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1.		Color: The Next Limited Resource? (sixrevisions.com)
		84 points by bootload on Nov 15, 2009 \| 25 comments
2.		AIMA 3rd edition (Russell, Norvig) available for pre-order now (amazon.com)
		81 points by jsrn on Nov 15, 2009 \| 18 comments
3.		Go and Brand X: A language comparison (cowlark.com)
		79 points by inklesspen on Nov 15, 2009 \| 20 comments
4.		Forth compiler in one literate x86 assembly file (annexia.org)
		78 points by mbrubeck on Nov 15, 2009 \| 10 comments
5.		Smashing the stack for fun and profit (phrack.org)
		71 points by jdeseno on Nov 15, 2009 \| 45 comments
6.		100,000 tasklets: Stackless and Go (dalkescientific.com)
		67 points by timwiseman on Nov 15, 2009 \| 21 comments
7.		Ask HN: Anyone used Amazon EC2 with a database or other high IO operation?
		62 points by MichaelApproved on Nov 15, 2009 \| 56 comments
8.		Vischeck: Test how your site looks to someone that is color blind (vischeck.com)
		51 points by icodemyownshit on Nov 15, 2009 \| 29 comments
9.		Comparing Non-Relational Databases: CouchDB, MongoDB, Tokyo Tyrant (github.com/igal)
		50 points by spahl on Nov 15, 2009 \| 15 comments
10.		Young engineer launches stair aid (bbc.co.uk)
		47 points by kirubakaran on Nov 15, 2009 \| 12 comments
11.		Comparison of different SQL implementations (arvin.dk)
		47 points by nimbix on Nov 15, 2009 \| 10 comments
12.		Malcolm Gladwell, Eclectic Detective (nytimes.com)
		40 points by jlhamilton on Nov 15, 2009 \| 11 comments
13.		Statements by many lawmakers ghostwritten by lobbyists working for Genentech (nytimes.com)
		40 points by kirubakaran on Nov 15, 2009 \| 10 comments
14.		Tell HN: Auto-Blackmail
		36 points by jacquesm on Nov 15, 2009 \| 39 comments
15.		Flavors of programming ... (pozorvlak.livejournal.com)
		37 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Nov 15, 2009 \| 15 comments
16.		Three things about Marco Arment… (kungfugrippe.com)
		34 points by blasdel on Nov 15, 2009 \| 6 comments
17.		Job Interview 2.0: Now With Riddles (thedailywtf.com)
		33 points by vinutheraj on Nov 15, 2009 \| 40 comments
18.		The History of the Internet in a Nutshell (sixrevisions.com)
		32 points by jlees on Nov 15, 2009 \| 7 comments
19.		Maybe it's time for personal servers? (scripting.com)
		31 points by genieyclo on Nov 15, 2009 \| 36 comments
20.		Ask HN: Which is the best way to keep yourself organized
		31 points by digamber_kamat on Nov 15, 2009 \| 45 comments
21.		Can America Still Innovate? (newsweek.com)
		30 points by mjfern on Nov 15, 2009 \| 8 comments
22.		FreeBSD 8.0-RC3 released (freebsdnews.net)
		25 points by baha_man on Nov 15, 2009 \| 7 comments
23.		Re: our patent application for an evil advertising scheme [Fake Steve Jobs] (fakesteve.net)
		24 points by unalone on Nov 15, 2009 \| 6 comments
24.		How Old Is Old Enough? (nytimes.com)
		23 points by carterschonwald on Nov 15, 2009 \| 10 comments
25.		Scientist announces that she is call girl and blogger Belle de Jour (guardian.co.uk)
		21 points by carterschonwald on Nov 15, 2009 \| 13 comments
26.		How to acquire and develop mental Focus
		19 points by arem on Nov 15, 2009 \| 20 comments
27.		CrunchPad is 'steamrolling along,' will cost between $300 and $400 (engadget.com)
		12 points by transburgh on Nov 15, 2009 \| 13 comments
28.		Ask HN: Scriptable command line browser?
		17 points by adatta02 on Nov 15, 2009 \| 19 comments
29.		Apple Wouldn’t Risk Its Cool Over an Ad Gimmick, Would It? (nytimes.com)
		16 points by mjfern on Nov 15, 2009 \| 18 comments
30.		Ruling for Apple against Psystar means clone-makers have no legal recourse (guardian.co.uk)
		15 points by envitar on Nov 15, 2009 \| 1 comment
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