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1. Mark Zuckerberg: The evolution of a remarkable CEO (venturebeat.com)
131 points by tortilla on Oct 2, 2009 | 89 comments
2. Fundable comes to an ugly end (fundable.com)
115 points by daremon on Oct 2, 2009 | 82 comments
3. Ben Huh of "I Can Has Cheezburger" is quietly building a humor empire (mixergy.com)
107 points by kf on Oct 2, 2009 | 17 comments
4. One Small Leap for Open Source, One Giant Leap for Mankind (redhat.com)
91 points by mickeyben on Oct 2, 2009 | 56 comments
5. Red Hat Asks Supreme Court to Review Software Patents (redhat.com)
90 points by sutro on Oct 2, 2009 | 21 comments
6. Rands: Hurry (randsinrepose.com)
81 points by naish on Oct 2, 2009 | 12 comments
7. Don't Forget: You Can Use Amazon SimpleDB For Free (aws.typepad.com)
76 points by jeffbarr on Oct 2, 2009 | 21 comments
8. What Google Can't Copy (Easily) (duckduckgo.com)
74 points by epi0Bauqu on Oct 2, 2009 | 43 comments
9. I don't like you very much (whattofix.com)
63 points by DanielBMarkham on Oct 2, 2009 | 45 comments
10. Variable Cost Living Sadly Doesn't Work (drop.io)
62 points by ivankirigin on Oct 2, 2009 | 39 comments
11. Are the smart getting richer? (dilbert.com)
59 points by cwan on Oct 2, 2009 | 58 comments
12. Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (oreilly.com)
59 points by jmonegro on Oct 2, 2009 | 20 comments
13. Chicago Loses, Nerds Win: The real story behind Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid (slate.com)
54 points by brandnewlow on Oct 2, 2009 | 48 comments
14. Vim is a great text editor - try it (joelhughes.co.uk)
50 points by rudenoise on Oct 2, 2009 | 76 comments
15. Python 2.6.3 Released (python.org)
48 points by nice1 on Oct 2, 2009 | 1 comment
16. Ask HN - What's your best startup idea?
47 points by steveeq1 on Oct 2, 2009 | 181 comments
17. Understanding python *args and **kwargs (dpeepul.com)
42 points by rama_vadakattu on Oct 2, 2009 | 13 comments
18. The real reason that capitalism is so crash-prone. (newyorker.com)
42 points by prat on Oct 2, 2009 | 57 comments
19. Yext Scores a $25M Round from IVP (techcrunch.com)
41 points by riffer on Oct 2, 2009 | 18 comments
20. Scientists Develop Nasal Spray That Improves Memory (sciencedaily.com)
39 points by fogus on Oct 2, 2009 | 26 comments
21. "Loading..." Animated GIF Generator (ajaxload.info)
36 points by nir on Oct 2, 2009 | 15 comments
22. Google Wave crashes on beach of overhype (scobleizer.com)
36 points by Flemlord on Oct 2, 2009 | 18 comments
23. XS: Lisp on Lego MindStorms (kyoto-u.ac.jp)
35 points by jacquesm on Oct 2, 2009 | 4 comments
24. An interview question you had better know how to answer (hypecycles.wordpress.com)
34 points by amrith on Oct 2, 2009 | 30 comments
25. Google Removes Pirate Bay Frontpage From Search Results (torrentfreak.com)
32 points by mindplunge on Oct 2, 2009 | 20 comments
26. Google forces employee to disavow MVP status (theregister.co.uk)
32 points by madair on Oct 2, 2009 | 34 comments
27. Assessing Competition Risk for Digital Media Startups (techvibes.com)
32 points by rlan on Oct 2, 2009
28. MIT OCW:The Society of Mind (Graduate Course by Minsky) (ocw.mit.edu)
30 points by yarapavan on Oct 2, 2009 | 2 comments
29. Image Approximation with Genetically Selected Cosines (nklein.com)
30 points by edw519 on Oct 2, 2009 | 8 comments
30. The hell of Apple video connectors (jgc.org)
29 points by jgrahamc on Oct 2, 2009 | 35 comments

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