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1.Steve Jobs has died (marketwatch.com)
901 points by byrneseyeview on Oct 5, 2011 | 69 comments
2.Ask HN: Anyone know where Mark Pilgrim went?
305 points by rileywatkins on Oct 5, 2011 | 84 comments
3.Why Startup Hubs Work (paulgraham.com)
274 points by anateus on Oct 5, 2011 | 90 comments
4.Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors (businesswire.com)
263 points by hornokplease on Oct 5, 2011 | 3 comments
5.Sean Parker's Email to Daniek Ek of Spotify (scribd.com)
240 points by olivercameron on Oct 5, 2011 | 87 comments
6.Searching for Mark Pilgrim (meyerweb.com)
228 points by jlbruno on Oct 5, 2011 | 61 comments

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."

June 12th 2005 Stanford commencement speech

Text: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

8.Rob Pike comments on Ryan Dahl's rant (plus.google.com)
219 points by arturadib on Oct 5, 2011 | 113 comments
9.The end of cow clicker (kotaku.com)
208 points by throw_away on Oct 5, 2011 | 16 comments
10.Impressive html5/css3 clock; no Flash. (aprilzero.com)
210 points by philipDS on Oct 5, 2011 | 86 comments
11.Brain, Bytes, Back, Buns - The Programmer's Priorities (hanselman.com)
196 points by Nemmie on Oct 5, 2011 | 77 comments
12.Brazil Drafts An 'Anti-ACTA': A Civil Rights-Based Framework For The Internet (techdirt.com)
170 points by nextparadigms on Oct 5, 2011 | 34 comments
13.Startup Tools (pbworks.com)
156 points by iSimone on Oct 5, 2011 | 24 comments
14.Pirate Party Germany now at 8% in nationwide polls (taiwannews.com.tw)
150 points by FrojoS on Oct 5, 2011 | 40 comments
15.Diveintohtml5 lives (diveintohtml5.info)
153 points by jonathantneal on Oct 5, 2011 | 54 comments
16.Why the iPhone 5 never arrived (deg.io)
133 points by philipDS on Oct 5, 2011 | 118 comments
17.Bletchley Park wins £4.6m grant (bbc.co.uk)
131 points by fakelvis on Oct 5, 2011 | 24 comments
18.New, Bigger HN RSS Feed (ycombinator.com)
129 points by pg on Oct 5, 2011 | 34 comments
19.Why Germany seems not to want a quick fix for the euro crisis (economist.com)
103 points by mrmasa on Oct 5, 2011 | 129 comments
20.India unveils world’s cheapest tablet computer for $35 (ft.com)
102 points by snampall on Oct 5, 2011 | 54 comments
21.PHP needs to die. What will replace it? (seldo.com)
98 points by muhammadatt on Oct 5, 2011 | 148 comments
22.Entrepreneurs: The End Is Near. Refinance. (wsj.com)
96 points by Sato on Oct 5, 2011 | 54 comments
23.Ask HN: I can't tell why my site is showing malware warning.
91 points by balsamiq on Oct 5, 2011 | 43 comments
24.The Economist names Paul Buchheit 2011 Computing and Telecom Award winner (economistconferences.co.uk)
88 points by brlewis on Oct 5, 2011 | 2 comments
25.Hacking AngelList (or "social proof") (wensing.tumblr.com)
86 points by wensing on Oct 5, 2011 | 34 comments
26.The best thing Tim Cook didn't announce (bandwidthblog.com)
82 points by richoakley on Oct 5, 2011 | 67 comments
27.Show HN: BestSFBooks, Mashup of the Best SF/Fantasy Books
78 points by gurgeous on Oct 5, 2011 | 25 comments

From his 2005 Stanford commencement speech:

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."

29.Straight Talk on Event Loops (teddziuba.com)
71 points by abscondment on Oct 5, 2011 | 2 comments
30.Judge suggests DMCA allows DVD ripping if you own the DVD (arstechnica.com)
70 points by zoowar on Oct 5, 2011 | 7 comments

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