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• World's shortest explanation of Gödel's theorem · 149 points · by MartinMond · 52 comments
• How To Make The World's Easiest $1 Billion · 123 points · by bobbyi · 39 comments
• Diagrammr - create diagrams by writing sentences · 103 points · by gnosis · 47 comments
• Writing is Thinking · 91 points · by pmichaud · 35 comments
• Nuclear's next generation · 90 points · by pg · 32 comments
• Is Facebook unethical, clueless or unlucky? · 79 points · by flapjack · 96 comments
• Help save MySQL · 76 points · by bytebot · 57 comments
• Schopenhauer - On thinking for oneself · 76 points · by Arun2009 · 37 comments
• GWT 2.0: So good it's ridiculous · 72 points · by mindaugas · 46 comments
• Who Do You Believe, Randall Stross or Your Own Lying Eyes? · 55 points · by aditya · 24 comments
• Advanced programming languages (Haskell, Scala, SML, OCaml, Scheme) · 52 points · by gnosis · 44 comments
• Google has become a snake that too readily consumes its own keyword tail · 46 points · by cwan · 28 comments
• The man who invented exercise - epidemiologist Jerry Morris · 45 points · by arihelgason · 21 comments
• A circular sieve of eratosthenes to visualize prime numbers · 44 points · by nobody_nowhere · 6 comments
• The end of hand crafted content · 41 points · by cwan · 15 comments
• Most Popular DIY Projects of 2009 · 40 points · by ypavan · no comments
• Need icons for filetypes? Hotlink from stdicon.com · 37 points · by progrium · 23 comments
• The Mpemba Effect · 36 points · by splat · 15 comments
• JavaScript: The World's Most Misunderstood Programming Language (2001) · 35 points · by mark_l_watson · 34 comments
• New Ruby Libraries · 34 points · by madh · 1 comment
• How Python is killing Lisp · 33 points · by pmiller2 · 66 comments
• 22 musical pieces written with 140 characters of code · 33 points · by Paton · 21 comments
• Twitter finally in the money with Google link · 32 points · by mun411 · 12 comments
• Next-generation Linux file systems: NiLFS(2) and exofs · 31 points · by gnosis · 2 comments
• How IE8 claims full CSS support is beyond me. · 30 points · by drhowarddrfine · 8 comments
• Persistent Trees in Git, Clojure, and CouchDB · 28 points · by swannodette · 2 comments
• Spacewalking Astronauts seen from Earth · 27 points · by t3rcio · 3 comments
• Flood Could Have Filled Mediterranean In Less Than Two Years · 27 points · by soundsop · 2 comments
• XML-RPC client module for Node.js (uses libxml.js) · 27 points · by caludio · 7 comments
• Wordpress.com implements Twitter API (for posting and reading) · 25 points · by praxxis · 1 comment
• Google Faces a Different World in Italy · 25 points · by madh · 10 comments
• How many times should you shuffle a deck of cards? [pdf] · 23 points · by TriinT · 6 comments
• Silicon, the new lithium? · 23 points · by chanux · 4 comments
• HN approaching millionith item? · 22 points · by cool-RR · 14 comments
• View all the letters of Vincent Van Gogh · 21 points · by MikeCapone · 7 comments
• Women in Science (Science as a career) · 21 points · by philf · 9 comments
• Simple Top-Down Parsing in Python · 20 points · by gcb · no comments
• Obituary: MIT's "foremost academic economist of the 20th century" · 20 points · by Fixnum · 2 comments
• Content Farms: Why Media, Blogs & Google Should Be Worried · 19 points · by cwan · 7 comments
• Suggest PG: Alias/Redirect www.News.YCombinator.com to correct URL · 18 points · by vimalg2 · 23 comments
• Evony, US games company, sues British blogger in Australia · 18 points · by davecardwell · 9 comments
• Bring back the evening paper · 18 points · by brandnewlow · 8 comments
• Rationing, errors and mammogram math · 18 points · by cwan · 5 comments
• MySpace/Imeem Deal Leaves Thousands of Artists Unpaid · 17 points · by Shamiq · 6 comments
• Cargo Cult Science by Richard Feynman (.PDF) · 15 points · by tokenadult · 4 comments
• Git Hooks - pre-commit · 14 points · by leftnode · 6 comments
• At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = instant battery · 14 points · by chanux · 5 comments
• GNOME Developer Suggests Split From GNU Project · 13 points · by genieyclo · 2 comments
• Can Nokia Recapture Its Glory Days? · 11 points · by kennyroo · 4 comments
• The Do-It-Yourself Economy · 11 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• The Strange Tale of DoS Attacks Against GRC.COM (2001) · 10 points · by Hoff · 5 comments
• Dropbox: A Privacy Black Box · 10 points · by barredo · no comments
