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31.		The Lost Tools of Learning: Grammar, Dialectic, Rhetoric (1947) (gbt.org)
		21 points by benhoyt on Aug 2, 2009 \| 8 comments
32.		Ask HN: What should we do?
		21 points by alexk on Aug 2, 2009 \| 17 comments
33.		DIVINE Project - Create Websites From Photoshop To Wordpress (divine-project.com)
		20 points by toni on Aug 2, 2009 \| 4 comments
34.		Poll: Do recent events dissuade you from developing for the iPhone?
		19 points by luigi on Aug 2, 2009 \| 27 comments
35.		FCC asks Apple why they rejected the Google voice app (washingtonpost.com)
		18 points by ars on Aug 2, 2009 \| 4 comments
36.		IRB on Android (headius.com)
		18 points by peter123 on Aug 2, 2009 \| 2 comments
37.		The Secret Ingredient in Silicon Chips comes from North Carolina (bbc.co.uk)
		18 points by dan_the_welder on Aug 2, 2009 \| 3 comments
38.		Ask HN: Why is the number of greatest magnitude on the left?
		17 points by blintson on Aug 2, 2009 \| 29 comments
39.		Ask HN: A simple tcp monitor ?
		17 points by jacquesm on Aug 2, 2009 \| 15 comments
40.		Bootkit bypasses hard disk encryption (h-online.com)
		16 points by edw519 on Aug 2, 2009 \| 4 comments
41.		Twitter DM email parsing (with source code) (jazzychad.com)
		15 points by jazzychad on Aug 2, 2009 \| 1 comment
42.		The different reasons for company code contributions (conecta.it)
		15 points by edw519 on Aug 2, 2009 \| 1 comment
43.		Factor compiler improvements (factor-language.blogspot.com)
		15 points by falava on Aug 2, 2009 \| 1 comment
44.		Real men program in C (embedded.com)
		15 points by Anon84 on Aug 2, 2009 \| 36 comments
45.		Ask HN: How would you monetize a social media site?
		14 points by rumpelstiltskin on Aug 2, 2009 \| 19 comments
46.		"Developing iPhone apps now means postponing a better and more capable web" (factoryjoe.com)
		13 points by chris24 on Aug 2, 2009 \| 3 comments
47.		Scalability and Performance Best Practices (highscalability.com)
		13 points by alrex021 on Aug 2, 2009 \| 3 comments
48.		Vernor Vinge's Rainbows End fails to thrill (keepingthedoor.com)
		13 points by renai42 on Aug 2, 2009 \| 9 comments
49.		One Year of Stack Overflow (stackoverflow.com)
		13 points by soundsop on Aug 2, 2009 \| 1 comment
50.		Google Maps accused of unfair competition in France(for being free) (yahoo.com)
		12 points by vaksel on Aug 2, 2009 \| 21 comments
51.		Google Apps + OpenID = identity hub for SaaS (googlecode.blogspot.com)
		12 points by blasdel on Aug 2, 2009 \| 1 comment
52.		Evoloution's Third Replicator (newscientist.com)
		11 points by rosser on Aug 2, 2009 \| 3 comments
53.		PyNomo - create nomographs using Python (pynomo.org)
		10 points by TriinT on Aug 2, 2009
54.		Nuclear Fusion Startup (gizmodo.com)
		10 points by Flemlord on Aug 2, 2009 \| 6 comments
55.		Panel Wants Deep Space, Not Landings as U.S. Goal (nytimes.com)
		9 points by edw519 on Aug 2, 2009 \| 5 comments
56.		Ask HN: A date conundrum
		9 points by ErrantX on Aug 2, 2009 \| 7 comments
57.		Actual Cost To Make Popular Gadgets (ziggytek.com)
		9 points by ravindra1982 on Aug 2, 2009 \| 3 comments
58.		The Death of Journalism: How Gawker Ripped Me Off (washingtonpost.com)
		9 points by alaskamiller on Aug 2, 2009
59.		When Does a Depression or a Recession End? (theatlantic.com)
		9 points by newacc on Aug 2, 2009 \| 1 comment
60.		Playing computer games can improve your eyesight, experts say (dailymail.co.uk)
		9 points by ravindra1982 on Aug 2, 2009 \| 5 comments
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