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1.		Ask HN: Anyone want to work through SICP together?
		91 points by chrisconley on Jan 10, 2009 \| 58 comments
2.		Why I Love Computer Science (caltech.edu)
		65 points by Jebdm on Jan 10, 2009 \| 25 comments
3.		Peter Norvig's collection of quotes (norvig.com)
		63 points by anuraggoel on Jan 10, 2009 \| 12 comments
4.		Why I thought we'd all be living in space by now (nasa.gov)
		48 points by pg on Jan 10, 2009 \| 82 comments
5.		Ubuntu and Its Leader Set Sights on the Mainstream (nytimes.com)
		48 points by peter123 on Jan 10, 2009 \| 64 comments
6.		Zimbabwe introduces new $50 billion note (cnn.com)
		47 points by dcurtis on Jan 10, 2009 \| 66 comments
7.		Ask HN: What programming language should I teach my little brother?
		41 points by atestu on Jan 10, 2009 \| 110 comments
8.		The First Phone I've Been Excited About In A Long Time (mattmaroon.com)
		35 points by twampss on Jan 10, 2009 \| 56 comments
9.		China has tens of thousands specially trained spin doctors posting blog comments (bbc.co.uk)
		34 points by vaksel on Jan 10, 2009 \| 26 comments
10.		Firefox in Russia dumps Google for Yandex (cnet.com)
		34 points by epi0Bauqu on Jan 10, 2009 \| 19 comments
11.		The alluring danger of dilettantism (popmatters.com)
		26 points by danw on Jan 10, 2009 \| 22 comments
12.		Storm Worm botnet cracked wide open (heise-online.co.uk)
		26 points by nice1 on Jan 10, 2009 \| 14 comments
13.		Ask HN: HELP Patent troll cruising my industry. What to do?
		24 points by tedjedbed on Jan 10, 2009 \| 21 comments
14.		Angry Perl Users (dedasys.com)
		24 points by swombat on Jan 10, 2009 \| 9 comments
15.		At McDonald’s, the Happiest Meal Is Hot Profits (nytimes.com)
		20 points by robg on Jan 10, 2009 \| 8 comments
16.		Three myths about scientific peer review (michaelnielsen.org)
		19 points by neilc on Jan 10, 2009 \| 5 comments
17.		Funny IE7 bug: Can't set cooke if domain uppercase and odd number of chars. (support.microsoft.com)
		16 points by axod on Jan 10, 2009 \| 7 comments
18.		Ask HN: How do you create a "limited fixed div"?
		16 points by unalone on Jan 10, 2009 \| 10 comments
19.		20 Ways Facebook Can Make Billions (allfacebook.com)
		16 points by kwamenum86 on Jan 10, 2009 \| 6 comments
20.		14% of U.S. Adults Can't Read (63% of Prison Inmates) (livescience.com)
		14 points by crocus on Jan 10, 2009 \| 6 comments
21.		Ask HN: What Criteria Should a Young Hacker Apply to College Choice?
		13 points by tokenadult on Jan 10, 2009 \| 50 comments
22.		Why We Put On The Crunchies (techcrunch.com)
		13 points by drm237 on Jan 10, 2009 \| 11 comments
23.		Going bankrupt now because the lessons of its 1759 Founder have been forgotten (nytimes.com)
		13 points by robg on Jan 10, 2009 \| 4 comments
24.		Superloud Moth Jams Bat Sonar (sciencenews.org)
		13 points by pg on Jan 10, 2009 \| 3 comments
25.		Academic Culture Wars (chronicle.com)
		12 points by robg on Jan 10, 2009 \| 16 comments
26.		Steven Pinker Gets to the Bottom of his own Genetic Code (nytimes.com)
		10 points by robg on Jan 10, 2009 \| 1 comment
27.		Windows 7 Beta Fail (technet.microsoft.com)
		10 points by inc on Jan 10, 2009 \| 14 comments
28.		Ask HN: Remedies for RSI?
		9 points by curej on Jan 10, 2009 \| 34 comments
29.		Immigrants See Charter Schools as a Haven from American Youth Culture (nytimes.com)
		8 points by ksvs on Jan 10, 2009 \| 9 comments
30.		Darwin’s Surprise: Why are evolutionary biologists bringing back extinct deadly viruses? (newyorker.com)
		8 points by tansengming on Jan 10, 2009
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