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1.		Glibc's strlen implementation: Probably not what you'd guess (redhat.com)
		127 points by aston on March 10, 2009 \| 70 comments
2.		Core competencies of great hackers (giraffesoft.ca)
		90 points by possiblemat on March 10, 2009 \| 111 comments
3.		Doug Lenat – I was positively impressed with Wolfram Alpha (semanticuniverse.com)
		80 points by programnature on March 10, 2009 \| 17 comments
4.		Ask HN: How many of you (coders) use marijuana?
		70 points by jgalvez on March 10, 2009 \| 105 comments
5.		There's always time to launch your dream (37signals.com)
		61 points by screwperman on March 10, 2009 \| 17 comments
6.		An open letter to Steve Jobs about approving the amber alert application (zdziarski.com)
		55 points by jgrahamc on March 10, 2009 \| 77 comments
7.		What is PIFTS.exe? (freebase.org)
		54 points by njrc on March 10, 2009 \| 18 comments
8.		Paul Graham on Why Boston Should Worry About Its Future as a Tech Hub (xconomy.com)
		53 points by bobbud on March 10, 2009 \| 45 comments
9.		Girl wants to work for Twitter. Creates site. (twittershouldhireme.com)
		52 points by omnivore on March 10, 2009 \| 60 comments
10.		Are short methods actually worse? (dubroy.com)
		51 points by pdubroy on March 10, 2009 \| 75 comments
11.		Show HN: Our new online face recognition demo (pittpatt.com)
		50 points by lbrandy on March 10, 2009 \| 25 comments
12.		Barbara Liskov wins Turing Award (web.mit.edu)
		48 points by bdr on March 10, 2009 \| 4 comments
13.		Wundrbar (YC W08) launches new iPhone app (whatsoniphone.com)
		44 points by garbowza on March 10, 2009 \| 10 comments
14.		Ask HN: CTO vs. VP of Engineering
		40 points by safetywerd on March 10, 2009 \| 23 comments
15.		Programmers and Customer Service (userscape.com)
		38 points by _bbks on March 10, 2009 \| 24 comments
16.		Sell Your By-products (37signals.com)
		37 points by twampss on March 10, 2009 \| 9 comments
17.		Ask HN: Please review my app: RightSignature.com - Easy Online Document Signing (rightsignature.com)
		37 points by dylanz on March 10, 2009 \| 36 comments
18.		Sharpening the Saw (codinghorror.com)
		30 points by twampss on March 10, 2009 \| 31 comments
19.		Hackers crack Apple's iTunes gift card algorithm (appleinsider.com)
		28 points by sahaj on March 10, 2009 \| 25 comments
20.		Should children have the right to vote? (scottaaronson.com)
		27 points by rw on March 10, 2009 \| 64 comments
21.		Rubber Duck Debugging (ethernal.org)
		26 points by teej on March 10, 2009 \| 8 comments
22.		The Free Ride Is Over (mattmaroon.com)
		24 points by twampss on March 10, 2009 \| 24 comments
23.		Some notes on the Guardian Open Platform (simonwillison.net)
		24 points by simonw on March 10, 2009 \| 8 comments
24.		List Of Acquisitions By Google (wikipedia.org)
		24 points by rams on March 10, 2009 \| 17 comments
25.		[Book] Algorithmic Game Theory (cambridge.org)
		22 points by Anon84 on March 10, 2009 \| 1 comment
26.		There's always time to launch your dream (37signals.com)
		17 points by zaveri on March 10, 2009 \| 1 comment
27.		How to Get A Job at a Top Ruby Shop (rubyinside.com)
		17 points by lpgauth on March 10, 2009 \| 6 comments
28.		Ask HN: hacker ways of fighting anxiety?
		17 points by maxawaytoolong on March 10, 2009 \| 15 comments
29.		A Lisp interpreter written in Awk. (github.com/darius)
		16 points by pmarin on March 10, 2009
30.		Ask HN: Anyone use brain drugs such as piracetam here?
		15 points by visdo on March 10, 2009 \| 10 comments
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