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1.		Running a freemium web app? Here's a big reason we're growing. (scoutapp.com)
		125 points by itsderek23 on Nov 6, 2009 \| 19 comments
2.		MacHeist is giving away my Mac app ShoveBox and $154 of other apps (macheist.com)
		93 points by dangrover on Nov 6, 2009 \| 51 comments
3.		Excuse Me, But Where Did Google's Organic Search Results Go? (seobook.com)
		76 points by stakent on Nov 6, 2009 \| 50 comments
4.		How Experienced Developers Can Handicap a Lean Startup (kevindewalt.com)
		76 points by _pius on Nov 6, 2009 \| 54 comments
5.		Ask HN: Is it just me, or are HN comments becoming more and more negative?
		74 points by ncarlson on Nov 6, 2009 \| 157 comments
6.		Has Japan designed the world's best bike shed? (guardian.co.uk)
		71 points by chaostheory on Nov 6, 2009 \| 53 comments
7.		Ask HN: How do you explain closures?
		69 points by dstorrs on Nov 6, 2009 \| 64 comments
8.		Roger Penrose Says Physics Is Wrong, From String Theory to Quantum Mechanics (discovermagazine.com)
		66 points by gnosis on Nov 6, 2009 \| 44 comments
9.		The Physics of Bras (discovermagazine.com)
		61 points by chaostheory on Nov 6, 2009 \| 31 comments
10.		OpenOffice launches mouse with 18 buttons, 52 commands (openofficemouse.com)
		58 points by swombat on Nov 6, 2009 \| 52 comments
11.		A CEO’s Dilemma: Should I Take My Burning Man Pics off Facebook? (bnet.com)
		54 points by mseebach on Nov 6, 2009 \| 38 comments
12.		I’m Paul Graham (southwaterfront.com)
		52 points by neddotcom on Nov 6, 2009 \| 20 comments
13.		Improved conversions by 25%. Thanks Hacker News! (kartme.com)
		51 points by phil_KartMe on Nov 6, 2009 \| 19 comments
14.		Capitalism's Fundamental Flaw (forbes.com)
		49 points by acangiano on Nov 6, 2009 \| 92 comments
15.		Hacker news, but for ideas (idea-ne.ws)
		50 points by bravura on Nov 6, 2009 \| 65 comments
16.		Zed Shaw's latest project - Fret War (fretwar.com)
		49 points by tspnemeto on Nov 6, 2009 \| 37 comments
17.		Perl far from dead, more popular than you think (pingdom.com)
		47 points by chanux on Nov 6, 2009 \| 58 comments
18.		Ask HN: How did you market your app when there were already a lot like yours?
		45 points by SingAlong on Nov 6, 2009 \| 15 comments
19.		My response to YC RFS 3 (sunlightlabs.com)
		45 points by cjoh on Nov 6, 2009 \| 11 comments
20.		How (and why) Sillicon Alley Insider uses MongoDB (businessinsider.com)
		44 points by DXL on Nov 6, 2009 \| 11 comments
21.		RedLaser ― Impossibly accurate barcode scanning (redlaser.com)
		43 points by stakent on Nov 6, 2009 \| 28 comments
22.		How to write a great novel - writing habits of famous authors (wsj.com)
		42 points by jenningsjason on Nov 6, 2009 \| 16 comments
23.		Skype: "We've settled with Joltid"—now owns its core technology (skype.com)
		39 points by Timothee on Nov 6, 2009 \| 20 comments
24.		Mark Pincus at a Startup @ Berkeley Mixer (krutal.com)
		37 points by krtl on Nov 6, 2009 \| 13 comments
25.		A Math Paradox: The Widening Gap Between High School and College Math (setonhill.edu)
		36 points by gnosis on Nov 6, 2009 \| 14 comments
26.		Being Open and Honest About Startup Process (andrewhyde.net)
		35 points by markbao on Nov 6, 2009 \| 6 comments
27.		If You Want a Job Tomorrow, Cultivate Your Career Today (polyglotprogramming.com)
		35 points by citizenparker on Nov 6, 2009 \| 19 comments
28.		Some real data about JavaScript size on web pages (jgc.org)
		34 points by jgrahamc on Nov 6, 2009 \| 10 comments
29.		Slides from Felix von Leitner's talk on C and compiler optimizations (linux-kongress.org)
		33 points by nrr on Nov 6, 2009 \| 6 comments
30.		Burning a NeXT Cube (simson.net)
		33 points by e1ven on Nov 6, 2009 \| 14 comments
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