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1.		I made a native Python module for MS Word docx (github.com/mikemaccana)
		144 points by nailer on Dec 30, 2009 \| 25 comments
2.		My latest flash game, Robokill 2 (rocksolidarcade.com)
		122 points by reitzensteinm on Dec 30, 2009 \| 62 comments
3.		How to write and deploy a Lisp Webapp (postabon.com)
		101 points by smanek on Dec 30, 2009 \| 7 comments
4.		All my methods take 316 arguments, and I like it that way (muckandbrass.com)
		97 points by anonjon on Dec 30, 2009 \| 86 comments
5.		Secret language (joelonsoftware.com)
		95 points by stakent on Dec 30, 2009 \| 24 comments
6.		Minimalism (ihumanable.com)
		86 points by ihumanable on Dec 30, 2009 \| 43 comments
7.		Students Ace Textbook Physics While Struggling With Basic Understanding (video) (youtube.com)
		72 points by vinutheraj on Dec 30, 2009 \| 77 comments
8.		Libcpu (libcpu.org)
		70 points by fogus on Dec 30, 2009 \| 5 comments
9.		Programmer Competency Matrix
		69 points by sliceghost on Dec 30, 2009 \| 40 comments
10.		Fraud U: Toppling a Bogus-Diploma Empire (wired.com)
		61 points by Anon84 on Dec 30, 2009 \| 30 comments
11.		Intercourse and Intelligence (gnxp.com)
		52 points by pwnstigator on Dec 30, 2009 \| 73 comments
12.		Zynga and the End of the Beginning (gamasutra.com)
		50 points by rampr on Dec 30, 2009 \| 9 comments
13.		The Fifth Underhanded C Contest is Now Open (xcott.com)
		49 points by marcus on Dec 30, 2009 \| 10 comments
14.		Twilio (phone call web API) is crazy fun: MicroISV on a Shoestring (kalzumeus.com)
		49 points by stakent on Dec 30, 2009 \| 4 comments
15.		It's hard to change a little. It's much easier to change a lot. (plpatterns.com)
		47 points by jonnytran on Dec 30, 2009 \| 6 comments
16.		Ask HN: What startups here are focusing on developing on top of .NET?
		45 points by rbanffy on Dec 30, 2009 \| 66 comments
17.		Open Source Obligations (red-sweater.com)
		44 points by bensummers on Dec 30, 2009 \| 12 comments
18.		Gone Nomad? Try Coworking. (zetetic.net)
		45 points by billymeltdown on Dec 30, 2009 \| 15 comments
19.		Twilio Raises $3.7 Million For Powerful Telephony API (techcrunch.com)
		44 points by immad on Dec 30, 2009 \| 15 comments
20.		Cross-domain privacy vulnerability using CSS, in all browsers (scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com)
		40 points by mbrubeck on Dec 30, 2009 \| 6 comments
21.		GitHub Flavored Markdown (github.github.com)
		37 points by chaostheory on Dec 30, 2009 \| 15 comments
22.		Terrastore - Scalable, elastic, consistent document store (code.google.com)
		37 points by tyler on Dec 30, 2009 \| 14 comments
23.		Follow up to "Functional Programming Doesn't Work" (dadgum.com)
		35 points by steveklabnik on Dec 30, 2009 \| 34 comments
24.		Giles Bowkett: No New Languages In 2010; New Businesses Instead (gilesbowkett.blogspot.com)
		34 points by ph0rque on Dec 30, 2009 \| 14 comments
25.		Microsoft.com - Careers: Linux/Open Office (careers.microsoft.com)
		32 points by wglb on Dec 30, 2009 \| 34 comments
26.		Ask HN: How do you get in your "productive" mode?
		31 points by hajrice on Dec 30, 2009 \| 41 comments
27.		Why do so many terrorists have engineering degrees? (slate.com)
		31 points by pchristensen on Dec 30, 2009 \| 33 comments
28.		The 4 Metrics of User Acquisition and the Customer Bull’s Eye (mattbrezina.com)
		31 points by brezina on Dec 30, 2009 \| 4 comments
29.		T-Mobile "Officially" Confirms Google Phone (tmonews.com)
		30 points by Flemlord on Dec 30, 2009 \| 4 comments
30.		Google Nexus One docs get leaked: $530 unsubsidized, $180 with plan (boygeniusreport.com)
		29 points by transburgh on Dec 30, 2009 \| 50 comments
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