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1.		Figuring out what your company is all about (joelonsoftware.com)
		74 points by wglb on Nov 1, 2009 \| 30 comments
2.		Skype Open Source "in the nearest future" (ofaurax.free.fr)
		68 points by madars on Nov 1, 2009 \| 13 comments
3.		Feynman, Challenger Disaster, and Software Engineering (duartes.org)
		67 points by teeja on Nov 1, 2009 \| 7 comments
4.		ITunes update screws text. Official solution: remove all your third-party fonts (support.apple.com)
		63 points by cesare on Nov 1, 2009 \| 32 comments
5.		Statistical Learning as the Ultimate Agile Development Tool (Peter Norvig) (videolectures.net)
		62 points by jbr on Nov 1, 2009 \| 8 comments
6.		Stop obfuscating your email address - a geek mistake (mindscape.co.nz)
		51 points by traskjd on Nov 1, 2009 \| 69 comments
7.		The real 40-year-old virgins (13.9% of men and 8.9% of women) (newscientist.com)
		52 points by MikeCapone on Nov 1, 2009 \| 51 comments
8.		Dynamo: A flawed architecture (jsensarma.com)
		49 points by ypavan on Nov 1, 2009 \| 25 comments
9.		The other hidden cycle-eating demon: code cache misses (multimedia.cx)
		45 points by DarkShikari on Nov 1, 2009 \| 7 comments
10.		Amazon’s AWS Strategy Becomes Clearer Every Day (abovethecrowd.com)
		41 points by edw519 on Nov 1, 2009 \| 8 comments
11.		Ask HN: What do you use to monitor your websites?
		40 points by techiferous on Nov 1, 2009 \| 71 comments
12.		"taking it easy is the best policy" (waseda.jp)
		38 points by mscarborough on Nov 1, 2009 \| 12 comments
13.		The Present of D (jfbillingsley.com)
		38 points by nkurz on Nov 1, 2009 \| 4 comments
14.		Ask HN: What is the going rate for developing an iPhone app?
		37 points by weaksauce on Nov 1, 2009 \| 30 comments
15.		Augmented reality helps Marine mechanics to be 56 Percent Faster (technologyreview.com)
		33 points by ca98am79 on Nov 1, 2009 \| 8 comments
16.		UTorrent 2.0 To Elimininate The Need For ISP Throttling (torrentfreak.com)
		32 points by kf on Nov 1, 2009 \| 17 comments
17.		Tell HN: After suffering NewMogul withdrawal, I built another. Please stop by.
		28 points by falsestprophet on Nov 1, 2009 \| 20 comments
18.		What Is Ultimately Possible in Physics? (stephenwolfram.com)
		28 points by jackchristopher on Nov 1, 2009 \| 15 comments
19.		Short Heels and Long Toes: A Surprising Recipe for Speed (wired.com)
		27 points by carterschonwald on Nov 1, 2009 \| 4 comments
20.		Alcohol Activates Cellular Changes That Make Tumor Cells Spread (sciencedaily.com)
		27 points by hachiya on Nov 1, 2009 \| 7 comments
21.		Google getting in on the mortgage game... (google.com)
		27 points by chris123 on Nov 1, 2009 \| 12 comments
22.		You and Your Research (chris-lott.org)
		25 points by jaydub on Nov 1, 2009 \| 5 comments
23.		Ask HN: Which idea irritates you because it has not been taken far enough?
		24 points by amichail on Nov 1, 2009 \| 69 comments
24.		Thoughts on Dynamo's "flawed architecture" (dizzyd.com)
		24 points by codahale on Nov 1, 2009 \| 1 comment
25.		Novell to Los Angeles: Drop Dead (yahoo.com)
		24 points by adambyrtek on Nov 1, 2009 \| 15 comments
26.		New College Graduates Increasingly Forced to Settle for Internships-Many Unpaid (nytimes.com)
		23 points by hachiya on Nov 1, 2009 \| 33 comments
27.		Web to snail mail services (internetmindmap.com)
		22 points by bhseo on Nov 1, 2009 \| 6 comments
28.		Rebuilding the IBM 1401 (ieee.org)
		21 points by pieceofpeace on Nov 1, 2009 \| 5 comments
29.		LKH: the current best-known heuristic for solving large-scale TSP instances (ruc.dk)
		21 points by henning on Nov 1, 2009 \| 1 comment
30.		Diax's Rake (johnlawrenceaspden.blogspot.com)
		21 points by johnaspden on Nov 1, 2009 \| 2 comments
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