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1.		Try Python, Ruby, Lua, Scheme, QBasic, Forth ... (repl.it)
		390 points by amasad on Sept 30, 2011 \| 78 comments
2.		Write your app in HTML5, upload it and get back app-store ready apps (phonegap.com)
		330 points by geoffroy on Sept 30, 2011 \| 93 comments
3.		Single psilocybin dose may make lasting personality change (medicalxpress.com)
		190 points by MaysonL on Sept 30, 2011 \| 158 comments
4.		Sharding and IDs at Instagram (instagram-engineering.tumblr.com)
		183 points by singhshashi on Sept 30, 2011 \| 50 comments
5.		Amazon in talks with HP to buy Palm (venturebeat.com)
		175 points by mjfern on Sept 30, 2011 \| 98 comments
6.		MIT’s ‘Artificial leaf’ makes fuel from sunlight (web.mit.edu)
		166 points by audionerd on Sept 30, 2011 \| 28 comments
7.		Client asks for 100% uptime (serverfault.com)
		164 points by splattne on Sept 30, 2011 \| 96 comments
8.		The Slashdot Effect from the Other Side (cmdrtaco.net)
		163 points by CmdrTacoMalda on Sept 30, 2011 \| 41 comments
9.		How to Give Your Product Personality (jasonshen.com)
		131 points by jasonshen on Sept 30, 2011 \| 30 comments
10.		Microsoft security tools nuking Chrome browser (zdnet.com)
		125 points by FrancescoRizzi on Sept 30, 2011 \| 38 comments
11.		Basho Releases Riak v1.0.0 (basho.com)
		122 points by roder on Sept 30, 2011 \| 20 comments
12.		The Stack Exchange Architecture (serverfault.com)
		110 points by javery on Sept 30, 2011 \| 29 comments
13.		The world economy is heading towards a black hole unless bold action taken (economist.com)
		109 points by colinprince on Sept 30, 2011 \| 135 comments
14.		What’s contained in a boarding pass barcode? (shaun.net)
		98 points by bootload on Sept 30, 2011 \| 18 comments
15.		Ask HN: European startup looking for a service for recurring billing
		95 points by davidvanleeuwen on Sept 30, 2011 \| 67 comments
16.		Bored? Try Doodling To Keep The Brain On Task (npr.org)
		94 points by tjr on Sept 30, 2011 \| 22 comments
17.		Berlios closing down (berlios.de)
		93 points by ethereal on Sept 30, 2011 \| 24 comments
18.		How Much Money Do The Top Grossing YouTube Partners Make? (socialtimes.com)
		92 points by fezzl on Sept 30, 2011 \| 28 comments
19.		The Geoffrey Moore talk that Joel Spolsky said changed his business. (thebln.com)
		91 points by marklittlewood on Sept 30, 2011 \| 7 comments
20.		Tips for applying to YC (entreposeur.com)
		89 points by smilliken on Sept 30, 2011 \| 24 comments
21.		Try the Flask web framework in your Browser (ep.io)
		91 points by DasIch on Sept 30, 2011 \| 31 comments
22.		Parse adds easy caching support for iOS and Android (parse.com)
		81 points by csmajorfive on Sept 30, 2011 \| 11 comments
23.		Ludumdare October challenge: Finish a game — Take it to market — Earn $1 (ludumdare.com)
		81 points by Impossible on Sept 30, 2011 \| 16 comments
24.		Googler Builds Site That Shows You What Top Tech Companies Pay (techcrunch.com)
		75 points by Bartlet on Sept 30, 2011 \| 21 comments
25.		Join EFF in Demanding a Digital Upgrade to 25-Year-Old Electronic Privacy Law (eff.org)
		74 points by zoowar on Sept 30, 2011 \| 5 comments
26.		Why use Amiga in 2011? (AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS, AmigaOS 3.9) (feelgoodtech.com)
		67 points by darkduck on Sept 30, 2011 \| 22 comments
27.		Code your own Multi-User Private Git Server (moocode.com)
		64 points by moomerman on Sept 30, 2011 \| 16 comments
28.		Peter Norvig: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article (scientificamerican.com)
		63 points by ahalan on Sept 30, 2011 \| 1 comment
29.		Why You Should Bootstrap in Montreal or Join Startup Chile (nextmontreal.com)
		63 points by volandovengo on Sept 30, 2011 \| 36 comments
30.		The JavaScript Comma Operator (javascriptweblog.wordpress.com)
		62 points by misterbwong on Sept 30, 2011 \| 19 comments
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