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1.Handwriting to LaTeX maths (visionobjects.com)
652 points by yannis on Feb 2, 2012 | 88 comments
2.SSH tricks (might.net)
425 points by joeyespo on Feb 2, 2012 | 68 comments
3.You're Overthinking It (gomiso.com)
348 points by mpakes on Feb 2, 2012 | 53 comments
I used to, but I deleted it.
240 points | parent
5.Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi? (viemu.com)
232 points by manuscreationis on Feb 2, 2012 | 220 comments
6.UK chemist on Elsevier's ban on textmining (cam.ac.uk)
222 points by czam on Feb 2, 2012 | 29 comments
7.Jobseekers Invited to “Apply Via API” (programmableweb.com)
211 points by apievangelist on Feb 2, 2012 | 108 comments
No, never had one.
201 points | parent
9.France convicts Google Maps for unfair competition (google.com)
198 points by seppo0010 on Feb 2, 2012 | 148 comments
10.Wikipedia's list of lists of lists (wikipedia.org)
195 points by mrsebastian on Feb 2, 2012 | 50 comments
11.Why I signed ACTA (metinalista.si)
192 points by llambda on Feb 2, 2012 | 48 comments
12.A Moment of Clarity in the Pursuit of Happiness (jtaby.com)
171 points by jtaby on Feb 2, 2012 | 73 comments
13.Do you like online privacy? You may be a terrorist (publicintelligence.net)
135 points by bootload on Feb 2, 2012 | 75 comments
14.Upverter - Hardware design tools for the web (upverter.com)
124 points by potomak on Feb 2, 2012 | 30 comments
15.VeriSign hit by hackers (reuters.com)
115 points by megamark16 on Feb 2, 2012 | 40 comments
16.Wayland Preparing For 1.0 Stable Release (phoronix.com)
114 points by tux1968 on Feb 2, 2012 | 25 comments
17.Google is reporting itself as a malware distributor. (google.com)
112 points by LachlanArthur on Feb 2, 2012 | 40 comments
18.Hollywood parties with ACTA II reps, public interest groups thrown out (techdirt.com)
110 points by ubasu on Feb 2, 2012
19.Amazon launches as Junglee in India (junglee.com)
114 points by rjim86 on Feb 2, 2012 | 73 comments
20.The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 2) (softwarebyrob.com)
99 points by aaronbrethorst on Feb 2, 2012 | 9 comments
21.Harvard, Princeton Targeted in Asian Discrimination Probe (bloomberg.com)
98 points by leelin on Feb 2, 2012 | 116 comments

Upvoted just for this absolute gem:

[...] it also depends on where you are on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The lower on the pyramid your product is, the crappier it can look. If your product is core to helping people make money, pirate movies, or sell your useless couch, you don’t need a designer. But if you’re high on the pyramid, ugly/clunky UI makes it impossible to for people to see your vision.

Never heard this advice in reference to Maslow, but it's truth! I should print this up on cards and give it to a load of my tech and designer friends.

The entire "It's like [Craigslist/Amazon/eBay]... but with a beautiful design/UI!" fallacy falls to its knees with this paragraph.

23.Modern Language Wishlist (lispcast.com)
98 points by pchristensen on Feb 2, 2012 | 72 comments
24.Show HN: My weekend project to learn Javascript - 'Pinterest for Hacker News' (hackerest.com)
95 points by davj on Feb 2, 2012 | 53 comments
25.Startup failed, giving away free Qwerty Arm7 mobile devices for cost of postage (peek.ly)
92 points by jeffwidman on Feb 2, 2012 | 52 comments
26.Did Mark Zuckerberg just accidentally leak the new newsfeed design? (sefsar.com)
101 points by youssefs on Feb 2, 2012 | 41 comments
27.Building Memory-efficient Java Applications (ibm.com)
85 points by markerdmann on Feb 2, 2012 | 15 comments
28.My Recent Development Stack: OS X Tools (renownedmedia.com)
83 points by tlhunter on Feb 2, 2012 | 65 comments
29.Minecraft Physics (wired.com)
80 points by th0ma5 on Feb 2, 2012 | 23 comments
30.Polo Puzzle: What Goes Into a $155 Price Tag? (wsj.com)
78 points by browser411 on Feb 2, 2012 | 37 comments

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