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1.		Pro Git - CC licensed book on Git by Scott Chacon (progit.org)
		224 points by laktek on July 27, 2009 \| 25 comments
2.		My Sys-Con Nightmare (aralbalkan.com)
		108 points by tortilla on July 27, 2009 \| 8 comments
3.		R programming for those coming from other languages (johndcook.com)
		99 points by Anon84 on July 27, 2009 \| 29 comments
4.		You will live for longer than 1% of the entire history of human civilization.
		86 points by GraffitiTim on July 27, 2009 \| 65 comments
5.		Files Vanished, Young Chinese Lose the Future (nytimes.com)
		86 points by carterschonwald on July 27, 2009 \| 31 comments
6.		Apple Yanks The Cord On GV Mobile, other Google Voice integration apps (techcrunch.com)
		79 points by rufo on July 27, 2009 \| 22 comments
7.		fabricate: The better "make". Finds dependencies automatically for any language. (code.google.com)
		76 points by benhoyt on July 27, 2009 \| 43 comments
8.		Ask HN: Cash-flow muses
		71 points by bkovitz on July 27, 2009 \| 37 comments
9.		Justin.tv Opens Its API For Free, Hopes Live Video Will Explode (techcrunch.com)
		72 points by ExJournalist on July 27, 2009 \| 20 comments
10.		Skilled Immigrants on Why They're Leaving the U.S. (businessweek.com)
		63 points by raju on July 27, 2009 \| 70 comments
11.		I really want to like Apple (but they don't like us) (dieblinkenlights.com)
		61 points by rbanffy on July 27, 2009 \| 42 comments
12.		Ask and It Shall be Given (steveblank.com)
		56 points by peter123 on July 27, 2009 \| 13 comments
13.		____ will ____ you (littlegreatideas.com)
		54 points by mhb on July 27, 2009 \| 15 comments
14.		Where I Program - Independent Developer's Cribs (successfulsoftware.net)
		52 points by hermitcrab on July 27, 2009 \| 22 comments
15.		Recreating the THX Deep Note - EarSlap (batuhanbozkurt.com)
		52 points by jawngee on July 27, 2009 \| 13 comments
16.		Bizarre theory suggests time may be running out (2007) (breakingnews.ie)
		50 points by dlnovell on July 27, 2009 \| 45 comments
17.		Sortable Hacker News (hnsort.com)
		48 points by scrollinondubs on July 27, 2009 \| 24 comments
18.		I have comments, but no spam in my comments. Here’s why. (tbray.org)
		48 points by blasdel on July 27, 2009 \| 27 comments
19.		Does Silicon Valley noise detract from long-term value creation? (andrewchenblog.com)
		46 points by andrew_null on July 27, 2009 \| 14 comments
20.		When Debtors Decide to Default (nytimes.com)
		43 points by cwan on July 27, 2009 \| 47 comments
21.		Somali Pirate Economics (wired.com)
		43 points by tc on July 27, 2009 \| 14 comments
22.		Skepticism about beautiful people having more daughters. (columbia.edu)
		43 points by lliiffee on July 27, 2009 \| 9 comments
23.		Project AT&T - 4chan responds (invisionfree.com)
		43 points by andreyf on July 27, 2009 \| 21 comments
24.		BelKor has allegedly won Netflix Prize despite being second on the leaderboard (netflixprize.com)
		40 points by vang3lis on July 27, 2009 \| 19 comments
25.		"What would Apple Do?" - Don't Ask (redfin.com)
		40 points by webwright on July 27, 2009 \| 23 comments
26.		Why do we rape, kill and sleep around? Don't blame the caveman (newsweek.com)
		40 points by madars on July 27, 2009 \| 36 comments
27.		Pitch To Branson (virgin.com)
		39 points by cgherb911 on July 27, 2009 \| 4 comments
28.		Why Jinja is not Django and why Django should have a look at it (pocoo.org)
		37 points by apgwoz on July 27, 2009 \| 19 comments
29.		Tell HN NYC: Hackers & Founders #3, This Thursday (7/30) at Shake Shack, 6PM (anyvite.com)
		37 points by daveambrose on July 27, 2009 \| 13 comments
30.		CEO of NPR: News won't go paywall. Calls it a "mass delusion" in the industry (newsweek.com)
		36 points by pclark on July 27, 2009 \| 8 comments
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