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1.		Caring for your introvert (theatlantic.com)
		139 points by kwamenum86 on April 14, 2009 \| 64 comments
2.		Boston College Campus Police: "Using Prompt Commands" May Be a Sign of Criminal Activity (eff.org)
		109 points by vang3lis on April 14, 2009 \| 55 comments
3.		How to Spot Quality within Web Design: Examples & Tips (wefunction.com)
		105 points by anuraggoel on April 14, 2009 \| 33 comments
4.		A Local Revolution? (paulgraham.com)
		102 points by dbul on April 14, 2009 \| 99 comments
5.		Ask PG: Cost and effort of running Hacker News?
		94 points by knightinblue on April 14, 2009 \| 53 comments
6.		The Development Abstraction Layer (joelonsoftware.com)
		92 points by ptn on April 14, 2009 \| 24 comments
7.		Lessons In Survival - why elite military forces bounce back faster (newsweek.com)
		89 points by DTrejo on April 14, 2009 \| 48 comments
8.		Lord of the REPLs (googleappengine.blogspot.com)
		80 points by mcantelon on April 14, 2009 \| 13 comments
9.		The real reason why developers are awkward (trogger.com)
		61 points by swombat on April 14, 2009 \| 31 comments
10.		Radical Honesty: I Think You're Fat (2007) (esquire.com)
		55 points by jonas_b on April 14, 2009 \| 48 comments
11.		Ubuntu 9.04 includes native ARM port (geek.com)
		48 points by thomas on April 14, 2009 \| 12 comments
12.		21 Day No Complaint Experiment (fourhourworkweek.com)
		43 points by jlthom2113 on April 14, 2009 \| 17 comments
13.		Ask HN: Please review our placemarking site - Amidst (amid.st)
		42 points by wooster on April 14, 2009 \| 38 comments
14.		Bill Gates Applies for Patent on Electromagnetic Engine (uspto.gov)
		40 points by ccarpenterg on April 14, 2009 \| 16 comments
15.		Street Smarts: My First Year (Running a Startup) (inc.com)
		40 points by ulvund on April 14, 2009 \| 9 comments
16.		Advice for Graduate Students: Suggestions for a Basic-Research Career (buffalo.edu)
		39 points by bd on April 14, 2009 \| 9 comments
17.		Total Recall: The Woman Who Can't Forget (wired.com)
		36 points by kqr2 on April 14, 2009 \| 31 comments
18.		Ask HN: Best tools for managing AWS?
		34 points by jgrahamc on April 14, 2009 \| 15 comments
19.		World Bank launches API serving data for 200 countries over 50+ years (worldbank.org)
		33 points by soundsop on April 14, 2009 \| 2 comments
20.		The only time you're ever allowed to start music on a home page (thesixtyone.com)
		31 points by jmtame on April 14, 2009 \| 16 comments
21.		The Secret History of Silicon Valley, Part 4 (steveblank.com)
		30 points by coglethorpe on April 14, 2009 \| 3 comments
22.		Ruby style guide (github.com/chneukirchen)
		30 points by r11t on April 14, 2009 \| 28 comments
23.		How To Power The Entire Country With Renewable Energy (thesietch.org)
		28 points by ph0rque on April 14, 2009 \| 18 comments
24.		“We think you’d also like…” and the Math of Suggestion - Part 2 (gruenderszene.de)
		28 points by wheels on April 14, 2009 \| 3 comments
25.		Top 10 reasons to have a job (hunternuttall.com)
		28 points by swombat on April 14, 2009 \| 22 comments
26.		Poll: What matters most when considering a job?
		29 points by LukeG on April 14, 2009 \| 45 comments
27.		So Thirsty: Corn Ethanol Uses Up to 3x More Water than Previously Thought (treehugger.com)
		27 points by MikeCapone on April 14, 2009 \| 7 comments
28.		Ask HN: My idea has just been launched...by someone else. Now what?
		27 points by malte on April 14, 2009 \| 47 comments
29.		Hanging Tough (newyorker.com)
		25 points by razorburn on April 14, 2009 \| 3 comments
30.		Idea: using code rather than templates to generate HTML (github.com/jschachter)
		23 points by joshu on April 14, 2009 \| 66 comments
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