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1.		Jeff Atwood is wrong about performance (compaspascal.blogspot.com)
		62 points by vaksel on July 5, 2009 \| 30 comments
2.		Since March, IE Lost 11.4 Percent Share To Firefox, Safari, And Chrome (techcrunch.com)
		61 points by vaksel on July 5, 2009 \| 32 comments
3.		The abolition of work (deoxy.org)
		60 points by arcadeparade on July 5, 2009 \| 42 comments
4.		Bernstein's New Mission Is To Cryptographically Protect Every Internet Packet (cr.yp.to)
		59 points by tsally on July 5, 2009 \| 21 comments
5.		The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids (nymag.com)
		57 points by agrinshtein on July 5, 2009 \| 17 comments
6.		Here's a good reason why you should get rid of things you don't use. (nat.org)
		54 points by wizardofoz on July 5, 2009 \| 13 comments
7.		Facebook doesn't want you to deactivate your account. (collison.ie)
		50 points by pc on July 5, 2009 \| 39 comments
8.		What should I do with my life? (fastcompany.com)
		44 points by anirudh on July 5, 2009 \| 6 comments
9.		Thoughtful outsiders take on the US by Stephen Fry (stephenfry.com)
		41 points by sharpn on July 5, 2009 \| 7 comments
10.		Poll: How many generations removed from immigration are you?
		41 points by jballanc on July 5, 2009 \| 68 comments
11.		Freshjerky.com (cringely.com)
		40 points by johns on July 5, 2009 \| 17 comments
12.		Street Farmer (nytimes.com)
		33 points by robg on July 5, 2009 \| 6 comments
13.		We Rent Movies, So Why Not College Textbooks? (nytimes.com)
		31 points by robg on July 5, 2009 \| 36 comments
14.		Announcing pyvcs, django-vcs, and piano-man (lazypython.blogspot.com)
		31 points by gthank on July 5, 2009 \| 4 comments
15.		Guardian Datablog - journalists publishing raw data as Google Spreadsheets (guardian.co.uk)
		30 points by simonw on July 5, 2009 \| 3 comments
16.		Windows 7 is the same as Ubuntu (zdnet.com)
		29 points by nreece on July 5, 2009 \| 54 comments
17.		Stupider Than You Realize (overcomingbias.com)
		25 points by barry-cotter on July 5, 2009 \| 35 comments
18.		Why are lectures more detailed than texts? (lesswrong.com)
		24 points by Eliezer on July 5, 2009 \| 11 comments
19.		The Freemium Company LifeCycle Challenge (blogmaverick.com)
		23 points by peter123 on July 5, 2009 \| 5 comments
20.		Say Hello to Underachieving (nytimes.com)
		21 points by peter123 on July 5, 2009 \| 14 comments
21.		Rendering a Sierpinski Pyramid in Clojure (ideolalia.com)
		21 points by prospero on July 5, 2009 \| 10 comments
22.		Joyent Smart Platform, open-source server-side JavaScript web framework. (joyent.com)
		19 points by Raphael on July 5, 2009 \| 9 comments
23.		MI6 chief's details on Facebook (bbc.co.uk)
		19 points by stuartk on July 5, 2009 \| 7 comments
24.		iPhone 3GS. Jailbreak. Mac. (techcrunch.com)
		18 points by jasonlbaptiste on July 5, 2009 \| 5 comments
25.		Carrot2 Clustering Engine (carrot2.org)
		17 points by dualogy on July 5, 2009 \| 11 comments
26.		Ray tracing signed distance functions (live.com)
		16 points by ksvs on July 5, 2009 \| 3 comments
27.		John Doerr's Startup Manual (1997) (fastcompany.com)
		14 points by hwijaya on July 5, 2009 \| 4 comments
28.		Startup to IPO: Why Few Companies Make the Leap and What We Can Learn from Them (scale.cc)
		14 points by vincentchan on July 5, 2009 \| 2 comments
29.		How to Motivate Employees (inc.com)
		11 points by PeterRosdahl on July 5, 2009 \| 7 comments
30.		States Plot New Path to Tax Online Retailers (wsj.com)
		11 points by Shakescode on July 5, 2009 \| 8 comments
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