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1. Smart People should do Stupid Stuff (davidwurtz.com)
140 points by davidwurtz on Dec 12, 2009 | 30 comments
2. Sci-fi author and Crysis 2 writer Peter Watts beaten, arrested at US border (gameriot.com)
122 points by arundelo on Dec 12, 2009 | 128 comments
3. Zsh: The last shell you will ever need (friedcpu.wordpress.com)
113 points by r11t on Dec 12, 2009 | 41 comments
4. Google Phone is confirmed, employees already have them in hand (techcrunch.com)
93 points by anderzole on Dec 12, 2009 | 62 comments
5. The American Who Manages the Decline of a Japanese Hamlet (wsj.com)
59 points by cwan on Dec 12, 2009 | 10 comments
6. "Technically, you're already a cyborg..." (dilbert.com)
54 points by robg on Dec 12, 2009 | 22 comments
7. Lessons from My AlphaLab Experience (dontrepreneur.com)
49 points by dcharlton on Dec 12, 2009 | 17 comments
8. Fables of the Reconstruction (iowahawk.typepad.com)
43 points by madars on Dec 12, 2009 | 5 comments
9. Scroogle: Google Anonymously (scroogle.org)
42 points by mahmud on Dec 12, 2009 | 22 comments
10. Yeti : an ML-derived language for the JVM (linux.ee)
39 points by nearestneighbor on Dec 12, 2009 | 15 comments
11. Experience porting a Firefox add-on to a Chrome extension (sidthemonkey.com)
37 points by sekizaru on Dec 12, 2009 | 1 comment
12. New Google Easter Egg
36 points by ptn on Dec 12, 2009 | 15 comments
13. DIY book scanning (diybookscanner.org)
34 points by mcantelon on Dec 12, 2009 | 7 comments
14. Designing a Reporting System (bentilly.blogspot.com)
34 points by btilly on Dec 12, 2009 | 7 comments
15. Livin’ la Vida Emacs (sachachua.com)
33 points by tomh on Dec 12, 2009 | 6 comments
16. Gnome to Split Off from GNU Project? (pwnage.ca)
30 points by chanux on Dec 12, 2009 | 58 comments
17. Patent Application from "Steven Jobs et al": Advertisement in Operating System (google.com)
30 points by blasdel on Dec 12, 2009 | 28 comments
18. Fine-grained locals clearing - Clojure (groups.google.com)
28 points by bgray on Dec 12, 2009
19. Buy Local, Act Evil (slate.com)
27 points by cwan on Dec 12, 2009 | 16 comments
20. The definitive guide to open source hardware projects in 2009 (makezine.com)
27 points by pt on Dec 12, 2009
21. Is there any age limit to being a programmer ?
26 points by mun411 on Dec 12, 2009 | 55 comments
22. Is Technology Dumbing Down the Japanese Language? (nytimes.com)
25 points by rglovejoy on Dec 12, 2009 | 8 comments
23. Overstock CEO stalks critics on Facebook (garyweiss.blogspot.com)
23 points by petewarden on Dec 12, 2009 | 14 comments
24. Ebert's review of Avatar (suntimes.com)
23 points by figital on Dec 12, 2009 | 14 comments
25. AT&T's network rocks, it's iPhone's problem (nytimes.com)
21 points by rkuester on Dec 12, 2009 | 32 comments
26. Entrepreneur's location floats his boat (sfgate.com)
21 points by gibsonf1 on Dec 12, 2009 | 9 comments
27. Dinosaurs broiled, not grilled (sciencenews.org)
20 points by araneae on Dec 12, 2009 | 6 comments
28. JooJoo tablet website updated, opens "pre-orders" (thejoojoo.com)
20 points by tuukkah on Dec 12, 2009 | 35 comments
29. Fake Steve Rails at AT&T (fakesteve.net)
19 points by alanthonyc on Dec 12, 2009 | 5 comments
30. The 4 types if MUD players (mud.co.uk)
18 points by e1ven on Dec 12, 2009 | 10 comments

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