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1.		Javascript that auto-fills captchas (userscripts.org)
		82 points by soundsop on Jan 23, 2009 \| 30 comments
2.		How we roll in Amsterdam - A method of transportation you should use too (ski-epic.com)
		80 points by eisokant on Jan 23, 2009 \| 94 comments
3.		Employees working on their own business (joelonsoftware.com)
		74 points by mattjung on Jan 23, 2009 \| 91 comments
4.		Ask HN: What do you want to be able to customize?
		70 points by pg on Jan 23, 2009 \| 103 comments
5.		Ask HN: How do you get new freelance jobs/contracts?
		61 points by hotshothenry on Jan 23, 2009 \| 32 comments
6.		How the fuck is trim in Python? (inerciasensorial.com.br)
		57 points by inerte on Jan 23, 2009 \| 71 comments
7.		Monty Python Puts Free Videos Online, Sells 23,000% More DVDs (gizmodo.com)
		56 points by nickb on Jan 23, 2009 \| 43 comments
8.		Twitter is not public infrastructure (marco.org)
		55 points by pclark on Jan 23, 2009 \| 29 comments
9.		Building a Web App in 1 Hour For Promotional Purposes (IsHilarySwankHot.com) (ramamia.com)
		51 points by markbao on Jan 23, 2009 \| 51 comments
10.		Hacker news directory - find hackers at your school (hndir.com)
		49 points by jmtame on Jan 23, 2009 \| 51 comments
11.		Wufoo Doubled this guy's number of RFP(Request For Proposal)s (imjustcreative.com)
		48 points by auston on Jan 23, 2009 \| 21 comments
12.		Beautiful zip code visualisation (benfry.com)
		48 points by iamelgringo on Jan 23, 2009 \| 8 comments
13.		My real-time operating system (ericw.ca)
		44 points by eworoshow on Jan 23, 2009 \| 26 comments
14.		Ask HN: What web framework(s) do you guys use?
		43 points by skanev on Jan 23, 2009 \| 141 comments
15.		Ask HN: anyone in SF need a kickass frontend developer?
		42 points by geuis on Jan 23, 2009 \| 37 comments
16.		Identity and Authentication are Separate Things: Why Fingerprints Shouldn't be Passwords (technet.microsoft.com)
		40 points by mdasen on Jan 23, 2009 \| 27 comments
17.		Ask HN: Is Hacker News a Waste of Time?
		38 points by Ardit20 on Jan 23, 2009 \| 69 comments
18.		Rainbow (Arc implementation in Java) (github.com/conanite)
		35 points by revorad on Jan 23, 2009 \| 8 comments
19.		Ask HN: Why hasn't anyone launched a Feedburner competitor since their collapse?
		35 points by brandnewlow on Jan 23, 2009 \| 15 comments
20.		France's birthday gift to 18y-olds: A subscription to the newspaper of their choice (google.com)
		35 points by daviday on Jan 23, 2009 \| 52 comments
21.		Beautiful Web UI libraries (woork.blogspot.com)
		35 points by nreece on Jan 23, 2009 \| 9 comments
22.		One last chance to save mankind (newscientist.com)
		33 points by nickb on Jan 23, 2009 \| 25 comments
23.		Ask HN: CSS vs table based layouts
		32 points by iamelgringo on Jan 23, 2009 \| 50 comments
24.		Unthinkable Futures (kk.org)
		31 points by Rod on Jan 23, 2009 \| 19 comments
25.		Laid-off Microsofties in Seattle offered free office space, Linux servers (techflash.com)
		30 points by bfioca on Jan 23, 2009 \| 5 comments
26.		Writing Linux Programs in Raw Binary (g-brain.net)
		28 points by kqr2 on Jan 23, 2009 \| 4 comments
27.		Ask HN: Building a trust system into a social app
		26 points by mshafrir on Jan 23, 2009 \| 18 comments
28.		Google Puts The Squeeze On Free Apps (techcrunch.com)
		25 points by peter123 on Jan 23, 2009 \| 10 comments
29.		The Little Book of Semaphores (greenteapress.com)
		24 points by tsally on Jan 23, 2009 \| 2 comments
30.		Google shuts down Austin office, just months after splashy opening (statesman.com)
		24 points by nickb on Jan 23, 2009 \| 1 comment
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