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1.		How to be a better programmer in 6 minutes (secretgeek.net)
		122 points by Anon84 on Feb 8, 2009 \| 44 comments
2.		What things cost in ancient Rome (forumancientcoins.com)
		80 points by pg on Feb 8, 2009 \| 45 comments
3.		A Postmodern Crime at TED2009 (duncandavidson.com)
		76 points by mojombo on Feb 8, 2009 \| 37 comments
4.		I reject your rejection (gaborcselle.com)
		53 points by mark_h on Feb 8, 2009 \| 18 comments
5.		Rice professor sees probabilistic method revolutionizing computing (chron.com)
		48 points by peter123 on Feb 8, 2009 \| 32 comments
6.		Trying to Live on 500K in New York City (nytimes.com)
		45 points by transburgh on Feb 8, 2009 \| 72 comments
7.		Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows (sciencedaily.com)
		40 points by echair on Feb 8, 2009 \| 13 comments
8.		Homeless by choice (during grad school) (glowingfaceman.com)
		39 points by ramchip on Feb 8, 2009 \| 27 comments
9.		Making Wrong Code Look Wrong (2005) (joelonsoftware.com)
		38 points by blackswan on Feb 8, 2009 \| 16 comments
10.		A Software Designer Knows His Office Space, Too (nytimes.com)
		35 points by mqt on Feb 8, 2009 \| 10 comments
11.		Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Unless You Plan on Learning More About Wheels (codinghorror.com)
		33 points by bdfh42 on Feb 8, 2009 \| 14 comments
12.		TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (techstars.org)
		33 points by zaveri on Feb 8, 2009 \| 17 comments
13.		Ask HN: Should I pay $50 for a positive App review?
		33 points by ObieJazz on Feb 8, 2009 \| 46 comments
14.		AIG Implodes: The Two Cows Version (alleyinsider.com)
		31 points by brk on Feb 8, 2009 \| 12 comments
15.		Unsolicited Advice is a Valuable Clue (powazek.com)
		30 points by brm on Feb 8, 2009 \| 23 comments
16.		The AIM FishBot Phenomenon (nixiepixel.com)
		27 points by arjunlall on Feb 8, 2009 \| 4 comments
17.		Server monitoring, monit and munin (howtoforge.com)
		27 points by jacquesm on Feb 8, 2009 \| 3 comments
18.		Perl.com is no longer maintained. (perl.org)
		26 points by lallysingh on Feb 8, 2009 \| 4 comments
19.		"Lucky things happen to entrepreneurs who start innovative, morally compelling companies." (inc.com)
		25 points by vlad on Feb 8, 2009 \| 16 comments
20.		Create a Language Compiler for the .NET Framework Using C# (msdn.microsoft.com)
		25 points by Anon84 on Feb 8, 2009 \| 15 comments
21.		French Lawmakers Hope to Inspire Linux Revolution (nytimes.com)
		22 points by dimm on Feb 8, 2009 \| 7 comments
22.		Amazon Kindle 2 pictures and pricing (pcworld.com)
		22 points by jacquesm on Feb 8, 2009 \| 22 comments
23.		Ask HN: Which company do you wish had a developer API?
		21 points by rokhayakebe on Feb 8, 2009 \| 68 comments
24.		The best GNU/Linux distros of the year 2000 (tuxradar.com)
		21 points by mapleoin on Feb 8, 2009 \| 10 comments
25.		Why not (whynot.net)
		20 points by tyn on Feb 8, 2009 \| 5 comments
26.		Complexity Theory: A Modern Approach (princeton.edu)
		20 points by Rod on Feb 8, 2009 \| 12 comments
27.		Google Next Victim Of Creative Destruction? (alleyinsider.com)
		18 points by nickb on Feb 8, 2009 \| 15 comments
28.		Email Marketing Subject Line Comparison (mailchimp.com)
		17 points by greg on Feb 8, 2009 \| 4 comments
29.		Prog21: Puzzle Languages (dadgum.com)
		17 points by Jebdm on Feb 8, 2009 \| 8 comments
30.		Continuous Deployment: just ship your code to customers as often as possible (timothyfitz.wordpress.com)
		16 points by TimothyFitz on Feb 8, 2009 \| 15 comments
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