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		private office/work from home
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2.		Linus Torvalds: Pearls before swine (torvalds-family.blogspot.com)
		410 points by brianwillis on Feb 28, 2011 \| 132 comments
3.		Working at Microsoft – Day to Day Coding (foredecker.wordpress.com)
		288 points by there on Feb 28, 2011 \| 164 comments
4.		RStudio,a new IDE for R (rstudio.org)
		271 points by agconway on Feb 28, 2011 \| 33 comments
5.		When you want to quit because it's just not worth it (asmartbear.com)
		262 points by AliCollins on Feb 28, 2011 \| 53 comments
6.		How to Make Money in 6 Easy Steps (inc.com)
		261 points by mrduncan on Feb 28, 2011 \| 55 comments
		Probably - if you explain your project first.
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8.		What is the single most influential book every programmer should read? (stackoverflow.com)
		244 points by krn on Feb 28, 2011 \| 103 comments
9.		2000 as Seen in 1910 (23 pics) (acidcow.com)
		196 points by coderdude on Feb 28, 2011 \| 104 comments
10.		Wolfram Alpha doesn't "get it" (agiletortoise.com)
		187 points by agiletortoise on Feb 28, 2011 \| 100 comments
11.		Interesting photos from Google Street View (9-eyes.com)
		189 points by ryannielsen on Feb 28, 2011 \| 49 comments
12.		What it's like building a real website in Node.js (travisglines.com)
		158 points by travisglines on Feb 28, 2011 \| 29 comments
		jasonfried on Feb 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: How to Make Money in 6 Easy Steps Something I didn't know when I started writing for Inc: The authors don't write the headlines. The editors write the headlines and subheads. Please don't hold the "6 easy steps" part against me. Easy steps anything makes me cringe.
14.		How much money can you make in the iOS App Store? (riverofnewsapp.com)
		148 points by dralison on Feb 28, 2011 \| 31 comments
15.		Djangy is shutting down (djangy.com)
		148 points by endlessvoid94 on Feb 28, 2011 \| 48 comments
		Eliezer on Feb 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: Pictures of kittens for use as placeholders in you... AAAAAHHHHHHH there's pictures of kittens at the top of HackerNews!
17.		Insufficiently known Posix shell features (apenwarr.ca)
		140 points by rcfox on Feb 28, 2011 \| 34 comments
18.		Tell HN: Our VC turned the process of getting acquired into a nightmare
		134 points by throwaway5317 on Feb 28, 2011 \| 48 comments
		peregrine on Feb 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: Linus Torvalds: Pearls before swine This post put a big stupid grin on my face, just imagining him walking around, and nobody knowing who he is. Him being far more influential and more important than most people in the room, and yet having trouble explaining what he does. It sounds like a family reunion trying to remember people names and telling everyone you make web sites for a living.
20.		Google App Engine to support SQL (groups.google.com)
		120 points by scorpion032 on Feb 28, 2011 \| 32 comments
21.		HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Steps Down (threatpost.com)
		119 points by ssclafani on Feb 28, 2011 \| 71 comments
		open space
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23.		Drop out. Or don't. (areallybadidea.com)
		110 points by dabent on Feb 28, 2011 \| 46 comments
		bitwize on Feb 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: Linus Torvalds: Pearls before swine "So, are you excited? That movie about you is up for quite a few Oscars!"
		Yes, almost certainly.
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26.		Essential JavaScript design patterns (addyosmani.com)
		101 points by cfontes on Feb 28, 2011 \| 11 comments
27.		Comprehend Systems (YC W11) Wants To Make Data Analysis Less Of A Pain (techcrunch.com)
		101 points by davidedicillo on Feb 28, 2011 \| 8 comments
		rbanffy on Feb 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: Pictures of kittens for use as placeholders in you... `/_/\| =0-0= \'I'\| \|<\|,,\_ \|[>,,/,\ \|[\|,\_,,) ((J(=_/` This one is valid C/C++/ObjC, Java, PHP, CSS...
		shared office
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		georgieporgie on Feb 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| on: HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Steps Down This is wildly irrelevant, but I have to ask: does anyone else experience profound irritation at the name "HBGary"? Every time I read the name, my reading flow stops and I stare at the name. HBWhat? Does that stand for something? Are they initials? Who is Gary? Are they from Indiana? It triggers this bizarre, deep-down irritation like nothing else I've ever seen.
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