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1. Patching a Program Without Source Code (codexon.com)
98 points by jcsalterego on June 14, 2009 | 16 comments
2. Memoirs of a Poker Bot Developer (mattmazur.com)
84 points by matt1 on June 14, 2009 | 27 comments
3. If Your Job’s Just a Job (tbray.org)
75 points by bensummers on June 14, 2009 | 17 comments
4. The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant (2005) (nickbostrom.com)
72 points by clay on June 14, 2009 | 25 comments
5. They outdid themselves (oneandoneis2.org)
66 points by chanux on June 14, 2009 | 26 comments
6. Ask HN: Is there a SICP of biology?
54 points by asdflkj on June 14, 2009 | 24 comments
7. YouTube / Ogg/Theora comparison (xiph.org)
54 points by lamnk on June 14, 2009 | 8 comments
8. The Underworked American Child (economist.com)
54 points by tokenadult on June 14, 2009 | 73 comments
9. Boy discovers microbe that eats plastic (mnn.com)
50 points by iamelgringo on June 14, 2009 | 14 comments
10. Textbooks must die (sethgodin.typepad.com)
47 points by niyazpk on June 14, 2009 | 77 comments
11. On Will Wright’s Team, Would You Be a Solvent, or the Glue? (nytimes.com)
46 points by peter123 on June 14, 2009 | 3 comments
12. The Revolution Will Be Twittered (theatlantic.com)
42 points by jcsalterego on June 14, 2009 | 41 comments
13. Handy webapp to make CSS inline (for HTML emails etc) (torchboxapps.com)
34 points by stevejalim on June 14, 2009 | 10 comments
14. The Shrinking of Detroit (mapscroll.blogspot.com)
33 points by vorador on June 14, 2009 | 22 comments
15. A dollop of Lisp (flowsnake.org)
32 points by zephyrfalcon on June 14, 2009 | 1 comment
16. They are known as the grass-eaters: Japan's Generation XX (independent.co.uk)
31 points by dc2k08 on June 14, 2009 | 21 comments
17. Most Ad supported sites actually have a B2B enterprise sales model (andrewchenblog.com)
31 points by skmurphy on June 14, 2009 | 7 comments
18. Google Voice’s Secret Weapon: Number Portability (techcrunch.com)
28 points by peter123 on June 14, 2009 | 13 comments
19. Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature (psychologytoday.com)
27 points by mixmax on June 14, 2009 | 16 comments
20. Evaluate your technical debt with Sonar (codehaus.org)
27 points by farnulfo on June 14, 2009 | 7 comments
21. IPhone OS on Mac Pro and 24″ Multitouch Screen (youtube.com)
26 points by zeedotme on June 14, 2009 | 15 comments
22. A look inside the fastest supercomputer in Europe (pingdom.com)
26 points by vaksel on June 14, 2009 | 17 comments
23. China’s College Entry Test, Gao Kao, Is National Obsession (nytimes.com)
26 points by hko on June 14, 2009 | 23 comments
24. Geek heaven found in this atlas (irishtimes.com)
23 points by kqr2 on June 14, 2009 | 6 comments
25. Help hack the Zeo Sleep Coach data
23 points by costan on June 14, 2009 | 6 comments
26. The Capitalist Manifesto: Greed Is Good (To a point) (newsweek.com)
23 points by swombat on June 14, 2009 | 34 comments
27. Someone at Wired.com just found pg's "The Hundred Year Language". (wired.com)
23 points by zck on June 14, 2009 | 12 comments
28. Web fonts and CSS features - a simple demonstration (hacks.mozilla.org)
22 points by andreyf on June 14, 2009 | 12 comments
29. Is Twitter Dead? Yes and No (enewslatest.com)
22 points by Anon84 on June 14, 2009 | 20 comments
30. In Simulation Work, the Demand Is Real (nytimes.com)
21 points by peter123 on June 14, 2009

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