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1.		How To Fly Without ID (lookingglassnews.org)
		100 points by jmonegro on Aug 16, 2009 \| 60 comments
2.		YCRFS 1: The Future of Journalism (ycombinator.com)
		71 points by suvike on Aug 16, 2009 \| 57 comments
3.		Ask HN: Trivial etiquette question - can he touch my laptop screen?
		62 points by cromulent on Aug 16, 2009 \| 131 comments
4.		Ask HN: Staying Sharp
		53 points by jperras on Aug 16, 2009 \| 70 comments
5.		rel="shortlink" - URL shortening that doesn't hurt the internet (code.google.com)
		53 points by benhoyt on Aug 16, 2009 \| 41 comments
6.		X Could Learn a Lot from Vista, Windows 7 (osnews.com)
		52 points by iamelgringo on Aug 16, 2009 \| 80 comments
7.		Y Combinator Starts Seeding Ideas To Startups (techcrunch.com)
		51 points by transburgh on Aug 16, 2009 \| 16 comments
8.		How to Sleep Comfortably on a Hot Night (wikihow.com)
		50 points by 321abc on Aug 16, 2009 \| 33 comments
9.		Secrets of the Mystery Gun that Shelled Paris (modernmechanix.com)
		50 points by boundlessdreamz on Aug 16, 2009 \| 33 comments
10.		Your Baby Is Smarter Than You Think (nytimes.com)
		44 points by robg on Aug 16, 2009 \| 16 comments
11.		We don't have enough nukes (Data visualization) (informationisbeautiful.net)
		43 points by dirtyaura on Aug 16, 2009 \| 63 comments
12.		Academic Programmers - A Spotter's Guide (ryerson.ca)
		43 points by 321abc on Aug 16, 2009 \| 16 comments
13.		Switched from Subversion to Git (concise-software.blogspot.com)
		40 points by stuff4ben on Aug 16, 2009 \| 43 comments
14.		LOLcats founder is perplexed by company success (techflash.com)
		40 points by cwan on Aug 16, 2009 \| 17 comments
15.		Caltech's going through a bad period: 3 suicides in 3 months (caltech.edu)
		35 points by TriinT on Aug 16, 2009 \| 30 comments
16.		Download A Copy of The Pirate Bay Before It's Gone (torrentfreak.com)
		35 points by ojbyrne on Aug 16, 2009 \| 15 comments
17.		The ASCII Million Dollar Page (asciimilliondollarpage.com)
		33 points by btw0 on Aug 16, 2009 \| 35 comments
18.		The fruits of the feminist revolution: eight hours a day in a cubicle. (theatlantic.com)
		32 points by asciilifeform on Aug 16, 2009 \| 56 comments
19.		Tell HN: The 2 best things I love about HN
		31 points by ujjwalg on Aug 16, 2009 \| 45 comments
20.		Too much noise in HN? (Open question)
		31 points by toto on Aug 16, 2009 \| 63 comments
21.		Programming wisdom (scripting.com)
		28 points by bootload on Aug 16, 2009 \| 5 comments
22.		Google Wave Preview Opens to the Public on September 30th (thenextweb.com)
		28 points by mgcreed on Aug 16, 2009 \| 8 comments
23.		Why More Autumn Leaves Are Red In America And Yellow In Europe (sciencedaily.com)
		27 points by Flemlord on Aug 16, 2009 \| 3 comments
24.		Better networking with SCTP (ibm.com)
		27 points by vinutheraj on Aug 16, 2009 \| 20 comments
25.		Undop: use display dimming to penalise time wasting (collison.ie)
		24 points by pc on Aug 16, 2009 \| 12 comments
26.		Ask HN: Programming books to read while on vacation?
		21 points by colbyolson on Aug 16, 2009 \| 31 comments
27.		Ask HN: The Importance of a co-founder
		21 points by p01nd3xt3r on Aug 16, 2009 \| 33 comments
28.		Ask HN: You have a start-up idea. Now what?
		21 points by christonog on Aug 16, 2009 \| 31 comments
29.		Citing papers that you’ve never read, or that were never written (codalism.com)
		20 points by TriinT on Aug 16, 2009 \| 6 comments
30.		Google Caffeine: What it really is (theregister.co.uk)
		20 points by davecardwell on Aug 16, 2009 \| 3 comments
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