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1. O'Reilly: "We're heading into a war for control of the web." (oreilly.com)
133 points by lecha on Nov 16, 2009 | 50 comments
2. 'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die' (spiegel.de)
126 points by robg on Nov 16, 2009 | 43 comments
3. Google Wave's Scrollbars (ignorethecode.net)
124 points by blasdel on Nov 16, 2009 | 55 comments
4. Don Dodge: fired from Microsoft, hired by Google (dondodge.typepad.com)
114 points by dennisgorelik on Nov 16, 2009 | 69 comments
5. What I Wish Someone Had Told Me (about starting a company) (bluyah.net)
97 points by hariis on Nov 16, 2009 | 31 comments
6. Malcolm Gladwell's response to Steven Pinker's review of his new book (gladwell.typepad.com)
79 points by theycallmemorty on Nov 16, 2009 | 64 comments
7. In Silicon Valley, Settlers is the New Golf (summation.net)
76 points by andrewpbrett on Nov 16, 2009 | 50 comments
8. Copyright Time Bomb Set to Disrupt Music, Publishing Industries (wired.com)
75 points by ALee on Nov 16, 2009 | 23 comments
9. Coding Horror: Parsing Html The Cthulhu Way (codinghorror.com)
66 points by Anon84 on Nov 16, 2009 | 33 comments
10. Metaprogramming in Ruby: It’s All About the Self (yehudakatz.com)
61 points by ivey on Nov 16, 2009 | 17 comments
11. Poll: What are the Meyers-Briggs personality types of HN?
58 points by hop on Nov 16, 2009 | 78 comments
12. How A Quiet Developer Grew Goodreads To 2.6 Million Members (mixergy.com)
57 points by kareemm on Nov 16, 2009 | 20 comments
13. Don Dodge hired by Google (techcrunch.com)
56 points by bradgessler on Nov 16, 2009 | 15 comments
14. The death of the URL (factoryjoe.com)
52 points by genieyclo on Nov 16, 2009 | 25 comments
15. Learning Advanced JavaScript (ejohn.org)
52 points by bensummers on Nov 16, 2009 | 15 comments
16. The 40-30-30 Rule: Why Risk Is Worth It (the99percent.com)
51 points by wgj on Nov 16, 2009 | 16 comments
17. Atlas Beta Program Launched (heroku.com)
46 points by wooby on Nov 16, 2009 | 38 comments
18. Introduction to Algorithms, Third Edition (mitpress.mit.edu)
45 points by tokenadult on Nov 16, 2009 | 12 comments
19. Ask HN: Learning 2 Hack - For the very first time. With a deadline.
44 points by biz2hack on Nov 16, 2009 | 47 comments
20. Intel 4004 schematics published as Creative Commons (4004.com)
42 points by ropiku on Nov 16, 2009 | 11 comments
21. Conrad Barski Land of Lisp presentation at Philly Lambda (motionbox.com)
42 points by MaysonL on Nov 16, 2009 | 10 comments
22. Ask HN: How do you keep up with changing technologies?
37 points by WesleyJohnson on Nov 16, 2009 | 37 comments
23. HD Videos from Startup Bootcamp at MIT now online (youtube.com)
36 points by grinich on Nov 16, 2009 | 3 comments
24. DHH: Think of emails as views delivered through SMTP (loudthinking.com)
36 points by rufo on Nov 16, 2009 | 7 comments
25. The Ruby Revolution is Over (merbist.com)
36 points by petesalty on Nov 16, 2009 | 15 comments
26. Jeff Bezos Interview -- Academy of Achievement (achievement.org)
35 points by niqolas on Nov 16, 2009 | 10 comments
27. Why Can't I Pick the Technology I Use in the Office? (wsj.com)
34 points by grellas on Nov 16, 2009 | 40 comments
28. Debt, equity and a third thing that might work better (sethgodin.typepad.com)
33 points by bdfh42 on Nov 16, 2009 | 18 comments
29. RescueTime (YC W08) (finally) Releases Project Time Tracking (rescuetime.com)
32 points by bfioca on Nov 16, 2009 | 31 comments
30. A Speculative Post on the Idea of Algorithmic Authority (shirky.com)
28 points by Alex3917 on Nov 16, 2009 | 1 comment

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