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1.		Schneier on Security: Software Problems with a Breath Alcohol Detector (schneier.com)
		89 points by hko on May 14, 2009 \| 19 comments
2.		Lessons in bootstrapping from the founders of Urbanspoon (techflash.com)
		83 points by gurgeous on May 14, 2009 \| 13 comments
3.		Wolfram Alpha Demo by Stephen Wolfram [screencast] (wolframalpha.com)
		74 points by mlLK on May 14, 2009 \| 27 comments
4.		This is your pilot speaking. Now, about that holding pattern... (googleblog.blogspot.com)
		74 points by epi0Bauqu on May 14, 2009 \| 33 comments
5.		Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone (webmasterworld.com)
		66 points by buluzhai on May 14, 2009 \| 24 comments
6.		Nuts & Bolts: Campfire loves Erlang (37signals.com)
		63 points by tortilla on May 14, 2009 \| 28 comments
7.		Obama proposes no capital gains tax on qualified small business stock (startupcompanylawyer.com)
		63 points by yokumtaku on May 14, 2009 \| 43 comments
8.		This is why we are entrepreneurs. An awesome video. (newscred.com)
		59 points by shafqat on May 14, 2009 \| 31 comments
9.		Thriving Norway provides an Economics Lesson (nytimes.com)
		57 points by raheemm on May 14, 2009 \| 51 comments
10.		Ask HN: Is Google really slow right now? (or is it just for me?)
		55 points by tocomment on May 14, 2009 \| 62 comments
11.		White House Drug Czar Calls for End to 'War on Drugs' (wsj.com)
		54 points by Alex3917 on May 14, 2009 \| 29 comments
12.		What I know so far about marketing a small software company (chrisashworth.org)
		52 points by mmc on May 14, 2009 \| 8 comments
13.		Broken Browsers Part One: The Back Button (dreamhost.com)
		51 points by blasdel on May 14, 2009 \| 40 comments
14.		Things You Should Never Do, Part I (joelonsoftware.com)
		50 points by Jakob on May 14, 2009 \| 40 comments
15.		Ask HN: Which of those services would you pay $5/mo to use?
		47 points by andr on May 14, 2009 \| 72 comments
16.		Introducing Nitrogen (Erlang-based Web Framework) (nitrogenproject.com)
		43 points by Xichekolas on May 14, 2009 \| 5 comments
17.		Stuck On Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Or AOL? Gmail Just Made It Incredibly Easy To Switch (techcrunch.com)
		40 points by vaksel on May 14, 2009 \| 13 comments
18.		Scala is Not a Functional Programming Language (enfranchisedmind.com)
		38 points by blasdel on May 14, 2009 \| 8 comments
19.		Scratch Helps Kids Get With the Program (nytimes.com)
		37 points by robg on May 14, 2009 \| 11 comments
20.		Ask HN: Feedback on webapp, online meetings for group collaboration (almostmeet.com)
		34 points by zhyder on May 14, 2009 \| 22 comments
21.		Blame baby monitors, not congestion, for your WiFi woes (arstechnica.com)
		32 points by terpua on May 14, 2009 \| 15 comments
22.		Life’s First Spark Re-Created in the Laboratory (wired.com)
		32 points by naish on May 14, 2009
23.		Widespread Google packet loss observed today (zdnet.com)
		30 points by shimon on May 14, 2009 \| 7 comments
24.		Geiser, a new Scheme Emacs mode (programming-musings.org)
		29 points by wingo on May 14, 2009 \| 6 comments
25.		How to Solve the Browser Wars (medsgames.com)
		29 points by nreece on May 14, 2009 \| 7 comments
26.		Charles Stross on the future (and gaming) in 2030 (antipope.org)
		28 points by bkudria on May 14, 2009 \| 5 comments
27.		Ask HN: flirt140, how are they determining the gender?
		27 points by vijayr on May 14, 2009 \| 36 comments
28.		Alan Kay: The Power Of The Context [pdf] (vpri.org)
		24 points by mbrubeck on May 14, 2009 \| 16 comments
29.		The anonymous writings (jmtame.posterous.com)
		24 points by kf on May 14, 2009 \| 8 comments
30.		Was 1971 The Best Year To Be Born A Geek? (boingboing.net)
		24 points by tptacek on May 14, 2009 \| 28 comments
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