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1.
The Silver Thief: a smart burglar who perfected his craft (stephenjdubner.com)
127 points by adamhowell on Dec 29, 2009 | 26 comments
2.
Y Combinator Startup Library (ycombinator.com)
112 points by tokenadult on Dec 29, 2009 | 15 comments
3.
Hitchens: The truth about airplane security measures (slate.com)
105 points by drewr on Dec 29, 2009 | 77 comments
4.
Beautiful mini language for outputing HTML in Python (webfactional.com)
92 points by iamelgringo on Dec 29, 2009 | 73 comments
5.
Why some smart people are reluctant to share? (lifebeyondcode.com)
88 points by nishantmodak on Dec 29, 2009 | 49 comments
6.
Functional Programming Doesn’t Work (and what to do about it) (planeterlang.org)
86 points by twampss on Dec 29, 2009 | 69 comments
7.
Problems with TDD (dalkescientific.com)
79 points by fogus on Dec 29, 2009 | 64 comments
8.
HackerPolls: my mini project for visualizing HN Polls (heroku.com)
72 points by quan on Dec 29, 2009 | 14 comments
9.
Responsible Open Source Code Parenting (codinghorror.com)
70 points by fogus on Dec 29, 2009 | 70 comments
10.
"Hand-Drawn" Vector Graphics Editor in Javascript (stevehanov.ca)
59 points by rcfox on Dec 29, 2009 | 8 comments
11.
The Scientific Scandal of Antismoking (iinet.com.au)
57 points by byrneseyeview on Dec 29, 2009 | 62 comments
12.
Google Multivac (fraser.name)
57 points by vijaydev on Dec 29, 2009 | 17 comments
13.
Logos using negative space (weburbanist.com)
55 points by labria on Dec 29, 2009 | 9 comments
14.
Reproductive biology: Girls on top (economist.com)
50 points by prat on Dec 29, 2009 | 15 comments
15.
"Superatoms" Mimic Elements: Research Reveals New Perspective of Periodic Table (psu.edu)
44 points by ujjwalg on Dec 29, 2009 | 16 comments
16.
PCC builds OpenBSD kernel (4.6 -current) (undeadly.org)
44 points by Fixnum on Dec 29, 2009 | 19 comments
17.
The Big Zero (nytimes.com)
42 points by hack_edu on Dec 29, 2009 | 46 comments
18.
Rails and Merb Merge: Performance (engineyard.com)
42 points by ivey on Dec 29, 2009 | 2 comments
19.
Creating a Custom International Calling Card with Twilio (twilio.com)
34 points by chaostheory on Dec 29, 2009 | 11 comments
20.
The Barometer of Hacker News Knowledge Half-life (zedshaw.com)
34 points by _giu on Dec 29, 2009 | 19 comments
21.
Antibody finds, wipes out prostate cancer in mice (physorg.com)
33 points by tdedecko on Dec 29, 2009 | 8 comments
22.
Appsaurus (YC 07): A Smarter Recommendation Tool Than App Store Genius (wired.com)
30 points by lukexi on Dec 29, 2009 | 13 comments
23.
ANN: Planet Clojure (planet.clojure.in)
32 points by alrex021 on Dec 29, 2009 | 6 comments
24.
Court orders three H-1B opposition sites disabled (computerworld.com)
32 points by prat on Dec 29, 2009 | 42 comments
25.
Keyboard Manufacturers Are All Slackers (thejoshwolfe.blogspot.com)
31 points by AndyKelley on Dec 29, 2009 | 35 comments
26.
Zynga goes after hobbyist bot programmers (techdirt.com)
31 points by bcaulf on Dec 29, 2009 | 20 comments
27.
Diving deep into user behavior with Google Analytics, Event Tracking, and jQuery (briancray.com)
29 points by briancray on Dec 29, 2009 | 9 comments
28.
The Sad Tale Of Totlol (techcrunch.com)
25 points by rokhayakebe on Dec 29, 2009 | 12 comments
29.
Bezos ‘astonished’ by Kindle success (newsweek.com)
24 points by edw519 on Dec 29, 2009 | 8 comments
30.
Ask HN: YC vs TechStars
24 points by gbelote on Dec 29, 2009 | 15 comments

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