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1. Creating Controversy for its own Sake (AA.com redesign fiasco) (soserio.us)
210 points by antidaily on Nov 5, 2009 | 113 comments
2. Introducing Closure Tools (googlecode.blogspot.com)
190 points by txxxxd on Nov 5, 2009 | 69 comments
3. The “Interview” with Y Combinator That’s Not (directededge.com)
167 points by wheels on Nov 5, 2009 | 74 comments
4. Is it Time for You to Earn or to Learn? (bothsidesofthetable.com)
131 points by alexjmann on Nov 5, 2009 | 6 comments
5. 9,73,241,561,1081,1849,_?_ (algebra.com)
124 points by seven on Nov 5, 2009 | 84 comments
6. Upgrade your career (joelonsoftware.com)
96 points by Anon84 on Nov 5, 2009 | 87 comments
7. Google Dashboard: This is a brief of how much Google knows about you (google.com)
92 points by markbao on Nov 5, 2009 | 59 comments
8. Japanese Teenage Boy Improved Ruby 1.9 Performance By Up To 63% (yokolet.blogspot.com)
87 points by fogus on Nov 5, 2009 | 21 comments
9. New ocean forming in African desert (wikinews.org)
86 points by rglullis on Nov 5, 2009 | 8 comments
10. Bug tracking isn't a network-effect business (37signals.com)
85 points by aditya on Nov 5, 2009 | 50 comments
11. How to write untestable code (googletesting.blogspot.com)
74 points by bigsassy on Nov 5, 2009 | 29 comments
12. Unreal Development Kit Released (udk.com)
73 points by eswat on Nov 5, 2009 | 30 comments
13. Having Co-founders Is Valuable But Not Crucial (rolfnelson.com)
72 points by billswift on Nov 5, 2009 | 30 comments
14. Python in the Scientific World (neopythonic.blogspot.com)
69 points by fogus on Nov 5, 2009 | 29 comments
15. WTF is up with Dell? (markmaunder.com)
59 points by mmaunder on Nov 5, 2009 | 50 comments
16. z/OMG (qntm.org)
59 points by dmoney on Nov 5, 2009 | 33 comments
17. Computing in Dwarf Fortress (dwarffortresswiki.net)
52 points by req2 on Nov 5, 2009 | 12 comments
18. Help John recover (pledgie.com)
52 points by stonean on Nov 5, 2009 | 6 comments
19. Mike Stonebraker: The "NoSQL" Discussion has Nothing to Do With SQL (acm.org)
51 points by neilc on Nov 5, 2009 | 35 comments
20. Steve Jobs Named ‘CEO of the Decade’ (cultofmac.com)
50 points by fogus on Nov 5, 2009 | 18 comments
21. Friedisms (friedisms.tumblr.com)
49 points by javan on Nov 5, 2009 | 28 comments
22. Review: AT&T 3G MicroCell (paulstamatiou.com)
44 points by PStamatiou on Nov 5, 2009 | 39 comments
23. Beyond aesthetics – Design tips for startups (000fff.org)
44 points by ThomPete on Nov 5, 2009 | 4 comments
24. Google Dashboard (googlesystem.blogspot.com)
42 points by vijaydev on Nov 5, 2009 | 13 comments
25. Jaml: Haml in Javascript (github.com/edspencer)
42 points by mcantelon on Nov 5, 2009 | 14 comments
26. What I Learned About Entrepreneurship From Watching the World Series of Poker (gigaom.com)
39 points by hshah on Nov 5, 2009 | 16 comments
27. German man programs "Hello World" into wheat field (arstechnica.com)
37 points by billpg on Nov 5, 2009 | 12 comments
28. How to Kill Mysql Performance (slideshare.net)
37 points by arjunlall on Nov 5, 2009 | 4 comments
29. An Entrepreneurial Life (nytimes.com)
36 points by andrewpbrett on Nov 5, 2009 | 2 comments
30. SNES9x Ported to Flash (Ed McManus) (github.com/emcmanus)
39 points by ed on Nov 5, 2009 | 6 comments

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