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1.
50% of Charges Against Pirate Bay Dropped (torrentfreak.com)
84 points by azharcs on Feb 17, 2009 | 18 comments
2.
How the Crash Will Reshape America (theatlantic.com)
81 points by ksvs on Feb 17, 2009 | 28 comments
3.
Shopping Cart Redesign Boosted Software Sales 94% in A/B Test (bingocardcreator.com)
75 points by patio11 on Feb 17, 2009 | 20 comments
4.
The Golden Grid - CSS Framework (code.google.com)
65 points by vladocar on Feb 17, 2009 | 19 comments
5.
A Virtual Unknown (moot of 4chan) (washingtonpost.com)
63 points by nickb on Feb 17, 2009 | 25 comments
6.
Simple rule of thumb for measuring the perceived complexity of a user interface (daringfireball.net)
55 points by nickb on Feb 17, 2009 | 8 comments
7.
J: an alternative to cd that learns where you spend time (github.com/rupa)
55 points by burke on Feb 17, 2009 | 23 comments
8.
TechStars Fills Void Left By Y Combinator With New Incubator In Boston (techcrunch.com)
54 points by vaksel on Feb 17, 2009 | 44 comments
9.
Graph of NP-Complete Problems (fu-berlin.de)
54 points by imgabe on Feb 17, 2009 | 7 comments
10.
The Futile Pursuit of Happiness (2003) (nytimes.com)
52 points by kirse on Feb 17, 2009 | 19 comments
11.
Daring Fireball: Copying the Wrong Thing (daringfireball.net)
50 points by sant0sk1 on Feb 17, 2009 | 4 comments
12.
Recovery.gov has gone live (recovery.gov)
50 points by babyshake on Feb 17, 2009 | 45 comments
13.
Interesting take on a social networking site (notadouche.com)
49 points by jcapote on Feb 17, 2009 | 27 comments
14.
Programming Sucks Or At Least, It Ought To (thedailywtf.com)
49 points by imgabe on Feb 17, 2009 | 40 comments
15.
The Human Obsession With "Formal Proofs" is a Waste of Time (rutgers.edu)
38 points by tyn on Feb 17, 2009 | 28 comments
16.
All-Terrain Crane Lego Model - Detailed technical explanation (jenniferclarkbass.com)
38 points by carlosrr on Feb 17, 2009 | 5 comments
17.
Git is the C of Version Control Tools (ericsink.com)
36 points by sarvesh on Feb 17, 2009 | 20 comments
18.
Business models for games (lsvp.wordpress.com)
36 points by IsaacSchlueter on Feb 17, 2009 | 14 comments
19.
Justin.tv Is Turning Porn Queries Into Cash (techcrunch.com)
35 points by vaksel on Feb 17, 2009 | 47 comments
20.
Does Capital Efficiency Matter? (david.weebly.com)
33 points by rantfoil on Feb 17, 2009 | 1 comment
21.
Second 'Google phone' is unveiled (bbc.co.uk)
29 points by pierrefar on Feb 17, 2009 | 19 comments
22.
Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdom (ted.com)
27 points by kf on Feb 17, 2009 | 8 comments
23.
Nokia to pre-install Skype on handsets (theregister.co.uk)
22 points by swombat on Feb 17, 2009 | 11 comments
24.
Why I Write Software (felttip.com)
23 points by rams on Feb 17, 2009 | 1 comment
25.
Tech people can't sell (thisisgoingtobebig.com)
21 points by astrec on Feb 17, 2009 | 14 comments
26.
How To Think About Compression (complete.org)
19 points by epall on Feb 17, 2009 | 12 comments
27.
Knitting is an Acceptable Lisp (wetpixels.blogspot.com)
19 points by gruseom on Feb 17, 2009 | 6 comments
28.
The lights are going out all over Twitter (guardian.co.uk)
17 points by twampss on Feb 17, 2009 | 4 comments
29.
Ustream Launches Watershed, A Pay-As-You-Go Live Streaming Service For Enterprises (techcrunch.com)
17 points by Mazy on Feb 17, 2009 | 2 comments
30.
Has human evolution stopped? (wsj.com)
14 points by ksvs on Feb 17, 2009 | 34 comments

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