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1.		Gmail goes offline with Google Gears (gmailblog.blogspot.com)
		110 points by wastedbrains on Jan 28, 2009 \| 50 comments
2.		If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Kill Yourself (guardian.co.uk)
		93 points by riklomas on Jan 28, 2009 \| 156 comments
3.		A little secret that will make the world fall apart (alumnit.ca)
		89 points by soundsop on Jan 28, 2009 \| 113 comments
4.		How we reduced chargebacks by 30% (as a percentage of sales) (37signals.com)
		80 points by brm on Jan 28, 2009 \| 23 comments
5.		Google Apps Botches Domain Renewals, Websites Go Dark (joelonsoftware.com)
		72 points by patio11 on Jan 28, 2009 \| 19 comments
6.		The Ultimate Dogfooding Story (codinghorror.com)
		70 points by bdotdub on Jan 28, 2009 \| 34 comments
7.		Cal to offer course in Advanced Starcraft Theory (crunchgear.com)
		69 points by rockstar9 on Jan 28, 2009 \| 29 comments
8.		Tracking an entire Windows sytem inside Git (alumnit.ca)
		62 points by swapspace on Jan 28, 2009 \| 21 comments
9.		Ask YC: Meditation Advice
		59 points by andr on Jan 28, 2009 \| 78 comments
10.		Working from Home: Why It Rocks (artisansystem.com)
		57 points by leftnode on Jan 28, 2009 \| 10 comments
11.		Linked from Penny Arcade - PA Day 2009 (aisleten.com)
		57 points by MicahWedemeyer on Jan 28, 2009 \| 6 comments
12.		Taming Doubt (defmacro.org)
		52 points by apgwoz on Jan 28, 2009 \| 10 comments
13.		What real life bad habits has programming given you? (stackoverflow.com)
		45 points by danw on Jan 28, 2009 \| 87 comments
14.		Microsoft Ships Python Code... in 1996 (python-history.blogspot.com)
		44 points by mace on Jan 28, 2009 \| 5 comments
15.		Ask HN: Does karma affect what you write?
		37 points by quellhorst on Jan 28, 2009 \| 83 comments
16.		On Becoming an Expert (30sleeps.com)
		35 points by loquace on Jan 28, 2009 \| 6 comments
17.		Lessons Learned: Three freemium strategies (startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com)
		34 points by jasonlbaptiste on Jan 28, 2009 \| 2 comments
18.		Why Do You Work So Hard? (sfgate.com)
		33 points by yters on Jan 28, 2009 \| 29 comments
19.		Parody of an interview with Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++ (odgaard.org)
		26 points by wanderingmarker on Jan 28, 2009 \| 21 comments
20.		Why Craigslist needs to die (arvindn.livejournal.com)
		25 points by aaco on Jan 28, 2009 \| 25 comments
21.		Building an interactive map with jQuery instead of Flash (newmediacampaigns.com)
		24 points by mixmax on Jan 28, 2009 \| 10 comments
22.		Symptoms of rotting design (tetrack.com)
		22 points by Tihy on Jan 28, 2009 \| 7 comments
23.		KDE 4.2.0 Release Announcement (kde.org)
		20 points by jawngee on Jan 28, 2009 \| 13 comments
24.		Ask HN: Is there room for another photo sharing service?
		19 points by adilsaleem on Jan 28, 2009 \| 45 comments
25.		Steve Gillmor's Commenters Revolt (techcrunchit.com)
		19 points by sutro on Jan 28, 2009 \| 13 comments
26.		Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference (ubuntupocketguide.com)
		18 points by kqr2 on Jan 28, 2009
27.		Running Python in a linux browser with moonlight (voidspace.org.uk)
		16 points by iamelgringo on Jan 28, 2009 \| 1 comment
28.		Will old-fashioned scrip make a comeback? (economist.com)
		16 points by robg on Jan 28, 2009 \| 16 comments
29.		Poll: Startups, why do them?
		15 points by yters on Jan 28, 2009 \| 62 comments
30.		Report: Click fraud at record high (17.1% of all clicks) (techcrunch.com)
		15 points by vaksel on Jan 28, 2009 \| 8 comments
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