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1.		The Pyramid Method: A Simple Strategy For Becoming Exceptionally Good (calnewport.com)
		145 points by ankeshk on July 18, 2009 \| 34 comments
2.		You can go to the bathroom whenever you want at Microsoft (microspotting.com)
		127 points by SwellJoe on July 18, 2009 \| 97 comments
3.		This Isn't a Recession, It's a Collapse (seekingalpha.com)
		69 points by stuffthatmatter on July 18, 2009 \| 77 comments
4.		AT&T Is A Big, Steaming Heap Of Failure (techcrunch.com)
		61 points by vaksel on July 18, 2009 \| 49 comments
5.		Celebrating Cronkite while ignoring what he did (salon.com)
		59 points by ams1 on July 18, 2009 \| 18 comments
6.		Creating the Illusion of Accomplishment (wolfire.com)
		57 points by zimbabwe on July 18, 2009 \| 9 comments
7.		Amazon is not the enemy (arvindn.livejournal.com)
		49 points by randomwalker on July 18, 2009 \| 65 comments
8.		Why chips in passports and ID cards are a stupid idea (economist.com)
		45 points by bensummers on July 18, 2009 \| 20 comments
9.		Why Do You Love Programming? (thecodist.com)
		40 points by epall on July 18, 2009 \| 35 comments
10.		What do we need to get on Ruby 1.9? (yehudakatz.com)
		37 points by _pius on July 18, 2009 \| 21 comments
11.		Walter Cronkite has just died at 92 (cnn.com)
		37 points by Godflesh on July 18, 2009 \| 19 comments
12.		A new fascinating Linux kernel vulnerability (sans.org)
		36 points by timf on July 18, 2009 \| 15 comments
13.		Trapped in python package; send food. (jessenoller.com)
		35 points by blasdel on July 18, 2009 \| 29 comments
14.		Can Your Brain Fight Fatigue? (nytimes.com)
		30 points by robg on July 18, 2009 \| 10 comments
15.		The Art of the Landing Page – Tips for Increasing Conversions (openforum.com)
		27 points by theforay on July 18, 2009 \| 18 comments
16.		There are 100 million electric bikes in China (time.com)
		24 points by ca98am79 on July 18, 2009 \| 15 comments
17.		Falcon 1 Successfully Delivers RazakSAT Satellite to Orbit (spacex.com)
		24 points by andeka on July 18, 2009 \| 9 comments
18.		Ask HN: How do you see the future of computing ?
		24 points by jacquesm on July 18, 2009 \| 43 comments
19.		How to write a book? (cacoethes.co.uk)
		23 points by systems on July 18, 2009 \| 3 comments
20.		FSF: Microsoft, the Community Promise isn't enough (groklaw.net)
		20 points by jp_sc on July 18, 2009 \| 2 comments
21.		$18M Being Spent to Redesign Recovery.gov Web Site (abcnews.com)
		20 points by lunaru on July 18, 2009 \| 18 comments
22.		Were we smarter 100 years ago? (thepublicdomain.org)
		19 points by emontero1 on July 18, 2009 \| 22 comments
23.		Sampa: From Birth to Death (A Startup's Journey) (calbucci.com)
		19 points by datums on July 18, 2009 \| 4 comments
24.		Google Building Chrome Base at Universities in Exchange for Absorbing IT Costs (businessinsider.com)
		18 points by dbreunig on July 18, 2009 \| 9 comments
25.		Ask PG: Is voting on HN anonymous?
		17 points by scscsc on July 18, 2009 \| 21 comments
26.		Pragmatic Real-World Scala (infoq.com)
		17 points by krs on July 18, 2009
27.		Myths about Financing Start-ups that Hurt Entrepreneurs (smallbiztrends.com)
		17 points by newacc on July 18, 2009 \| 10 comments
28.		Graphic of Michael Jackson's hits over time (quotesque.net)
		16 points by dunk010 on July 18, 2009 \| 11 comments
29.		Why We Must Ration Health Care (nytimes.com)
		15 points by robg on July 18, 2009 \| 30 comments
30.		Gauging Your Distraction (nytimes.com)
		14 points by asnyder on July 18, 2009 \| 6 comments
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