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1.		Microsoft made their own IE6-countdown site. (ie6countdown.com)
		496 points by Klonoar on March 4, 2011 \| 165 comments
2.		IE6countdown.com – a wolf in sheep's clothing (statichtml.com)
		368 points by Isofarro on March 4, 2011 \| 143 comments
3.		The Chair (daringfireball.net)
		272 points by martingordon on March 4, 2011 \| 180 comments
4.		Hardest captcha ever? (irb.hr)
		222 points by dalys on March 4, 2011 \| 120 comments
5.		Ask HN: How did you become a hardcore back-end developer?
		188 points by andywood on March 4, 2011 \| 30 comments
6.		Libya turns off its internet: this time it's a flatline (google.com)
		192 points by motters on March 4, 2011 \| 71 comments
7.		Your own company? You can do it (jacquesmattheij.com)
		178 points by tomh- on March 4, 2011 \| 45 comments
8.		Google demos driverless cars (engadget.com)
		169 points by martythemaniak on March 4, 2011 \| 114 comments
		Very disappointed
		161 points \| parent
10.		Judge Allows Sony to Unmask Anyone Who Visited GeoHot Site (wired.com)
		153 points by kenjackson on March 4, 2011 \| 85 comments
11.		Avoiding a transit of the United States (wikitravel.org)
		152 points by geoka9 on March 4, 2011 \| 92 comments
12.		YC W11 Gaming Startup, growing 10% a day, Hiring Hackers
		on March 4, 2011
13.		Procrastination and Perfectionism (structuredprocrastination.com)
		142 points by zizek on March 4, 2011 \| 29 comments
		jerf on March 4, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie Every time there's an article on exercise or diet, there's a pileon of people promoting their own beliefs, with no apparent sign that they read the original link. How do you address the fact that your point is actively contradicted by the article? Did you even know your point is actively contradicted by the article? I'm not even saying that proves you're wrong; what bothers me is that you just ran off to post your own stuff with no apparent engagement of the topic. That's not a recipe for learning anything.
15.		How to DOS a developer (who-t.blogspot.com)
		131 points by emarcotte on March 4, 2011 \| 33 comments
16.		Noteleaf (YC W11) Takes Mobile Meeting Notifications To A Whole New Level (techcrunch.com)
		120 points by iamwil on March 4, 2011 \| 24 comments
		edw519 on March 4, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: Your own company? You can do it I want to hear about the talentless hack... Not sure I qualify, but here goes: `Teen years - flipped burgers & partied Age 21 - graduated college, flipped burgers, & partied Age 24 - touched my first computer Age 25 - wrote my first program Age 27 - touched my first PC Age 31 - wrote my first low level code Age 32 - started my first business Age 39 - started my second business Age 41 - accessed the internet for the first time Age 44 - wrote my first browser-based app Age 51 - found Hacker News Now - starting my third business` It's never too late, you're never too old, and it's not whether the glass is half full or half empty. It's about getting up off your butt and filling the glass the rest of the way.
18.		Split Stacks in GCC (gcc.gnu.org)
		106 points by swannodette on March 4, 2011 \| 18 comments
19.		Illegal TV streamers, here's how the feds will hunt you down (arstechnica.com)
		103 points by chaostheory on March 4, 2011 \| 71 comments
20.		Pic A Fight: Instagram meets FaceMash (picafight.com)
		98 points by jazzychad on March 4, 2011 \| 37 comments
21.		Show HN: Phoneify - 20 hours with Rails 3 & Twilio (phoneify.com)
		95 points by sghael on March 4, 2011 \| 57 comments
		marshray on March 4, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: Avoiding a transit of the United States The world interprets the US as damage and routes around it.
		maukdaddy on March 4, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: IE6countdown.com – a wolf in sheep's clothing Do geeks always need something to bitch about? Microsoft is at least making an effort to do as most people wish, getting users to upgrade from IE6.
24.		US Department of Justice investigating MPEG LA (wsj.com)
		89 points by russell_h on March 4, 2011 \| 65 comments
		ghurlman on March 4, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: IE6countdown.com – a wolf in sheep's clothing Sooo... Microsoft links people to Microsoft's browser. This counts as controversy? Shady behavior? Please.
26.		Nothing is ever as risky as you think it is (unschooled.org)
		89 points by sama on March 4, 2011 \| 21 comments
27.		Multitasking (ignorethecode.net)
		78 points by ugh on March 4, 2011 \| 35 comments
		SwellJoe on March 4, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: IE6countdown.com – a wolf in sheep's clothing I want them to upgrade to a modern browser. IE8 aint one.
		A1kmm on March 4, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: Judge Allows Sony to Unmask Anyone Who Visited Geo... `$ telnet geohot.com 80 HEAD / HTTP/1.1 Host: geohot.com User-Agent: Dear Sony, I heard you would be reading this log. Because of the way you treat researchers like GeoHot, and your own customers, I will never buy a Sony product again.`
30.		Channelsurfing.net owner arrested for linking to sharing sites (demandprogress.org)
		71 points by robterrell on March 4, 2011 \| 10 comments
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