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1.		The Audacity of Doing Nothing (law.harvard.edu)
		159 points by peter123 on Feb 12, 2009 \| 111 comments
2.		That 'Electronic Bank Run'? Didn't happen. (portfolio.com)
		142 points by eli on Feb 12, 2009 \| 24 comments
3.		Laid-Off Foreigners Flee as Dubai Spirals Down (nytimes.com)
		79 points by gibsonf1 on Feb 12, 2009 \| 53 comments
4.		Is the Relational Database Doomed? (readwriteweb.com)
		71 points by timf on Feb 12, 2009 \| 47 comments
5.		Python: copying a list the right way (precheur.org)
		71 points by henryprecheur on Feb 12, 2009 \| 47 comments
6.		Why HTTP? (timothyfitz.wordpress.com)
		70 points by TimothyFitz on Feb 12, 2009 \| 43 comments
7.		Whoosh: a fast pure-Python search engine (whoosh.ca)
		60 points by bdfh42 on Feb 12, 2009 \| 20 comments
8.		FirePython: Firebug for Python (github.com/darwin)
		57 points by bdotdub on Feb 12, 2009 \| 5 comments
9.		Tesla Gets $350 Million In Government Money to Build Model S Sedan (allcarselectric.com)
		51 points by Flemlord on Feb 12, 2009 \| 38 comments
10.		Twitter OAuth Beta Has Started - This is how it looks (inuda.com)
		48 points by madmotive on Feb 12, 2009 \| 10 comments
11.		Simple Cryptanalysis with Arc (arcfn.com)
		45 points by mqt on Feb 12, 2009 \| 4 comments
12.		Some Datasets Available on the Web (datawrangling.com)
		45 points by Anon84 on Feb 12, 2009 \| 6 comments
13.		An Exercise in Species Barcoding (norvig.com)
		43 points by rayvega on Feb 12, 2009 \| 11 comments
14.		HIV appears cured after stem cell transplant (cnn.com)
		42 points by dcurtis on Feb 12, 2009 \| 12 comments
15.		Largest Coordinated ATM Rip-off Ever Nets $9+ Million in 30 Minutes (networkworld.com)
		40 points by tortilla on Feb 12, 2009 \| 38 comments
16.		Search Engines: Specify your canonical URL (googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com)
		40 points by ggrot on Feb 12, 2009 \| 13 comments
17.		Web Hooks and the Programmable World of Tomorrow (slideshare.net)
		38 points by raju on Feb 12, 2009 \| 4 comments
18.		Stefan Rusek: Ready to quit ASP.Net (rusek.org)
		37 points by spolsky on Feb 12, 2009 \| 29 comments
19.		Thoughts on Yahoo BOSS Monetization (from Duck Duck Go Founder) (gabrielweinberg.com)
		33 points by epi0Bauqu on Feb 12, 2009 \| 6 comments
20.		Github teaches us that "great" is better than "good" (joncanady.com)
		33 points by generalk on Feb 12, 2009 \| 18 comments
21.		_why's Bloopsaphone - Make Atari-like bloopy sounds (github.com/why)
		33 points by iamwil on Feb 12, 2009 \| 7 comments
22.		Skiena's Algorithms Lectures (sunysb.edu)
		31 points by newsit on Feb 12, 2009 \| 7 comments
23.		Is the tech recession over? (joelonsoftware.com)
		29 points by rayvega on Feb 12, 2009 \| 33 comments
24.		Ask HN: Rate my Vim Script: snipMate.vim (vim.org)
		29 points by meese_ on Feb 12, 2009 \| 12 comments
25.		Scientists Discover Material Harder Than Diamond (physorg.com)
		28 points by tsally on Feb 12, 2009 \| 9 comments
26.		How to Get Funded in the Recession: The Frugal Mechanic Story (xconomy.com)
		29 points by gthuang on Feb 12, 2009 \| 19 comments
27.		Snipd is testing Stripd.com (sexy version of Snipd) for private or very public groups (stripd.com)
		28 points by alexS on Feb 12, 2009 \| 16 comments
28.		U.S.-Russian Satellite Collision Sends Debris Flying (nytimes.com)
		27 points by sanj on Feb 12, 2009 \| 13 comments
29.		Is Bootstrapping Becoming Sexy Again? (sramanamitra.com)
		27 points by newsit on Feb 12, 2009 \| 21 comments
30.		Diagram of My Post Concussive Syndrome Speech Disorder: A Malfunctioning Word Queue (memestreams.net)
		24 points by rjurney on Feb 12, 2009 \| 11 comments
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