• StackOverflow Backup Policies · 10 points · by genieyclo · 1 comment
• What It Takes To Work In A Startup · 9 points · by wrath · 5 comments
• The Haskell runtime with DTrace support: threads, sparks and the GC · 9 points · by dons · no comments
• Why News Won't Work Like Murdoch Want's It To · 8 points · by andrewbaron · 4 comments
• Google to produce, sell own Nexus One phones (bypassing wireless operators) · 7 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• Mediterranean Is Scary Laboratory of Ocean Futures · 7 points · by vorador · 1 comment
• The health-care bill has no master plan for curbing costs. Is this a bad thing? · 6 points · by kcy · 8 comments
• How rails has changed how I seek for a job · 6 points · by r11t · 1 comment
• George Orwell: In Front of Your Nose (1946) · 5 points · by xenonite · 1 comment
• Ask HN: I have an idea for a startup... now what? · 5 points · by imok20 · 10 comments
• Interview with founder Chelsea Howe of Proper Walrus, a game developer start-up · 5 points · by araneae · no comments
• Ask HN: Review my secret santa site · 5 points · by jshieh · 1 comment
• A VC’s Advice On How To Pitch VCs · 5 points · by alexandros · no comments
• Can someone copyright a SQL query? · 5 points · by genieyclo · 1 comment
• Demand Media wants to produce 1 million pieces of content a month · 5 points · by js3309 · 3 comments
• Boeing's 787 Dreamliner To Attempt First Flight Next Week · 5 points · by kgermino · no comments
• Business Intelligence does not Come From a Product · 5 points · by johns · 1 comment
• It’s All About Selling for Survival · 4 points · by hackerbob · no comments
• Ask HN: re-review my website · 4 points · by jusob · 3 comments
• Scientists put psychic's paranormal claims to the test · 4 points · by tokenadult · no comments
• Common Lisp on the iPhone · 4 points · by mahmud · no comments
• Mysql, Oracle and the European Commission · 4 points · by davidw · 2 comments
• 10 developer skills needed in 2010 · 4 points · by r11t · no comments
• Anyone know of slick jQuery UI widgets like Facebook and Twitter? · 4 points · by dshah · 1 comment
• Inc.'s Best Business Books for Business Owners of 2009 · 3 points · by cwan · no comments
• Someone Stole My Startup Idea Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy · 3 points · by latif · no comments
• What do Philosophers Believe? · 3 points · by blasdel · 1 comment
• Cfml: the context-free music language · 3 points · by gnosis · no comments
• Incentives and Creativity: Evidence from the Academic Life Sciences [pdf] · 3 points · by ypavan · no comments
• Do you want a C++ t-shirt? · 3 points · by peter_jansson · 1 comment
• Major logo redesigns of 2009 (including tech) · 3 points · by kennyroo · 1 comment
• Roomba Pac-Man · 3 points · by superberliner · no comments
• Clojure, Scheme or Haskell ? · 3 points · by aitoehigie · 9 comments
• Lean startup tools for Rails apps · 3 points · by r11t · 2 comments
• How Gordon Ramsay saved his Restaurant Empire · 2 points · by jakarta · 1 comment
• Nodebox 2 Beta (like Processing, but with Python/Jython) · 2 points · by phren0logy · 1 comment
• Ask HN: How do I get a lot of voters for my video contest entry? · 2 points · by pippilongstocky · 1 comment
• Open Source Projects for social causes? · 2 points · by vijar82 · 2 comments
• An open source Matlab-to-Python compiler · 2 points · by pmiller2 · no comments
• "Newly-Weds on the Job" · 2 points · by rcfox · no comments
• Visualization of Pachelbel's Canon in D [video] · 2 points · by Goladus · no comments
• Occam's Razor of Product Development · 2 points · by bigstartups · no comments
• Ask HN: What to do with something no one has, yet? · 2 points · by windsurfer · 3 comments
• Group-theoretic Algorithms for Matrix Multiplication [pdf] · 2 points · by TriinT · no comments
• Windows Mobile 7 delayed until late 2010 · 2 points · by anderzole · no comments
• Can KKR Make Like Berkshire Hathaway? · 2 points · by cwan · no comments
• "The plural of anecdote is data" - worth reading, linguistic fun but good point · 2 points · by imajes · no comments
• Temple - Template compilation framework in Ruby · 1 points · by judofyr · no comments
• Malicious code attacks Linux users · 1 points · by littleiffel · no comments
• Clojure Analysis · 1 points · by bgray · no comments
• Pink Army: open source anti-cancer drug development · 1 points · by mcantelon · no comments
• Transliterating python to haskell · 1 points · by tphyahoo · no comments
