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1.		Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin (time.com)
		89 points by emontero1 on Aug 9, 2009 \| 104 comments
2.		The challenges of Creating a Civilization Web Game (code.google.com)
		81 points by roschdal on Aug 9, 2009 \| 74 comments
3.		Programming (torvalds-family.blogspot.com)
		73 points by prakash on Aug 9, 2009 \| 18 comments
4.		In which I switch on a 30 year old computer and it just works (jgc.org)
		71 points by jgrahamc on Aug 9, 2009 \| 28 comments
5.		Sketchbooks aren't about being a good artist, they're about being a good thinker (jasonsantamaria.com)
		58 points by grinich on Aug 9, 2009 \| 18 comments
6.		Vitamin D slashes risk of cancers by 77 percent (2007) (creighton.edu)
		49 points by MikeCapone on Aug 9, 2009 \| 50 comments
7.		Droplet: An Arduino-based wireless display (e.g. weather, twitter, news) (rapplogic.blogspot.com)
		48 points by profquail on Aug 9, 2009 \| 6 comments
8.		Ask PG: When should founders start taking a salary?
		46 points by prpon on Aug 9, 2009 \| 24 comments
9.		Poll: YC Startups, do you use Django, Rails, PHP or Other?
		45 points by dkokelley on Aug 9, 2009 \| 56 comments
10.		Jobs vs. Gates: Who's the Star? (2006) (wired.com)
		43 points by terpua on Aug 9, 2009 \| 17 comments
11.		Google Wave's Web of Protocols (diagram and commentary) (cubiclemuses.com)
		42 points by jaaron on Aug 9, 2009 \| 13 comments
12.		So you think you are a Rockstar Coding Ninja? (deannolan.co.uk)
		37 points by edw519 on Aug 9, 2009 \| 27 comments
13.		Which Search Engine Do You Choose In The Blind Test? (techcrunch.com)
		34 points by jmonegro on Aug 9, 2009 \| 21 comments
14.		Ask HN: "How to make something people want?"
		31 points by apsurd on Aug 9, 2009 \| 27 comments
15.		The poor man’s Bash Tab-completion (paksoy.net)
		31 points by mustpax on Aug 9, 2009 \| 13 comments
16.		Shipping (circa 1995) (dadhacker.com)
		30 points by edw519 on Aug 9, 2009
17.		Is 23,148,855,308,184,500 a magic number, or sheer chance? (stackoverflow.com)
		30 points by kirubakaran on Aug 9, 2009 \| 3 comments
18.		Minimum Viable Product Detailed Case Study (groups.google.com)
		28 points by _pius on Aug 9, 2009 \| 5 comments
19.		Ask HN: How to reduce sloppy mistakes?
		28 points by Everest on Aug 9, 2009 \| 39 comments
20.		The Rasterbator - Create huge, rasterized images from any picture. (homokaasu.org)
		27 points by bearwithclaws on Aug 9, 2009 \| 23 comments
21.		Ask HN: What would you love to work on?
		25 points by gaia-forming on Aug 9, 2009 \| 33 comments
22.		Design notebook suggestions?
		25 points by mechanician on Aug 9, 2009 \| 27 comments
23.		How I Learned To Quit The iPhone & Love Google Voice (techcrunch.com)
		25 points by paul9290 on Aug 9, 2009 \| 13 comments
24.		Clojure: An Atom Feed in Ten Minutes (ethanjfast.com)
		25 points by unignorant on Aug 9, 2009 \| 1 comment
25.		What Is The Real Reason Dell Is Discontinuing 12-inch Netbooks? (techcrunch.com)
		24 points by vaksel on Aug 9, 2009 \| 25 comments
26.		A Run-down of Free Software Project Hosting Sites (complete.org)
		24 points by fogus on Aug 9, 2009 \| 6 comments
27.		Pressure-sensitive keyboard (procrastineering.blogspot.com)
		23 points by mark_h on Aug 9, 2009 \| 12 comments
28.		Visualizing Sorting Algorithms (hatfulofhollow.com)
		22 points by unignorant on Aug 9, 2009 \| 3 comments
29.		Are science fiction/fantasy writers insane? (keepingthedoor.com)
		20 points by renai42 on Aug 9, 2009 \| 9 comments
30.		Some Basic Truths About Broadband (Economics) (gigaom.com)
		19 points by amutap on Aug 9, 2009 \| 11 comments
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