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1.		Starting this summer, YC will be in California year-round (ycombinator.com)
		150 points by pg on Jan 22, 2009 \| 101 comments
2.		Congratulations PG on the coming child
		149 points by trickjarrett on Jan 22, 2009 \| 52 comments
3.		Paul Buchheit: Communicating with code (paulbuchheit.blogspot.com)
		144 points by paul on Jan 22, 2009 \| 29 comments
4.		Burstsort: Fastest known algorithm to sort large set of strings (rmit.edu.au)
		90 points by Xichekolas on Jan 22, 2009 \| 24 comments
5.		Obama makes Bush's record public (whitehouse.gov)
		75 points by sama on Jan 22, 2009 \| 28 comments
6.		Sad Day For Microsoft: 5,000 Laid Off, Earnings And Revenues Down (techcrunch.com)
		75 points by prakash on Jan 22, 2009 \| 69 comments
7.		Google AJAX API Playground (code.google.com)
		66 points by bdfh42 on Jan 22, 2009 \| 13 comments
8.		Whistleblower: NSA Targeted Journalists, Snooped on All U.S. Communications (wired.com)
		53 points by markup on Jan 22, 2009 \| 26 comments
9.		Don't hire a programmer if they don't code for fun (jdconley.com)
		51 points by signa11 on Jan 22, 2009 \| 77 comments
10.		PG on nonprofits/Darfur (paulgraham.com)
		44 points by chris11 on Jan 22, 2009 \| 30 comments
11.		Ask HN: When do you code?
		42 points by pj on Jan 22, 2009 \| 55 comments
12.		Brian Kernighan: sometimes the old ways are best (computer.org)
		42 points by hernan7 on Jan 22, 2009 \| 17 comments
13.		Obama staff arrives at White House stuck in dark ages of technology (washingtonpost.com)
		39 points by pclark on Jan 22, 2009 \| 20 comments
14.		Virgin America goes Slinkset...$25k going to a Boston non-profit (slinksetmatch.com)
		38 points by ncbutters on Jan 22, 2009 \| 12 comments
15.		Ask HN: How does one prototype a physical product?
		36 points by rgr on Jan 22, 2009 \| 24 comments
16.		Google Releases AJAX API Playground (readwriteweb.com)
		35 points by pclark on Jan 22, 2009 \| 1 comment
17.		Ask HN: Review our startup - MightyBrand.com
		33 points by ryanwaggoner on Jan 22, 2009 \| 50 comments
18.		Browsershots : Test your website in different browsers (browsershots.org)
		30 points by pclark on Jan 22, 2009 \| 10 comments
19.		Hacking a Programmable Road Sign (i-hacked.com)
		30 points by mdasen on Jan 22, 2009 \| 11 comments
20.		Ask HN: What do you think of self-promotion on HN?
		29 points by dan_sim on Jan 22, 2009 \| 32 comments
21.		"Crap" iPhone App Milking $200/hr (iphonedev.in)
		29 points by kanny96 on Jan 22, 2009 \| 16 comments
22.		The frat boy ships out (economist.com)
		28 points by kalvin on Jan 22, 2009 \| 15 comments
23.		Better Than Owning - access trumps possession (kk.org)
		26 points by dsims on Jan 22, 2009 \| 13 comments
24.		Mono 2.2 may overtake .NET in some critical categories (betanews.com)
		25 points by bdfh42 on Jan 22, 2009 \| 8 comments
25.		Rands in Repose: Free Electrons (randsinrepose.com)
		24 points by Xichekolas on Jan 22, 2009 \| 3 comments
26.		Ask HN: How do I make myself competitive for a master's in CS after college?
		24 points by abossy on Jan 22, 2009 \| 19 comments
27.		Open letter to Obama re: software patent reform (infoworld.com)
		23 points by snydeq on Jan 22, 2009 \| 15 comments
28.		Bryan O'Sullivan on the Power of Haskell (oreilly.com)
		23 points by jlhamilton on Jan 22, 2009 \| 2 comments
29.		President Obama Wears Bullet-Resistant Suit at Inaugural (wired.com)
		22 points by jaydub on Jan 22, 2009 \| 16 comments
30.		Obama will get an NSA enhanced blackberry (theatlantic.com)
		21 points by vaksel on Jan 22, 2009 \| 20 comments
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