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1. Why MIT switched from Scheme to Python (wisdomandwonder.com)
219 points by vorador on March 24, 2009 | 128 comments
2. How to get a merchant account - a series of hoops (danieltenner.com)
190 points by swombat on March 24, 2009 | 40 comments
3. IP Address Geolocation database (blogama.org)
164 points by jrnkntl on March 24, 2009 | 30 comments
4. How Many (Indie) Games I Sell - Part Two (jeff-vogel.blogspot.com)
99 points by ChrisXYZ on March 24, 2009 | 4 comments
5. Three20: Open Source iPhone UI Goodness (joehewitt.com)
96 points by arjunb on March 24, 2009 | 10 comments
6. Django 1.1 beta released (djangoproject.com)
95 points by zain on March 24, 2009 | 12 comments
7. Tim O'Reilly: Books That Have Shaped How I Think (oreillynet.com)
81 points by socmoth on March 24, 2009 | 10 comments
8. Carmack release open source Wolfenstein for iPhone (joystiq.com)
72 points by pistoriusp on March 24, 2009 | 23 comments
9. Academic Earth - Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars. (academicearth.org)
71 points by yef on March 24, 2009 | 20 comments
10. Ask YC: Feedback on our new service: messagepub.com (messagepub.com)
71 points by luccastera on March 24, 2009 | 64 comments
11. AppScale: an open-source version of Google AppEngine (code.google.com)
70 points by chaostheory on March 24, 2009 | 19 comments
12. Building a subscription service? See a cool way to plug in the subscription part... (spreedly.com)
68 points by petenixey on March 24, 2009 | 32 comments
13. Congress passes wide-ranging bill easing bank laws (1999) (nytimes.com)
67 points by iamelgringo on March 24, 2009 | 43 comments
14. The Ecodrain: How a simple, non-moving part can reduce hot water consumption by 40% (inhabitat.com)
64 points by jskopek on March 24, 2009 | 24 comments
15. How Skype gets round firewalls (h-online.com)
63 points by known on March 24, 2009 | 10 comments
16. Eric S. Raymond speaks heresy. (dotcommie.net)
58 points by bkudria on March 24, 2009 | 84 comments
17. China's central bank calls for new reserve currency (ft.com)
53 points by bokonist on March 24, 2009 | 43 comments
18. Last.fm Radio will soon require a subscription (last.fm)
44 points by arthurk on March 24, 2009 | 42 comments
19. How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke (clickability.com)
43 points by robg on March 24, 2009 | 8 comments
20. Ask YC: Why are SSL certificates so expensive?
41 points by andr on March 24, 2009 | 60 comments
21. Ask HN: How to deal with SYN FLOOD and extortion
40 points by xal on March 24, 2009 | 50 comments
22. William Zinsser: Writing "On Writing Well" and keeping it up-to-date for 35 years (theamericanscholar.org)
40 points by ekpyrotic on March 24, 2009 | 7 comments
23. Pirate Bay Announces Global Anonymity Service (torrentfreak.com)
38 points by chaostheory on March 24, 2009 | 11 comments
24. 'Slacker DB' shootout: SimpleDB vs. CouchDB vs. App Engine vs. Persevere (infoworld.com)
35 points by snydeq on March 24, 2009 | 5 comments
25. Low-income students feel left out at Stanford (sfgate.com)
34 points by tokenadult on March 24, 2009 | 51 comments
26. Ask HN: Suggestions for learning statistics (& prob) really fast?
34 points by samratjp on March 24, 2009 | 12 comments
27. How to get a traffic spike to your Web 2.0 App (6zap.com)
33 points by dmytton on March 24, 2009 | 10 comments
28. TED demo of wearable computer tech from MIT Media Labs (ted.org)
33 points by ryanwaggoner on March 24, 2009 | 8 comments
29. Download EtherPad for Your Own Server (etherpad.com)
31 points by olegp on March 24, 2009 | 9 comments
30. SuperMac War Story 2: Get the Hell Outside the Building (steveblank.com)
31 points by swapspace on March 24, 2009 | 2 comments

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