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1. How to be a better programmer in 6 minutes (secretgeek.net)
122 points by Anon84 on Feb 8, 2009 | 44 comments
2. What things cost in ancient Rome (forumancientcoins.com)
80 points by pg on Feb 8, 2009 | 45 comments
3. A Postmodern Crime at TED2009 (duncandavidson.com)
76 points by mojombo on Feb 8, 2009 | 37 comments
4. I reject your rejection (gaborcselle.com)
53 points by mark_h on Feb 8, 2009 | 18 comments
5. Rice professor sees probabilistic method revolutionizing computing (chron.com)
48 points by peter123 on Feb 8, 2009 | 32 comments
6. Trying to Live on 500K in New York City (nytimes.com)
45 points by transburgh on Feb 8, 2009 | 72 comments
7. Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows (sciencedaily.com)
40 points by echair on Feb 8, 2009 | 13 comments
8. Homeless by choice (during grad school) (glowingfaceman.com)
39 points by ramchip on Feb 8, 2009 | 27 comments
9. Making Wrong Code Look Wrong (2005) (joelonsoftware.com)
38 points by blackswan on Feb 8, 2009 | 16 comments
10. A Software Designer Knows His Office Space, Too (nytimes.com)
35 points by mqt on Feb 8, 2009 | 10 comments
11. Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Unless You Plan on Learning More About Wheels (codinghorror.com)
33 points by bdfh42 on Feb 8, 2009 | 14 comments
12. Ask HN: Should I pay $50 for a positive App review?
33 points by ObieJazz on Feb 8, 2009 | 46 comments
13. TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (techstars.org)
33 points by zaveri on Feb 8, 2009 | 17 comments
14. AIG Implodes: The Two Cows Version (alleyinsider.com)
31 points by brk on Feb 8, 2009 | 12 comments
15. Unsolicited Advice is a Valuable Clue (powazek.com)
30 points by brm on Feb 8, 2009 | 23 comments
16. The AIM FishBot Phenomenon (nixiepixel.com)
27 points by arjunlall on Feb 8, 2009 | 4 comments
17. Server monitoring, monit and munin (howtoforge.com)
27 points by jacquesm on Feb 8, 2009 | 3 comments
18. Perl.com is no longer maintained. (perl.org)
26 points by lallysingh on Feb 8, 2009 | 4 comments
19. Create a Language Compiler for the .NET Framework Using C# (microsoft.com)
25 points by Anon84 on Feb 8, 2009 | 15 comments
20. "Lucky things happen to entrepreneurs who start innovative, morally compelling companies." (inc.com)
25 points by vlad on Feb 8, 2009 | 16 comments
21. Amazon Kindle 2 pictures and pricing (pcworld.com)
22 points by jacquesm on Feb 8, 2009 | 22 comments
22. French Lawmakers Hope to Inspire Linux Revolution (nytimes.com)
22 points by dimm on Feb 8, 2009 | 7 comments
23. Ask HN: Which company do you wish had a developer API?
21 points by rokhayakebe on Feb 8, 2009 | 68 comments
24. The best GNU/Linux distros of the year 2000 (tuxradar.com)
21 points by mapleoin on Feb 8, 2009 | 10 comments
25. Why not (whynot.net)
20 points by tyn on Feb 8, 2009 | 5 comments
26. Complexity Theory: A Modern Approach (princeton.edu)
20 points by Rod on Feb 8, 2009 | 12 comments
27. Google Next Victim Of Creative Destruction? (alleyinsider.com)
18 points by nickb on Feb 8, 2009 | 15 comments
28. Email Marketing Subject Line Comparison (mailchimp.com)
17 points by greg on Feb 8, 2009 | 4 comments
29. Prog21: Puzzle Languages (dadgum.com)
17 points by Jebdm on Feb 8, 2009 | 8 comments
30. Continuous Deployment: just ship your code to customers as often as possible (timothyfitz.wordpress.com)
16 points by TimothyFitz on Feb 8, 2009 | 15 comments

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