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1.		The Two-Hour Rule (kenrockwell.com)
		102 points by baha_man on Aug 23, 2009 \| 31 comments
2.		Mexico Decriminalizes Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroin and Other Drugs (nytimes.com)
		99 points by ojbyrne on Aug 23, 2009 \| 51 comments
3.		Tips for Startup Companies (2006) (greenspun.com)
		98 points by vinutheraj on Aug 23, 2009 \| 7 comments
4.		"Unholy Rage": Eve Online bans 2% of accounts, sees 30% drop in CPU use (eveonline.com)
		92 points by alex_c on Aug 23, 2009 \| 31 comments
5.		The number one reason my startup failed (teabuzzed.com)
		89 points by fjabre on Aug 23, 2009 \| 28 comments
6.		Foreigners Attending US Grad Schools Way Down: Wake Up, Xenophobes (techcrunch.com)
		80 points by vaksel on Aug 23, 2009 \| 92 comments
7.		Never Criticize Your Competitors (loiclemeur.com)
		78 points by sgrove on Aug 23, 2009 \| 29 comments
8.		XSS is not a feature (evilpacket.net)
		72 points by acangiano on Aug 23, 2009 \| 25 comments
9.		Robot hand ties knots, dribbles a ball, and uses tweezers (video) (hizook.com)
		67 points by byrneseyeview on Aug 23, 2009 \| 7 comments
10.		How To Publish a Scientific Comment in 123 Easy Steps (scribd.com)
		65 points by smokinn on Aug 23, 2009 \| 46 comments
11.		How to find per-process I/O statistics on Linux (xaprb.com)
		49 points by jawngee on Aug 23, 2009 \| 17 comments
12.		Networks are Killing Science (scientificblogging.com)
		47 points by Anon84 on Aug 23, 2009 \| 33 comments
13.		VideoTrace – 3D modelling using real video (flawedlogic.org)
		47 points by iamelgringo on Aug 23, 2009 \| 4 comments
14.		BrainPort allows people to "see" via their tongues (wicab.com)
		47 points by viraptor on Aug 23, 2009 \| 9 comments
15.		OpenCourseWare - to access MIT courses over the Internet for free (ocw.mit.edu)
		44 points by makecheck on Aug 23, 2009 \| 16 comments
16.		A Collaborative Browser Based Raytracer (peterbraden.co.uk)
		41 points by peterbraden on Aug 23, 2009 \| 22 comments
17.		Ask HN: Haiku?
		40 points by PebblesRox on Aug 23, 2009 \| 58 comments
18.		SIGGRAPH 2009 Realtime GPU Raytracing Demo (cgarchitect.com)
		38 points by jawngee on Aug 23, 2009 \| 7 comments
19.		Hacker Dojo open house right now in Mountain View (facebook.com)
		33 points by Sam_Odio on Aug 23, 2009
20.		Automatic Proxy Creation in Clojure (brool.com)
		33 points by alrex021 on Aug 23, 2009 \| 1 comment
21.		How to make your first game for less than $1,000 (deadpanic.com)
		31 points by gcheong on Aug 23, 2009 \| 9 comments
22.		Early Copy Protection on the Apple II (fadden.com)
		30 points by _pius on Aug 23, 2009 \| 10 comments
23.		How Much of Your Memory Is True? (discovermagazine.com)
		29 points by robg on Aug 23, 2009 \| 14 comments
24.		Using The DMCA To Stop Patients From Rating Their Doctors (techdirt.com)
		28 points by gasull on Aug 23, 2009 \| 6 comments
25.		Reversible Markov Chains and Random Walks on Graphs (free ebook) (stat-www.berkeley.edu)
		29 points by TriinT on Aug 23, 2009 \| 1 comment
26.		Can you recommend some good RoR books?
		28 points by luminary on Aug 23, 2009 \| 27 comments
27.		Big list of database software (internetmindmap.com)
		27 points by bhseo on Aug 23, 2009 \| 8 comments
28.		How Many People Are In Space Right Now? (howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com)
		26 points by scapegraced on Aug 23, 2009 \| 12 comments
29.		D. Crockford on JSON: "An influence was Rebol, a shame it’s not more popular" (dzone.com)
		23 points by rebtut on Aug 23, 2009 \| 19 comments
30.		Google brings SVG support to IE (slashdot.org)
		23 points by andreyf on Aug 23, 2009 \| 6 comments
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