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1.		Squareup (squareup.com)
		278 points by tiffani on Dec 1, 2009 \| 155 comments
2.		Highcharts: JavaScript Charts that don't suck (highcharts.com)
		198 points by nym on Dec 1, 2009 \| 59 comments
3.		Of Geeks and Girls (ucsc.edu)
		136 points by araneae on Dec 1, 2009 \| 167 comments
4.		CommonJS effort sets JavaScript on path for world domination (arstechnica.com)
		126 points by baxter on Dec 1, 2009 \| 35 comments
5.		Interview with Donald Knuth (simple-talk.com)
		102 points by mqt on Dec 1, 2009 \| 33 comments
6.		Craigslist blocks Yahoo Pipes (romy.posterous.com)
		93 points by slay2k on Dec 1, 2009 \| 84 comments
7.		Mario Couldn't Jump At First (wii.com)
		92 points by bdr on Dec 1, 2009 \| 33 comments
8.		Hand-cranked penny-dispenser allows anyone to work for minimum wage (blakefallconroy.com)
		88 points by Flemlord on Dec 1, 2009 \| 38 comments
9.		I've implemented a new HTTP/1.1 request and response parser by hand (four.livejournal.com)
		79 points by fogus on Dec 1, 2009 \| 41 comments
10.		Job Satisfaction (dilbert.com)
		76 points by gaika on Dec 1, 2009 \| 20 comments
11.		How's My Code? A simple, lightweight code review tool for distributed teams. (howsmycode.com)
		68 points by bensummers on Dec 1, 2009 \| 27 comments
12.		Microsoft finally urging users to upgrade from IE6 (cnet.com)
		62 points by suprgeek on Dec 1, 2009 \| 25 comments
13.		Ask HN: Review My (Common Lisp backed) Startup (postabon.com)
		59 points by smanek on Dec 1, 2009 \| 59 comments
14.		Idiomatic Clojure (tbray.org)
		54 points by fogus on Dec 1, 2009
15.		Harvard study: Computers don't save hospitals money (computerworld.com)
		51 points by edw519 on Dec 1, 2009 \| 46 comments
16.		LED Bulbs Save Substantial Energy (nytimes.com)
		51 points by raju on Dec 1, 2009 \| 47 comments
17.		How we increased ecommerce sales 100x (boagworld.com)
		47 points by pchristensen on Dec 1, 2009 \| 8 comments
18.		Yahoo, Verizon: Spy Capabilities Would ‘Shock’, ‘Confuse’ Consumers (wired.com)
		45 points by phsr on Dec 1, 2009 \| 14 comments
19.		The Physics of Building a Black Hole Powered Starship [pdf] (arxiv.org)
		44 points by awwx on Dec 1, 2009 \| 25 comments
20.		Walter Bright: Assembler to C (dobbscodetalk.com)
		44 points by fogus on Dec 1, 2009 \| 3 comments
21.		Serious localhost vulnerability found in FreeBSD (freebsd.org)
		42 points by tptacek on Dec 1, 2009 \| 21 comments
22.		Less is Better: Interview with DHH (uxmagazine.com)
		41 points by bpung on Dec 1, 2009 \| 5 comments
23.		Plancast Is Foursquare... For The Future (techcrunch.com)
		42 points by hwork on Dec 1, 2009 \| 31 comments
24.		Books you shouldn't read when starting out as a programmer (travisswicegood.com)
		40 points by tswicegood on Dec 1, 2009 \| 16 comments
25.		HeyZap (YC W09) Launches "Xbox Live for Flash Games" (techcrunch.com)
		38 points by dwynings on Dec 1, 2009 \| 25 comments
26.		Jeff Vogel Indie Game Developer releases new RPG (Mac Only For the Moment) (jeff-vogel.blogspot.com)
		39 points by samh on Dec 1, 2009 \| 4 comments
27.		The Climate Science Isn't Settled (wsj.com)
		38 points by DanielBMarkham on Dec 1, 2009 \| 48 comments
28.		How the Digital Economy bill is trying to kill open Wi-Fi networks (guardian.co.uk)
		37 points by envitar on Dec 1, 2009 \| 3 comments
29.		Google waving goodbye to Gears, hello to HTML5 (latimes.com)
		36 points by Flemlord on Dec 1, 2009 \| 7 comments
30.		Introduction to Bayesian Networks (ubc.ca)
		34 points by martian on Dec 1, 2009 \| 1 comment
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