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1.
Aaron Swartz: How I Hire Programmers (aaronsw.com)
276 points by mqt on Nov 29, 2009 | 97 comments
2.
The confessions of a semi-successful author (salon.com)
96 points by niyazpk on Nov 29, 2009 | 51 comments
3.
Erlang for Skeptics (erlangforsceptics.com)
81 points by mace on Nov 29, 2009 | 29 comments
4.
You'll never get what you want (elliottkember.com)
75 points by elliottkember on Nov 29, 2009 | 11 comments
5.
On Becoming a Quant (markjoshi.com)
66 points by kobs on Nov 29, 2009 | 17 comments
6.
Richard Dawkins: Viruses of the Mind (umich.edu)
60 points by bootload on Nov 29, 2009 | 41 comments
7.
How many problems does this solution create? (dropbox.com)
56 points by eswat on Nov 29, 2009 | 18 comments
8.
Data Mining with R (up.pt)
53 points by fogus on Nov 29, 2009 | 4 comments
9.
CRU Admits to Dumping Raw Climate Data (timesonline.co.uk)
53 points by mnemonicsloth on Nov 29, 2009 | 76 comments
10.
What did 'Life of Brian' ever do for us? (telegraph.co.uk)
51 points by rglovejoy on Nov 29, 2009 | 32 comments
11.
The man who smuggled himself into Auschwitz (bbc.co.uk)
48 points by dwynings on Nov 29, 2009 | 20 comments
12.
Secrecy in science is a corrosive force (ft.com)
45 points by cwan on Nov 29, 2009 | 16 comments
13.
Online Backups for the Truly Paranoid (caffeinatedcode.com)
44 points by prakash on Nov 29, 2009 | 32 comments
14.
Ask HN: Things you wish you'd learned about programming in college?
44 points by wooby on Nov 29, 2009 | 62 comments
15.
Steve Wozniak: How I Invented the Personal Computer (Video) (fora.tv)
40 points by ctingom on Nov 29, 2009 | 15 comments
16.
Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails (avc.com)
38 points by prakash on Nov 29, 2009 | 15 comments
17.
Climate change cover-up? You better believe it (scientificamerican.com)
39 points by Daishiman on Nov 29, 2009 | 47 comments
18.
Y Combinator, but with 20x the red tape (nsf.gov)
37 points by ciscoriordan on Nov 29, 2009 | 55 comments
19.
Confreaks RubyConf 2009 Videos (confreaks.com)
37 points by johnpignata on Nov 29, 2009 | 5 comments
20.
Gladwell, on creeping determinism (gladwell.com)
36 points by staticshock on Nov 29, 2009 | 23 comments
21.
Ask HN: Does HTML5 excite you? Why or why not?
34 points by brlewis on Nov 29, 2009 | 73 comments
22.
Let's just add in a little virality (firstround.com)
31 points by jkopelman on Nov 29, 2009 | 11 comments
23.
Mapping Out Your Web Startup (judegomila.com)
33 points by dwynings on Nov 29, 2009 | 6 comments
24.
Ask HN: How to consistently generate traffic and new customers for Ramamia?
31 points by jasonlbaptiste on Nov 29, 2009 | 48 comments
25.
Getting Started with Testing in Django (lazypython.blogspot.com)
31 points by mace on Nov 29, 2009
26.
Accessing GMail through Python (fu-berlin.de)
30 points by TriinT on Nov 29, 2009 | 11 comments
27.
The U.S. Can't Manufacture the Kindle (harvardbusiness.org)
28 points by Cinnamon on Nov 29, 2009 | 16 comments
28.
Card shuffling, mathematical modeling, and Markov chains (davidson.edu)
24 points by TriinT on Nov 29, 2009 | 5 comments
29.
Rands in Repose: Up to Nothing (randsinrepose.com)
22 points by filament on Nov 29, 2009 | 1 comment
30.
Parking (Tickets) in Boston (blurpr.com)
22 points by j_b_f on Nov 29, 2009 | 7 comments

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