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1. Clojure: 1, Common Lisp: 0 (briancarper.net)
112 points by mqt on Jan 19, 2009 | 68 comments
2. TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B (techcrunch.com)
89 points by dcurtis on Jan 19, 2009 | 76 comments
3. How to create a profitable Freemium startup (spreadsheet model included) (andrewchenblog.com)
80 points by prakash on Jan 19, 2009 | 26 comments
4. Anti-RDBMS: A list of distributed key-value stores (metabrew.com)
75 points by ropiku on Jan 19, 2009 | 16 comments
5. Poly.html - check the source (ath.cx)
73 points by tlrobinson on Jan 19, 2009 | 17 comments
6. 6.184 - Zombies drink caffeinated 6.001 (web.mit.edu)
57 points by prakash on Jan 19, 2009 | 3 comments
7. Judge: 17,000 illegal downloads don't equal 17,000 lost sales (arstechnica.com)
49 points by habs on Jan 19, 2009 | 21 comments
8. Ask HN/YC: Seeking advice for building a physical hardware device (esp. Picwing)
44 points by markbao on Jan 19, 2009 | 33 comments
9. PR Nightmare: Charging passengers of Hudson plane crash a cancellation fee (consumerist.com)
44 points by vaksel on Jan 19, 2009 | 39 comments
10. TechStars application now open (techstars.org)
41 points by unalone on Jan 19, 2009 | 22 comments
11. Genetic map of Europe; genes vary as a function of distance (scienceblogs.com)
39 points by makimaki on Jan 19, 2009 | 9 comments
12. Gorgeous "Curling Page" JQuery Plugin (elliottkember.com)
32 points by pclark on Jan 19, 2009 | 14 comments
13. ChaCha CEO Has Pretty Damn Sweet 8-Monitor Computer (techcrunch.com)
28 points by gaz on Jan 19, 2009 | 26 comments
14. Ask HN: Archive a MySQL database
31 points by wenbert on Jan 19, 2009 | 18 comments
15. Collection of papers on introductory web mining (indiana.edu)
30 points by Anon84 on Jan 19, 2009
16. Getting Things Done, Applied (wired.com)
31 points by omarish on Jan 19, 2009 | 5 comments
17. Morgan Stanley Hires Supertanker to Store Oil in Gulf (bloomberg.com)
30 points by chaostheory on Jan 19, 2009 | 29 comments
18. HAML Brings Seaside To Ruby (gilesbowkett.blogspot.com)
30 points by astrec on Jan 19, 2009 | 32 comments
19. Coding Horror: A Visit With Alan Kay (codinghorror.com)
28 points by Anon84 on Jan 19, 2009 | 9 comments
20. The Difference Between Ruby Symbols and Strings (robertsosinski.com)
23 points by robertsosinski on Jan 19, 2009 | 6 comments
21. EFF Kicks Off Campaign to Free Your Phone (eff.org)
22 points by lnguyen on Jan 19, 2009 | 7 comments
22. Why you should fail early and fail often - the numbers (maximise.dk)
21 points by mixmax on Jan 19, 2009 | 18 comments
23. Agora phone exposes Android’s Achilles Heel (counternotions.com)
22 points by raganwald on Jan 19, 2009 | 18 comments
24. Usability Mistakes (webdesignfromscratch.com)
20 points by mnemonik on Jan 19, 2009 | 9 comments
25. Ask HN: Estimating Ad Revenue
20 points by mikecuesta on Jan 19, 2009 | 16 comments
26. Why so many minds think alike (cnn.com)
19 points by rams on Jan 19, 2009 | 15 comments
27. Vyper Logix Corp are peddling a thing they call “Django 2.0” (b-list.org)
19 points by astrec on Jan 19, 2009 | 9 comments
28. Ask HN: Is anyone doing Blackberry app development?
18 points by kf on Jan 19, 2009 | 15 comments
29. Cisco Plans Big Push Into Server Market (nytimes.com)
16 points by raghus on Jan 19, 2009 | 4 comments
30. Ancient Persians 'gassed Romans' (bbc.co.uk)
16 points by jaydub on Jan 19, 2009

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