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31.		Why kids and teens use FB and Myspace but not Twitter (lsvp.wordpress.com)
		25 points by jeremyliew on March 16, 2009 \| 7 comments
32.		Calculating solar panel shading in Python (pingswept.org)
		24 points by pingswept on March 16, 2009 \| 1 comment
33.		Ask HN: Increasing Karma Implies Decreasing Variance? (marginalrevolution.com)
		23 points by patrocles on March 16, 2009 \| 22 comments
34.		Ask HN: Where do uk startups go for advice online ?
		22 points by ig1 on March 16, 2009 \| 18 comments
35.		Ask HN: For a simple forum, should I use bbPress or is there a HN/reddit style one?
		21 points by benhoyt on March 16, 2009 \| 16 comments
36.		Cursor Gravity (richardsimoes.com)
		21 points by kirubakaran on March 16, 2009 \| 7 comments
37.		Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a deadly acquisition target (zdnet.com)
		20 points by jackowayed on March 16, 2009 \| 18 comments
38.		Technololgy Companies. We Hate You. (whattofix.com)
		18 points by DanielBMarkham on March 16, 2009 \| 26 comments
39.		Thoughts on our hn "soft-launch" (chuwe.com) (chuwe.com)
		17 points by sgrove on March 16, 2009 \| 8 comments
40.		Bernard Madoff’s Courtroom Confession About His Ponzi Scheme (bloomberg.com)
		15 points by jeremynolan on March 16, 2009 \| 23 comments
41.		The Reia Programming Language (github.com/tarcieri)
		15 points by oscardelben on March 16, 2009 \| 11 comments
42.		Bottling the Magic Behind Google and Facebook (nytimes.com)
		15 points by peter123 on March 16, 2009 \| 3 comments
43.		Make Your own TinyURL Service (htmlcenter.com)
		15 points by robotrout on March 16, 2009 \| 12 comments
44.		The Big Ruby Vulnerabilities (zedshaw.com)
		14 points by jacktang on March 16, 2009 \| 6 comments
45.		Findjango, A Week of Progress (lethain.com)
		12 points by twampss on March 16, 2009 \| 4 comments
46.		What does a successful YC application look like?
		12 points by geuis on March 16, 2009 \| 11 comments
47.		The Size of the Derivatives Bubble = $190K Per Person on Planet (globalresearch.ca)
		11 points by peter123 on March 16, 2009 \| 6 comments
48.		Nanocapacitors with Big-Energy Storage (technologyreview.com)
		11 points by jaydub on March 16, 2009 \| 1 comment
49.		What alchemists got right about chemistry (boston.com)
		11 points by robg on March 16, 2009 \| 1 comment
50.		Ask HN: What headphones do you use in the office?
		11 points by smanek on March 16, 2009 \| 30 comments
51.		Why prosthetics should be beautiful (boston.com)
		10 points by robg on March 16, 2009 \| 4 comments
52.		MBTA Sux - capturing the public transportation zeitgeist (mbtasux.com)
		10 points by anateus on March 16, 2009 \| 9 comments
53.		Make sense of your site: tips for webpage design (googleblog.blogspot.com)
		10 points by Mrinal on March 16, 2009
54.		Seattle Paper Stops Printing and Shifts to Web (nytimes.com)
		10 points by jlhamilton on March 16, 2009
55.		ISPs should embrace and cache bittorrent packets, not throttle it (badcheese.com)
		10 points by scumola on March 16, 2009 \| 6 comments
56.		Designing Firefox 3.2, without Tabs (informationarchitects.jp)
		10 points by danw on March 16, 2009 \| 7 comments
57.		My Agile Team: More Code, More Problems (agilesoftwaredevelopment.com)
		9 points by AgileArtem on March 16, 2009
58.		How to Be an Angel Investor (Part 2) - by Venture Hacks (venturehacks.com)
		9 points by JayNeely on March 16, 2009
59.		The Size of Derivatives Bubble = $190K Per Person on Planet (siliconvalleywatcher.com)
		9 points by kqr2 on March 16, 2009
60.		Data Mining Moves to Human Resources (businessweek.com)
		9 points by randrews on March 16, 2009 \| 1 comment
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