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1. Kickstarter is Not a Store (kickstarter.com)
428 points by benackles on Sept 20, 2012 | 170 comments
2. AskPatents.com: A Stack Exchange To Prevent Bad Patents (stackoverflow.com)
397 points by alexlmiller on Sept 20, 2012 | 78 comments
3. New Apple maps app under fire from users (bbc.com)
305 points by option_greek on Sept 20, 2012 | 276 comments
4. IFTTT forced to remove Twitter triggers to comply with new API policies (thenextweb.com)
277 points by hornokplease on Sept 20, 2012 | 85 comments
5. Abusing Emoji in iOS and Your Mac (zachholman.com)
271 points by lysol on Sept 20, 2012 | 58 comments
6. iOS 6 Breaks the App Store (pixiteapps.com)
272 points by Mazer23 on Sept 20, 2012 | 123 comments
7. Google has an iOS 6 Maps app awaiting approval (9to5mac.com)
221 points by uptown on Sept 20, 2012 | 160 comments
8. Pandora doesn't hash their passwords (plus.google.com)
209 points by aiiane on Sept 20, 2012 | 150 comments
9. Everything that's wrong with Java in a single class (plus.google.com)
180 points by fpp on Sept 20, 2012 | 155 comments
10. Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use a Linux Laptop Now (hypergeometric.com)
170 points by gpapilion on Sept 20, 2012 | 165 comments
11. Github redesigns Profiles (github.com/defunkt)
169 points by obilgic on Sept 20, 2012 | 83 comments
12. Apple Botches China and Japan Maps in iOS 6 (techinasia.com)
158 points by allenwlee on Sept 20, 2012 | 73 comments
13. Kickstarter suspends project 10 hours from successful funding (vintedgoods.com)
150 points by prbuckley on Sept 20, 2012 | 79 comments
14. Don't like iOS6's (lack of) transit directions? You need this. (github.com/simonmaddox)
136 points by simonmaddox on Sept 20, 2012 | 88 comments
15. GoldieBlox: The Engineering Toy for Girls (kickstarter.com)
135 points by tlrobinson on Sept 20, 2012 | 107 comments
16. VirtualBox broken on Ivy Bridge Macbooks after 10.8.2 and Firmware Update (discussions.apple.com)
122 points by roachsocal on Sept 20, 2012 | 50 comments
17. A growing respect for the Samwer brothers (richoakley.com)
117 points by richoakley on Sept 20, 2012 | 57 comments
18. iPhone 5 Teardown (ifixit.com)
113 points by michael_miller on Sept 20, 2012 | 41 comments
19. IFTTT.com forced to pull Twitter triggers
110 points by robgough on Sept 20, 2012 | 28 comments
20. Want to Block Common Passwords? Sorry, That is Patented (xato.net)
110 points by m8urn on Sept 20, 2012 | 65 comments
21. NFL opens Pandora's Box by offering All-22 tape to public (nfl.com)
107 points by evo_9 on Sept 20, 2012 | 105 comments
22. Free Online MongoDB Training by 10gen (10gen.com)
108 points by bithavoc on Sept 20, 2012 | 28 comments
23. Making Progress on Star Trek Physics (kickstarter.com)
100 points by waterlesscloud on Sept 20, 2012 | 23 comments
24. Google's Go Programming Language Grows Up: Now What? (readwriteweb.com)
102 points by rohshall on Sept 20, 2012 | 134 comments
25. Minimum Viable Movie: How I Made a Feature-Length Film for $0 (kadavy.net)
98 points by kadavy on Sept 20, 2012 | 57 comments
26. Forget self improvement (deliberatism.com)
96 points by dxvic on Sept 20, 2012 | 59 comments
27. How to confuse a moral compass: Survey 'magic trick' causes attitude reversal (nature.com)
94 points by tokenadult on Sept 20, 2012 | 66 comments
28. A Return to Linux on the Workstation (cuddletech.com)
93 points by Danieru on Sept 20, 2012 | 37 comments
29. Is Facebook dying? (itworld.com)
90 points by catastrophe on Sept 20, 2012 | 73 comments
30. Group dating site Grouper (YC W12) launches to 10 cities (techcrunch.com)
75 points by lincolnq on Sept 20, 2012 | 41 comments

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