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1.		Why Hacker News Thinks PHP Won Something (gilesbowkett.blogspot.com)
		99 points by gaika on Jan 18, 2009 \| 80 comments
2.		JQuery is a monad (importantshock.wordpress.com)
		78 points by henning on Jan 18, 2009 \| 15 comments
3.		The lost cult of Microsoft program managers (scottberkun.com)
		67 points by anuraggoel on Jan 18, 2009 \| 5 comments
4.		A Gentle Introduction to Programming Using Python (ocw.mit.edu)
		68 points by Rod on Jan 18, 2009 \| 25 comments
5.		Mind Hacks: Breaking the news of Eliza's creator's death to her (mindhacks.com)
		64 points by frisco on Jan 18, 2009 \| 6 comments
6.		Evolving a better keyboard layout (klausler.com)
		58 points by bdfh42 on Jan 18, 2009 \| 24 comments
7.		The week Garfield died. Analysis & comics (zachwhalen.net)
		52 points by ericholscher on Jan 18, 2009 \| 27 comments
8.		Free bananas in the kitchen!!! (what happens when reply-all goes amok) (metafilter.com)
		51 points by bd on Jan 18, 2009 \| 27 comments
9.		Full-Time Startup: Skribit Week 2 (paulstamatiou.com)
		46 points by twampss on Jan 18, 2009 \| 4 comments
10.		Ask HN: What unlocks with karma, and when?
		44 points by frisco on Jan 18, 2009 \| 59 comments
11.		Ask HN: I have three good ideas. Help me choose idea 1, 2, or 3.
		43 points by nailer on Jan 18, 2009 \| 57 comments
12.		The Healthiest Foods for Under $1 (divinecaroline.com)
		34 points by jwilliams on Jan 18, 2009 \| 39 comments
13.		Nerd Merit Badges: 01 - Contribute to an Open Source Project (nerdmeritbadges.com)
		29 points by tlrobinson on Jan 18, 2009 \| 19 comments
14.		Django vs. Rails: The Dead-Tree Edition (push.cx)
		26 points by pushcx on Jan 18, 2009 \| 35 comments
15.		Neat data structure: "Ullman" set (onebadseed.com)
		26 points by amastilovic on Jan 18, 2009 \| 8 comments
16.		How To Use Amazon EC2 for Bittorrent (negatendo.net)
		26 points by mqt on Jan 18, 2009 \| 24 comments
17.		Interesting ad seeking Lisp developers (not 'mere coders') (getafreelancer.com)
		22 points by anuraggoel on Jan 18, 2009 \| 28 comments
18.		Selflessness vs Selfishness (avc.com)
		22 points by peter123 on Jan 18, 2009 \| 35 comments
19.		Are you human? How CAPTCHA asks the wrong question & solves nothing (slash7.com)
		23 points by ahoyhere on Jan 18, 2009 \| 12 comments
20.		Why VCs Will Block Good Exits (angelblog.net)
		22 points by prakash on Jan 18, 2009 \| 22 comments
21.		The iPhone Could Be The Ultimate Study Machine (techcrunch.com)
		17 points by pclark on Jan 18, 2009 \| 13 comments
22.		Test Subjects Who Call the Scientist Mom or Dad (nytimes.com)
		16 points by robg on Jan 18, 2009 \| 7 comments
23.		Ask HN: Do you program in black or white?
		16 points by Jakob on Jan 18, 2009 \| 40 comments
24.		Sexual Suicide (palomar.edu)
		14 points by markessien on Jan 18, 2009 \| 4 comments
25.		Ask HN: Looking for feedback on side-project
		14 points by dfens on Jan 18, 2009 \| 13 comments
26.		Don’t live with a broken IDE (elfsternberg.com)
		13 points by nreece on Jan 18, 2009 \| 9 comments
27.		YouTube is morphing into a popular search engine and a new entry point into the Web. (nytimes.com)
		12 points by mercurio on Jan 18, 2009 \| 6 comments
28.		Why do professors deplore enterprise? (tigerhawk.blogspot.com)
		11 points by makimaki on Jan 18, 2009 \| 12 comments
29.		ZumoDrive announces pricing (and it's cheaper than it seemed) (zumodrive.com)
		11 points by pg on Jan 18, 2009 \| 13 comments
30.		My structure editing theories
		11 points by Hexstream on Jan 18, 2009 \| 10 comments
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