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1.		Sysadmin mistakes start-ups make (cloudkick.com)
		164 points by polvi on Oct 20, 2009 \| 92 comments
2.		Apple releases new 27″ LED Cinema Display – comes with a free Mac (expandrive.com)
		130 points by hemancuso on Oct 20, 2009 \| 89 comments
3.		Dear Palm, it's just not working out (jwz.livejournal.com)
		115 points by blasdel on Oct 20, 2009 \| 73 comments
4.		Apple Announces Major Consumer PC Upgrades (businessweek.com)
		90 points by sant0sk1 on Oct 20, 2009 \| 113 comments
5.		A Tour Of A “Pay to Download Firefox” Site (gerv.net)
		89 points by robin_reala on Oct 20, 2009 \| 45 comments
6.		World of Goo Pay-What-You-Want Sale Results (2dboy.com)
		85 points by mqt on Oct 20, 2009 \| 61 comments
7.		Learning Ruby Metaprogramming (heroku.com)
		84 points by r11t on Oct 20, 2009 \| 2 comments
8.		The Tim Ferris way of testing ideas and how I did it. (docleyblog.com)
		82 points by dawie on Oct 20, 2009 \| 37 comments
9.		Kindle 2 Fails Man's Drop Test, Forces Amazon To Pay Him $400 (consumerist.com)
		77 points by yan on Oct 20, 2009 \| 40 comments
10.		Loving Lisp, or the Savvy Programmer's Secret Weapon [Book] (markwatson.com)
		74 points by yarapavan on Oct 20, 2009 \| 8 comments
11.		Getting it Wrong: Surprising Tips on How to Learn (scientificamerican.com)
		65 points by yarapavan on Oct 20, 2009 \| 9 comments
12.		Google Plans Its Own Android Phone (thestreet.com)
		61 points by alexandros on Oct 20, 2009 \| 56 comments
13.		Scala Vs Clojure – Let's get down to business (bestinclass.dk)
		58 points by fogus on Oct 20, 2009 \| 20 comments
14.		Why Email isn't Dying (gaborcselle.com)
		58 points by judegomila on Oct 20, 2009 \| 48 comments
15.		The Hidden Cost of C++ (rachelslabnotes.com)
		54 points by groby_b on Oct 20, 2009 \| 63 comments
16.		How does the music-identifying app Shazam work its magic? (slate.com)
		50 points by chuck_taylor on Oct 20, 2009 \| 16 comments
17.		Scott Adams: I credit MBA program for my success with Dilbert (dilbert.com)
		48 points by cwan on Oct 20, 2009 \| 32 comments
18.		Why Should Engineers and Scientists Be Worried About Color? (ibm.com)
		48 points by yarapavan on Oct 20, 2009 \| 5 comments
19.		The Fun Theory: Fun as a way to Change People's Behavior (thefuntheory.com)
		45 points by breck on Oct 20, 2009 \| 12 comments
20.		Tell HN: We just launched Thymer - Task and Project management service
		43 points by jdvh on Oct 20, 2009 \| 22 comments
21.		Nook, Barnes & Noble eBook Reader Announced (barnesandnoble.com)
		42 points by phsr on Oct 20, 2009 \| 36 comments
22.		NASA Discovers A Ring Around The Solar System (npr.org)
		41 points by epi0Bauqu on Oct 20, 2009 \| 15 comments
23.		Announcing CEO Office Hours (37signals.com)
		41 points by mattjung on Oct 20, 2009 \| 9 comments
24.		Getting to No (alistapart.com)
		39 points by phsr on Oct 20, 2009 \| 15 comments
25.		Ask HN: What industry needs technical innovation?
		40 points by nategraves on Oct 20, 2009 \| 74 comments
26.		Brilliant adwords hack: Demand Media (wired.com)
		37 points by derrickchen on Oct 20, 2009 \| 3 comments
27.		Guide to getting started in Machine Learning (abeautifulwww.com)
		37 points by ananthrk on Oct 20, 2009 \| 14 comments
28.		RethinkDB: More on alignment, ext2, and partitioning on SSDs (rethinkdb.com)
		36 points by bkudria on Oct 20, 2009 \| 1 comment
29.		The Myth of Usability Testing (alistapart.com)
		35 points by phsr on Oct 20, 2009 \| 6 comments
30.		Laika, a dynamic typeface (laikafont.ch)
		34 points by gb on Oct 20, 2009 \| 7 comments
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