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1. Major Breakthrough: First Photos of Planets Around Other Stars (space.com)
96 points by Anon84 on Nov 13, 2008 | 41 comments
2. Python+Scipy+Matplotlib vs Matlab?
73 points by schtog on Nov 13, 2008 | 44 comments
3. "Sequential programming is dead. So stop teaching it" (intel.com)
52 points by jaydub on Nov 13, 2008 | 98 comments
4. A Scary Line Has Been Crossed For VCs (techcrunch.com)
52 points by transburgh on Nov 13, 2008 | 21 comments
5. Gawker Media shuts Valleywag, offers Consumerist for sale (thestandard.com)
52 points by erickhill on Nov 13, 2008 | 38 comments
6. Hack your brain: OpenEEG (sourceforge.net)
48 points by geuis on Nov 13, 2008 | 13 comments
7. Stop Me If You've Seen This Word Before (codinghorror.com)
47 points by Oompa on Nov 13, 2008 | 17 comments
8. Stealing Your Library: The OCLC Powergrab (aaronsw.com)
44 points by soundsop on Nov 13, 2008 | 5 comments
9. The freemium business model: giving away pays (buytaert.net)
40 points by FiReaNG3L on Nov 13, 2008 | 22 comments
10. Clojure adds AOT compilation (groups.google.com)
37 points by cstejerean on Nov 13, 2008 | 17 comments
11. 4 Languages you should learn in 2009 (anassina.com)
34 points by BigCanOfTuna on Nov 13, 2008 | 39 comments
12. The Rails Myths (loudthinking.com)
34 points by ashleytowers on Nov 13, 2008 | 9 comments
13. Questions for Co-Founders (Gabor Cselle) (gaborcselle.com)
33 points by jbyers on Nov 13, 2008 | 23 comments
14. Hackers live longer (indiatimes.com)
30 points by newsit on Nov 13, 2008 | 11 comments
15. Keeping It All in the Google Family (nytimes.com)
30 points by twampss on Nov 13, 2008 | 8 comments
16. Concurrency is a Myth in Ruby (and Python) (igvita.com)
29 points by igrigorik on Nov 13, 2008 | 14 comments
17. 3 Flat-Screen Makers Plead Guilty to Trying to Keep Prices High (nytimes.com)
28 points by raju on Nov 13, 2008 | 18 comments
18. Online advertising is now dead (scripting.com)
28 points by bootload on Nov 13, 2008 | 39 comments
19. Loop Quantum Gravity predicts discrete, not continuous spacetime topology (sciam.com)
27 points by Allocator2008 on Nov 13, 2008 | 40 comments
20. Lisp @ Google: Killed in 2001 Reborn in 2008 (ileriseviye.org)
25 points by raju on Nov 13, 2008 | 6 comments
21. Ask HN: Rate my startup (video)
25 points by cte on Nov 13, 2008 | 25 comments
22. Now Hiring: Ruthlessly Honest Dick (mattblodgett.com)
24 points by raganwald on Nov 13, 2008 | 12 comments
23. Testing JavaScript performance on Windows XP is a crapshoot, at best (ejohn.org)
24 points by boundlessdreamz on Nov 13, 2008 | 11 comments
24. Ask YC: To save GM or not?
22 points by jdavid on Nov 13, 2008 | 73 comments
25. Ask HN: Please review my startup (whomovedmystock.com)
21 points by gaika on Nov 13, 2008 | 39 comments
26. Is Apple Building A Search Engine? (techcrunch.com)
20 points by jasonlbaptiste on Nov 13, 2008 | 28 comments
27. Ubuntu's #1 Bug: Microsoft has a majority market share (launchpad.net)
20 points by tzury on Nov 13, 2008 | 13 comments
28. Why an 'iPod killer' will never kill the iPod (37signals.com)
17 points by terpua on Nov 13, 2008 | 22 comments
29. Linux-Unix cheat sheets - The ultimate collection (scottklarr.com)
17 points by samueladam on Nov 13, 2008 | 1 comment
30. For a Washington Job, Be Prepared to Tell All (nytimes.com)
14 points by frisco on Nov 13, 2008 | 35 comments

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