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1. The speed, size and dependability of programming languages (gmarceau.qc.ca)
176 points by trjordan on May 31, 2009 | 56 comments
2. Ask HN: Startup founders, would you walk us through a day in the life?
76 points by zackattack on May 31, 2009 | 38 comments
3. Mapping Out Your Web Startup (judegomila.com)
75 points by judegomila on May 31, 2009 | 14 comments
4. Ask HN: Where do I go from here?
73 points by juliusmcfly on May 31, 2009 | 83 comments
5. The Difference Between An Amateur, A Scientist, And A Genius (thelastpsychiatrist.com)
72 points by aheilbut on May 31, 2009 | 10 comments
6. Conferences (avc.com)
66 points by ciscoriordan on May 31, 2009 | 34 comments
7. Courgette: better binary diffing by understanding x86 (neugierig.org)
51 points by soundsop on May 31, 2009 | 8 comments
8. Canon Employees Are Forbidden to Sit Down, Walk Slowly (dannychoo.com)
44 points by quoderat on May 31, 2009 | 50 comments
9. The Wizardry of Id: a profile of John Carmack's programming (David Kushner) (ieee.org)
42 points by shadytrees on May 31, 2009 | 7 comments
10. Get Better Advice by Taking Notes (lifehacker.com)
41 points by Flemlord on May 31, 2009 | 14 comments
11. Business opportunities around Google Wave (gaborcselle.com)
39 points by prakash on May 31, 2009 | 7 comments
12. Scaling Twitter: Making Twitter 100x Faster (highscalability.com)
35 points by jmonegro on May 31, 2009 | 8 comments
13. MIT OpenCourseWare: Godel, Escher, Bach: A Mental Space Odyssey (ocw.mit.edu)
33 points by Anon84 on May 31, 2009 | 9 comments
14. Sinatra clone in Scala (github.com/alandipert)
31 points by wooby on May 31, 2009 | 12 comments
15. What Gladwell is Missing: Institutional Memory (billmill.org)
31 points by llimllib on May 31, 2009 | 15 comments
16. The Psychology Behind Item Collecting And Achievement Hoarding (gamasutra.com)
31 points by nickb on May 31, 2009 | 1 comment
17. Open-source software has won the argument. Now a new threat to openness looms (economist.com)
30 points by zzkt on May 31, 2009 | 16 comments
18. Deeper or wider (sethgodin.typepad.com)
30 points by peter123 on May 31, 2009 | 11 comments
19. Prepare For The Facebook Vanity URL Landrush (techcrunch.com)
27 points by peter123 on May 31, 2009 | 27 comments
20. Generating and executing x86 code at runtime (androidbutnotparanoid.blogspot.com)
26 points by silvajoao on May 31, 2009 | 3 comments
21. Mother Earth Mother Board - Neal Stephenson (wired.com)
25 points by rcrusoe on May 31, 2009 | 9 comments
22. The End of Our Love Affair with Cars (wsj.com)
24 points by robg on May 31, 2009 | 10 comments
23. The staleness of the standard library and adding new things (sayspy.blogspot.com)
22 points by jnoller on May 31, 2009
24. Ask HN: How do you learn about the business aspects of running a startup?
22 points by matt1 on May 31, 2009 | 22 comments
25. On the Street and On Facebook: The Homeless Stay Wired (wsj.com)
20 points by kf on May 31, 2009 | 3 comments
26. How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research? (plosone.org)
20 points by iamelgringo on May 31, 2009 | 9 comments
27. Business error leads owner in new direction and success (ocregister.com)
19 points by iamelgringo on May 31, 2009 | 5 comments
28. A dive into Google Wave (intertwingly.net)
18 points by mariorz on May 31, 2009 | 2 comments
29. What was your darkest hour like?
18 points by bjm on May 31, 2009 | 27 comments
30. Poll: Is your whois contact info real?
15 points by vaksel on May 31, 2009 | 27 comments

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