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1. Bill Gates's new website: The Gates Notes (thegatesnotes.com)
194 points by theycallmemorty on Jan 20, 2010 | 80 comments
2. I just moved into an RV, where I will live and work for the next year (nerdnomad.com)
133 points by SwellJoe on Jan 20, 2010 | 81 comments
3. Nexus One display and subpixel pattern (javia.org)
115 points by jonknee on Jan 20, 2010 | 27 comments
4. Dropbox (YC S07) Announces 4 Million Users, Hires A VP From Salesforce (techcrunch.com)
102 points by edw519 on Jan 20, 2010 | 53 comments
5. The "Soft Maximum" function (johndcook.com)
105 points by epe on Jan 20, 2010 | 36 comments
6. The monetization paradox (or why Google is not my friend) (Charles Stross) (antipope.org)
92 points by jfischer on Jan 20, 2010 | 31 comments
7. Amazon WebPay takes on paypal. (amazon.com)
90 points by chanux on Jan 20, 2010 | 34 comments
8. Windows hole discovered after 17 years (h-online.com)
81 points by dragonquest on Jan 20, 2010 | 27 comments
9. The Real Bill Gates joins Twitter (guardian.co.uk)
76 points by prat on Jan 20, 2010 | 35 comments
10. Love for LuaJIT (google-opensource.blogspot.com)
75 points by whyenot on Jan 20, 2010 | 45 comments
11. Amazon Fires Missile At Book Industry, Launches 70% Kindle Royalty Option (businessinsider.com)
75 points by icey on Jan 20, 2010 | 31 comments
12. Ray Kurzweil Responds to the Issue of Accuracy of His Predictions (nextbigfuture.com)
70 points by ca98am79 on Jan 20, 2010 | 38 comments
13. Git Magic - Preface (stanford.edu)
70 points by graywh on Jan 20, 2010 | 10 comments
14. Cross-Site HTTP Requests Now Supported in Firefox (developer.mozilla.org)
65 points by shmichael on Jan 20, 2010 | 18 comments
15. TSA Pays Blogger to Mock People Harassed by TSA (reason.com)
63 points by cwan on Jan 20, 2010 | 33 comments
16. NYTimes to start charging for access to their website. (nytimes.com)
63 points by js3309 on Jan 20, 2010 | 64 comments
17. The Open Secret (wired.com)
60 points by b-man on Jan 20, 2010 | 7 comments
18. Surprises from numerical linear algebra (johndcook.com)
56 points by fogus on Jan 20, 2010 | 6 comments
19. Lessons of life from an uneducated man (krmmalik.posterous.com)
56 points by krmmalik on Jan 20, 2010 | 2 comments
20. Javascript in your Erlang (davispj.com)
52 points by jperras on Jan 20, 2010 | 4 comments
21. Obama Supports $675,000 File Sharing Verdict (wired.com)
49 points by phsr on Jan 20, 2010 | 99 comments
22. Firebug 1.5.0 Release Details (getfirebug.com)
48 points by sant0sk1 on Jan 20, 2010 | 20 comments
23. Peter Norvig: Models and Theories (syntience.com)
48 points by motters on Jan 20, 2010 | 3 comments
24. The Best Of The 2009 Demoscene - incredible mem management (gamesetwatch.com)
47 points by aresant on Jan 20, 2010 | 24 comments
25. Ask HN: Rate My Startup - LetMeGo: Let lodgings bid for your stay (letmego.com)
45 points by torrenegra on Jan 20, 2010 | 54 comments
26. Yoshimoto Cube (boingboing.net)
44 points by mhb on Jan 20, 2010 | 17 comments
27. TopUp (gettopup.com)
42 points by mshafrir on Jan 20, 2010 | 14 comments
28. How would you serve 100,000 simultaneous comet requests with Node.js? (groups.google.com)
40 points by danw on Jan 20, 2010 | 15 comments
29. UK Launches Open Data Site; Puts Data.gov to Shame (readwriteweb.com)
38 points by vijayr on Jan 20, 2010 | 11 comments
30. Clojure 1.1 - And beyond (fogus.me)
37 points by lbj on Jan 20, 2010 | 12 comments

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