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1.		My 8 hour journey to a single character (lbrandy.com)
		176 points by lbrandy on Nov 23, 2009 \| 40 comments
2.		PPK: "Apple is not evil. iPhone developers are stupid." (quirksmode.org)
		169 points by samstokes on Nov 23, 2009 \| 77 comments
3.		Can I talk to that William fellow? He was so helpful. (msdn.com)
		153 points by cabacon on Nov 23, 2009 \| 18 comments
4.		Negative Cashback from Microsoft's Bing Cashback (bountii.com)
		117 points by jpuskarich on Nov 23, 2009 \| 28 comments
5.		Re: What You Can't Say (paulgraham.com)
		95 points by kf on Nov 23, 2009 \| 143 comments
6.		Relational databases performed a task that didn't need doing (1991) (pipeline.com)
		91 points by blasdel on Nov 23, 2009 \| 49 comments
7.		Has Bell Invented a "Telegraph Killer"? (mcsweeneys.net)
		88 points by blasdel on Nov 23, 2009 \| 8 comments
8.		Sparkfun giving away $100 per person in free electronics+S/H on 1/7/10 (sparkfun.com)
		86 points by arfrank on Nov 23, 2009 \| 19 comments
9.		Ask HN: How do I regain my attention span?
		82 points by sli on Nov 23, 2009 \| 53 comments
10.		How To Price Software Without Just Rolling The Dice (onstartups.com)
		65 points by dshah on Nov 23, 2009 \| 10 comments
11.		Let pedestrians define the walkways (sivers.org)
		60 points by sivers on Nov 23, 2009 \| 24 comments
12.		There is a certain inevitability to life. (zefrank.com)
		59 points by winter_blue on Nov 23, 2009 \| 33 comments
13.		Feds: Top e-tailers profit from billion-dollar Web scam (cnet.com)
		59 points by geuis on Nov 23, 2009 \| 29 comments
14.		Notes about Go (bitbucket.org/fusiongyro)
		57 points by bdr on Nov 23, 2009 \| 14 comments
15.		Startup Heroku (YC W08) Now Hosting 40,000+ Apps (gigaom.com)
		54 points by hshah on Nov 23, 2009 \| 21 comments
16.		I’m a bot (handrooster.com)
		51 points by infinity on Nov 23, 2009 \| 23 comments
17.		What a Monad is not (haskell.org)
		49 points by fogus on Nov 23, 2009 \| 24 comments
18.		TechStars Boston Moves to Spring, Apps Open Now (techstars.org)
		48 points by andrewhyde on Nov 23, 2009 \| 4 comments
19.		How To Create a Conference Call in 3 Lines of Code (twilio.com)
		45 points by danielle17 on Nov 23, 2009 \| 15 comments
20.		Ask HN: Review my jQuery Plugin (jQSlickWrap) (jwf.us)
		43 points by JasonWyatt on Nov 23, 2009 \| 11 comments
21.		Researcher's labour of love leads to MS breakthrough (theglobeandmail.com)
		40 points by benzim on Nov 23, 2009 \| 21 comments
22.		Comments in ClimateGate source code: unambiguous smoking gun (wattsupwiththat.com)
		38 points by asciilifeform on Nov 23, 2009 \| 36 comments
23.		Smoking may void Applecare Warranty (appleinsider.com)
		37 points by anderzole on Nov 23, 2009 \| 15 comments
24.		Vidly Teams Up With Chamillionaire (techcrunch.com)
		36 points by ed on Nov 23, 2009 \| 17 comments
25.		LHC produces first collisions (nytimes.com)
		32 points by andres on Nov 23, 2009 \| 21 comments
26.		Stripes: A Conceptual Operating System User Interface (ignorethecode.net)
		29 points by vluft on Nov 23, 2009 \| 10 comments
27.		Bing considers paying sites to delist themselves from Google (marketwatch.com)
		28 points by vaksel on Nov 23, 2009 \| 39 comments
28.		Freakonomics: Why California’s Tuition Hike Might Be a Good Thing (nytimes.com)
		27 points by cwan on Nov 23, 2009 \| 26 comments
29.		Apple's Schiller Defends iPhone App Approval Process (businessweek.com)
		27 points by billclerico on Nov 23, 2009 \| 14 comments
30.		Steve Blank talks to entrepreneurs about the customer development process (marketing.fm)
		27 points by EGF on Nov 23, 2009 \| 2 comments
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