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1.Schneier on Security: Software Problems with a Breath Alcohol Detector (schneier.com)
89 points by hko on May 14, 2009 | 19 comments
2.Lessons in bootstrapping from the founders of Urbanspoon (techflash.com)
83 points by gurgeous on May 14, 2009 | 13 comments
3.Wolfram Alpha Demo by Stephen Wolfram [screencast] (wolframalpha.com)
74 points by mlLK on May 14, 2009 | 27 comments
4.This is your pilot speaking. Now, about that holding pattern... (googleblog.blogspot.com)
74 points by epi0Bauqu on May 14, 2009 | 33 comments
5.Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone (webmasterworld.com)
66 points by buluzhai on May 14, 2009 | 24 comments
πŸ“š. The Arc of Collaboration (kwokchain.com)
15 min read | by Kevin | saved 391 days ago | archive
6.Nuts & Bolts: Campfire loves Erlang (37signals.com)
63 points by tortilla on May 14, 2009 | 28 comments
7.Obama proposes no capital gains tax on qualified small business stock (startupcompanylawyer.com)
63 points by yokumtaku on May 14, 2009 | 43 comments
8.This is why we are entrepreneurs. An awesome video. (newscred.com)
59 points by shafqat on May 14, 2009 | 31 comments
9.Thriving Norway provides an Economics Lesson (nytimes.com)
57 points by raheemm on May 14, 2009 | 51 comments
10.Ask HN: Is Google really slow right now? (or is it just for me?)
55 points by tocomment on May 14, 2009 | 62 comments
πŸ“š. Heroku Walked So Railway Can Run (blog.railway.com)
9 min read | by Angelo Saraceno | saved 17 days ago | archive
11.White House Drug Czar Calls for End to 'War on Drugs' (wsj.com)
54 points by Alex3917 on May 14, 2009 | 29 comments
12.What I know so far about marketing a small software company (chrisashworth.org)
52 points by mmc on May 14, 2009 | 8 comments
13.Broken Browsers Part One: The Back Button (dreamhost.com)
51 points by blasdel on May 14, 2009 | 40 comments
14.Things You Should Never Do, Part I (joelonsoftware.com)
50 points by Jakob on May 14, 2009 | 40 comments
15.Ask HN: Which of those services would you pay $5/mo to use?
47 points by andr on May 14, 2009 | 72 comments
πŸ“š. Sleeplessness - Here is how (helenarosengarten.framer.website)
5 min read | by framer.website | saved 433 days ago | archive
16.Introducing Nitrogen (Erlang-based Web Framework) (nitrogenproject.com)
43 points by Xichekolas on May 14, 2009 | 5 comments
17.Stuck On Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Or AOL? Gmail Just Made It Incredibly Easy To Switch (techcrunch.com)
40 points by vaksel on May 14, 2009 | 13 comments
18.Scala is Not a Functional Programming Language (enfranchisedmind.com)
38 points by blasdel on May 14, 2009 | 8 comments
19.Scratch Helps Kids Get With the Program (nytimes.com)
37 points by robg on May 14, 2009 | 11 comments
20.Ask HN: Feedback on webapp, online meetings for group collaboration (almostmeet.com)
34 points by zhyder on May 14, 2009 | 22 comments
πŸ“š. AI Can Manage Your Mutual Fund (archive.is)
16 min read | by Matt Levine | saved 3 days ago | archive
21.Blame baby monitors, not congestion, for your WiFi woes (arstechnica.com)
32 points by terpua on May 14, 2009 | 15 comments
22.Life’s First Spark Re-Created in the Laboratory (wired.com)
32 points by naish on May 14, 2009
23.Widespread Google packet loss observed today (zdnet.com)
30 points by shimon on May 14, 2009 | 7 comments
24.Geiser, a new Scheme Emacs mode (programming-musings.org)
29 points by wingo on May 14, 2009 | 6 comments
25.How to Solve the Browser Wars (medsgames.com)
29 points by nreece on May 14, 2009 | 7 comments
πŸ“š. Worse than Marxism (archive.ph)
22 min read | by Matt Levine | saved 44 days ago | archive
26.Charles Stross on the future (and gaming) in 2030 (antipope.org)
28 points by bkudria on May 14, 2009 | 5 comments
27.Ask HN: flirt140, how are they determining the gender?
27 points by vijayr on May 14, 2009 | 36 comments
28.Alan Kay: The Power Of The Context [pdf] (vpri.org)
24 points by mbrubeck on May 14, 2009 | 16 comments
29.The anonymous writings (jmtame.posterous.com)
24 points by kf on May 14, 2009 | 8 comments
30.Was 1971 The Best Year To Be Born A Geek? (boingboing.net)
24 points by tptacek on May 14, 2009 | 28 comments
πŸ“š. China's "overcapacity" reveals two different visions of the world (high-capacity.com)
8 min read | by Kyle Chan | saved 434 days ago | 5% read | archive

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