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31.		Motivation behind creating Wikipedia (in.com)
		29 points by ananthrk on Aug 7, 2009 \| 10 comments
32.		Yahoo Chief: ‘We Have Never Been a Search Company’ (nytimes.com)
		29 points by newacc on Aug 7, 2009 \| 25 comments
33.		C# finally gets default parameters (devcurry.com)
		28 points by RyanMcGreal on Aug 7, 2009 \| 10 comments
34.		Bjarne Stroustrup on Concepts and the Future of C++ (devx.com)
		27 points by naish on Aug 7, 2009 \| 9 comments
35.		What Works: The Web Way vs. The Wave Way (dashes.com)
		26 points by mshafrir on Aug 7, 2009 \| 9 comments
36.		“Blink” and the Art of Hiring the Best (assembla.com)
		25 points by b-man on Aug 7, 2009 \| 11 comments
37.		Ask YC: Where/how do YC founders get health insurance?
		24 points by daviday on Aug 7, 2009 \| 18 comments
38.		Opera: Still competing, still growing (Interview with CEO) (npr.org)
		23 points by Pistos2 on Aug 7, 2009 \| 10 comments
39.		Freaky Sleep Paralysis: Being Awake in Your Nightmares (wired.com)
		22 points by AjJi on Aug 7, 2009 \| 20 comments
40.		The fundamentals you need to master in sales: cause & effect (b2brainmaker.com)
		21 points by cwan on Aug 7, 2009 \| 1 comment
41.		On Scala's future (antoniocangiano.com)
		20 points by acangiano on Aug 7, 2009 \| 15 comments
42.		CSS Debug Snippet (snipplr.com)
		20 points by frisco on Aug 7, 2009 \| 3 comments
43.		Aesop's Fable - or fact? Meet the world's cleverest bird (timesonline.co.uk)
		19 points by wallflower on Aug 7, 2009 \| 3 comments
44.		RESTful Transactions (jcalcote.wordpress.com)
		18 points by fogus on Aug 7, 2009 \| 7 comments
45.		Tell HN: HeavyMetal for PHP released
		18 points by jawngee on Aug 7, 2009 \| 7 comments
46.		Study finds women directors damage profits (ft.com)
		18 points by limist on Aug 7, 2009 \| 36 comments
47.		Reuters exec: Please link to us and let us steal AP’s thunder (shortformblog.com)
		17 points by shortformblog on Aug 7, 2009 \| 7 comments
48.		Schmidt's Apple Gig: He Worked for Free (businessweek.com)
		17 points by zhyder on Aug 7, 2009 \| 4 comments
49.		A New DB for 80% of Facebook, YouTube-scale Sites (roadtofailure.com)
		16 points by gsteph22 on Aug 7, 2009 \| 13 comments
50.		Could Grad School Be Fixed? (false-epiphany.com)
		17 points by asimjalis on Aug 7, 2009 \| 13 comments
51.		New open office UI prototype (sun.com)
		14 points by kasunh on Aug 7, 2009 \| 13 comments
52.		IPhone 3D Texture Mapped City: Paris [video] (digitalurban.blogspot.com)
		14 points by kirubakaran on Aug 7, 2009 \| 4 comments
53.		Portland Incubator Experiment (siliconflorist.com)
		12 points by domodomo on Aug 7, 2009 \| 4 comments
54.		Patterns in the Group Mind (informationisbeautiful.net)
		10 points by Anon84 on Aug 7, 2009 \| 2 comments
55.		Cost of living adjusted, NYC poorest city in America? (city-journal.org)
		13 points by cwan on Aug 7, 2009 \| 11 comments
56.		In five years all browsers will block Internet advertisements by default. (windowsitpro.com)
		9 points by vaksel on Aug 7, 2009 \| 23 comments
57.		Unofficial Poll: Would you pay a $5 lifetime membership fee to Hacker News?
		9 points by thorax on Aug 7, 2009 \| 25 comments
58.		Deutsche Bank: ‘Underwater’ Mortgages to Hit 48% (bloomberg.com)
		10 points by cwan on Aug 7, 2009 \| 1 comment
59.		Iowa 911 Call Center Nation First To Accept Emergency Txts (ohgizmo.com)
		9 points by cwan on Aug 7, 2009 \| 4 comments
60.		Results confirm theory as Kepler tracks extrasolar planet (arstechnica.com)
		8 points by terpua on Aug 7, 2009 \| 1 comment
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