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Stories from December 25, 2008
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1. Tell HN: Merry Christmas
90 points by Anon84 on Dec 25, 2008 | 44 comments
2. Mibbit: One year old, and profitable (mibbit.com)
80 points by abstractbill on Dec 25, 2008 | 18 comments
3. Embarrassing Story. Moral: Take Care of Your Health
51 points by healthfirst on Dec 25, 2008 | 28 comments
4. The Sin in Doing Good Deeds (nytimes.com)
46 points by eugenejen on Dec 25, 2008 | 36 comments
5. Erlang vs. Stackless Python: a first benchmark (muharem.wordpress.com)
41 points by jaydub on Dec 25, 2008 | 16 comments
6. Brain Reorganizes To Make Room For Math (sciencenews.org)
36 points by pg on Dec 25, 2008 | 23 comments
7. The makings of a media mogul: Michael Arrington of TechCrunch (liako.biz)
34 points by jmorin007 on Dec 25, 2008 | 5 comments
8. 2009: Year of the hacker (gigaom.com)
31 points by nikils on Dec 25, 2008 | 3 comments
9. Pg @ nhk (youtube.com)
28 points by sim on Dec 25, 2008 | 8 comments
10. Inventor Trains Crows to Find Money (npr.org)
31 points by robg on Dec 25, 2008 | 7 comments
11. Collected Algorithms of the ACM (acm.org)
24 points by jwilliams on Dec 25, 2008 | 3 comments
12. Alan Cox moving to Intel from Red Hat (lwn.net)
23 points by michaelneale on Dec 25, 2008
13. SpaceX Wins Big NASA Contract (fredstechblog.blogspot.com)
22 points by charlierosefan on Dec 25, 2008 | 3 comments
14. Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home (yahoo.com)
21 points by davidw on Dec 25, 2008 | 5 comments
15. The Best Program according to Don Knuth (cycle-gap.blogspot.com)
19 points by rams on Dec 25, 2008 | 7 comments
16. Get ready for a lost decade (wsj.com)
17 points by ckinnan on Dec 25, 2008 | 16 comments
17. Wireless turns iPod into a phone (bbc.co.uk)
14 points by abl on Dec 25, 2008 | 3 comments
18. The second Great Depression has arrived … - Paul Krugman (nytimes.com)
11 points by Anon84 on Dec 25, 2008 | 12 comments
19. The Meaning Of Friendship (techcrunch.com)
10 points by jmorin007 on Dec 25, 2008 | 4 comments
20. One Hacker's Audacious Plan to Rule the Black Market in Stolen Credit Cards (wired.com)
8 points by mtw on Dec 25, 2008
21. Reasons Behind Yahoo's Four-Year Slump (thestreet.com)
8 points by prakash on Dec 25, 2008 | 2 comments
22. Software I Paid For But No Longer Use (al3x.net)
7 points by twampss on Dec 25, 2008 | 3 comments
23. Introducing twittastic, a twitter client for windows (twittastic.net)
7 points by gtzi on Dec 25, 2008 | 1 comment
24. Things I Hate: Video That Auto-plays (runningskull.com)
7 points by runningskull on Dec 25, 2008 | 4 comments
25. Online shopping and the Harry Potter effect (newscientist.com)
7 points by peter123 on Dec 25, 2008 | 1 comment
26. A Silicon Valley Christmas Tale (techcrunch.com)
6 points by alexandros on Dec 25, 2008
27. Ask HN: what to do if you have only cash?
6 points by Tichy on Dec 25, 2008 | 20 comments
28. Our unconscious brain makes the best decisions possible (physorg.com)
6 points by alexandros on Dec 25, 2008
29. Best (or worst) Geek Christmas Ever (codinghorror.com)
5 points by Oompa on Dec 25, 2008 | 3 comments
30. Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Year (tbo.com)
5 points by jwilliams on Dec 25, 2008 | 2 comments

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