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1.		Slashdotter on the value of ideas versus execution (slashdot.org)
		100 points by alex_c on Jan 7, 2009 \| 70 comments
2.		Data Analysts Captivated by Power of R (nytimes.com)
		82 points by kalvin on Jan 7, 2009 \| 69 comments
3.		Firebug 1.3.0 Final Released (antennasoft.net)
		83 points by JGM564 on Jan 7, 2009 \| 13 comments
4.		Don't Bet on Moore Saving Your Ass (zawodny.com)
		82 points by prakash on Jan 7, 2009 \| 78 comments
5.		You Will Probably Fail in a Boring and Project-specific Way (geeksinboston.com)
		80 points by shimon on Jan 7, 2009 \| 46 comments
6.		Ask HN: Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps?
		71 points by jsdalton on Jan 7, 2009 \| 40 comments
7.		Real World Haskell (realworldhaskell.org)
		67 points by tsally on Jan 7, 2009 \| 34 comments
8.		Twitter Hacker Says Admin Password Was 'Happiness' (wired.com)
		67 points by lnguyen on Jan 7, 2009 \| 41 comments
9.		JobSyndicate Alpha Launch (startuply.com)
		58 points by LukeG on Jan 7, 2009 \| 22 comments
10.		Stem Cells Undo Birth Defects (technologyreview.com)
		41 points by kf on Jan 7, 2009 \| 3 comments
11.		Hacking low-cost Chinese pianos into something special (nwsource.com)
		42 points by kf on Jan 7, 2009 \| 7 comments
12.		Amazon's Simple Pay Subscription launches (amazon.com)
		42 points by lsb on Jan 7, 2009 \| 27 comments
13.		Firefox: An Acceptable Cross Platform GUI Toolkit (ynniv.com)
		40 points by ynniv on Jan 7, 2009 \| 30 comments
14.		Hacker News doesn't validate (w3.org)
		39 points by urlwolf on Jan 7, 2009 \| 95 comments
15.		My First Day Working a Full-time job (at my startup) (paulstamatiou.com)
		36 points by PStamatiou on Jan 7, 2009 \| 12 comments
16.		I did it: The postmortem of doing 31 features in 31 days (enjoysthin.gs)
		33 points by tedroden on Jan 7, 2009 \| 15 comments
17.		Did Google Just Expose Semantic Data in Search Results? (readwriteweb.com)
		31 points by Anon84 on Jan 7, 2009 \| 8 comments
18.		Eric Schmidt wishes Google could save newspapers (cnn.com)
		28 points by gibsonf1 on Jan 7, 2009 \| 11 comments
19.		Ask HN: An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit?
		28 points by moder on Jan 7, 2009 \| 55 comments
20.		Satyam Chairman Resigns After Falsifying Accounts, Shares Fall (bloomberg.com)
		28 points by medianama on Jan 7, 2009 \| 15 comments
21.		Why Does Hollywood Hate the Suburbs? (wsj.com)
		26 points by danw on Jan 7, 2009 \| 10 comments
22.		Engine Yard Cuts 15% Of Workforce (techcrunch.com)
		26 points by qhoxie on Jan 7, 2009 \| 18 comments
23.		I’m like a Hypochondriac, but with Programming (citytechinc.com)
		24 points by Herring on Jan 7, 2009 \| 8 comments
24.		Contrast: Fail Early, Fail Often, and Learn (contrast.ie)
		24 points by unalone on Jan 7, 2009 \| 7 comments
25.		Ask HN: What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup
		24 points by canhasinternet on Jan 7, 2009 \| 36 comments
26.		Obama's Presidential Limo Will Be a 'Rolling Tank With Windows' (wired.com)
		22 points by svjunkie on Jan 7, 2009 \| 43 comments
27.		What is the best project management application for start-ups?
		22 points by p47 on Jan 7, 2009 \| 39 comments
28.		As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God (timesonline.co.uk)
		22 points by yters on Jan 7, 2009 \| 32 comments
29.		Detecting twitter users with JavaScript - handy or evil? (ajaxian.com)
		23 points by bdfh42 on Jan 7, 2009 \| 8 comments
30.		OLPC cuts 50% of staff (laptop.org)
		21 points by pingswept on Jan 7, 2009 \| 34 comments
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