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1.Finally, a Startup Visa That Works (techcrunch.com)
329 points by joshbert on March 14, 2011 | 116 comments
2.Stack Overflow: Printing 1 to 1000 in C (stackoverflow.com)
284 points by numeromancer on March 14, 2011 | 97 comments
3.Git is as revolutionary as Unix pipes (2008) (apenwarr.ca)
235 points by panarky on March 14, 2011 | 55 comments
4.First dump of Anon BofA Documents is up (bankofamericasuck.com)
224 points by count on March 14, 2011 | 117 comments
5.GNU Free Call has been announced (Skype-like software) (planet.gnu.org)
204 points by Spakman on March 14, 2011 | 55 comments
6.The pi is a lie… Happy Half Tau Day! (halftauday.com)
196 points by mhartl on March 14, 2011 | 108 comments

Condescending feedback says more about the speaker than the listener. It is almost invariably about their own insecurity. This is true is almost all fields of endeavor, not just programming.

Just a few examples of my own:

Insecure bridge player: The queen of spades was a stupid play. What's wrong with you?

Excellent bridge player: The queen of spades would have been a great play against a 4/2 split. But since you had a 3/3 split, what do you think would have happened if you had played the ace instead?

Insecure public speaker: You look like an idiot playing with your hands like that.

Excellent public speaker: You talked about a lot of cool things. I bet I would have been even more interested if I wasn't distracted so much by your hand gestures.

Insecure parent: If you can't keep that baby quiet, you should just stay at home!

Excellent parent: Here's something that has really worked well for me when my kids cried in public...

Insecure programmer: How lame. I can't believe you <insert almost anything you could have done>.

Excellent programmer: I see that works. I have found a few ways to make it work even better. Let me know what you think.

8.Hidden warning message found in Samsung’s Galaxy tablet (chipworks.com)
161 points by exch on March 14, 2011 | 25 comments
9.Show HN: My Node.js two weekend project. Color palettes from Flickr images. (colorapi.com)
159 points by bfm on March 14, 2011 | 63 comments
10.Twitter and Me (jazzychad.net)
158 points by jazzychad on March 14, 2011 | 31 comments
11.Etsy users irked after buyers, purchases exposed to the world (arstechnica.com)
142 points by ulysses on March 14, 2011 | 60 comments
12.Unholy: _why's Ruby to Python compiler (github.com/whymirror)
130 points by DanielRibeiro on March 14, 2011 | 54 comments
13.C, The Beautiful Language (tenaciousc.com)
132 points by pprov on March 14, 2011 | 82 comments

There is mountains of evidence of serious criminal activity on the public record without any need to resort to leaks. The problem is not lack of evidence. The problem is lack of prosecutorial action by the state.
15.OpenBSD base now free of C++ (undeadly.org)
121 points by cannedprimates on March 14, 2011 | 47 comments
16.Ask HN: What would you like to see in Ubuntu 11.10, Oneiric Ocelot?
118 points by jasoncwarner on March 14, 2011 | 170 comments
17.Japan Does Not Face Another Chernobyl (wsj.com)
113 points by dicemoose on March 14, 2011 | 70 comments
18.Skip Lists are Fascinating (igoro.com)
112 points by mbowcock on March 14, 2011 | 34 comments
19.If I haven't succeeded in my mid 20s, could I be successful? (quora.com)
101 points by mbesto on March 14, 2011 | 90 comments
20.A musician tells his story of switching from Mac to Ubuntu (createdigitalmusic.com)
97 points by dolugen on March 14, 2011 | 30 comments
21.How my childhood friend became an Internet laughingstock. (slate.com)
98 points by kylelibra on March 14, 2011 | 45 comments
22.The City By The Meh: Thoughts On Falling Out Of Love With The Valley (techcrunch.com)
95 points by pclark on March 14, 2011 | 31 comments
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24.Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule (swiss-miss.com)
88 points by thankuz on March 14, 2011 | 31 comments

If we don't fix this, everyone at the galactic congress is going to laugh at us.
26.Another Inside Job (nytimes.com)
85 points by bakbak on March 14, 2011 | 67 comments
27.Brushing up on Computer Science Part 1, Big O (victusspiritus.com)
83 points by messel on March 14, 2011 | 27 comments
28.An Open Letter to Jon Bon Jovi On What’s Really “Killing The Music Business” (ilounge.com)
83 points by siglesias on March 14, 2011 | 43 comments
29.Haskell’s Niche: Hard Problems (cdsmith.wordpress.com)
80 points by fogus on March 14, 2011 | 45 comments
30.Alternative operating systems (techradar.com)
77 points by fogus on March 14, 2011 | 38 comments

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