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1.Ubuntu 9.04 released (ubuntu.com)
154 points by mcxx on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 116 comments [ext]
2.Programmers Don't Like to Code (rentzsch.com)
141 points by coglethorpe on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
3."PSD is not my favorite file format" (code.google.com)
131 points by iamelgringo on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
4. The $10 Lens That Reshaped Global Blindness Prevention (asimov.press)
117 points by lrx6827 201 days ago | hide | 18 comments
4.JsPDF generates PDF documents using pure JavaScript (code.google.com)
76 points by nreece on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
5.Transparency is Bunk (aaronsw.com)
75 points by twampss on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
6.Ask YC: Innocuous news? [ext]
70 points by andr on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
7. Two grad students bet biology can eat the chemicals industry by 2030 (centuryofbio.com)
297 points by pun2167 601 days ago | hide | 170 comments
7.PHP Quick Profiler (particletree.com)
68 points by unfoldedorigami on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
8.Wolfenstein 3D for iPhone engine code review (fabiensanglard.net)
67 points by twampss on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
9.How cost-effective is it to make pantry staples from scratch? (slate.com)
64 points by tptacek on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
10. Why Uber-for-X Failed While Amazon Built an Impenetrable Moat ()
257 points by pen4647 498 days ago | hide | 50 comments
10.Ask HN: Why no sense of humor? [ext]
64 points by quellhorst on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 63 comments [ext]
11.Ask HN: Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? [ext]
64 points by falsestprophet on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 72 comments [ext]
12.The $23/month iPhone (mediumjones.com)
59 points by vaksel on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
13. AIbirds - Bloomberg (archive.is)
42 points by eum3372 11 hours ago | hide | 186 comments
13.Game Developers and Porn Stars (killtenrats.com)
51 points by mariorz on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
14.Yahoo Quietly Pulls The Plug On Geocities (techcrunch.com)
51 points by vaksel on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
15.Microsoft revenue down 6%, earnings down 30% for third quarter (thestandard.com)
48 points by ilamont on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
16. Why Dollar Reserves Hit a 31-Year Low Despite Rising Treasury Holdings (wolfstreet.com)
488 points by gon322 114 days ago | hide | 68 comments
16.How Room Designs Affect Your Work and Mood (sciam.com)
40 points by jaydub on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 12 comments [ext]
17.Wufoo customer service (kzo.net)
38 points by keizo on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
18.Mechanical Turk changes how we understand labor (bumblebeelabs.com)
38 points by shalmanese on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
19. The dangerous delusion of high stock valuations during a Middle East war (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 1 day ago | hide | 150 comments
19.A Second Market is Emerging: Marketplace for Private Company Stock (avc.com)
37 points by dwynings on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
20.Adeo Ressi Fights “Atrocities Of Investors” With New Class Of Founder Stock (techcrunch.com)
33 points by vaksel on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
21.F-Secure says stop using Adobe Acrobat Reader (cnet.com)
33 points by vaksel on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
22. How Three Laws Quietly Killed the Programmable Web (continuations.com)
215 points by doz2675 595 days ago | hide | 76 comments
22.What Silicon Valley Can Learn From Zappos (scobleizer.com)
30 points by Alex3917 on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
23.Explaining the OAuth Session Fixation Attack (hueniverse.com)
29 points by zain on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
24.Skin Deep Usability (Microsoft Surface) (kinesismomentum.wordpress.com)
29 points by pmjordan on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
25. Why Selling $1 of Bitcoin for $1.10 Still Beats Most Businesses (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 86 days ago | hide | 14 comments
25.Hacking Homelessness (well.com)
28 points by Raplh on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 6 comments [ext]
26.Ask HN: What other HN-like sites do you read? [ext]
28 points by asimjalis on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
27.Pirate Bay lawyer demands retrial. (yahoo.com)
27 points by dsil on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 1 comment [ext]
28. Assad's fall strands Moscow's warm-water ambitions at sea (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 491 days ago | hide | 26 comments
28.Markov Modelling Offers Clues to 4,000-Year-Old Mystery (wired.com)
27 points by Anon84 on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
29.How two guys met on Twitter and weeks later had a startup which changed their lives (twollars.com)
26 points by eisokant on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
30.101 Indians make it to Google Summer of Code 2009 - 2nd highest after U.S. (startupdunia.com)
25 points by ideamonk on April 23, 2009 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
31. Slam Your Plan Against Reality Until It Hands You a Better One (guzey.com)
110 points by coz850 603 days ago | hide | 97 comments

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