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1.		Founding a startup with zero revenue is better than working for Goldman Sachs (adgrok.com)
		287 points by cjg on Sept 14, 2010 \| 144 comments
2.		Damning Zuckerberg IMs confirmed (boingboing.net)
		251 points by btilly on Sept 14, 2010 \| 157 comments
3.		If a file exists, there is torrent of it. If not, it will be burned (burnbit.com)
		221 points by blasdel on Sept 14, 2010 \| 58 comments
4.		HDCP master key allegedly posted (pastebin.com)
		196 points by m0nastic on Sept 14, 2010 \| 90 comments
5.		Why do the Japanese draw themselves as white? (thesocietypages.org)
		186 points by soyelmango on Sept 14, 2010 \| 143 comments
6.		Linus Torvalds became US citizen (gmane.org)
		176 points by sasvari on Sept 14, 2010 \| 175 comments
7.		Zero-day Flash exploit on all platforms, fix two weeks out (adobe.com)
		172 points by vl on Sept 14, 2010 \| 66 comments
8.		Self-Control Matters Far More Than Raw Intelligence (madepublishing.com)
		150 points by discolemonade on Sept 14, 2010 \| 65 comments
9.		Here's to the Next 3 Years (Yehuda Katz Moves On) (yehudakatz.com)
		143 points by wycats on Sept 14, 2010 \| 22 comments
10.		Google fired engineer for breaking internal privacy policies (techcrunch.com)
		137 points by cristinacordova on Sept 14, 2010 \| 92 comments
11.		Making the URL bar useful again: Where the Breadcrumb should have been all along (uxmag.com)
		136 points by amirmc on Sept 14, 2010 \| 65 comments
12.		Google Maps visualization of marijuana prices, with over 800+ entries so far (priceofweed.com)
		124 points by coryl on Sept 14, 2010 \| 109 comments
13.		How to get a job at Google, interview questions & process (dondodge.typepad.com)
		123 points by ddodge on Sept 14, 2010 \| 125 comments
14.		Why We're Teaching 'The Wire' at Harvard (hks.harvard.edu)
		114 points by aditya on Sept 14, 2010 \| 69 comments
15.		Music notation in HTML5/SVG (vexflow.com)
		110 points by Pistos2 on Sept 14, 2010 \| 17 comments
16.		Tell HN: I accidentally ran up a $1000 Heroku bill
		105 points by erikpukinskis on Sept 14, 2010 \| 113 comments
17.		Gamers make faster decisions than nongamers, just as accurate (arstechnica.com)
		99 points by evo_9 on Sept 14, 2010 \| 44 comments
18.		Google's HTML, CSS, and Javascript from the Ground Up (code.google.com)
		98 points by folz on Sept 14, 2010 \| 7 comments
19.		No, you are not "running late", you are rude & selfish (gregsavage.com.au)
		96 points by bootload on Sept 14, 2010 \| 127 comments
20.		Why C Is Not Assembly (james-iry.blogspot.com)
		93 points by Scriptor on Sept 14, 2010 \| 54 comments
21.		Are you up to the challenge? Dropbox wants to know (dropbox.com)
		96 points by trevorb on Sept 14, 2010 \| 36 comments
22.		Heroku: Announcing the Add-on Provider Program (heroku.com)
		90 points by jnl on Sept 14, 2010 \| 16 comments
23.		The Epic Fail ... first post on Startup-Russia.com (startup-russia.com)
		84 points by bjoernlasseh on Sept 14, 2010 \| 26 comments
24.		Extreme Pair Programming - Guy Steele and Richard Stallman (cycle-gap.blogspot.com)
		82 points by r11t on Sept 14, 2010 \| 34 comments
25.		You can not buy ideas or talent (37signals.com)
		82 points by sant0sk1 on Sept 14, 2010 \| 49 comments
26.		John Resig on Advanced Javascript to Improve your Web App (thinkvitamin.com)
		80 points by bunglebooz on Sept 14, 2010 \| 3 comments
27.		Best User Interface Design Pattern Libraries (uxmovement.com)
		79 points by jarrodvanda on Sept 14, 2010 \| 4 comments
28.		Ask HN: Can anyone connect us with a venue for 400 people tommorow in MV/PA
		78 points by iamelgringo on Sept 14, 2010 \| 8 comments
29.		Two Reasons You Shouldn't Use MongoDB (ethangunderson.com)
		76 points by ethangunderson on Sept 14, 2010 \| 26 comments
30.		Release The Kraken (blog.mozilla.com)
		72 points by brandonkm on Sept 14, 2010 \| 34 comments
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