092403 last seen 2012092403 0 comments

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Production Access Denied Who caused this rule anyways? (geekswithblogs.net)

3 points first seen 2012092403 last seen 2012092403 0 comments

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Ask HN: What books for beginners in electronics and programming (news.ycombinator.com)

3 points first seen 2012092403 last seen 2012092403 3 comments

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Mitt Romney explains Venture Capital and Staples investment to employees (www.pbs.org)

3 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092406 0 comments

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Student Loans: Debt for Life (www.businessweek.com)

3 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092406 4 comments

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A peek inside Apple's A6 processor (www.eetimes.com)

3 points first seen 2012092406 last seen 2012092406 0 comments

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Google Plus and Streamified: “Why Can’t I…?” (blog.streamified.com)

3 points first seen 2012092412 last seen 2012092415 0 comments

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48 hours of coding FTW Literally (www.cannonade.net)

3 points first seen 2012092412 last seen 2012092415 0 comments

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New School: A Tumblr for Making Your Own Textbooks (www.theatlantic.com)

3 points first seen 2012092412 last seen 2012092412 0 comments

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Periodic Table of Controllers (www.mikevasilev.com)

3 points first seen 2012092412 last seen 2012092412 0 comments

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Ask HN: What happens to your domain if the registrar goes out of business? (news.ycombinator.com)

3 points first seen 2012092412 last seen 2012092412 3 comments

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Beyond the Brain: social factors in schizophrenia (wilsonquarterly.com)

3 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092415 0 comments

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Obama and Romney on Science (www.scientificamerican.com)

3 points first seen 2012092415 last seen 2012092415 4 comments

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Negative capability (en.wikipedia.org)

3 points first seen 2012092418 last seen 2012092421 0 comments

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Crowdsourcing Ur Transcriptions (urcrowdsource.org)

3 points first seen 2012092418 last seen 2012092418 0 comments

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More? (www.cloudave.com)

3 points first seen 2012092421 last seen 2012092421 0 comments

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Games and Education categories missing on iPad / iOS6 appstore (news.ycombinator.com)

3 points first seen 2012092421 last seen 2012092421 0 comments