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1. Dr. Eric Schmidt Resigns from Apple’s Board of Directors (apple.com)
199 points by sdfx on Aug 3, 2009 | 47 comments
2. How to Naturally Reset Your Sleep Cycle In One Night (wisebread.com)
169 points by jmonegro on Aug 3, 2009 | 40 comments
3. An almost perfect real-world hack (lbrandy.com)
129 points by lbrandy on Aug 3, 2009 | 27 comments
4. Paul Graham interview on Econtalk - Start-ups, Innovation, and Creativity (econtalk.org)
126 points by SlowOnTheUptake on Aug 3, 2009 | 21 comments
5. Checking out of 'Hotel America' (bbc.co.uk)
125 points by rglovejoy on Aug 3, 2009 | 56 comments
6. Roll Your Own UNIX Clone (jamesmolloy.co.uk)
119 points by blacky on Aug 3, 2009 | 43 comments
7. Apple bans App Store’s 3rd-most prolific developer (mobilecrunch.com)
118 points by zaveri on Aug 3, 2009 | 67 comments
8. So you've got a million dollar iPhone app idea... (jwegener.com)
107 points by bdotdub on Aug 3, 2009 | 10 comments
9. The Omnivore's Delusion: Against the Agri-Intellectuals (american.com)
87 points by JacobAldridge on Aug 3, 2009 | 70 comments
10. Lies, Maths, And Health Insurance (tauntermedia.com)
80 points by winanga on Aug 3, 2009 | 31 comments
11. World-Class Performers Don't Work - They Enjoy High Performance (personalmba.com)
80 points by raju on Aug 3, 2009 | 10 comments
12. Microsoft Word, RIP: 1983 - 2009 (arstechnica.com)
77 points by mhansen on Aug 3, 2009 | 46 comments
13. Network Solutions renames their services for added obscurity (jgc.org)
72 points by jgrahamc on Aug 3, 2009 | 21 comments
14. Where to hide your money - advice from a burglar (savingadvice.com)
72 points by ajg1977 on Aug 3, 2009 | 60 comments
15. From TextMate to Vim (artfulcode.net)
62 points by edw519 on Aug 3, 2009 | 40 comments
16. Some iPods explode (timesonline.co.uk)
62 points by Flemlord on Aug 3, 2009 | 16 comments
17. Please don't use pie charts (jgc.org)
60 points by jgrahamc on Aug 3, 2009 | 19 comments
18. Why Dijkstra suggested Premature-Loop-Exit Prohibition (plover.com)
59 points by edw519 on Aug 3, 2009 | 15 comments
19. Building a Data Intensive Web App with Hadoop, Hive, & EC2 (cloudera.com)
55 points by pskomoroch on Aug 3, 2009 | 14 comments
20. Still using java? Lombok can make you more productive (projectlombok.org)
49 points by trapper on Aug 3, 2009 | 35 comments
21. How Gawker Ripped Off My Newspaper Story (washingtonpost.com)
49 points by fallentimes on Aug 3, 2009 | 32 comments
22. Mind-blowing 3D projection on German building (video) (freshome.com)
44 points by kabuks on Aug 3, 2009 | 4 comments
23. Go It Alone (brucejudson.com)
43 points by hs on Aug 3, 2009 | 1 comment
24. China Embarrasses US in TopCoder Contest (computerworlduk.com)
41 points by blacky on Aug 3, 2009 | 24 comments
25. Clojure, the REPL and test-driven development (s-expressions.com)
40 points by stewiecat on Aug 3, 2009 | 14 comments
26. Google Launches A Major Offensive Against Microsoft With “Going Google” (techcrunch.com)
34 points by vaksel on Aug 3, 2009 | 23 comments
27. Reinventing the desktop (part 2): I heard you like lists (brianwill.net)
32 points by edw519 on Aug 3, 2009 | 24 comments
28. Hacking keystroke logger into Apple Keyboard Firmware (digitalsociety.org)
32 points by futuremint on Aug 3, 2009 | 17 comments
29. The $22,500 MP3: Does The Constitution Protect People Or Just Corporations? (litigationandtrial.com)
31 points by brlewis on Aug 3, 2009 | 37 comments
30. Tell HN: Paypal APIs are Down (paypal-portal.com)
30 points by jasonlbaptiste on Aug 3, 2009 | 11 comments

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