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1. The first step is to start (37signals.com)
212 points by jp_sc on Aug 31, 2010 | 26 comments
2. GitHub launches Pull Requests 2.0 (github.com/blog)
204 points by kneath on Aug 31, 2010 | 38 comments
3. Autocomplete your life with Greplin (YC W10) (techcrunch.com)
195 points by danicgross on Aug 31, 2010 | 89 comments
4. Kevin Rose steps down as CEO of Digg (digg.com)
191 points by zain on Aug 31, 2010 | 95 comments
5. The 99% Rule (nsfw) (whattofix.com)
172 points by DanielBMarkham on Aug 31, 2010 | 65 comments
6. How bathroom posture affects your health. (slate.com)
164 points by carnevalem on Aug 31, 2010 | 100 comments
7. New free monospace programming font by Mark Simonson: Anonymous Pro (ms-studio.com)
158 points by bunglebooz on Aug 31, 2010 | 87 comments
8. Ask HN: How to be successful online without SEO bullshittery?
149 points by rkalla on Aug 31, 2010 | 61 comments
9. Productive Programming (gabrielweinberg.com)
139 points by taylorwc on Aug 31, 2010 | 79 comments
10. Clojure or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Parentheses (nathanmarz.com)
121 points by mrduncan on Aug 31, 2010 | 84 comments
11. UberCab to disrupt the Taxi/Limo business (techcrunch.com)
116 points by yish on Aug 31, 2010 | 103 comments
12. WebOS 2.0 will include node.js (palm.com)
108 points by jmtulloss on Aug 31, 2010 | 41 comments
13. Pomegranate: storing billions and billions of tiny little files (highscalability.com)
99 points by chuhnk on Aug 31, 2010 | 10 comments
14. AutoCAD Coming to Mac (and iOS) for First Time in Nearly 20 Years (nytimes.com)
97 points by gphil on Aug 31, 2010 | 73 comments
15. Who killed Prolog? (vanemden.wordpress.com)
93 points by adamo on Aug 31, 2010 | 55 comments
16. How Our Professional Elites Are Hired (theatlantic.com)
88 points by tortilla on Aug 31, 2010 | 31 comments
17. Reasonable Doubt: Innocence Project Co-Founder Peter Neufeld on Being Wrong (slate.com)
86 points by Kliment on Aug 31, 2010 | 22 comments
18. A Story of O(racle) (tbray.org)
82 points by bjonathan on Aug 31, 2010 | 60 comments
19. AMA: My job was to game Digg using infographics (reddit.com)
78 points by thibaut_barrere on Aug 31, 2010 | 30 comments
20. Mastering Node: Open Source Node.js eBook (visionmedia.github.com)
79 points by rafaelc on Aug 31, 2010 | 7 comments
21. Ask HN: Are there any good online communities for UX design?
73 points by khurram on Aug 31, 2010 | 27 comments
22. 5 foods it's cheaper to grow (msn.com)
71 points by ph0rque on Aug 31, 2010 | 83 comments
23. Piwik hits 1.0 - Open source web analytics (piwik.org)
70 points by eli_s on Aug 31, 2010 | 19 comments
24. Review our startup: Lanyrd, the social conference directory (lanyrd.com)
71 points by simonw on Aug 31, 2010 | 40 comments
25. Ask HN: Should I fire half of my team because their performance is terrible?
67 points by firingtest on Aug 31, 2010 | 92 comments
26. What is Hacker News?
65 points by blantonl on Aug 31, 2010 | 41 comments
27. Node.js used to mirror DOM across browsers (screentoaster.com)
64 points by kurotek on Aug 31, 2010 | 45 comments
28. Heavy drinkers outlive nondrinkers (yahoo.com)
61 points by CWIZO on Aug 31, 2010 | 37 comments
29. New Kindle Leaves Rivals Farther Behind (nytimes.com)
57 points by Setsuna on Aug 31, 2010 | 61 comments
30. Rubinius wants to help you make Ruby better (engineyard.com)
57 points by raju on Aug 31, 2010 | 4 comments

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