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31. Storage is Cheap, Don't Mutate - Copy on Write (hashbo.posterous.com)
70 points by hashbo on Aug 12, 2011 | 31 comments
32. Sales of obscure game consoles vs. non-iPad tablets (marco.org)
68 points by aaronbrethorst on Aug 12, 2011 | 72 comments
33. The desktop is not dead dammit (pcmag.com)
65 points by 11031a on Aug 12, 2011 | 47 comments
34. Facebook shows even more fear (of Google+, etc.) (techcrunch.com)
65 points by fpgeek on Aug 12, 2011 | 28 comments
35. Evidence That ADHD Is a Genetic Disorder (sciencedaily.com)
63 points by wmat on Aug 12, 2011 | 71 comments
36. U.K. Riots: Website Raises £25k to Help 89-Year-Old Barber (wsj.com)
58 points by pbahra on Aug 12, 2011 | 11 comments
37. Learn Prolog Now (union.edu)
57 points by JoelMcCracken on Aug 12, 2011 | 13 comments
38. The Blackberry Shift: From the executive phone to the phone of the urban poor (anarchogeek.com)
56 points by rabble on Aug 12, 2011 | 17 comments
39. The Revenues of a Moderately Successful iPad App (remembary.com)
54 points by peteforde on Aug 12, 2011 | 15 comments
40. Abolish Patents (patenthawk.com)
54 points by grellas on Aug 12, 2011 | 7 comments
41. Real World Functional Programming - Book excerpts (microsoft.com)
52 points by balakk on Aug 12, 2011 | 2 comments
42. Kate Turning 10 Years Old (kate-editor.org)
51 points by Garbage on Aug 12, 2011 | 20 comments
43. Google+ Updates Real Name Policy (plus.google.com)
49 points by ender7 on Aug 12, 2011 | 59 comments
44. Google +1 is failing, miserably (gerger.co)
52 points by yalimgerger on Aug 12, 2011 | 63 comments
45. PyPy Status Blog: Visualization of JITted code (morepypy.blogspot.com)
43 points by wisesage5001 on Aug 12, 2011
46. Literate Programming - We Forget That Open Source is Made of People (steveklabnik.com)
40 points by cookiestack on Aug 12, 2011 | 15 comments
47. Fighting the (credit card processing) System (cmu.edu)
42 points by pitdesi on Aug 12, 2011 | 5 comments
48. Smart: YC-Backed Picplum Targets Parents with Photo Printing and Sharing Service (launch.is)
37 points by lyime on Aug 12, 2011
49. Google Plus Tells Pseudonym Lovers to Shove It (readwriteweb.com)
36 points by jdp23 on Aug 12, 2011 | 21 comments
50. Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings. Inquire within.)
36 points by mikegreenberg on Aug 12, 2011 | 58 comments
51. Hoare: A Half-Century of Computing (microsoft.com)
35 points by __Rahul on Aug 12, 2011 | 6 comments
52. Show HN: My first chrome extension based on an HN thread. (halfaclick.blogspot.com)
34 points by mayanksinghal on Aug 12, 2011 | 4 comments
53. Quora is now running on PyPy (quora.com)
36 points by schmichael on Aug 12, 2011
54. People Judge You First, Then Your Idea (maxmckeown.tumblr.com)
34 points by ColinWright on Aug 12, 2011 | 18 comments
55. There Is an Incubator Bubble—And It Will Pop (xconomy.com)
32 points by hung on Aug 12, 2011 | 26 comments
56. Temporary tattoos fitted with electronics make flexible, ultrathin sensors (arstechnica.com)
31 points by abraham on Aug 12, 2011 | 5 comments
57. Show HN: We turned the Google Shopping API into a game (cityposh.com)
30 points by nate on Aug 12, 2011 | 15 comments
58. Our Amsterdam startup partnered with Virgin Mobile (soocial.com)
28 points by dtsakos on Aug 12, 2011 | 4 comments
59. Mono: A cure for Microsoft monotheism (zdnet.co.uk)
28 points by jstedfast on Aug 12, 2011 | 30 comments
60. 5 Reasons Startup CEOs Should Answer Support Emails (snapengage.com)
32 points by onwardly on Aug 12, 2011 | 5 comments

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