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1. Re: You can go to the bathroom whenever you want at Microsoft (microturfing.com)
170 points by FraaJad on July 18, 2009 | 73 comments
2. The Pyramid Method: A Simple Strategy For Becoming Exceptionally Good (calnewport.com)
145 points by ankeshk on July 18, 2009 | 34 comments
3. You can go to the bathroom whenever you want at Microsoft (microspotting.com)
127 points by SwellJoe on July 18, 2009 | 97 comments
4. This Isn't a Recession, It's a Collapse (seekingalpha.com)
69 points by stuffthatmatter on July 18, 2009 | 77 comments
5. AT&T Is A Big, Steaming Heap Of Failure (techcrunch.com)
61 points by vaksel on July 18, 2009 | 49 comments
6. Celebrating Cronkite while ignoring what he did (salon.com)
59 points by ams1 on July 18, 2009 | 18 comments
7. Creating the Illusion of Accomplishment (wolfire.com)
57 points by zimbabwe on July 18, 2009 | 9 comments
8. Amazon is not the enemy (arvindn.livejournal.com)
49 points by randomwalker on July 18, 2009 | 65 comments
9. Why chips in passports and ID cards are a stupid idea (economist.com)
45 points by bensummers on July 18, 2009 | 20 comments
10. Why Do You Love Programming? (thecodist.com)
40 points by epall on July 18, 2009 | 35 comments
11. Walter Cronkite has just died at 92 (cnn.com)
37 points by Godflesh on July 18, 2009 | 19 comments
12. What do we need to get on Ruby 1.9? (yehudakatz.com)
37 points by _pius on July 18, 2009 | 21 comments
13. A new fascinating Linux kernel vulnerability (sans.org)
36 points by timf on July 18, 2009 | 15 comments
14. Trapped in python package; send food. (jessenoller.com)
35 points by blasdel on July 18, 2009 | 29 comments
15. Can Your Brain Fight Fatigue? (nytimes.com)
30 points by robg on July 18, 2009 | 10 comments
16. The Art of the Landing Page – Tips for Increasing Conversions (openforum.com)
27 points by theforay on July 18, 2009 | 18 comments
17. Falcon 1 Successfully Delivers RazakSAT Satellite to Orbit (spacex.com)
24 points by andeka on July 18, 2009 | 9 comments
18. There are 100 million electric bikes in China (time.com)
24 points by ca98am79 on July 18, 2009 | 15 comments
19. Ask HN: How do you see the future of computing ?
24 points by jacquesm on July 18, 2009 | 43 comments
20. How to write a book? (cacoethes.co.uk)
23 points by systems on July 18, 2009 | 3 comments
21. FSF: Microsoft, the Community Promise isn't enough (groklaw.net)
20 points by jp_sc on July 18, 2009 | 2 comments
22. $18M Being Spent to Redesign Recovery.gov Web Site (abcnews.com)
20 points by lunaru on July 18, 2009 | 18 comments
23. Were we smarter 100 years ago? (thepublicdomain.org)
19 points by emontero1 on July 18, 2009 | 22 comments
24. Sampa: From Birth to Death (A Startup's Journey) (calbucci.com)
19 points by datums on July 18, 2009 | 4 comments
25. Google Building Chrome Base at Universities in Exchange for Absorbing IT Costs (businessinsider.com)
18 points by dbreunig on July 18, 2009 | 9 comments
26. Pragmatic Real-World Scala (infoq.com)
17 points by krs on July 18, 2009
27. Ask PG: Is voting on HN anonymous?
17 points by scscsc on July 18, 2009 | 21 comments
28. Myths about Financing Start-ups that Hurt Entrepreneurs (smallbiztrends.com)
17 points by newacc on July 18, 2009 | 10 comments
29. Graphic of Michael Jackson's hits over time (quotesque.net)
16 points by dunk010 on July 18, 2009 | 11 comments
30. Why We Must Ration Health Care (nytimes.com)
15 points by robg on July 18, 2009 | 30 comments

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