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1.Burnout (alistapart.com)
131 points by sant0sk1 on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
2.Minimalistic (vim-like) web browser based on Webkit (uzbl.org)
100 points by mindaugas on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 28 comments [ext]
3.Can I Set Up An LLC To Avoid Personal Liability In A Lawsuit? (litigationandtrial.com)
95 points by brlewis on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
4. The Hidden Architecture of How Biology Labs Actually Get Funded (guzey.com)
271 points by prl1591 602 days ago | hide | 193 comments
4.A short list of things I don’t like about Python (jessenoller.com)
95 points by mace on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
5.Dice-O-Matic hopper and elevator (gamesbyemail.com)
81 points by Corrado on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 4 comments [ext]
6.1984: The masterpiece that killed George Orwell (guardian.co.uk)
74 points by ksvs on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
7. The carriage maker's dilemma: Why imminent disruption requires drastic current effort (marginalrevolution.com)
376 points by kol5306 2 days ago | hide | 127 comments
7.How Perl 6 just sells itself (excerpt from IRC) (perl.org)
75 points by draegtun on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 59 comments [ext]
8.Creative anti-debugger technique in Spotify for Windows (steike.com)
65 points by tkiley on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
9.Use RunPee.com to know when to go to the bathroom during a movie (runpee.com)
64 points by shard on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
10. Bots as Antitrust: Letting Code Negotiate on Your Behalf (continuations.com)
215 points by doz2675 594 days ago | hide | 76 comments
10.Why Isn't Paypal More Successful? (avc.com)
55 points by terpua on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 53 comments [ext]
11.What People Search First at Duck Duck Go (with an HN subset) (duckduckgo.com)
55 points by epi0Bauqu on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
12.Penny Auctions: They're Gambling (codinghorror.com)
51 points by w1ntermute on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
13. Four Macro Forces Quietly Manufacturing the Global Populist Wave (kwokchain.com)
327 points by lrm6947 432 days ago | hide | 93 comments
13.How To Use Twitter and Not Be a Douchebag (darowski.com)
50 points by twism on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
14.Ask HN: Outdoor jobs for geeks? [ext]
49 points by Tichy on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
15.Users Love Microsoft, Yahoo Search -- When It's Branded With A Google Logo (businessinsider.com)
48 points by lukas on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
16. The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack (diff.substack.com)
216 points by iam5056 263 days ago | hide | 183 comments
16.Why Accountants are Dull and Guitarists are Glamorous (reprap.org)
43 points by mixmax on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
17.Scaling Memcached: 500,000+ Operations/Second (sun.com)
41 points by cyberian on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
18.Business Intelligence Rap Video (rjmetrics.com)
38 points by robertjmoore on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
19. The Senior Engineer Skills No One Teaches You in Bootcamp (addyosmani.com)
174 points by mem4364 105 days ago | hide | 48 comments
19.How to Be a Better Entrepreneur in the Next 30 Minutes (quicksprout.com)
37 points by jasonlbaptiste on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
20.What a Texas town can teach us about health care (newyorker.com)
34 points by jakarta on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
21.Achieving Fame, Wealth And Beauty Are Psychological Dead Ends, Study Says (sciencedaily.com)
34 points by villageidiot on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
22. The Dota result Altman calls closest to real-world decision making (blog.samaltman.com)
487 points by htx5127 609 days ago | hide | 15 comments
22.The New Résumé: Dumb and Dumber (wsj.com)
31 points by prakash on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
23.Growing a Language, by Guy Steele [video] (video.google.com)
30 points by vorador on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
24.Amusing ourselves to death - Huxley vs Orwell (recombinantrecords.net)
30 points by cloudhead on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 17 comments [ext]
25. Private Equity's Denominator Effect Returns as Markets Crater (archive.ph)
344 points by aul1104 368 days ago | hide | 7 comments
25.Facebook Takes $200 Million From Russian Investors At $10 Billion Valuation (allthingsd.com)
29 points by jasonlbaptiste on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
26.Using Git with Vim (osnews.com)
29 points by mindaugas on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
27.Memcpy() concurrency curiosities (sun.com)
29 points by Anon84 on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
28. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 85 days ago | hide | 14 comments
28.The Cutting Edge (wired.com)
29 points by io on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
29.Ask HN: Which persistent in-memory database to use? [ext]
28 points by paraschopra on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
30.How Game Design Can Revolutionize Everyday Life (wired.com)
28 points by peter123 on May 26, 2009 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
31. Why you care for your dog better than yourself — and the fix (web.archive.org)
420 points by guz3550 602 days ago | hide | 25 comments

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