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1.		Tools we use for running our startup (balsamiq.com)
		198 points by BvS on Oct 30, 2009 \| 31 comments
2.		Why is e^(pi i) = -1? (toronto.edu)
		114 points by ulvund on Oct 30, 2009 \| 47 comments
3.		Logo Design from Start to Finish (layersmagazine.com)
		92 points by theandym on Oct 30, 2009 \| 21 comments
4.		Ask HN: How have you dealt with corruption?
		91 points by puppetaccount on Oct 30, 2009 \| 69 comments
5.		The most important question to ask before taking seed money (from VCs) (cdixon.org)
		75 points by epi0Bauqu on Oct 30, 2009 \| 5 comments
6.		Google Wave's 'Fail Whale' (wave.google.com)
		70 points by shaddi on Oct 30, 2009 \| 39 comments
7.		Why every country has a different electrical plug - awesome graphic (gizmodo.com)
		68 points by suprgeek on Oct 30, 2009 \| 22 comments
8.		Equity investing in superstar individuals (not their companies, them) (emergentfool.com)
		60 points by rafefurst on Oct 30, 2009 \| 47 comments
9.		The Case for D (ddj.com)
		56 points by signa11 on Oct 30, 2009 \| 47 comments
10.		Compleat: Programmable bash completion for human beings (limpet.net)
		52 points by mbrubeck on Oct 30, 2009 \| 7 comments
11.		Technology reduces the value of old people (law.harvard.edu)
		52 points by soundsop on Oct 30, 2009 \| 58 comments
12.		Xerox develops breakthrough in printable circuits (venturebeat.com)
		48 points by monological on Oct 30, 2009 \| 3 comments
13.		Traffic Server is finally here (Y's http proxy/cache server) (ogre.com)
		43 points by sstrudeau on Oct 30, 2009 \| 11 comments
14.		The Prime Lexicon: A list of English words that are prime in base 36 (utm.edu)
		42 points by nrr on Oct 30, 2009 \| 27 comments
15.		Google Wave's Phased Beta is Disappointing (fwd2tweet.com)
		40 points by amitu on Oct 30, 2009 \| 33 comments
16.		How To Hold Your Breath Like David Blaine (fourhourworkweek.com)
		38 points by rjshade on Oct 30, 2009 \| 19 comments
17.		Why I'm Leaving Twitter and Returning to Blogging (astartupaday.wordpress.com)
		36 points by astartupaday on Oct 30, 2009 \| 20 comments
18.		Natural Selection 2 - Pre-Sales Completely Changed Our Financial Picture (gamasutra.com)
		35 points by 3pt14159 on Oct 30, 2009 \| 8 comments
19.		Gambit Co-Founder Reveals His Biggest Startp Mistakes (mixergy.com)
		33 points by waleedka on Oct 30, 2009 \| 5 comments
20.		Charging from Day 1: Genius or Deathknell? (squeejee.com)
		32 points by bradleyjoyce on Oct 30, 2009 \| 16 comments
21.		Make Yourself Uncomfortable (hellosorld.com)
		32 points by stanleydrew on Oct 30, 2009 \| 27 comments
22.		Ad man behind '1984,' 'Think Different,' and 'I'm a Mac' stepping down (macworld.com)
		31 points by briansykora on Oct 30, 2009 \| 18 comments
23.		Ask HN: How do you evaluate a web site?
		31 points by jmtame on Oct 30, 2009 \| 23 comments
24.		Scoopler (YC S08) Digs Up Some Funding, New Features (techcrunch.com)
		30 points by dilanj on Oct 30, 2009 \| 4 comments
25.		Ask HN: What's the deal with mailing lists?
		29 points by cool-RR on Oct 30, 2009 \| 34 comments
26.		Heroku vs EngineYard Cloud vs Joyent (eliotsykes.com)
		28 points by r11t on Oct 30, 2009 \| 10 comments
27.		Simplicity is Complicated (avdi.org)
		28 points by laktek on Oct 30, 2009 \| 10 comments
28.		NoSQL East 2009 - Summary of Talks from Day 1 (uggedal.com)
		27 points by uggedal on Oct 30, 2009 \| 8 comments
29.		How to Redis — Part #3 of the paperplanes.de Redis Saga (paperplanes.de)
		27 points by janl on Oct 30, 2009 \| 3 comments
30.		Handling out of memory conditions in C (thegreenplace.net)
		25 points by yan on Oct 30, 2009 \| 12 comments
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