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1.		6pm.com's 1.6 million dollar pricing mistake (zappos.com)
		138 points by failquicker on May 23, 2010 \| 80 comments
2.		Manufactoria - a game about Turing machines (jayisgames.com)
		111 points by Zarkonnen on May 23, 2010 \| 42 comments
3.		Tell HN: Stop surfing and start making things people want
		86 points by quizbiz on May 23, 2010 \| 72 comments
4.		Ask HN: How do you begin the process of developing a web application?
		84 points by pstinnett on May 23, 2010 \| 70 comments
5.		Martin Gardner dies, aged 95. (jameslclark.com)
		83 points by RiderOfGiraffes on May 23, 2010 \| 18 comments
6.		Ruby on Rails 2.3.6 Released (rubyonrails.org)
		82 points by aaronbrethorst on May 23, 2010 \| 13 comments
7.		Nero AG opens antitrust case against MPEG LA (scribd.com)
		75 points by bitboxer on May 23, 2010 \| 17 comments
8.		Program your Finances: Command-line Accounting (bugsplat.info)
		75 points by zrail on May 23, 2010 \| 10 comments
9.		While You Slept, They Hacked (techcrunch.com)
		67 points by jordanmessina on May 23, 2010 \| 20 comments
10.		Is Android fragmented or is this the new rate of innovation? (engadget.com)
		67 points by sigzero on May 23, 2010 \| 40 comments
11.		Todo list for MicroISV developer (secretgeek.net)
		57 points by ecaradec on May 23, 2010 \| 14 comments
12.		New programming jargon you coined (stackoverflow.com)
		56 points by iamanet on May 23, 2010 \| 15 comments
13.		Ask HN: How do I get out of my unhappy coding job?
		52 points by yacoder on May 23, 2010 \| 62 comments
14.		Ask HN: I don't get this privacy awareness outburst, can anyone please explain?
		52 points by rick_2047 on May 23, 2010 \| 59 comments
15.		"My world is a little darker." RIP Martin Gardner (randi.org)
		47 points by jamesbritt on May 23, 2010 \| 12 comments
16.		The Teachers’ Unions’ Last Stand (nytimes.com)
		46 points by robg on May 23, 2010 \| 49 comments
17.		F-Secure Stopped Facebook Worm With A Phone Call (f-secure.com)
		45 points by mkramlich on May 23, 2010 \| 7 comments
18.		Tell HN: Android 2.2 - Froyo Released for Nexus One. Get it now. [Screenshots]
		44 points by cscotta on May 23, 2010 \| 27 comments
19.		The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Barefoot Running (zenhabits.net)
		43 points by oscardelben on May 23, 2010 \| 24 comments
20.		Ask HN: How valuable to my resume is 5 years at Microsoft?
		43 points by spoon16 on May 23, 2010 \| 81 comments
21.		A Markov text generator that learns from the Twitter streaming API (twitter.com/tweetovermind)
		42 points by pclark on May 23, 2010 \| 15 comments
22.		Grey goo (wikipedia.org)
		40 points by morazyx on May 23, 2010 \| 42 comments
23.		I made a simple Chrome App for HN, check it out (ricodigo.com)
		41 points by papachito on May 23, 2010 \| 7 comments
24.		Google Pacman (google.com)
		38 points by arpitnext on May 23, 2010 \| 13 comments
25.		Chrome-To-Android Extension: Awesome, Deadly (techcrunch.com)
		37 points by pclark on May 23, 2010 \| 18 comments
26.		Introduction to Statistical Thought -- free book (umass.edu)
		37 points by jdale27 on May 23, 2010
27.		Why Nobody Understands Your Visualization (petewarden.typepad.com)
		35 points by alanthonyc on May 23, 2010 \| 22 comments
28.		AutoCAD appears headed back to the Mac (appleinsider.com)
		32 points by evo_9 on May 23, 2010 \| 24 comments
29.		Ask PG: Sub-HNs as a solution to cluttering of HN front-page?
		32 points by blizkreeg on May 23, 2010 \| 40 comments
30.		Pac-Man Creator Reflects on 30 Years of Dot-Eating (wired.com)
		32 points by grellas on May 23, 2010 \| 2 comments
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