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1. This is what it's like for an innocent man to spend thirty years in jail (esquire.com)
356 points by _b8r0 on Feb 27, 2011 | 133 comments
2. Designers, how do we get you guys to contribute to open source projects? (forrst.com)
272 points by stephenson on Feb 27, 2011 | 233 comments
3. Beautiful Time-Lapse of Milky Way over Lake Tahoe (laughingsquid.com)
227 points by hoag on Feb 27, 2011 | 38 comments
4. Joyent: 54+ hours of downtime
190 points by enduser on Feb 27, 2011 | 120 comments
5. Gmail accidentally resetting accounts (engadget.com)
143 points by there on Feb 27, 2011 | 66 comments
6. The joys of maintenance programming (typicalprogrammer.com)
141 points by gregjor on Feb 27, 2011 | 29 comments
7. Custora (YC W11) Helps Online Businesses Improve Customer Retention (techcrunch.com)
141 points by pospischil on Feb 27, 2011 | 18 comments
8. Startup Tools (steveblank.com)
137 points by idiotb on Feb 27, 2011 | 20 comments
9. I Don't Want to be a Teacher Any More (dailykos.com)
131 points by hypersoar on Feb 27, 2011 | 117 comments
10. The Haves and Have-Nots: The True Story of a Reader Suddenly De-Invited from TED (techcrunch.com)
113 points by ssclafani on Feb 27, 2011 | 65 comments
11. BitMate - BitTorrent For The Less Privileged (dritte.org)
106 points by raufrajar on Feb 27, 2011 | 20 comments
12. Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications (A Free Textbook) (ups.edu)
106 points by MaysonL on Feb 27, 2011 | 12 comments
13. My 10 UNIX Command Line Mistakes (cyberciti.biz)
103 points by gnosis on Feb 27, 2011 | 64 comments
14. Free (Creative Commons) Book on How To Do Proofs (vcu.edu)
100 points by plinkplonk on Feb 27, 2011 | 6 comments
15. RIM's reply to jammur's open letter (blackberry.com)
97 points by karanbhangui on Feb 27, 2011 | 47 comments
16. SwipeGood (YC W11) Gives Its Start Fund Cash To Charity (techcrunch.com)
94 points by tbgvi on Feb 27, 2011 | 34 comments
17. Things I Won't Work With: Chlorine Azide (corante.com)
92 points by joe_bleau on Feb 27, 2011 | 21 comments
18. The Very Rich Indie Writer (novelr.com)
89 points by shadowsun7 on Feb 27, 2011 | 57 comments
19. 10.7 Lion allows multi-user remote computing (9to5mac.com)
85 points by solipsist on Feb 27, 2011 | 94 comments
20. Burning Chrome (techcrunch.com)
80 points by ggordan on Feb 27, 2011 | 56 comments
21. Don’t be fooled. 24-bit will not fix computer audio (itwriting.com)
72 points by bensummers on Feb 27, 2011 | 74 comments
22. Common Lisp, Clojure and Evolution (adrianmouat.com)
70 points by amouat on Feb 27, 2011 | 13 comments
23. How many users do you need for a 100MM / year consumer Internet product? (andrewchenblog.com)
58 points by huangm on Feb 27, 2011 | 13 comments
24. Algorithms, A Dropbox Challenge and Dynamic Programming (skorks.com)
57 points by fukumoto on Feb 27, 2011 | 13 comments
25. Brief Thoughts on Angel List (500hats.typepad.com)
56 points by ericflo on Feb 27, 2011 | 37 comments
26. Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6 (seclists.org)
52 points by pieter on Feb 27, 2011 | 25 comments
27. I Disagree with Fred; Marketing is for Companies that Have Great Products (seomoz.org)
51 points by processing on Feb 27, 2011 | 19 comments
28. The Myth of Japan's 'Lost Decades' (theatlantic.com)
50 points by MaysonL on Feb 27, 2011 | 21 comments
29. Logic and Mathematics - an overview. (solipsys.co.uk)
48 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Feb 27, 2011 | 5 comments
30. Is Tor Safe? Think Again. (cryptogon.com)
47 points by Aetius on Feb 27, 2011 | 30 comments

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