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1. Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go (chronicle.com)
76 points by banned_man on April 12, 2009 | 52 comments
2. Tell HN: I didn't get a job due to a failed startup on my resume
76 points by zubar on April 12, 2009 | 89 comments
3. Programming language popularity (langpop.com)
63 points by alexk on April 12, 2009 | 32 comments
4. Why we don't develop for platforms other than iPhone (thisismobility.com)
62 points by niyazpk on April 12, 2009 | 21 comments
5. Is high IQ as much a burden as a blessing? (ft.com)
53 points by quoderat on April 12, 2009 | 69 comments
6. Making Yourself Likable (happiness-project.com)
48 points by mhb on April 12, 2009 | 27 comments
7. Stonehenge Solved: Moving Big Rocks (j-walkblog.com)
48 points by gibsonf1 on April 12, 2009 | 16 comments
8. IE8 will be distributed via automatic updates for IE6/IE7 (msdn.com)
47 points by vaksel on April 12, 2009 | 23 comments
9. Every Color Has A Name (chir.ag)
42 points by kirubakaran on April 12, 2009 | 12 comments
10. Kevin Rose denounces Trueveo's iFrame use (revision3.com)
41 points by mikeyur on April 12, 2009 | 8 comments
11. The Education Visa: It’s Everywhere We Need It To Be (mattmaroon.com)
38 points by mhb on April 12, 2009 | 27 comments
12. A primer on Bézier curves (ams.org)
38 points by Rod on April 12, 2009 | 4 comments
13. How to do better in loud, crazy group conversations (succeedsocially.com)
36 points by KevinPD on April 12, 2009 | 26 comments
14. Measure the gravitational constant like Cavendish did in 1798 (funcall.blogspot.com)
35 points by rw on April 12, 2009 | 20 comments
15. Chinese Bias for Baby Boys Creates a Gap of 32 Million (nytimes.com)
33 points by peter123 on April 12, 2009 | 40 comments
16. Time Travel Cheat Sheet (topatoco.com)
32 points by joshwprinceton on April 12, 2009 | 25 comments
17. Ask HN: Worst working conditions you have written code in?
33 points by saurabh on April 12, 2009 | 73 comments
18. A Documentary on Parkour [video] (pointbmovie.com)
30 points by ctingom on April 12, 2009 | 3 comments
19. GitBug: an App Engine-based issue tracker for GitHub (gitbug.appspot.com)
28 points by mcantelon on April 12, 2009 | 4 comments
20. On programming language design (andrej.com)
25 points by kqr2 on April 12, 2009 | 13 comments
21. Blogs for Online Entrepreneurs (freelancefolder.com)
24 points by collistaeed on April 12, 2009 | 10 comments
22. Ask HN: What do you use when searching for houses or apartments online?
23 points by jmtame on April 12, 2009 | 39 comments
23. AutoPager: Browse HN and other sites more conveniently (addons.mozilla.org)
23 points by nopinsight on April 12, 2009 | 10 comments
24. YC interview advice (bluwiki.com)
22 points by apwalker on April 12, 2009 | 18 comments
25. Extracting 10 years of USAspending.gov data into CouchDB (full360.com)
22 points by bbgm on April 12, 2009 | 10 comments
26. Where SSDs Don't Make Sense in Server Applications (mvdirona.com)
21 points by neilc on April 12, 2009 | 10 comments
27. IPhone devotion blinds Silicon Valley app developers (venturebeat.com)
20 points by peter123 on April 12, 2009 | 19 comments
28. 17-year-old claims responsibility for Twitter worm (bnonews.com)
19 points by peter123 on April 12, 2009 | 29 comments
29. The Evil Diggbar (webmonkey.com)
19 points by mooted on April 12, 2009 | 7 comments
30. Code to 'stalkdaily' xss attack (gist.github.com)
19 points by code_devil on April 12, 2009 | 3 comments

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