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1. Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police (go.com)
398 points by mikecane on July 20, 2010 | 114 comments
2. One of the most amazing physics engines I’ve ever seen (vimeo.com)
377 points by jmillerinc on July 20, 2010 | 49 comments
3. "Uh-oh. I didn't know conversation had rules." (dilbert.com)
185 points by cwan on July 20, 2010 | 66 comments
4. The absolute bare minimum every programmer should know about regular expressions (immike.net)
167 points by rayvega on July 20, 2010 | 55 comments
5. Do I really want to be using a language where memoize is a PhD-level topic? (groups.google.com)
128 points by signa11 on July 20, 2010 | 75 comments
6. They Will Steal Your Idea. They Cannot Steal What Really Matters. (jasonlbaptiste.com)
124 points by jasonlbaptiste on July 20, 2010 | 47 comments
7. Apple Donates MacPaint Source Code To Computer History Museum (businessweek.com)
112 points by jdub on July 20, 2010 | 50 comments
8. Why I hate frameworks (2005) (benjismith.net)
111 points by lkozma on July 20, 2010 | 55 comments
9. Apple Obliterates Q3 Earnings Estimates: Best Mac Sales Ever, Huge iPad Numbers (techcrunch.com)
98 points by ssclafani on July 20, 2010 | 116 comments
10. Twilio Open Sources Stashboard, the Status Dashboard (twilio.com)
98 points by johns on July 20, 2010 | 12 comments
11. "Work for Hire" Contract Submitted as Evidence in Ceglia v. Facebook (docstoc.com)
95 points by OoTheNigerian on July 20, 2010 | 87 comments
12. Quit Job, Learning to Code (proudn00b.com)
82 points by emilepetrone on July 20, 2010 | 49 comments
13. The Dangerous Art of the Right Question (trailmeme.com)
77 points by thekguy on July 20, 2010 | 23 comments
14. Facebook Lawyer `Unsure' Whether Founder Mark Zuckerberg Signed Contract (bloomberg.com)
76 points by vegasbrianc on July 20, 2010 | 47 comments
15. Aloha Editor: an awesome HTML5 browser based editor (aloha-editor.com)
73 points by whalesalad on July 20, 2010 | 23 comments
16. Facebook hated as much as airlines, cable companies (msn.com)
72 points by edw519 on July 20, 2010 | 44 comments
17. Handy Light: Tethering App Camouflaged as Flashlight (appshopper.com)
70 points by ajg1977 on July 20, 2010 | 64 comments
18. Teen Trades up on Craigslist from Phone to Porsche in 2 Years (mercurynews.com)
69 points by dpatru on July 20, 2010 | 56 comments
19. A Guide to Meditation for the Rest of Us (lifehacker.com)
65 points by martey on July 20, 2010 | 11 comments
20. Groundhog Day - or the Problem with A/B Testing (codinghorror.com)
65 points by fogus on July 20, 2010 | 17 comments
21. Ask HN: Loosing Faith - the startup killer
64 points by rmoriz on July 20, 2010 | 45 comments
22. TrueCrypt 7.0 released, now with hardware-accelerated AES support (truecrypt.org)
61 points by keyist on July 20, 2010 | 18 comments
23. Camping vs. Sinatra (librelist.com)
61 points by razerbeans on July 20, 2010 | 19 comments
24. GCC optimization flag makes your 64-bit binary fatter and slower (timetobleed.com)
61 points by mudgemeister on July 20, 2010 | 37 comments
25. WakeMate: The Home Stretch (wakemate.com)
60 points by itsandrew on July 20, 2010 | 56 comments
26. NoSQL, Heroku, and You (heroku.com)
59 points by peter123 on July 20, 2010 | 12 comments
27. Talk by Founder and CEO of Omniture (vimeo.com)
58 points by lionhearted on July 20, 2010 | 9 comments
28. Google Security Team: Rebooting Responsible Disclosure (googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com)
59 points by simonw on July 20, 2010 | 14 comments
29. World’s First Pirate ISP Launches In Sweden (torrentfreak.com)
55 points by Grauwolf on July 20, 2010 | 60 comments
30. Gawker Media Currently Under Successful Attack by 4chan (villagevoice.com)
54 points by jsm386 on July 20, 2010 | 20 comments

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