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1.		Space Stasis (Neal Stephenson) (slate.com)
		322 points by chwolfe on Feb 2, 2011 \| 71 comments
2.		The 4-Hour Dentist (bygonebureau.com)
		300 points by zdw on Feb 2, 2011 \| 100 comments
3.		Match.com Acquires Online Dating Site OkCupid (techcrunch.com)
		254 points by ggordan on Feb 2, 2011 \| 117 comments
4.		What it's like in Egypt: An email from my mom
		238 points by zefhous on Feb 2, 2011 \| 56 comments
5.		What on earth are Google thinking? (re: Binggate) (puremango.co.uk)
		234 points by user24 on Feb 2, 2011 \| 129 comments
6.		Paypal's fraud prevention routine does it again (scottishrubyconference.com)
		189 points by rahoulb on Feb 2, 2011 \| 88 comments
7.		Why is Google so hysterically hypocritical about Bing using its public data? (roughlydrafted.com)
		182 points by HardyLeung on Feb 2, 2011 \| 128 comments
8.		Bing sets the record straight on recent accusations (bing.com)
		169 points by thankuz on Feb 2, 2011 \| 186 comments
9.		MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers (mailchimp.com)
		165 points by bjonathan on Feb 2, 2011 \| 44 comments
10.		Rands in Repose: The Noise (randsinrepose.com)
		152 points by filament on Feb 2, 2011 \| 19 comments
		TamDenholm on Feb 2, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: Match.com Acquires Online Dating Site OkCupid Dunno about anyone else but i'm disappointed to hear about this. One of the strongest points of OkCupid was that they were kind of the anti-match.com :(
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13.		WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – And One Huge Scam (techcrunch.com)
		144 points by bjonathan on Feb 2, 2011 \| 112 comments
14.		Reddit (YC S05): 1 billion monthly pageviews (reddit.com)
		145 points by tewks on Feb 2, 2011 \| 71 comments
15.		Andrew Warner is in the hospital (mixergy.com)
		142 points by pw on Feb 2, 2011 \| 43 comments
16.		Android Market Web Store just Launched (android.com)
		142 points by jdavidson on Feb 2, 2011 \| 81 comments
17.		YC startups seeking designers for Feb 2011 designer directory (wufoo.com)
		138 points by garry on Feb 2, 2011 \| 28 comments
18.		But now: US viewers seek Al Jazeera coverage (aljazeera.net)
		132 points by aj700 on Feb 2, 2011 \| 78 comments
19.		World's worst hacker (hedfors.com)
		121 points by ukdm on Feb 2, 2011 \| 42 comments
20.		Wow, Microsoft And Google Are Punching Each Other In The Face In Front Of Us (techcrunch.com)
		118 points by thankuz on Feb 2, 2011 \| 28 comments
		Balsamic on Feb 2, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: Match.com Acquires Online Dating Site OkCupid The culture change has already started. Where did the fantastic "Why You Should Never Pay For Online Dating" article from OkTrends go? A great exit, however. Congratulations to the team.
22.		A Classic 'Nontextbook' on Writing (chronicle.com)
		96 points by JoelMcCracken on Feb 2, 2011 \| 21 comments
23.		.NET Reflector no longer a free tool - An open letter to the .NET community (red-gate.com)
		93 points by amirmc on Feb 2, 2011 \| 82 comments
24.		The Future of Cheap Androids Begins Now (gigaom.com)
		91 points by pietrofmaggi on Feb 2, 2011 \| 71 comments
		elliottcarlson on Feb 2, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: What it's like in Egypt: An email from my mom "Of Egypt’s 80 million people, 10% are Christians. Some Muslims have been guarding Coptic churches while Christians pray, and on Friday, Christians were guarding the mosques while Muslims prayed." This. I hate it when people use that - but if anything deserves it, it is "This."
26.		A Deepness In The Sky (hn-books.com)
		91 points by DanielBMarkham on Feb 2, 2011 \| 85 comments
27.		Nate Silver: How Much Does Bing Borrow From Google? (nytimes.com)
		91 points by moultano on Feb 2, 2011 \| 49 comments
		pavel_lishin on Feb 2, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: Cached OkCupid Article: Why You Should Never Pay F... > write a new one saying why it was wrong or what has changed The problem is that it wasn't wrong, and nothing has changed.
29.		Google Tried To Buy Path For $100+ Million. Path Said No. (techcrunch.com)
		87 points by thankuz on Feb 2, 2011 \| 69 comments
		mhartl on Feb 2, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: Cached OkCupid Article: Why You Should Never Pay F... Approximately 50 million things have changed.
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