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1.		US Patent 5255452 (or: Why Michael Jackson was a Hacker) (espacenet.com)
		239 points by johnnybgoode on June 25, 2009 \| 58 comments
2.		How to hack your brain - Part I: Sleep (dustincurtis.com)
		128 points by symptic on June 25, 2009 \| 84 comments
3.		I, Toaster (reason.com)
		119 points by tptacek on June 25, 2009 \| 51 comments
4.		The iPhone Software Revolution (codinghorror.com)
		93 points by wyday on June 25, 2009 \| 82 comments
5.		The natural evolution from side project to full-time business (37signals.com)
		74 points by tortilla on June 25, 2009 \| 25 comments
6.		I've met very very few IT workers who are happy with their jobs (joelonsoftware.com)
		73 points by jerryji on June 25, 2009 \| 63 comments
7.		Kayak to Bing: Stop Copying Us (wired.com)
		68 points by johns on June 25, 2009 \| 38 comments
8.		Startup Law 101 - Why not to incorporate your startup in Delaware (grellas.com)
		67 points by grellas on June 25, 2009 \| 26 comments
9.		Scripty2 - a complete rewrite of script.aculo.us (scripty2.com)
		63 points by catone on June 25, 2009 \| 20 comments
10.		Pirate Bay Retrial Denied (wired.com)
		60 points by ALee on June 25, 2009 \| 27 comments
11.		Steve Blank: Selling with Sports Scores (steveblank.com)
		55 points by wyday on June 25, 2009 \| 12 comments
12.		Why CouchDB doesn't scale (spyced.blogspot.com)
		50 points by jorgeortiz85 on June 25, 2009 \| 30 comments
13.		Ask HN: Are there any good Internet marketing books?
		49 points by kuvkir on June 25, 2009 \| 12 comments
14.		Living The Dream (dislocatedday.com)
		46 points by amethyst on June 25, 2009 \| 8 comments
15.		Introducing Android 1.5 NDK, Release 1: Include C/C++ in your Android app (android-developers.blogspot.com)
		46 points by mbrubeck on June 25, 2009 \| 4 comments
16.		Not Every Child Is Secretly a Genius (chronicle.com)
		45 points by dhimes on June 25, 2009 \| 57 comments
17.		Tell HN: Risk, Dan Gardner
		42 points by ErrantX on June 25, 2009 \| 18 comments
18.		HeyZap (YC S09) Launches Microtransaction Platform (techcrunch.com)
		43 points by judegomila on June 25, 2009 \| 18 comments
19.		Why A Low Calorie Diet Extends Lifespans: Critical Enzyme Pair Identified (sciencedaily.com)
		39 points by ksvs on June 25, 2009 \| 2 comments
20.		Operating Systems Lecture Notes by Martin Rinard (lcs.mit.edu)
		38 points by nreece on June 25, 2009 \| 7 comments
21.		The Clever Hans Effect (wikipedia.org)
		34 points by delano on June 25, 2009 \| 3 comments
22.		Recovery.gov Bid -- a Good Failure (sunlightlabs.com)
		36 points by cjoh on June 25, 2009 \| 7 comments
23.		Microsoft: Outlook is Not “Broken” (technologizer.com)
		31 points by FluidDjango on June 25, 2009 \| 23 comments
24.		Small is Beautiful (synthcode.com)
		29 points by dharmatech on June 25, 2009 \| 14 comments
25.		Collaborative Charity (paulbuchheit.blogspot.com)
		29 points by zeedotme on June 25, 2009 \| 7 comments
26.		You Can't Teach Height, But Can You Teach Programming? (msdn.com)
		26 points by kqr2 on June 25, 2009 \| 8 comments
27.		The Day Facebook Changed Forever: Messages to Become Public By Default (readwriteweb.com)
		26 points by nreece on June 25, 2009 \| 17 comments
28.		Digital Evolution in Python: PyPond (paraschopra.com)
		25 points by paraschopra on June 25, 2009 \| 8 comments
29.		The myth of perfection (scripting.com)
		24 points by nreece on June 25, 2009 \| 1 comment
30.		On randomized algorithms (in C) (return42.blogspot.com)
		24 points by Anon84 on June 25, 2009 \| 3 comments
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