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1. Easy Ways to Fail a Ph.D. (might.net)
205 points by RBerenguel on Sept 1, 2010 | 107 comments
2. Welcome Alexis (ycombinator.posterous.com)
204 points by pg on Sept 1, 2010 | 32 comments
3. Why Users Fill Out Forms Faster With Top Aligned Labels (uxmovement.com)
182 points by UXMovement on Sept 1, 2010 | 63 comments
4. Why can you turn clothing right-side-out? (math.stackexchange.com)
177 points by niyazpk on Sept 1, 2010 | 37 comments
5. Reddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian To Join Y Combinator (techcrunch.com)
173 points by razin on Sept 1, 2010 | 40 comments
6. Ask HN Emacs Users: What's in your .emacs file?
131 points by grizzydot on Sept 1, 2010 | 61 comments
7. William Gibson: "Google's Earth" (nytimes.com)
124 points by michael_dorfman on Sept 1, 2010 | 58 comments
8. How to set up your own private Git server on Linux (intranation.com)
124 points by urbanmbeatz on Sept 1, 2010 | 65 comments
9. Google releases its own Javascript Lint tool (closuretools.blogspot.com)
115 points by edd on Sept 1, 2010 | 15 comments
10. Scalable ACID (dbmsmusings.blogspot.com)
109 points by ithkuil on Sept 1, 2010 | 29 comments
11. How to Track Six Key Metrics for Your Web App (thinkvitamin.com)
107 points by ryancarson on Sept 1, 2010 | 9 comments
12. Hacker Monthly - Issue #4 - September 2010 (hackermonthly.com)
106 points by alexkay on Sept 1, 2010 | 51 comments
13. Google Chrome Is The New “Down For Everyone Or Just Me” (techcrunch.com)
92 points by Garbage on Sept 1, 2010 | 38 comments
14. Hello, my name is Reginald and I am a Socialist (raganwald.posterous.com)
90 points by raganwald on Sept 1, 2010 | 162 comments
15. Rely your web startup on Rackspace Cloud? Think again (bencheng.net)
89 points by edwincheese on Sept 1, 2010 | 77 comments
16. Build An Opensource Dropbox Clone (fak3r.com)
86 points by tommynazareth on Sept 1, 2010 | 58 comments
17. Google Code University (code.google.com)
86 points by absconditus on Sept 1, 2010 | 5 comments
18. Writer Neal Stephenson unveils his digital novel The Mongoliad (venturebeat.com)
74 points by Tichy on Sept 1, 2010 | 51 comments
19. Canadian Startups kick ass (rypple.com)
74 points by jsatok on Sept 1, 2010 | 25 comments
20. Load Balancers need static IPs (pagerduty.com)
71 points by bpuvanathasan on Sept 1, 2010 | 25 comments
21. Darwins artificial ecosystem could be key to colonising Mars (bbc.co.uk)
69 points by KoZeN on Sept 1, 2010 | 33 comments
22. The Art of Engineering By David Kirkham (kirkhammotorsports.com)
68 points by gvb on Sept 1, 2010 | 15 comments
23. Google Making Extraordinary Counteroffers To Stop Flow Of Employees To Facebook (techcrunch.com)
65 points by daviday on Sept 1, 2010 | 64 comments
24. Adioso (YC W09), Flight Search For People Keeping Their Options Open (techcrunch.com)
64 points by px on Sept 1, 2010 | 58 comments
25. Smiley: An app in 24 hours (37signals.com)
64 points by alonswartz on Sept 1, 2010 | 10 comments
26. Rebranding Carrots as Junk Food (thedieline.com)
59 points by tortilla on Sept 1, 2010 | 57 comments
27. PG Got Twitter So I Made Hacker News For Tweets (hackertweet.com)
58 points by dkasper on Sept 1, 2010 | 16 comments
28. Turn your Android Phone Into a Remote Spy Camera with Ruby in 15 Minutes (panopticdev.com)
56 points by there on Sept 1, 2010 | 4 comments
29. Apple announces iTunes 10 with Ping Social Network (engadget.com)
54 points by shadow on Sept 1, 2010 | 89 comments
30. Writing a Compiler in 24 Small Steps [pdf] (uchicago.edu)
50 points by falsestprophet on Sept 1, 2010 | 16 comments

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