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1.
Why I won't be at my high school reunion (scienceblogs.com)
271 points by saurabh on July 17, 2009 | 262 comments
2.
Serious doubts about the App Store (marco.org)
131 points by functional-tree on July 17, 2009 | 41 comments
3.
When I died (maryrosecook.com)
126 points by maryrosecook on July 17, 2009 | 31 comments
4.
Please avoid introducing classic flamewar topics (ycombinator.com)
88 points by kf on July 17, 2009 | 37 comments
5.
Companies Don't Get Killed by Competition, They Commit Suicide (zoho.com)
70 points by terpua on July 17, 2009 | 17 comments
6.
Software Engineering: An idea whose time has come and gone? (computer.org)
69 points by swombat on July 17, 2009 | 30 comments
7.
IE6 Must Die (along with 7 and 8) (walkerart.org)
64 points by audionerd on July 17, 2009 | 37 comments
8.
Dark Flash Photography - UV/IR Flash Instead of Visible Light (nyu.edu)
64 points by anarcticpuffin on July 17, 2009 | 12 comments
9.
Clever PNG Optimization Techniques (smashingmagazine.com)
63 points by swombat on July 17, 2009 | 13 comments
10.
Managing Hierarchical Data in MySQL (or really any database) (mysql.com)
58 points by mattculbreth on July 17, 2009 | 23 comments
11.
Poll: Do you smoke marijuana?
57 points by BigCanOfTuna on July 17, 2009 | 102 comments
12.
Memcached 1.4.0 released (dustin.github.com)
51 points by mbrubeck on July 17, 2009 | 3 comments
13.
WebKit: 3D Transforms (webkit.org)
50 points by arthurk on July 17, 2009 | 12 comments
14.
Why a firm wants staff with autism (bbc.co.uk)
49 points by andyking on July 17, 2009 | 12 comments
15.
 How to recover a combination to a lost Master combination pad lock (fusor.us)
48 points by timf on July 17, 2009 | 6 comments
16.
The Hacker's Diet (fourmilab.ch)
45 points by jacquesm on July 17, 2009 | 33 comments
17.
Exploiting the unexploitable, Linux 2.6.30+/SELinux/RHEL5 test kernel 0day (grok.org.uk)
44 points by kirubakaran on July 17, 2009 | 10 comments
18.
Cure for Radiation Sickness Found? (ynetnews.com)
44 points by darshan on July 17, 2009 | 27 comments
19.
How to Understand The Derivatives Market (theatlantic.com)
44 points by timf on July 17, 2009
20.
CAPTCHAs' Effect on Conversion Rates (seomoz.org)
43 points by epi0Bauqu on July 17, 2009 | 9 comments
21.
Must Google Reader copy Twitter and Facebook? "Features" add clutter (latimes.com)
40 points by Shakescode on July 17, 2009 | 19 comments
22.
Renraku OS: Initial Release (daeken.com)
39 points by daeken on July 17, 2009 | 20 comments
23.
Complete Yale courses now on iTunes U (tuaw.com)
39 points by Anon84 on July 17, 2009 | 4 comments
24.
Seth's Blog: How to make graphs that work (sethgodin.typepad.com)
38 points by GVRV on July 17, 2009 | 18 comments
25.
The Calorie delusion: why food labels are wrong (newscientist.com)
37 points by seldo on July 17, 2009 | 27 comments
26.
Mark Cuban Wins Bid to Toss out SEC Claims (bloomberg.com)
35 points by rjett on July 17, 2009 | 8 comments
27.
Insights From Street-Smart Entrepreneurs (onstartups.com)
34 points by theforay on July 17, 2009 | 7 comments
28.
LRO Sees Apollo Landing Sites (nasa.gov)
33 points by drm237 on July 17, 2009 | 16 comments
29.
App stores are not the future, says Google (ft.com)
31 points by Anon84 on July 17, 2009 | 21 comments
30.
An Interview with Douglas R. Hofstadter, following ''I am a Strange Loop'' (forum2.org)
30 points by kf on July 17, 2009 | 5 comments

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