• Rock Solid HTML Emails · 1 points · by mnemonik · no comments
• 3-D Maps, Camera Phones Put ‘Reality’ in ‘Augmented Reality’ · 1 points · by jlhamilton · no comments
• Tech4000: Invisible Speaker Technology - For REAL It's Invisible.... · 1 points · by r5416 · 2 comments
• Tech4000: Was Bartz's 'God Bless Tiger' an act of kindness? · 1 points · by r5416 · no comments
• Deciduous software · 1 points · by KevBurnsJr · no comments
• UK Vista telescope takes stunning images... can map sky faster and deeper · 1 points · by yu · no comments
• Pitching Hacks, in paperback · 1 points · by dabent · no comments
• Google Phone May Be in Works · 1 points · by UsNThem · no comments
• JOb Hunting in recovering markets · 1 points · by ruchika_mk · no comments
• Coding Conventions are for Automation · 1 points · by makecheck · no comments
• The Latest News - Tech4000 Has something to Give · 1 points · by r5416 · 1 comment
• The Pancake Project · 1 points · by nir · no comments
• Why Emperor Palpatine Wasn’t as Wrong as You Think · 1 points · by carnevalem · no comments
• New strategies at AOL and Yahoo: Back into the fray · 1 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• Slow Christmas: how we play (no shopping required) · 1 points · by sleepingbot · no comments
• Easy backup with Ruby · 1 points · by oscardelben · no comments
• Most Popular Photography Hacks of 2009 · 1 points · by Sandman · no comments
• Alpha release of GarlicSim, a Pythonic framework for working with simulations · 1 points · by cool-RR · 1 comment
• Define: Brand · 1 points · by AndrewWarner · 1 comment
• A complete guide to converting passions into cash · 1 points · by feint · no comments
• ADD Nation, 90% of Social Media Referrals Don't Read · 1 points · by messel · 5 comments
• Can Anyone Help Crowdsourcing Startup crowdSPRING Get Their Site Back Up? · 1 points · by vrobancho · no comments
• The Unlocked Phone Movement Gets A Big Boost · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Inspiring Music Playlist for Web Designers n. 04 · 1 points · by woork · no comments
• Sabayon Linux 5.1-r1 has been released - Linux Critic · 1 points · by sinbsd · no comments
• Designers think they can teach MBAs and philanthropists a thing or two · 1 points · by MartinMond · no comments
• The legit part of the NoSQL idea · 1 points · by shmichael · no comments
• Visualization of Brandenburg Concerto 4, 3rd mvt. [video] · 1 points · by Goladus · 1 comment
• Data Nerds Hack NASA — in a Good Way · 1 points · by araneae · no comments
• Is it time to start switching to HTML5? · 1 points · by woork · no comments
• Photos: Space station marks a decade aloft · 1 points · by araneae · no comments
• Cash is king now - but for how long? · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• An inconvenient dataset, truth, lies, and more. · 1 points · by nice1 · no comments
• Facebook Game Addicts "Paid" to Oppose Health Care Reform · 1 points · by iamwil · no comments
• US income tax system is regressive at the top · 1 points · by georgecmu · no comments
• Wireless Hacking and Security Tools · 1 points · by themindhack · no comments
• Science in Pictures: The Ventriloquist Bird and Monkey Syntax · 1 points · by bbg · no comments
• CRU climate graph yet again (now with R) · 1 points · by jmount · no comments
• Balance - a one button game · 1 points · by qrush · 1 comment
• The Tetris Effect · 1 points · by chaosmachine · no comments
• Match.com Success Rates published · 1 points · by ctingom · 1 comment
• Climategate - again? · 1 points · by bootload · 2 comments
• FrontCompiler now has a rubygem and console tool · 1 points · by MadRabbit · no comments
• Ask HN: How hard for a SW guy to find funding for a HW idea? · 1 points · by ouroboros · no comments
• Crafting the PatternMusic User Experience on iPhone · 1 points · by wallflower · no comments
• How to Install XCache Administration Page in Ubuntu - LinuxTuts | Tutorials · 1 points · by LinuxTuts · no comments
• The silent revolution in energy efficiency · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Stiglitz: Too big to succeed · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• SCVHA: Recording Silicon Valley's History and the High-Technology Revolution · 1 points · by skmurphy · 1 comment
• Mistakes Entrepreneurs Often Make When Raising Capital · 1 points · by enra · no comments
• Facebook and Google: Contrasts in Privacy · 1 points · by kgermino · no comments