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2.		Do all first links on Wikipedia lead to philosophy? (matpalm.com)
		289 points by tbull007 on Aug 21, 2011 \| 48 comments
3.		A Simple Explanation for Why HP Abandoned Palm (daringfireball.net)
		198 points by A-K on Aug 21, 2011 \| 96 comments
4.		HN now comes with HTTPS? (news.ycombinator.com)
		197 points by mike-cardwell on Aug 21, 2011 \| 78 comments
5.		Download.com wrapping downloads
		174 points by forgotAgain on Aug 21, 2011 \| 32 comments
6.		List of vim plugins I use - with mini tutorials (mirnazim.org)
		163 points by telemachos on Aug 21, 2011 \| 26 comments
7.		Is That Review a Fake? (nytimes.com)
		153 points by cwan on Aug 21, 2011 \| 37 comments
8.		Poll: Where did you get your site/app's Terms of Service & Privacy Policy?
		147 points by callmeed on Aug 21, 2011 \| 61 comments
9.		GroupMe acquired by Skype (techcrunch.com)
		145 points by fescue on Aug 21, 2011 \| 20 comments
10.		Coding backwards (jameso.be)
		140 points by jobeirne on Aug 21, 2011 \| 42 comments
11.		Notch is coding live again (twitch.tv)
		123 points by Zolomon on Aug 21, 2011 \| 45 comments
12.		How to charge clients: flat fee vs. hourly rate? (watilo.com)
		116 points by Concours on Aug 21, 2011 \| 67 comments
13.		The little-known secret of how to actually choose a web designer (informationhighwayman.com)
		108 points by joshuacc on Aug 21, 2011 \| 70 comments
14.		Superfast military plane hit Mach 20 before crash (msn.com)
		97 points by danberger on Aug 21, 2011 \| 99 comments
15.		The State of CyanogenMod (cyanogenmod.com)
		92 points by mtinkerhess on Aug 21, 2011 \| 6 comments
		We paid an attorney/law firm
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17.		Port of PG's "On Lisp" to Clojure (thinkrelevance.com)
		80 points by ecounysis on Aug 21, 2011 \| 8 comments
18.		Stupid scientists (discovermagazine.com)
		74 points by nhoss2 on Aug 21, 2011 \| 26 comments
19.		NewLisp (newlisp.org)
		74 points by ecounysis on Aug 21, 2011 \| 17 comments
20.		Show HN: Rasta.js, anonymous domainless key-value store for frontend JavaScript (errorjs.com)
		73 points by pitra on Aug 21, 2011 \| 39 comments
21.		Get started with WebGL: draw a square (netmagazine.com)
		70 points by tilt on Aug 21, 2011 \| 15 comments
		mechanical_fish on Aug 21, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: Why Arabic is Terrific One of the charms of HN is that it attracts posts from people for whom terrific and mindbending to the point of perversity are not necessarily opposites.
23.		Jtalk: a Smalltalk implementation that runs on the JavaScript runtime. (jtalk-project.org)
		66 points by ColinWright on Aug 21, 2011 \| 8 comments
24.		Argentina blocks more than 1,000,000 blogger blogs. (translate.google.com)
		65 points by brackin on Aug 21, 2011 \| 45 comments
25.		The Perils of Partially Powered Languages (yesodweb.com)
		64 points by jashkenas on Aug 21, 2011 \| 5 comments
		acangiano on Aug 21, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: A Simple Explanation for Why HP Abandoned Palm I think his interpretation of the facts is very plausible. Sadly, Larry Ellison was absolutely right when he said, at the time of Hurd's scandal, "the HP Board just made the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple Board fired Steve Jobs many years ago." Good CEOs who can revamp stagnant companies are hard to come by, particularly in the consumer space. Hurd was that CEO, Apotheker is not. And getting out of the consumer space, at a time when there are several paradigm shifts going on, means missing huge opportunities.
		edw519 on Aug 21, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: I am nothing ...you shouldn't compare yourself with others -- you didn't start in the same place or with the same challenges... Reminds me of this: Reb Zusha was laying on his deathbed surrounded by his disciples. He was crying and no one could comfort him. One student asked his Rebbe, "Why do you cry? You were almost as wise as Moses and as kind as Abraham." Reb Zusha answered, "When I pass from this world and appear before the Heavenly Tribunal, they won't ask me, 'Zusha, why weren't you as wise as Moses or as kind as Abraham,' rather, they will ask me, 'Zusha, why weren't you Zusha?' Why didn't I fulfill my potential, why didn't I follow the path that could have been mine."
28.		Philip K. Dick: A Visionary Among the Charlatans (depauw.edu)
		55 points by gnosis on Aug 21, 2011 \| 25 comments
29.		Linux Journal goes 100% digital (linuxjournal.com)
		45 points by g-garron on Aug 21, 2011 \| 14 comments
30.		Crash-Only Software (usenix.org)
		45 points by llambda on Aug 21, 2011 \| 15 comments
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